Project Eternity update

Post by **King of Creation** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 9:15 pm

[ Game -> Update ] - More info on <a href="http://www.falloutwiki.com/Obsidian Entertainment">Company: Obsidian Entertainment</a> | More info on <a href="http://www.falloutwiki.com/Project Eternity">Game: Project Eternity</a>

Just a quick update to Obsidian's Project Eternity <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/obs ... er</a>.
The fundraising campaign has surpassed $2.45 million USD. At $2.5 million, they'll be adding barbarians and ciphers to the class variety. There's also a New Backer Goal (no donation required) - 20K Likes for Obsidian on Facebook adds another level to the Mega Dungeon.
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S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Tue Oct 09, 2012 3:55 pm

What happens at 3 millions? Feargus runs away with the money?

jimmypneumatic · Post by **jimmypneumatic** » Tue Oct 09, 2012 4:29 pm

JC will walk the forums. I think

Mad Max RW · Post by **Mad Max RW** » Thu Oct 11, 2012 10:24 pm

Not even $300 million will make this game good.

jimmypneumatic · Post by **jimmypneumatic** » Thu Oct 11, 2012 10:35 pm

Hah. Nice last blurb

SenisterDenister · Post by **SenisterDenister** » Fri Oct 12, 2012 12:42 am

Mad Max RW wrote:Not even $300 million will make this game good.

Hit me with your wisdom, Max. I'm interested to see why you think that. I'd say its at least worth giving Obsidian the benefit of the doubt before we write it off.

Mad Max RW · Post by **Mad Max RW** » Fri Oct 12, 2012 11:12 am

Cliched over-used fantasy setting and rehashed boring real-time party based gameplay we've seen a million times already and always sucked or was passable at best. The story *might* be good, but they will run out of money for paying their employees before a vast backstory can be fleshed out and realized in a 50 hour game or whatever they are promising. Obsidian is simultaneously pandering to the Baldur's Gate and Planescape Torment fans when anybody with common sense can see they will never deliver on a fraction of these expectations.

Best case scenario they make an OK budget title. Realistically, they will deliver a hardly realized RPG with the clunkiest gameplay and most disjointed story since Lionheart. That's what this reminds me of. Lionheart. The hype is the same. The fan expectations the same. They might as well call it Lionheart 2.

SenisterDenister · Post by **SenisterDenister** » Fri Oct 12, 2012 6:32 pm

Yeah I can't figure out why they're going after the Baldur's Gate crowd when those were Bioware games. If anything they should just be sticking to fans of Icewind Dale or Planescape. You know, mainly just classic Black Isle titles. Maybel Temple of Elemental Evil, but not Bioware titles. That'd be like saying they want the KOTOR audience.

Tofu Man · Post by **Tofu Man** » Fri Oct 12, 2012 7:52 pm

Maybe because Baldur outsold those 2? But then, what kind of rationale is that for your one Kickstarter project? You'd think they'd go for clout rather than straight profit.

Anywho, "Cliched over-used fantasy setting" I can live with*, so long as (and I'm reasonably reassured this won't have the Bioware, "15-y.o. fanfic" feel) it's decent writing; it's the real-time that gets me. I dunno, maybe this is a Fallout fan thing but I struggle to think of one example of that sort of gameplay I'd hold up as something good.

*Actually, fuck that, I'm up to my ears with dwarves and elves and all that shite

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 4:12 am

Still, it's more exciting then Dragon Age 3.

Mad Max RW · Post by **Mad Max RW** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 4:33 am

Sitting on a toilet with wicked heartburn at 4am is more exciting than Dragon Age 3.

jimmypneumatic · Post by **jimmypneumatic** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 9:32 am

Jail toilets hurt more

Stalagmite · Post by **Stalagmite** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 2:27 am

I was really hoping that they would do something like a Steampunk Spiritual successor to Arcanum but no instead we get generic fantasy shit, so I didn't donate.

Fucking cunts.

Oh well Wasteland 2 may pull through but only if Brian pays closer attention to harsh critique.

SenisterDenister · Post by **SenisterDenister** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 3:04 am

Heard a rumor that Fargo is getting in cahoots with EA. They're helping him distribute it or its going to be on Origin or something.

Not happy about that.

Post by **King of Creation** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 7:52 am

Yeah, he said it would be on Origin. I think that's idiotic, but I am a bit biased when it comes to Steam.