Scifi game concept from obsidian

[Prometheus]

See link for more information and concept art:  A ‘Sci-Fi Skyrim’ Was In Development At Obsidian. It Had Time Travel.

The concept sounds interesting.

Edited July 11, 2013 by Prometheus

[HoonDing]

[C2B]

For a moment I thought this was the cancelled 2012 game, but reading the article, this is something we had no idea about. IIRC.

[Labadal]

My reaction?

 

[rjshae]

The title appears misleading since Skyrim refers to the engine used. The game concept seems plausible, and being a mostly cybernetic form probably helps mitigate the automatic weapon damage to some degree. I'm not so sure about the A.I. idea though, unless you can temporarily download those into robots.

[ManifestedISO]

^^ It says the PC would be 90% human ... I don't know what the proper ratio must be to qualify for cyborg-ness. The whole game concept sounds pretty solid, though, I like it. Well, except for the title. 

 

Who is Jason Schreier and how does he have access to design documents from inside Obsidian ...

[Zoma]

Sounds like System Shock 2 with time travel. Not a bad thing if the concept is executed well.

 

Or Obsidian could simply create a rogue like game with this concept through kickstarter in the future.

[Jarmo]

To go on a tangent.

I see 3 animated responses in this thread and I have no idea what the posters are trying to communicate.

 

Best guesses:

 

- get outta here, a laughable idea for a game

- kill it dead

- I'd rather play assasins creed

[Malcador]

#2 is suicide maybe ? Or he wants to kill who cancelled this ?

 

I dunno, I don't get people these days.

[Labadal]

#2 is suicide maybe ? Or he wants to kill who cancelled this ?

 

I dunno, I don't get people these days.

 

Shoot him in the leg, maybe? Maybe. 

 

I'm not as upset about this as some other games I've heard about. Aliens and Snow White, I'd take over this.

[Leferd]

Interesting concept. But I generally don't like the Bethesda sourced engines very much either.

[Flouride]

I want it

[Aoyagi]

Awww, another Obsidian project put to ice?

 

I demand to know who did that so I can have ... an encounter with them.

[C2B]

According to Anthony Davis on the rpg codex, this was Jason Fader's baby.

 

Now I'm 99% certain which project this was, though I didn't expect it to be this big/ambitious.

[GhostofAnakin]

Way too many interesting/intriguing ideas seem to get shelved in favor of mediocre/boring ones.  When I read about the various projects Obsidian has had canceled that looked interesting, and when I see some of the games that are on the market, I weep for the gaming industry.

[Malekith]

It's for the best. Now they can use the idea in a kickstarter. It will be a better game without Bethesda's ****ty engine.

[Aoyagi]

It's for the best. Now they can use the idea in a kickstarter. It will be a better game without Bethesda's ****ty engine.

With that scope and potential, it's hardly doable with mere few millions. Not for US devs anyway.

[Malekith]

 

It's for the best. Now they can use the idea in a kickstarter. It will be a better game without Bethesda's ****ty engine.

With that scope and potential, it's hardly doable with mere few millions. Not for US devs anyway.

 

I didn't meant as a FPS. They could make a time-travel sci fi isometric RPG. I would prefer it that way.

 

But if what you wanted is "skyrim is space" then yes, that would need a publiser

Edited July 12, 2013 by Malekith

[WDeranged]

I'd pay Obsidian for some Skyrim in space 

Edited July 12, 2013 by WDeranged

[Malekith]

Unless you have around twenty millions in the bank that you want to invest in gaming, obsidian cannot do it without a publiser. No kickstarter game will ever manage to gather AAA badget

[WDeranged]

 

Unless you have around twenty millions in the bank that you want to invest in gaming, obsidian cannot do it without a publiser. No kickstarter game will ever manage to gather AAA badget

 

 

Oh I'm not saying it would, I'm just saying I'd pay Obsidian for some Skyrim in space 

Edited July 12, 2013 by WDeranged

[licketysplit]

[Humanoid]

 

Unless you have around twenty millions in the bank that you want to invest in gaming, obsidian cannot do it without a publiser. No kickstarter game will ever manage to gather AAA badget

 

 

Oh I'm not saying it would, I'm just saying I'd pay Obsidian for some Skyrim in space 

 

Would probably end up with Battlespire in space.

[Wrath of Dagon]

This is torture. First no KOTOR 3, and now all the great sounding Sci-fi games get cancelled.

[C2B]

It was never cancelled.

 

 

Never being picked up is not the same as cancelled. Which also means this could get picked up without many legal problems. (Since Beth never really acquired it)