counterpoint: if microsoft was only interested in sales numbers, they wouldn't have bought obsidian
They bought it expecting something similar to new vegas,even youtube shills were lukewarm to fallout 4. Many didn't liked the dumbing down. I can see 76 being a flop to some extend,haven't seen a single shill praise the game.
For a guy that always said content is king, the above is bullshit. If the game was a straight copy of BG2 engine, the game's cost would be way less, so more money to spent in actually designing more content instead of trash mob after trash mob for a huge portion of the game. If the ice temple/dragon's eye/black raven monastery/underdark areas had the same level of attention/quests as severed hand or BG2's underdark, the game would be way better, 2E notwithstanding
Maybe, though i don't see why interplay would be ok with an extention for changing the ruleset and not be ok with the same or an even smaller extention to flesh out the game a little more.I imagine the arguement to both had been better sales, i can't imagine the suits at interplay gave two fucks about DnD editions. Granting the extention in the first place indicated Black Isle could afford it, in the hope of a better slam dunk
He was known for being arrogant and arguing with fans on the BIS boards, but he was a bit more modest back then:
I don't think anything that drastic is required when we have Roguey at our disposal
It was hell for the programmers, not MCA. He said it was one of the most fun projects he worked on.
The choice wasn't between spending resources implementing the ruleset or nothing. The programmers could've focused on other things, like kits, itemization, AI improvements, spells, etc. As Sawyer himself said, the content was "very uneven". He could've directed and helped the designers more instead of focusing on the ruleset, and the game's weakest areas (which are significantly worse than the good ones) could've been better as a result. Unless you believe Sawyer couldn't have done anything to improve them.
They used the extension to work on the 3E implementation, but it wasn't the reason for it. The original deadline (four months) was impossible, and the game wasn't even close to being finished in that time. From the Shacknews book about BIS/Obsidian:
And Feargus had the resources to give the extension:
Well, that was the point. He showed modesty when called out, unlike his general attitude in the last decade or so.
You have weird fetish for Austrian serial killers i take it.Is anyone going to talk about just how cute Josh is in that new Obsidian video!? (He looks like an older jughead and that cuffed sleeve tee with the tattoos is such a lewk!!!)
IWD are pretty good action rpgs with D&D system, NWN 2 is good if you take away the retarded ork part. AP is unique with great dialogue system.
Hmm, his actions speak louder than words.
If he thought he created 3 average games in a row, why did he continue making more of the same?
He has no shame.
I think most of us can agree that from his credits list below, only FNV is above average game.
- Icewind Dale (2000), designer
- Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter (2001), designer
- Icewind Dale II (2002), lead designer
- Neverwinter Nights 2 (2006), lead designer
- Alpha Protocol (2010), designer
- Fallout: New Vegas (2010), director, lead designer
- Pillars of Eternity (2015), director, lead designer, writer
- Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire (2018), director, narrative designer
