Aeana said:Clearly, this is a sequel to Chrono Trigger.
Aeana said:Remember when BioWare made one of those?
That was pretty awesome.
The firstAeana said:Clearly, this is a sequel to Chrono Trigger.
Alrus said:Song of Ice and Fire is already being done by some French studios (Cyanide or something). So that can't be it.
WillOoi: Hi Chris, thanks very much for taking time out to participate in this interview. You're quite the hero to many RPG fans out there and your willingness to answer questions is well documented and much appreciated. So what are you up to at the moment?
Chris Avellone: Still working hard here at Obsidian, wrapping up the last bits of Fallout New Vegas DLC, Lonesome Road. We had the last narrative tasks and voice-acting session last week (Ed: end of May), it went well, and now it's a matter of doing more run-throughs of DLC4 to get a feel for the pacing and polish what we can. It's been a long road from New Vegas to the end of the DLCs, and now when I go home, I'm not sure what to do with myself - on NV and the DLCs, it was easy, I just didn't go home.
As for what's next, we still have a number of titles in development, so I've been playing those builds, going to design meetings, making and reviewing critiques and working on pitches for additional products. One thing I'll say - being an independent developer gives you access to franchises I never thought possible a few years back.
This.Donthizz# said:Where's my Alpha Protocol 2?
Chacranajxy said:Well, Flash games are more on their level...
You sicken me. Why must you turn this into a house of hate!Chacranajxy said:Well, Flash games are more on their level...
V_Ben said:2D Faces, 3D Bodies. Figure THAT one out
Prophane33 said:Has this company actually produced a game worth playing? Having never played any of their games I ask this seriously. All I ever hear about their games is that they are decent but heavily flawed.
I hear that KoTOR2 is not as good as the first one, Neverwinter Nights 2...I don't know much about, Alpha Protocol was a dud, and Fallout New Vegas was a huge disappointment to some people, and from what I understand was a bug riddled mess. Dungeon Seige III also seems to suffer from the problem of pretty graphics, bad gameplay, and we all know about the odd multiplayer choices they made with that game.
I understand they have the pedigree of Black Isle, however they've never made anything worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as those games. Why are they continually being mentioned as some sort of AAA developer when all they've put out was flawed disappointment after flawed disappointment?
Prophane33 said:Has this company actually produced a game worth playing? Having never played any of their games I ask this seriously. All I ever hear about their games is that they are decent but heavily flawed.
I hear that KoTOR2 is not as good as the first one, Neverwinter Nights 2...I don't know much about, Alpha Protocol was a dud, and Fallout New Vegas was a huge disappointment to some people, and from what I understand was a bug riddled mess. Dungeon Seige III also seems to suffer from the problem of pretty graphics, bad gameplay, and we all know about the odd multiplayer choices they made with that game.
I understand they have the pedigree of Black Isle, however they've never made anything worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as those games. Why are they continually being mentioned as some sort of AAA developer when all they've put out was flawed disappointment after flawed disappointment?
Also as to not derail things too much I'll say that any new 2D RPGs are always a good thing.
Donthizz# said:Where's my Alpha Protocol 2?
Ellis Kim said:Scarlet > Mina
We have found Mark Laidlaw's account.Prophane33 said:-snip-
User33 said:Alpha Protocol a dud?
Where's that Willy Wonka "You must be new here" pic when you need it?
Chacranajxy said:Well, Flash games are more on their level...
You sound like the sort of person that's incapable of making up their own mind and instead uses metacritic and game reviewers to decide for you which games you should buy. Do yourself a favor and pick up one of Obsidians games and make up your own mind.Prophane33 said:Has this company actually produced a game worth playing? Having never played any of their games I ask this seriously. All I ever hear about their games is that they are decent but heavily flawed.
I hear that KoTOR2 is not as good as the first one, Neverwinter Nights 2...I don't know much about, Alpha Protocol was a dud, and Fallout New Vegas was a huge disappointment to some people, and from what I understand was a bug riddled mess. Dungeon Seige III also seems to suffer from the problem of pretty graphics, bad gameplay, and we all know about the odd multiplayer choices they made with that game.
I understand they have the pedigree of Black Isle, however they've never made anything worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as those games. Why are they continually being mentioned as some sort of AAA developer when all they've put out was flawed disappointment after flawed disappointment?
Also as to not derail things too much I'll say that any new 2D RPGs are always a good thing.
Ponti said:You sound like the sort of person that's incapable of making up their own mind and instead uses metacritic and game reviewers to decide for you which games you should buy. Do yourself a favor and pick up one of Obsidians games and make up your own mind.
Detox said:We have found Mark Laidlaw's account.
Prophane33 said:Far from new here, thanks. I meant a dud as in, reviews were all over the place (Edge gave it a 5, 1up a B+, and gamespot (who listens to them really though...) a 6 and sales reflected that. Also it's supposed to have it's fair share of technical flaws.
Every game that Obsidian has made thats been a sequel has been better than the original.Prophane33 said:Has this company actually produced a game worth playing? Having never played any of their games I ask this seriously. All I ever hear about their games is that they are decent but heavily flawed.
I hear that KoTOR2 is not as good as the first one, Neverwinter Nights 2...I don't know much about, Alpha Protocol was a dud, and Fallout New Vegas was a huge disappointment to some people, and from what I understand was a bug riddled mess. Dungeon Seige III also seems to suffer from the problem of pretty graphics, bad gameplay, and we all know about the odd multiplayer choices they made with that game.
I understand they have the pedigree of Black Isle, however they've never made anything worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as those games. Why are they continually being mentioned as some sort of AAA developer when all they've put out was flawed disappointment after flawed disappointment?
Also as to not derail things too much I'll say that any new 2D RPGs are always a good thing.
Prophane33 said:I hardly base ALL my purchases on reviews (I wouldn't own and enjoy as many "bad" games as I do). It's just I have never really seen anyone defending them or their games. I was looking to see what the general consensus around here is on Obsidian. Yet, at the same time I see Obsidian mentioned in the same breath as Bioware, and I haven't seen justification for it. Regardless, I'll assume their games are in the same vein as those by my favorite developer (Koei), and assume that reviewers and the general populace just don't get them. Maybe I'll give Alpha Protocol a try one of these days, since it was a game I was interested in when it was revealed.
Prophane33 said:Yet, at the same time I see Obsidian mentioned in the same breath as Bioware, and I haven't seen justification for it.
I literally said "holy shit" out loud.Prophane33 said:I haven't seen justification for it.
water_wendi said:Every game that Obsidian has made thats been a sequel has been better than the original.
KotOR 2 blows the fuck out of KotOR 1 so much its not even funny.
NWN 2 is actually good whereas NWN 1 never was good outside of user content.
NV should be called Fallout 3 and Bethesdas Fallout 3 should be called Fallout: Capital Wasteland.
Anyway.. you sound like the standard Obsidian troll. You badmouth their games without ever playing them. Every single thread that has to do with anything Obsidian has someone like you spreading bullshit about stuff they know nothing about.
Stallion Free said:I literally said "holy shit" out loud.
Ha! You make it sound like there was/is nothing being made for NWN2. The only thing that was an issue (and i admit it still might be because i dont care enough to keep tabs on it because i thought it was horrible in NWN1) was persistent world servers.Rad- said:Well no shit? That was pretty much the whole point of the NWN series. Obsidian didn't understand this and tried to make balance with SP, MP and the tools. All of them ended up average and the series was destroyed.
If only he meant thatZeliard said:He's right. What's the justification behind Bioware and Obsidian belonging in the same sentence? Bioware doesn't even attempt to make RPGs.
Rad- said:Well no shit? That was pretty much the whole point of the NWN series. Obsidian didn't understand this and tried to make balance with SP, MP and the tools. All of them ended up average and the series was destroyed.
ill go so far as to say that the NWN2 OC is better than anything Bioware has made outside BG. Its at least 50 times better than Mass Effect. Ffs what a nightmare.Zeliard said:Mask of the Betrayer is far better than anything Bioware has made outside of the Baldur's Gate series.
water_wendi said:Every game that Obsidian has made thats been a sequel has been better than the original.
KotOR 2 blows the fuck out of KotOR 1 so much its not even funny.
NWN 2 is actually good whereas NWN 1 never was good outside of user content.
NV should be called Fallout 3 and Bethesdas Fallout 3 should be called Fallout: Capital Wasteland.
Anyway.. you sound like the standard Obsidian troll. You badmouth their games without ever playing them. Every single thread that has to do with anything Obsidian has someone like you spreading bullshit about stuff they know nothing about.
Teknopathetic said:Obsidian has made the superior version of every Bioware game they've been tasked with.