Game News Obsidian Reveals 'Project Eternity' - Kickstarter Live

[HanoverF]

How fast did WL2 reach $1M? This seems to be even faster?

http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/inxile/wasteland-2/#chart-daily
http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/obsidian/project-eternity/#chart-daily
http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/66710809/double-fine-adventure#chart-daily

They cut it off at midnight though, so its hard to tell from Kicktraq what the first 24 hour total is.

 

[nihil]

This is awesome. They now have my gold.

 

[evdk]

Possibly, but as part of instilling a healthy European loathing for ourselves, our country, our ancestors and our very culture, we shy away from acknowledging that Gaelic mythology ever existed in school, the arts, etc. I found out everything I know about it from the internet.

Slav mythology is worse. It always is.

 

[Sòren]

Feargus: Our goal is to use voice over as flavor and not as something that exists for every written word in the game. We don’t want to cut down on the depth of dialogs or the number of choices that players have because we are counting voice over dollars. That means, like practically every Obsidian project to date, we are going to push the boundaries of reactivity in our dialogs. And, the more we get funded the more we can do that.

oh i just read that. that's fucking awesome!

 

[PlanHex]

How fast did WL2 reach $1M? This seems to be even faster?

http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/inxile/wasteland-2/#chart-daily
http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/obsidian/project-eternity/#chart-daily
http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/66710809/double-fine-adventure#chart-daily

Those aren't really for 24h though, since it doesn't track the hours and only goes by dates.
Double Fine's kickstart must have gone up shortly before midnight.

Interesting stuff tho'. The spikes on the Wasteland graph indicate a lot more money coming in around the last bank-day of the month (pay-day), which I think is interesting since it doesn't really matter at all. I mean, they don't take your money before the kickstart ends anyway. Are people not aware of this?
Will Obsidian also see a spike in pledges in two weeks time?

I wish these projects would all start and end at the beginning of the month tho', it's easier for me to manage if they take my money then...

 

[General Maxson]

And Sawyers favorite game of all time is Darklands.

Wow, nice. It is great. Combat is a bit sucky, but still... If he gets some good inspiration from there, it will be good.

 

[Szioul]

Wasteland 2 got like 830-840k in the first 24h.

No, I'm pretty sure it only had ~500k in the first 24h.

Source: http://kotaku.com/5892901/how-wasteland-2-went-from-hopeless-to-half-a-million-in-24-hours

Your right. It was 555k according to Kickstarter.
http://www.kickstarter.com/blog/ouyas-big-day

 

[Don Peste]

Nina - Order of the Goat 1 minute ago
For me, a good romance is one of the central pillars of what makes a good RPG. If they took romance out I'd probably downgrade my pledge. Without amazing and loveable characters I just don't think it would pack the same emotional punch.

?????

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/obsidian/project-eternity/comments

 

[hoverdog]

Nina - Order of the Goat 1 minute ago
For me, a good romance is one of the central pillars of what makes a good RPG. If they took romance out I'd probably downgrade my pledge. Without amazing and loveable characters I just don't think it would pack the same emotional punch.

?????

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/obsidian/project-eternity/comments

 

[kaizoku]

Regarding the game characters' wardrobe (obviously the most important thing in an cRPG), I guess most people are forgetting that this will 2D with 3D characters with an isometric perspective.
You won't be able to see shit captain. It doesn't matter at all.

I'm more worried in having something that makes sense (in terms of race, faction and character), than something to please any factions, minorities or masses.
For example, one thing that always pissed me off with RPGs is: why isn't there any gender differentiation?
female in respect to male: -2 str, +1 dex, +1 char, +1 bluff, +1 persuasion, -2 intimidate
This would be something realistic and makes character and party creation more interesting.

About the clothing aspect (not that I really care), well if you're a fighter you want to cover the most you can, while if you're an archer maybe you'll only cover your torso, head and half legs. But if you're a sorceress you may want to go around half naked (again, what makes sense in terms of race, faction and character) since you'll be manipulating/fighting with your wits not your might.

Not necessarily, but that together with a bunch of Twitter messages I've read over the years that I can't be bothered to look up and then they go on about gay romances, underwear and transgender and whatnot in the same thread.
He generally seems to be whiteknighting and PCing all the time and seems like he could be open to a lot of their "suggestions".

http://twitter.com/jesawyer/statuses/214839768918392832
http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/1781305307

No tasteful rape then?
Will Tim Cain be able to corrupt him?

And Sawyers favorite game of all time is Darklands.

This gets me even more curious on the character mechanics.
Had forgotten about this interview http://www.rpgcodex.net/content.php?id=8246

 

[Jashiin]

The clothing aspect is great for luring in money from cosmetic fags who will pay for the story, the depth and the mechanics that we know these guys will deliver.

 

[golgepapaz]

How fast did WL2 reach $1M? This seems to be even faster?

http://www.ruinedkingdoms.com/project-eternity/
http://www.ruinedkingdoms.com/wasteland2/

The spikes at the last graph generally relates to new pitch video or stretch goals, Considering similar growth I expect the total tally to be in order of 5,5-6 mils (including last day rush)

 

[MightyHoax]

Ah, well..I´ve only used $700 on kickstarter projects this year, another $140 won´t make much difference and I have to make room for Grimoire as well

 

[l3loodAngel]

The clothing aspect is great for luring in money from cosmetic fags who will pay for the story, the depth and the mechanics that we know these guys will deliver.

The clothing, beards and hair styles should be added as a DLC, so that those dumb fucks could pay for our games for once...

 

[kris]

But if you're a sorceress you may want to go around half naked (again, what makes sense in terms of race, faction and character) since you'll be manipulating/fighting with your wits not your might.

I think people have been a bit fooled by the "scholar-magician". Basically someone dabbling in magical arts in a castle or the confines of his home would just have comfortable or fashionable clothes. But someone that joins a adventuring group and is about to go into battle would most likely seek means to protect himself, especially from arrows. But also cuts. Not to forget that some clothes are not very practical out in the wild.

this is of course affected by how magic works. In many settings magicians can't use metallic armour just to balance them.

 

[Jashiin]

The clothing aspect is great for luring in money from cosmetic fags who will pay for the story, the depth and the mechanics that we know these guys will deliver.

The clothing, beards and hair styles should be added as a DLC, so that those dumb fucks could pay for our games for once...

I have no doubt that will happen.

 

[Freelance Henchman]

So many alts in this thread.

 

[The Vanished One]

Pledged $20.00. Never did this before, sounds too good to be true, but if I don't believe in this then I'll never believe in anything.
I hope they can go well beyond the $1 100 000 goal, just like Wasteland 2 did -- that doesn't sound much for what they're trying to achieve. Not that I'm in a position to judge, and if this particular group of people doesn't know how to handle the money for such a project, then I don't know who else does.

 

[Niektory]

< insert RTwP hate comment here >

 

[SCO]

Yeah, I'm a bit worried about this. There's honestly nothing less interesting than Gaelic mythology (Scot here)​

Grass, fence?

Possibly, but as part of instilling a healthy European loathing for ourselves, our country, our ancestors and our very culture, we shy away from acknowledging that Gaelic mythology ever existed in school, the arts, etc. I found out everything I know about it from the internet.

You mean you don't appreciate such rousing themes as:
"The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel"
or
"The Cattle raid of Cooley"
?

 

[FeelTheRads]

Nina - Order of the Goat 1 minute ago
For me, a good romance is one of the central pillars of what makes a good RPG. If they took romance out I'd probably downgrade my pledge. Without amazing and loveable characters I just don't think it would pack the same emotional punch.

?????

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/obsidian/project-eternity/comments

Notice how she says "took romance out"'. Like it's already in. Goddamn Biotards, they really think that's what an RPG is. You know, I don't have any problems per se with romances in games (as long as they're not the focus of the game) but I so hope there won't be any in this game just so these deranged fuckers would cry.
Same fuckers I've seen babbling about having Boo or references to him in this game. Goddamn.

 

[St. Toxic]

I, for one, would've preferred phase-based combat.

Oh, and fantasy is pretty boring. Let's see what they make of it though, def. worth 20.

 

[Weierstraß]

+1 char, +1 bluff, +1 persuasion
This would be something realistic and makes character and party creation more interesting.

Realistic? Those are entirely arbitrary.

 

[kaizoku]

+1 char, +1 bluff, +1 persuasion
This would be something realistic and makes character and party creation more interesting.

Realistic? Those are entirely arbitrary.

Did you still got my point or do I have to explain it?

 

[Mortmal]

The problem is not romances in rpgs per se, they can add whatever they want in fact the more features in a rpg the better it is , the problem is romance AND streamlining, removing the character creation, stats, removing any tactical depth and strategic combat to end up with a press A to awesome game centered about cinematics and companion interaction.Thats what bioware is selling nowadays, and thats what i dont want to see anymore.

925000 $ right now, i remember david gaider posting here about how he did not want bioware to end up like troika , bankrupt with a few grognards praising the game on forums, guess there's more than a few grognards , and we have the money to fund it. The amount of cash gathered, and so quickly show theres a huge need of true rpgs , and people can afford paying for them.
So yes its fantasy it could have been more original, but the guys cant take that much risk at first, their company fate is at sake. If those projects work, youl will see new turn based , new wizardry type games appearing too , its only a matter of time now .

Those kickstarter are really a good thing, it solves completely the piracy problem, the game is paid already so if its torrented , no big deal. And it also allow me to say a big fuck you to EA , fuck you syndicate shooter, fuck you utlimate garage sale, fuck you bioware facebook ultima ! Here comes a new golden age of rpgs!