Skyforge MMORPG, co-developed by Obsidian

[rrc2soft]

Gamer.ru (via NeoGaf)

We suspected that the head of the studio Obsidian Fergus Urquhart arrived in Moscow (at GDC 2013) for a reason. And here was a man who made a great contribution to the development of almost all the good role-playing games, has announced that Obsidian will help Allods Team to work on Skyforge - MMORPG AAA-class pro magico-technological world. This news helped to end the CWI 'blast, and not shriek, "and of course, it requires reflection. As we see it, Mail.Ru Games has made non-obvious, but a strong move.
First, from Skyforge now can not expect much, and very much. Allods Team - specialists of the highest class, but the partnership with Obsidian may allow them to jump much higher than the head. (Where is the Obsidian MMORPG-experience? - He's Allods Team.) Second, the interest of the public to the hardcore Skyforge now greatly increase. Third, break the stereotype that Mail.Ru - orientated primarily at casual gamers Company (drift "Mehl" towards the hardcore audience did not notice anything). Fourth, Mail.Ru will think differently about Western players. Fifth, Urquhart & Co. will make the game more closely the English public. Solid pros.

In terms of specific forms of cooperation Allods Team and Obsidian, then the parties have to say the words. «Skyforge - very interesting and promising project and I am glad that Obsidian Entertainment is involved in working on this game. I am confident that the cooperation with the Allods Team will be a great experience for all of us "- said Fergus Urquhart. «Skyforge - the most ambitious Russian project. Now the development Skyforge joined by foreign experts, in effect created the standards of the genre. For the first time in the history of the domestic game industry to work on the Russian project attracted such renowned developers ", - the head of otrezoniroval Allods Team Oleg Shpilchevsky.

 

[Morgoth]

A new low.

Why is it that Obsidian can't get dignified deals these days any longer?

 

[Scruffy]

are MMOs inherently shit, or is it possible to create a good one? Will Obsidian be able to do it? So many questions, so little interest in actually having them answered... let me get out of this forum already.

 

[MetalCraze]

Obsidian working for russians on a russian MMO? Holy shit haha

They keep digging that rock bottom. Must be some Evil Publisher at work here, forcing poor Obsidian make shit (again) instead of a turn-based game of their dreams that they can never start to develop.

Bros made so many shit subpar games they can get only roubles nowadays

 

[Morgoth]

They keep digging that rock bottom. Must be some Evil Publisher at work here, forcing poor Obsidian make shit (again)

It's not about evil publishers forcing Obsidian to make shit, it's about Obsidian forced to make shit lest go out of business.

 

[Mezebriel]

Tbh Allods mmorpg was quite good (before gpotato destroyed it with cash shop in eu/us version) and it's one of the few ones (or the only one) which went from f2p to p2p not the other way around. So actualy they might do something decent.

 

[Duraframe300]

I wonder how deep Obsidian's involvment even runs. The game has been in development for a while.

 

[fizzelopeguss]

As far as i'm aware allods makes a lot of money.

 

[Jedi Exile]

Obsidian working for russians on a russian MMO? Holy shit haha

My reaction exactly.

 

[Duraframe300]

They keep digging that rock bottom. Must be some Evil Publisher at work here, forcing poor Obsidian make shit (again)

It's not about evil publishers forcing Obsidian to make shit, it's about Obsidian forced to make shit lest go out of business.

I don't think they would need to get out of buisness anyway. They have enough other projects at the moment to keep em' safe here. If they were that close to death, their days would have already been over in the march 2012 layoffs. Certainly helps to keep some jobs on though.

My guess is that mail.ru was looking to partner with a western dev to help out on various issues, called up Obsidian and they said yes.

 

[MetalCraze]

It's not about evil publishers forcing Obsidian to make shit, it's about Obsidian forced to make shit lest go out of business.

Forced by whom?

 

[Mangoose]

BTW Allods is one of the leading pay-2-win scammers.

 

[Mangoose]

It's not about evil publishers forcing Obsidian to make shit, it's about Obsidian forced to make shit lest go out of business.

Forced by whom?

Forced by themselves for not selling better games in the first place.

 

[Morgoth]

It's not about evil publishers forcing Obsidian to make shit, it's about Obsidian forced to make shit lest go out of business.

Forced by whom?

Forced by the market realities and shit taste of people who don't want to spent money on good RPGs.

 

[Metro]

Just when I thought these guys got some integrity with Project Eternity.

 

[Excidium]

Just when I thought these guys got some integrity with Project Eternity.

Riding the crowdsourcing wave using the popularity of IE RPGs is integrity?

 

[Roguey]

Fergie just hadda take advantage of Tim-m-o Cain and his husband's experience.

 

[Eyeball]

This is like hiring Michelangelo to paint your outhouse.

 

[Excidium]

This is like hiring Michelangelo to paint your outhouse.

Is Obsidian the paint or the outhouse?

 

[Tigranes]

It's not about evil publishers forcing Obsidian to make shit, it's about Obsidian forced to make shit lest go out of business.

Forced by whom?

Forced by themselves for not selling better games in the first place.

You mean, good games sell well and bad games sell bad?

'Cos that's not how it works.

 

[Zed]

man this is a let-down.
hopefully they'll have the core talent focusing on the real shit (proojekt eternity!!!1) and have interns and shit write for this garbage.

 

[Lancehead]

Bleh, I get they can't be picky about the deals they get, but an MMO, seriously?

 

[DeepOcean]

Fuck, I hope that the Russian mafia doesn't break Fargus legs for a failed Slam Dunk.

 

[Turisas]

How significant is this project really for Obsidian, in terms of manpower? How many people do they have working on this full-time?

 

[Excidium]

Probably not much. I wonder how they ended up on a deal with russian F2P MMO developers, though.

 

[AstroZombie]

Because an MMO is a great idea for a company that's struggling financially.