Obsidian General Discussion Thread

[Sentinel]

Keep your eyes peeled for any Obsidian writers on LinkedIn who you know who aren't working on PoE2.

We know Megan Starks, Paul Kirsch, Carrie Patel and Josh Sawyer are working on Pillars of Eternity. Eric is also working on Edér as a freelance.
Who does that leave? Robert Land (Sirin, Tyranny), Boyarsky and Matt MacLean?

Olivia Veras?

IIRC Olivia Veras wasn't a writer (as in, that isn't her job at Obsidian), they just needed someone to write Kana Rua and she ended up getting the trial. Is she back to writing? Because Kana Rua was fucking awful and incredibly annoying.

 

[Sentinel]

We know Megan Starks, Paul Kirsch, Carrie Patel and Josh Sawyer are working on Pillars of Eternity. Eric is also working on Edér as a freelance.
Who does that leave? Robert Land (Sirin, Tyranny), Boyarsky and Matt MacLean?

Robert Land doesn't work at Obsidian currently. He left a year ago and joined ArenaNet.

That's depressing. I thought his character in Tranny was easily the most interesting.

 

[Sentinel]

Can it please, be a turn-based game.

It's multi-platform so I'm guessing it won't be, also considering how Feargus referenced FNV I think that's telling.

I meant the smaller project.
Cain/Boyarsky is probably first person or third person.

I'm not holding up hopes. FU isn't into turn-based games, as far as I know.

Wouldn't mind a D&D 5E turn-based dungeon crawler a la ToEE tbh.

Can it please, be a turn-based game.

It's multi-platform so I'm guessing it won't be, also considering how Feargus referenced FNV I think that's telling.

Didn't Boyarsky say something about how he wanted to have first person for exploring and then the camera would change to isometric for turn-based combat? Admittedly since they are being funded by a publisher and it's a triple-A project, I doubt anyone would sign up for that, but yeah it's a p interesting idea.

 

[Flou]

IIRC Olivia Veras wasn't a writer (as in, that isn't her job at Obsidian), they just needed someone to write Kana Rua and she ended up getting the trial. Is she back to writing? Because Kana Rua was fucking awful and incredibly annoying.

Yes, she is writing some for Deadfire. I'm too lazy to find my source for it, I have her listed as designer and writer on the Deadfire team over at Obsidian's forums.

 

[Sentinel]

IIRC Olivia Veras wasn't a writer (as in, that isn't her job at Obsidian), they just needed someone to write Kana Rua and she ended up getting the trial. Is she back to writing? Because Kana Rua was fucking awful and incredibly annoying.

Yes, she is writing some for Deadfire. I'm too lazy to find my source for it, I have her listed as designer and writer on the Deadfire team over at Obsidian's forums.

I trust you friend.

 

[aweigh]

how many 'A's is something like this? AA? A?

btw, can anyone find out what song clip/track is playing in this demo video? or who composed this bit of music? I really like it.

i imagine it was probably done by the same guy who did their ToEE music since it reminds me of the space-y synths utilized in ToEE, but i'm too lazy to find out since we have people like Roguey who can do it faster

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

Engines have improved. You could make a pretty snazzy first/third-person mainstream title at less than an AAA budget, if you cut some expensive corners. Obsidiox popamole can't be ruled out.

Mainstream game without a mainstream budget is a worst place to be. Those games just end up being underwhelming in every way, Risen, Elex, Mars:War Logs, at all. Not hardcore enough for us and not popamole enough for casuals, they end being forgotten by both sides.

 

[Roguey]

how many 'A's is something like this? AA? A?

I doubt a publisher would trust Troika with more than 10 million, so it would have ended up single A.

Mainstream game without a mainstream budget is a worst place to be. Those games just end up being underwhelming in every way, Risen, Elex, Mars:War Logs, at all. Not hardcore enough for us and not popamole enough for casuals, they end being forgotten by both sides.

Bloodlines remains an eternal exception. If you deliver the art direction and the writing, people will remember.

 

[Latelistener]

An AAA console game made on UE4? Paradox is a bit out of this league.

Funding a blitz that culminates in an announcement from another publisher would be stranger. Seems more likely that Para/Obs are having a go at the mainstream, hopeful to capitalize on bio/bethfugees while mantaining grog cred through appeals to nostalgia and PoE. It's a risky gambit hence the need for the blitz in the first place, but if successful the rewards would be massive for both parties. The "publisher shuffle" Feargus has exploited to keep the lights on over the past decade may finally be unnecessary.

IIRC Feargus said something like "you will be surprised" when you'll learn who is the publisher, so I don't think it's Paradox.
Their recent shilling is for PoE2, and other future projects.

 

[Abu Antar]

Engines have improved. You could make a pretty snazzy first/third-person mainstream title at less than an AAA budget, if you cut some expensive corners. Obsidiox popamole can't be ruled out.

Mainstream game without a mainstream budget is a worst place to be. Those games just end up being underwhelming in every way, Risen, Elex, Mars:War Logs, at all. Not hardcore enough for us and not popamole enough for casuals, they end being forgotten by both sides.

I pray for you.

 

[Nano]

From the Eurogamer comments section, pic stolen from NeoGAF.

 

[Roguey]

If this really is all for an expansion that they're barely promoting then

 

[Infinitron]

That's a response to this comment:

Wait, they paid for you to come over, hear about a failed project and write about it?

 

[Flou]

IIRC Feargus said something like "you will be surprised" when you'll learn who is the publisher, so I don't think it's Paradox.

Well it would be quite surprising if Paradox was a publisher on a multi-platform AAA game. I would only rule out EA and Bethesda. EA because they have BioWare and they won't give up IP rights to a company and Bethesda because why would they fund an IP that could be a direct competitor against Fallout if they can't keep the IP for themselves.

 

[Mojomancer]

IIRC Feargus said something like "you will be surprised"

Bethesda confirmed? Everyone seems to think there is some kind of beef between the two companies.

 

[Infinitron]

I am pretty certain it's not Bethesda.

 

[Mojomancer]

I am pretty certain it's not Bethesda.

I don't think it will be Bethesda either to be honest, but it would surprise me.

 

[Quillon]

I am pretty certain it's not Bethesda.

I don't think it will be Bethesda either to be honest, but it would surprise me.

All publishers would be surprising other than Pdx

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

 

[Mojomancer]

Is there a post anywhere that has compiled all the information currently known about this unannounced game?

 

[Jenkem]

it's being published by Valve.

 

[Mojomancer]

I'd love to see a company make a Source 2 engine RPG but isn't Obsidian using Unreal 4 for whatever this is?

 

[Sentinel]

Source 2 isn't released yet.

 

[Jenkem]

I'd love to see a company make a Source 2 engine RPG but isn't Obsidian using Unreal 4 for whatever this is?

oh that's right..

it's being published by Epic Games

 

[Infinitron]

Mojomancer We don't really know anything about the game other than it's a new IP multiplatform action-RPG by Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky. Just wait for it to be announced.