Blarghagh Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Not too worried about Eternity having bugs. Not as much 3D engine stuff generally means less bugs. Not always, but still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azure79 Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Yes, of course. I feel some sort of kinship with Obsidian, even though I've never met anyone on the team in real life. Probably all the good memories from Torment, IWD and being here on the forums since their inception. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volourn Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 "Not as much 3D engine stuff generally means less bugs. Not always, but still." You obviously don't have much experience playing old pre 3D engine stuff games if you actually believe that nonsense. DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmp10 Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 A harder sci-fi space opera would be good to differentiate from ME series. Harder like, no FTL travel or something. I wonder how humanity will fare without FTL, cryogenics? Digitalization. Can't do it in fiction since audience will get hopelessly confused about existence without the fleshy bits but that's what makes most sense right now. It also kills the potential for romances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oerwinde Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 http://io9.com/5963263/how-nasa-will-build-its-very-first-warp-driveIts not like FTL is entirely impossible. The area between the balls and the butt is a hotbed of terrorist activity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmp10 Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 http://io9.com/5963263/how-nasa-will-build-its-very-first-warp-drive Its not like FTL is entirely impossible. Actually most likely it is. Some people simply milk 'Hollywood imagination' and make money trying to sell the impossible. And even if their math-bending proves realistic you still need to keep in mind that this FTL system will have planet destroying potential. Blowing up your source and destination wold make for a pretty poor traveling experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord of Lost Socks Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Yes, I'd back them. But I am afraid South Park will be a buggy mess, and if Project Eternity isn't spotless I might not feel like supporting them anymore. We'll see. South Park has the best chances to not be buggy, so you shouldn't be afraid about that. I'd worry about eternity way more in that department. In my experience, games that have had release dates postponed, been in development a long time and switched publishers have a high chance of failure. My thoughts on how character powers and urgency could be implemented: http://forums.obsidi...nse-of-urgency/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Labadal Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 I'd back it. The amount would depend on the pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C2B Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 (edited) Yes, I'd back them. But I am afraid South Park will be a buggy mess, and if Project Eternity isn't spotless I might not feel like supporting them anymore. We'll see. South Park has the best chances to not be buggy, so you shouldn't be afraid about that. I'd worry about eternity way more in that department. In my experience, games that have had release dates postponed, been in development a long time and switched publishers have a high chance of failure. Depends entirly on the development process. From what i've followed there is a really low chance of this being buggy. It had a higher one back at THQ. Also South Park hasn't been in actual development for a long time. Unless you count 2 years as long in video game development as long. Edited September 29, 2013 by C2B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exodiark Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 A harder sci-fi space opera would be good to differentiate from ME series. Harder like, no FTL travel or something. I wonder how humanity will fare without FTL, cryogenics? Digitalization. Can't do it in fiction since audience will get hopelessly confused about existence without the fleshy bits but that's what makes most sense right now. It also kills the potential for romances. Oooh? A brain-in-a-jar future? Or random human bits interacting with each other in computer cloud? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lysen Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 I don't like space operas, so no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhoulishVisage Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Oooh? A brain-in-a-jar future? Or random human bits interacting with each other in computer cloud? Romancable brains-in-a-jars. When in doubt, blame the elves. I have always hated the word "censorship", I prefer seeing it as just removing content that isn't suitable or is considered offensive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nepenthe Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 If Obsidian kickstarts a cyberpunk rpg would you back it? I'd back it, and consider selling a kidney. If there's one genre that's lacking games, it's cyberpunk. I'm considering buying that Syndicate horros, ffs! 2 You're a cheery wee bugger, Nep. Have I ever said that? Reapercussions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leferd Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 I'd probably back an Obsidian kickstarter for any genre. How much though depends on the details of the setting. 1 "Things are funny...are comedic, because they mix the real with the absurd." - Buzz Aldrin."P-O-T-A-T-O-E" - Dan Quayle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PK htiw klaw eriF Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 I'd probably back an Obsidian kickstarter for any genre. How much though depends on the details of the setting. I would sell one of Nep's kidneys and put the proceeds towards that High School RPG MCA is always talking about. 3 "Akiva Goldsman and Alex Kurtzman run the 21st century version of MK ULTRA." - majestic "you're a damned filthy lying robot and you deserve to die and burn in hell." - Bartimaeus "Without individual thinking you can't notice the plot holes." - InsaneCommander "Just feed off the suffering of gamers." - Malcador "You are calling my taste crap." -Hurlshort "thankfully it seems like the creators like Hungary less this time around." - Sarex "Don't forget the wakame, dumbass" -Keyrock "Are you trolling or just being inadvertently nonsensical?' -Pidesco "we have already been forced to admit you are at least human" - uuuhhii "I refuse to buy from non-woke businesses" - HoonDing "feral camels are now considered a pest" - Gorth "Melkathi is known to be an overly critical grumpy person" - Melkathi "Oddly enough Sanderson was a lot more direct despite being a Mormon" - Zoraptor "I found it greatly disturbing to scroll through my cartoon's halfing selection of genitalias." - Wormerine "I love cheese despite the pain and carnage." - ShadySands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leferd Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 I'd probably back an Obsidian kickstarter for any genre. How much though depends on the details of the setting.I would sell one of Nep's kidneys and put the proceeds towards that High School RPG MCA is always talking about. They had to compromise. Elementary School RPG. http://www.obsidian.net/games/spsot Didn't need Kickstarter for that. 2 "Things are funny...are comedic, because they mix the real with the absurd." - Buzz Aldrin."P-O-T-A-T-O-E" - Dan Quayle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSBasilisk Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Hm... cyberpunk, space opera, and hard sci-fi... Y'know, a solar system settled in the same manner as Cowboy Bebop might make an interesting setting. It would naturally limit the number of locations you could visit and the drain on resources and time of moving between planetary bodies would keep you from hopping around willy nilly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azdeus Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 If Obsidian were to make a grimdark RPG set, hmm... say 38000 years into the future, with some magic and sci-fi themes were one plays as a human and investigate mysteries that goes on in the shadows of a vast galaxy spannign human Imperium, beset by unimaginable horrors and xenos, controlled by a dogmatic theocratic dictatorship ripe with xenophobia and fear of sedition, then I'd sell my car to back it. On a more serious note, it would depend alot on the pitch and the details of the game. I would'nt be much interested in a FPRPG for instance, then they'd really have to impress me with the other details. 7 Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walsingham Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 I would also sell Azdeus' car to back that project. 4 "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Evenstar Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 I'd like to play Project Eternity first, as well as hear details concerning the new project. I have a lot of Obsidian games that I've bought but only played briefly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decado Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 (edited) I would, provided they stay away from that boring time travel nonsense. Time travel is the worst narrative device ever. I would argue that amnesia is a worse narrative device. And this is coming from someone who loves both Amnesia: The Dark Descent (haven't played the new one yet) and The Witcher series. I think I can agree with you that amnesia is a pretty awful plot device, too. Very often it is pressed into service to rescue lazy writing and plotting. But for me, time travel is just the worst. It is so boring, and it always devolves into an incoherent mess. Edited September 30, 2013 by decado Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 I would, provided they stay away from that boring time travel nonsense. Time travel is the worst narrative device ever. I would argue that amnesia is a worse narrative device. And this is coming from someone who loves both Amnesia: The Dark Descent (haven't played the new one yet) and The Witcher series. I think I can agree with you that amnesia is a pretty awful plot device, too. Very often it is pressed into service to rescue lazy writing and plotting. But for me, time travel is just the worst. It is so boring, and it always devolves into an incoherent mess. I can prove you wrong in just four words. Back To The Future! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oerwinde Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 I would, provided they stay away from that boring time travel nonsense. Time travel is the worst narrative device ever. I would argue that amnesia is a worse narrative device. And this is coming from someone who loves both Amnesia: The Dark Descent (haven't played the new one yet) and The Witcher series. I think I can agree with you that amnesia is a pretty awful plot device, too. Very often it is pressed into service to rescue lazy writing and plotting. But for me, time travel is just the worst. It is so boring, and it always devolves into an incoherent mess. I can prove you wrong in just four words. Back To The Future! If altering the past creates an alternate divergent timeline, as explained by Emmet Brown, the changes creaed by Marty's actions in BTTF 1 would have created a 2nd Marty, one who grew up in that timeline. As the Marty we know only remembered his own timeline, there should be two Martys, him and the one who existed in the alternate time. BTTF2 shows this is true when they talk about Marty being in Europe in the dystopian 80s. So our Marty is just hanging around in someone elses life waiting to encounter this other Marty. The area between the balls and the butt is a hotbed of terrorist activity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bester Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 The only film about time travel that made sense was Primer. Useless to discuss back to the future as it was utterly illogical. IE Mod for Pillars of Eternity: link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volourn Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Illogical or not, it is one of the best film trilogies ever. No arguments from you, butthead! DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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