Preview Pillars of Eternity Presentation at PAX South 2015

[Infinitron]

Tags: Adam Brennecke; Brandon Adler; Chris Avellone; J.E. Sawyer; Obsidian Entertainment; Pillars of Eternity; Tim Cain

Brian Fargo isn't the only one visiting PAX South this weekend. A whole bunch of folks from Obsidian are also attending to promote Pillars of Eternity. Unlike the Bard's Tale IV announcement, this panel is being streamed, and it's about to start:

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What a weekend!

Update: And it's over! The gameplay demonstration was pretty short - a well-choreographed, action-packed dungeon crawl. The real meat of the panel was the Q&A session, which was surprisingly entertaining and information. I recommend watching the whole thing.

 

[Infinitron]

It's on!

 

[norolim]

They tried so hard to make the combat music as similar to Baldur's Gate combat music as possible, that it's almost plagiarism.

EDIT: Well that wasn't very long.

 

[Volrath]

That chanter party looked fucking awesome.

 

[Athelas]

The drake death animation where it leaps up into the air and comes crashing down is a thing of beauty.

 

[norolim]

They are talking about you Sensuki

 

[LarsWestergren]

Their "ph"s hurt my ears. Microphone too close?

 

[Grotesque]

is there a copy?

 

[Sensuki]

They are talking about you Sensuki

I think I was asleep. Didn't see it sorry.

 

[Crooked Bee]

This was a really good Q&A, color me surprised.

 

[Infinitron]

I think I was asleep. Didn't see it sorry.

It wasn't just you, they mentioned people modding the game already

 

[norolim]

I think I was asleep. Didn't see it sorry.

They just mentioned ppl already doing UI and rules mods, when asked about modding. You didn't miss much.

 

[Sensuki]

Bester did the UI mod , but yeah I think they meant Bester or "us" rather than me. I did do some earlier stuff with inventory slots, attributes and recovery time and stuff, which in comparison takes about 5 minutes if you know what you're doing.

They didn't say jack shit about assets though They haven't replied at all about supporting scene modding yet (meaning that if you make a custom item etc, it will be very very difficult to put into the game).

 

[LarsWestergren]

They haven't replied at all about supporting scene modding yet

Wasn't that what the question was about, and they said they would look into it together with others after the game was launched?

 

[agris]

any archived stream?

 

[Infinitron]

any archived stream?

Updated OP.

 

[jdinatale]

Joshua Sawyer looks a lot less attractive with shaggy hair....he needs to shave that off.

 

[Mrowak]

Looks good. Even the latest beta became more enjoyable.

Kinda pity the party was overleveled. I wish we could see how actual encounters works with serious enemies.

Still, I am very excited for PoE again.

 

[jagged-jimmy]

I am aware that the game might have "balancing" problems, but damn i am aroused right now. Looks awesome.

 

[Arsene Lupin]

Any way to watch this on Android?

 

[agris]

You guys weren't kidding, Brandon sucks!

 

[Infinitron]

Any way to watch this on Android?

Try this? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tv.twitch.android.viewer&hl=en

 

[Bleed the Man]

You guys weren't kidding, Brandon sucks!

I have to wonder, what's the reason behind putting guys like Brennecke or Brandon (specially when Josh is there), that aren't very good at the game, when this things serve as advertisments, so you want the game to look as good as possible.

 

[Sensuki]

Wasn't that what the question was about, and they said they would look into it together with others after the game was launched?

They were talking about making area art, not giving access to the actual area files that contain the actual characters/items/objects etc that are contained in a level.

 

[soulburner]

Any way to watch this on Windows phone?