Obsidian's Pillars of Eternity [BETA RELEASED, GO TO THE NEW THREAD]

[PlanHex]

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Eternity confirmed?

 

[Admiral jimbob]

Kind of glad it isn't going to be "the Black Hound". I'm sure the story and setting is good, but it's such an awfully bland name. I know I might take flak for that one, but a game does sell pretty hard on its name. It's by no means the most important part, but like boxart, it's the first, if only, thing consumers see of the game.

It's no worse than "Dragon Age"

Well, to the average consumer - I'd guess - Dragon Age conjures up images of fighting mighty monsters and changing the face of the world, making your mark on the, well, age. The Black Hound sounds like an adventure game or something about a big dog annoying people in a backwoods village.

 

[skuphundaku]

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First time I read that, I read it as "There is no sleep for the Witcher"

 

[Helly]

I guess Josh's poster was
NO
SLEEP
FOR
THE
WATCHER
then...

 

[TwinkieGorilla]

So it is "Eternity" after all? Also: I must have had a lapse in my attention...wtf is "Eternity"?

skuphundaku thank you for changing your signature.

I guess Josh's poster was
NO
SLEEP
FOR
THE
WATCHER
then...

REALLY????

 

[skuphundaku]

So it is "Eternity" after all? Also: I must have had a lapse in my attention...wtf is "Eternity"?

skuphundaku thank you for changing your signature.

Well, I'm preparing for the inevitable Eternity by Obsidian Kickstarter Codex donation campaign:D

 

[Helly]

I guess Josh's poster was
NO
SLEEP
FOR
THE
WATCHER
then...

REALLY????

Well I hoped for more mystaary! than the exact same sentence in the source.
Whatever

 

[Stelcio]

This "Watcher" thing sounds like Grey Wardens world-saving bullshit. Another mehdieval hilaroic fantasy?!

 

[Semper]

world-saving bullshit

sounds more like a personal story about forced watching over someone/thing.

 

[skuphundaku]

world-saving bullshit

sounds more like a personal story about forced watching over someone/thing.

If it were a Bioware game, it would be a game about voyeurism. Then again, that would be quite an awesome game if implemented right:D.

 

[Turisas]

This "Watcher" thing sounds like Grey Wardens world-saving bullshit. Another mehdieval hilaroic fantasy?!

It's about a heroic voyeur, a Watcher, in a grimdark, gritty fantasy world. You can use magic, stealth or diplomacy to get behind those windows and ogle at those perky teats. Maybe you'll save the world, too, but only so some asshole villain won't ruin your voyerous lifestyle.


Edit: Goddamnit, skuphundaku.

 

[FeelTheRads]

By the way, how come nobody is butthurt that this game is most likely to be "grimdark"?

 

[DwarvenFood]

So it's not wanderer, less Torn influence then. More Defiance ? My money is on a Defiance kickstarter (under a different name.. Eternity?)

 

[Wise Emperor]

Highlander RPG. Got Watcher's, Gaelic and Immortality.

 

[Turisas]

By the way, how come nobody is butthurt that this game is most likely to be "grimdark"?

Because when done right, and not to pander mouth-breathing dudebros, it can be a worthy, mature addition to a serious RPG universe?

 

[Jaesun]

So now I wonder, this would be JE Sawyers baby most likely? P.A. Fantasy setting ( I would love that)? High or Low magic? RTwP or Turn-Based?

Anyways that's my guess. And if it is the KS, I wonder if the codex would do another drive for it, and HOPEFULLY MCA would agree to do more codex trolls, because I missed out on that.

 

[Jasede]

We know it's not KOTOR 3 but I can't help but dream of the game that could have been- the Exile and Kreia, in the foreign outer rim, meeting what remained after Revan had passed there... there's a lot of potential in that idea.

 

[skuphundaku]

By the way, how come nobody is butthurt that this game is most likely to be "grimdark"?

Because when done right, and not to pander mouth-breathing dudebros, it can be a worthy, mature addition to a serious RPG universe?

Also, because it's Obsidian.

 

[skuphundaku]

So now I wonder, this would be JE Sawyers baby most likely? P.A. Fantasy setting ( I would love that)? High or Low magic? RTwP or Turn-Based?

Anyways that's my guess. And if it is the KS, I wonder if the codex would do another drive for it, and HOPEFULLY MCA would agree to do more codex trolls, because I missed out on that.

I am hoping for a Age of Decadence-like setting: at first, it may look like low fantasy, but if you look deeper you realize that it's, really, PA in a sci-fi setting.

 

[Merkwürdigliebe]

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I'm going to take this as proof that my idea that it is norse inspired is correct, mostly because I refuse to admit that I am wrong but also because the following.

Heimdallr requires less sleep than a bird, can see at night just as well as if it were day, and for over a hundred leagues

Heimdallr is attested as possessing foreknowledge, keen eyesight and hearing, is described as "the whitest of the gods", and keeps watch for the onset of Ragnarök

As for the whole word thing that some one pointed out resembled or was possibly some Celtic language, it could be set in the British isles in the Dark ages with a conflict between the native Celts and invading Saxons and Norsemen.

 

[Weierstraß]

By the way, how come nobody is butthurt that this game is most likely to be "grimdark"?

Will it? Not everything dark is grimdark.

 

[Infinitron]

Kind of glad it isn't going to be "the Black Hound". I'm sure the story and setting is good, but it's such an awfully bland name. I know I might take flak for that one, but a game does sell pretty hard on its name. It's by no means the most important part, but like boxart, it's the first, if only, thing consumers see of the game.

It's no worse than "Dragon Age"

Or "Elder Scrolls".

Bethesda cleverly market their games with two names, each aimed at a different audience.

"Elder Scrolls" is the name for the nerds and geeks.

The subtitle - Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim - is for the mass market.

 

[kris]

world-saving bullshit

sounds more like a personal story about forced watching over someone/thing.

That honestly feels like a really interesting concept to build a game and story around. More like a story about you needing to protect the chosen one, but the chosen one is a wimp and annoying and will test your patience. But if you behave in the right way you will change that person, even if he/she will not be really useful until late in the game or in a later game. Deception should play a part, as would being anonymous.

 

[Morgoth]

Highlander RPG. Got Watcher's, Gaelic and Immortality.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlander:_The_Game

 

[kaizoku]

I am hoping for a Age of Decadence-like setting: at first, it may look like low fantasy, but if you look deeper you realize that it's, really, PA in a sci-fi setting.

I wish for a different setting than the one in AoD.
I already have AoD for that.

I rather have their take on an unique Planescapy game world.
A fertile land where one day the seed for the PST successor can be planted.
And where there is no sleep for the Gardener. (inb4 no sleep for the facebook farmer)