Giantbomb Quicklook on the 24th

[Darji]

 

Oh look it is even the E3 build . Was that so hard dear Obsidian to show this to actual people who backed the game or waiting to get it released? I am pretty sure this will get now a lot of buzz and you have chosen the right people with Giant Bomb as well^^

 

As for the footage: It looks great, The dialogues system, the choices the writing was nice from the bits I have seen at least. The environments and over world look great as well.  The character customization looks really in depth and with the background stuff I really hope the dialogue chances a lot as well.  I am pretty excited about almost everything.

 

Except one thing. After playing Divinity I am so sad that this is not turn based combat. The overall feel of the combat looks really fast and even kind of speed up in the Demo but I really have to play it for myself to be sure of it.  That is really the only bummer I have with the shown presentation

Stop bitching.

 

How do I bitch? It is called opinion and you obviously forgot the rest of the posts which talks about all the good stuff which is most of it. How about speak your own opinion and if you do not find something good or a but negative say it out loud instead of kissing everyone's butt?^^

 

The Ign video is also pretty good despite the bad video full screen player. Josh talks a lot more in the character creation alone^^

Edited July 24, 2014 by Darji

[Hiro Protagonist II]

Less bitching and more praise for Obsidian.

[Chilloutman]

All looks cool, ToEE vibe for me as well (which is good as I consider it one of best looking RPGs so far), combat fells good, UI feels good, scripted interactions feel AWESOME, but god why the PURPLE! even guys in GB noticed it

Edited July 24, 2014 by Chilloutman

[Nonek]

The pause button on that video must be near wearing out by now. Very interesting and informative, a mix of TOEE and IWD with a little sprinkling of Dungeon Siege 3 if i'm not mistaken, impressive on the whole. However one minor niggle, did anyone else think that the bodies of the characters were a little too angular? It would be nice to see some swelling around the rib and pectoral area, nothing too dramatic just a little curve out to break the straight up and down box like impression it was giving.

[Gfted1]

 

Four weapons sets? 

 

Really? I thought the base is 2. Maybe the character raised the number with talents.

 

 

When he equips the second axe on the Barbarian you can see sets III and IV below. Youre probably right about the talents adding more but Im still curious why you would ever need four. There are only three damage types, right? Or am I mistaken?

[Doppelschwert]

This is awesome stuff!

 

I think its ironic that at 6:07:

 

'So you must have some other plan in mind for coming this way.'

 

1: -'I hope to meet someone and fall in love.'

 

I know how that one is gonna end

[kirottu]

Purple is the new black.

Edited July 24, 2014 by kirottu

[Darji]

The pause button on that video must be near wearing out by now. Very interesting and informative, a mix of TOEE and IWD with a little sprinkling of Dungeon Siege 3 if i'm not mistaken, impressive on the whole. However one minor niggle, did anyone else think that the bodies of the characters were a little too angular? It would be nice to see some swelling around the rib and pectoral area, nothing too dramatic just a little curve out to break the straight up and down box like impression it was giving.

Watch the IGN video they do it in a much slower pace and explain more as well^^

[Chilloutman]

 

 

Four weapons sets? 

 

Really? I thought the base is 2. Maybe the character raised the number with talents.

 

 

When he equips the second axe on the Barbarian you can see sets III and IV below. Youre probably right about the talents adding more but Im still curious why you would ever need four. There are only three damage types, right? Or am I mistaken?

 

 

ranged weapon? fire and cold weapon? life stealing weapon? Reach weapon? do you really belive that slashing/bludgeoning/piercing is only atribute of weapon?

[Valorian]

-I noticed the ability icons are borrowed from IWD2 spell icons (I saw IWD2's Executioner's Eyes, Blood Rage and Destruction icons) Again, these are all good things. But I suspect that this is going to throw me off until I get used to it lol

 

 

Borrowed.. meaning identical? Me no likey icons transplanted from other games.

 

 

@Gfted1

Yes, but you could put a ranged weapon in the 4th slot, for example. I hope it's still 2 base weapon slots.

[sesobebo]

~~~ deleted redundancy ~~~

Edited July 24, 2014 by sesobebo

[Stun]

ranged weapon? fire and cold weapon? life stealing weapon? Reach weapon? do you really belive that slashing/bludgeoning/piercing is only atribute of weapon?

....Dual wielding, sword and shield.

 

Again, It's like Icewind Dale 2, which did the same thing: 4 weapon set options.

Edited July 24, 2014 by Stun

[Crapsody]

I wet my pants during the vid....... Cant wait for the 18th.......

The grafic looks amazing.

[Chilloutman]

this thread going to explode

[Sarex]

Very much like what I see. Would have liked to see the full UI though.

[talharbash]

IGN video is much better. The guys at Giantbomb went too fast and kept talking about stuff I wasn't interested in.

[Darji]

Spiler for consequnces Josh tells her in the IGN video:

 

If you rest in the ruins. Calisca will actually leave the party for good XD

 

[Stun]

Just to confirm that I saw things right.... we get 8 points to spend on our stats at character creation?

[Sarex]

Also looks like there are classic Paladin, ie. Knights devoted to a god.

[Gfted1]

ranged weapon? fire and cold weapon? life stealing weapon? Reach weapon? do you really belive that slashing/bludgeoning/piercing is only atribute of weapon?

Afaik, there are only three weapon damage types (I could be wrong). The other effects you mention are enchants that can be added to any weapon so they would not require their own slot. I hadn't considered ranged, dual wielding, etc... though so that's a good point.

[talharbash]

Is it just me or does the walk/run animation have too many frames in it?

[Sarex]

I also like the armors, they didn't end up going for the plain simple armors.

[IndiraLightfoot]

Alright, I haven't read all of your posts, but this is my spontaneous reaction halfway through watching the video: WOO-HOO!!!! This is the game that's been missing in my game library for years, a new game of the kind I love is coming soon. Thank you so much, Obsidian!!! I love the UI, and all the nods to CRPGs of yore (specifically, the IE games). Wow. I'm trembling a bit, and I'm salivating, while being parched at the same time. That character creation.... *faints*

 

EDIT: I've watched the whole thing and I am thoroughly blown away. I will play this until my hands bleed, develop callouses, and make me look like a death godlike! My only criticism right off the bat is that those fires used in that pillar puzzles looked too bright, too similar, and a tad bit off over the rest of the environment. Nitpicking, really.

Edited July 24, 2014 by IndiraLightfoot

[Elerond]

 

ranged weapon? fire and cold weapon? life stealing weapon? Reach weapon? do you really belive that slashing/bludgeoning/piercing is only atribute of weapon?

Afaik, there are only three weapon damage types (I could be wrong). The other effects you mention are enchants that can be added to any weapon so they would not require their own slot. I hadn't considered ranged, dual wielding, etc... though so that's a good point.

 

Weapon types have also other bonuses than damage type, like for example axes have greater changes to do critical hits, daggers are faster, maces go better through armor, spears have longer reach, etc..

[Sarex]

So it seems you can even lose health if you stamina/durability is not all the way down. O_o

 

Also as Stun mentioned, copy/pasted icons for spells from IWD2, though it's something that I personally like.