Obsidian Kickstarter

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The teasing on the Obsidian Entertainment Website has culminated in the announcement of a Kickstarter for Project Eternity (working title), "an isometric, party-based RPG set in a new fantasy world," which they say "pays homage to the great Infinity Engine games of years past: Baldur’s Gate, Icewind Dale, and Planescape: Torment." Here's word on the project, which is will on the way to its $1.1 million goal:

Project Eternity aims to recapture the magic, imagination, depth, and nostalgia of classic RPGs that we enjoyed making - and playing. At Obsidian, we have the people responsible for many of those classic games and we want to bring those games back… and that’s why we’re here - we need your help to make it a reality!

Project Eternity will take the central hero, memorable companions and the epic exploration of Baldur’s Gate, add in the fun, intense combat and dungeon diving of Icewind Dale, and tie it all together with the emotional writing and mature thematic exploration of Planescape: Torment.

Combat uses a tactical real-time with pause system - positioning your party and coordinating attacks and abilities is one of the keys to success. The world map is dotted with unique locations and wilderness ripe for exploration and questing. You’ll create your own character and collect companions along the way – taking him or her not just through this story, but, with your continued support, through future adventures. You will engage in dialogues that are deep, and offer many choices to determine the fate of you and your party. …and you'll experience a story that explores mature themes and presents you with complex, difficult choices to shape how your story plays out.

We are excited at this chance to create something new, yet reminiscent of those great games and we want you to be a part of it as well.

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Re: Obsidian Kickstarter

Sep 14, 2012, 16:26

Parallax Abstraction

Kicktraq is trending this to reach $11,000,000. Now admittedly, they haven't figured out full trending logic yet and it doesn't take into account the fact that there's usually a big dip in the middle of the campaign followed by a spike at the end so it probably won't get to that level. But it is definitely set to beat the goal be a large margin. As in millions.




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Sep 14, 2012, 16:17

HorrorScope

Coop? Paused based.... ehhhh. Divinity Original Sin is doing it up right, true turn based when in combat. The only way to fly. That said, still happy to see companies getting to do what they want to do and will definitely await to see how this one turns out. But it needs to be coop for me.

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Re: Obsidian Kickstarter

Sep 14, 2012, 16:09

Mashiki Amiketo

Beamer wrote on Sep 14, 2012, 16:04:

I'm actually free-riding on this one.
Obsidian has too sketchy a track record, I'm unsure if I'll like the setting, and this thing will blow through its funding level no problem so it doesn't need my $20.

Really the only time when Obsidian has problems is when the publishers push them to get the game out the door before it's completed. Or when they're on very tight timelines. KoTOR2 is a good example of that, especially with Lucas Arts breathing down their necks with the "ship it now" mantra.

edit: At the rate they're going, they might hit 400k within the next hour.




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Re: Obsidian Kickstarter

Sep 14, 2012, 16:08

Beamer

Draugr wrote on Sep 14, 2012, 16:04:
nin wrote on Sep 14, 2012, 15:55:
Literally going up with every refresh...amazing, and awesome.

Any bets for the end of day 1?

Love to see a chart with the traffic, minute by minute...

http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/obsidian/project-eternity/

not minute by minute, but in a couple days that site will have some more data to pull

That site is awesome, thanks for the link.




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Re: Obsidian Kickstarter

Sep 14, 2012, 16:05

John

Mad Max RW wrote on Sep 14, 2012, 15:54:
Eh, the weakest part of Baldur's Gate and especially Planescape Torment was the real time with pause combat. These type of games work best when turnbased.

I actually prefer the pause system over turn-based combat because it feels more realistic to me. You can pause it and give them all their commands then watch it action instead of spending more time taking turns attacking.

Just my opinion though! I still don't mind turn-based games (and backed Wasteland 2 as well) but prefer to pause to give orders.




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Re: Obsidian Kickstarter

Sep 14, 2012, 16:04

Draugr

nin wrote on Sep 14, 2012, 15:55: Literally going up with every refresh...amazing, and awesome. Any bets for the end of day 1? Love to see a chart with the traffic, minute by minute... http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/obsidian/project-eternity/ not minute by minute, but in a couple days that site will have some more data to pull

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Re: Obsidian Kickstarter

Sep 14, 2012, 16:04

Beamer

jomisab wrote on Sep 14, 2012, 16:00:
Can't really get better than that team...the resumes speak for themselves. If you like old-school RPGs and don't help fund this for a measly $20, you may need psychological counseling.

I'm actually free-riding on this one.
Obsidian has too sketchy a track record, I'm unsure if I'll like the setting, and this thing will blow through its funding level no problem so it doesn't need my $20.

I'll wait and see on it. I may kick in, but no real need to - I can always wait till release and see if it's more Fallout or more Icewind Dale (a classic I just wasn't a huge fan of.)




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Re: Obsidian Kickstarter

Sep 14, 2012, 16:00

jomisab

Can't really get better than that team...the resumes speak for themselves. If you like old-school RPGs and don't help fund this for a measly $20, you may need psychological counseling.

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Re: Obsidian Kickstarter

Sep 14, 2012, 15:57

Mashiki Amiketo

nin wrote on Sep 14, 2012, 15:55:
Literally going up with every refresh...amazing, and awesome.

Any bets for the end of day 1?

Might take a couple of days, but it sure the hell wouldn't surprise me. That desire for the classic style games is there, even for the younger guys in their 20's who've played them and got hooked on them.




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Re: Obsidian Kickstarter

Sep 14, 2012, 15:55

nin

Literally going up with every refresh...amazing, and awesome.

Any bets for the end of day 1?

Love to see a chart with the traffic, minute by minute...




RollinThundr Apr 17, 2013, 12:25: Eh really tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. If you really want to call that trolling sure. Mr. Tact Apr 17, 2013, 12:33: Pretty sure that's the definition of trolling...

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Re: Obsidian Kickstarter

Sep 14, 2012, 15:54

Mad Max RW

Eh, the weakest part of Baldur's Gate and especially Planescape Torment was the real time with pause combat. These type of games work best when turnbased. That's why I pledged for Wasteland 2 and is why I am not pledging for this. Although, I will be keeping an eye on it because they are a great team. It's just not my kind of game. However, just like with TOEE, Bloodlines, and New Vegas, I'll definitely buy it AFTER release.

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Re: Obsidian Kickstarter

Sep 14, 2012, 15:53

Minuit

Beelzebud wrote on Sep 14, 2012, 15:18: You get 3 people that made the Fallout franchise what it is, and yeah, people are going to want to fund them. On the other hand, what if you got the three people who made "Knights of the Old Republic II", "Alpha Protocol" and "Dungeon Siege III"? Would you want to fund them then?

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Re: Obsidian Kickstarter

Sep 14, 2012, 15:52

[SC]TherMight

Backed. Go for the WIN Obsidian. They honestly should have asked for more money. Makes me nervous budgeting only $1.1M when blockbusters like Assasin's Creed are throwing bazillians at their titles.

Re: Obsidian Kickstarter

Sep 14, 2012, 15:50

John

nin wrote on Sep 14, 2012, 15:04:
Goddamn! 248K in a few hours! I got in at $20, but I'm debating if I will raise it later.

I too backed at $20 and may also raise it depending on what kind of updates or additional info they provide about the game before the Kickstart ends.

Over $315k now!




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Re: Obsidian Kickstarter

Sep 14, 2012, 15:49

Tumbler

I'm in for $20.

I am anxious to see what effects this particular kickstarter has on the industry. This seems like the biggest studio that has attempted something like this. Just a few years ago these guys made a major AAA game and today they're going kickstarter.

Plus they have a catalogue of games that is impressive to say the least. I'd drop $100 today on them if this was a scifi game or something set in the future. My only complaint is that this is a fantasy game. I can get over that and enjoy it anyway but my funding this is hoping this project goes nuclear and gets WAY WAY WAY more funding than 1 million and they're able to deliver a product no one thought possible.

Then they try and do a future scifi game and pull in double what they get here!




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Re: Obsidian Kickstarter

Sep 14, 2012, 15:38

Beamer

For instance, the theme matters very much to me. They namedrop South Park Stick of Truth, Planescape: Torment, NWN and Fallout. All three of them have very distinct theme and tone. Some of those I am interested in, others much less so.

We have no idea what the theme or tone of this game is, aside from a very generic looking map with no scale (looks very standard humans vs elves vs orcs fare, but who knows?)

Not saying this is bad, or people shouldn't donate, or it'll suck, or whatever, just saying some more information would be nice, especially for the person trying to decide if this is something he'd like to put $25 to or $100 to.




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Re: Obsidian Kickstarter

Sep 14, 2012, 15:36

Mashiki Amiketo

Damn it man...just shy of 300k right now already.

Edit: skip that 300k already.

And yeah got my $25 for this, and my first kickstarter at that too.

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Re: Obsidian Kickstarter

Sep 14, 2012, 15:20

Beamer

Beelzebud wrote on Sep 14, 2012, 15:18:
It's not like they're some fly-by-night scam artists. They've all got 15+ years experience as professional game developers, and work at a studio that has shipped many games.

You get 3 people that made the Fallout franchise what it is, and yeah, people are going to want to fund them.

Yeah, at the same time, it's a shocking lack of detail.
I'm not saying people are wrong to fund it, I'm saying they're being lazy here, or that they're putting this up early.




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Re: Obsidian Kickstarter

Sep 14, 2012, 15:18

Beelzebud

It's not like they're some fly-by-night scam artists. They've all got 15+ years experience as professional game developers, and work at a studio that has shipped many games. You get 3 people that made the Fallout franchise what it is, and yeah, people are going to want to fund them.

Re: Obsidian Kickstarter

Sep 14, 2012, 15:08

Beamer

nin wrote on Sep 14, 2012, 15:04:
Goddamn! 248K in a few hours! I got in at $20, but I'm debating if I will raise it later.

Man, there's no information on this, either. Some generic descriptions of what 2D RPGs used to be, and... that's it. They've done no true work on this.

A luxury a big name can afford, I guess. Had this been anyone else this would be ignored without having screenshots and test movies. At least concept art.




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