KickStarter Pathfinder: Kingmaker Pre-Release Thread [GAME RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[vonAchdorf]

Why did you stop copying the text in quotes here? I'm too lazy to click a link.

Spoiler: The DevDiary just links to year old updates from KS which talk about their UI.

 

[Thonius]

They've sent actual update about Physical goods and what not.

 

[vonAchdorf]

German preview:



Too German; Didn't watch: They liked the game.

 

[Lacrymas]

Ja, auch kann ich nicht die eine Million wörter glauben. Das ist sehr blöd, aber das ist die moderne Videospielentwicklung.

That's probably terrible. Not sure about some word positions. Either way, they made a big fuss about the one million words thing and I wanted to use it as an excuse to practice my German, lol.

 

[vonAchdorf]

If your game has 1 million words, my marketing advice would be to be hush about it. It's intimidating and for 95% of the buyers it won't matter, because they'll only see a fraction of it anyway. But the preview repeatedly emphasized the old-school / hard-core credentials of the game.

 

[Alienman]

Just makes it sound exhausting to play.

 

[Lacrymas]

But the preview repeatedly emphasized the old-school / hard-core credentials of the game.

They said it's "inspired by" Baldur's Gate 2 and Pillars of Eternity. Not sure how hardcore, or even old-school, those two are. Didn't watch it till the end, they might've said something different along the way, but I somehow doubt it.

 

[vonAchdorf]

But the preview repeatedly emphasized the old-school / hard-core credentials of the game.

They said it's "inspired by" Baldur's Gate 2 and Pillars of Eternity. Not sure how hardcore, or even old-school, those two are. Didn't watch it till the end, they might've said something different along the way, but I somehow doubt it.

One shtick of the preview was to mention grognardy aspects of the game and then follow it with a "but old-school fans will say: that's how should be - and they are right". For the mainstream audience (Gamestar is Germany's biggest mainstream gaming magazine) BG2 is old-school.

 

[Shadenuat]

Game has a lot of currently trending between old skool developers greyed out text, it does.

 

[Lacrymas]

It's very fun the first comment on that video mentioning that "Classic RPGs like Pillars of Eternity (lmao)" are more like novels, while Twitcher is more like a film. I don't think any of those two scenarios are good, lol.

 

[Dodo1610]

German preview:



Too German; Didn't watch: They liked the game.

Here is the text https://www.gamestar.de/artikel/pathfinder-kingmaker,3332899.html

Didn't know the game has a very involved resting mechanic where you have to assign party members jobs like hunting and keeping watch, you can even be ambushed.
They said that the kingdom management part will be shown during Gamescom. The combat better then Pillars, so I hope for the best.

 

[Alienman]

The girl in that picture must be based off Evangeline Lilly.

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[Lacrymas]

Well, the system is D&D. The only thing they can screw up is combat pacing and encounter design.

 

[fantadomat]

Well, the system is D&D. The only thing they can screw up is combat pacing and encounter design.

From what i have seen in early clips the combat is pretty challenging. Maybe the players were just shit tho.

 

[Lacrymas]

I watched one recorded stream for 5 minutes and the chick was ordering everyone to charge a bear in melee. They all died. The players being shit isn't so unbelievable.

 

[Aim1ess]

The girl in that picture must be based off Evangeline Lilly.

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You know when I see this kind of comparison, while certainly sometimes true, I cant help but think if you just draw a random face there is a decent chance someone out there looks like them. Its more about whether that random 1 in 7 billion person is famous for people to see the resemblance.

 

[Lacrymas]

I've noticed some major video game characters being modeled after famous people. The most prime example being the ME series, where pretty much every major character is modeled after someone. It wouldn't surprise me if Owlcat were "inspired by" Evangeline Lilly for this chick.

 

[ArchAngel]

I watched one recorded stream for 5 minutes and the chick was ordering everyone to charge a bear in melee. They all died. The players being shit isn't so unbelievable.

That is good, in other similar games you can probably easily kill a whole family of bears. It is good that Pathfinder will also have early game melee monsters like BG1 had with bears and ogres.

 

[Neanderthal]

I've noticed some major video game characters being modeled after famous people. The most prime example being the ME series, where pretty much every major character is modeled after someone. It wouldn't surprise me if Owlcat were "inspired by" Evangeline Lilly for this chick.

Weren't NWN pretty famous for this too, to point where Bioware got their dannies spanked for it in court?

 

[Shadenuat]

All artists draw from real people. It's a working standard. Don't remember anything from NWN. Viconia was a porn actress before becoming drow though.

 

[Safav Hamon]

Seriously? Which porn actress was she based on?

 

[Alienman]

Why do you wanna know?

 

[ItsChon]

Seriously? Which porn actress was she based on?

I got you fam. Name of the actress is Zdenka Podkapova. Apparently the picture used was in a 1998 issue of Penthouse Magazine. Side by side image,

cropped ofc. You'll have to do some more digging on your own if you want the original image.

 

[aweigh]

"we want stories with lots of words!!"

oh we'll give you words... bwaaghaha

- based on a true story

 

[Safav Hamon]

Damn, Viconia is sexier in real life

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