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"A good OT is delayed. A bad OT is bad forever." - the maker of Mario Brothers
Back in, like, a long time ago, Obsidian Entertainment made a Kickstarter for a Spiritual Successor to the Infinity Engine games. It made a metric boat-load of money.
Making of Eternity (First 15 minutes), Documentary
Part 1
Part 2
What is an Infinity Engine game?
The short answer is a long-form, isometric, rather full-blooded RPG of the old days before Video Games Became A Thing. They focused as much on dialogue as well as combat, as much on exploration as well as combat, on.... uh.... not combat as much as combat? The characters you met were bold, they were interesting and real, and they were weird.
So how does PoE differ from those?
It is not beholden to a D&D ruleset, as it is a completely original IP with its own rules and stuff. The world, Eora, is fresh and not held back by a pre-existing mythology.
Pillars Wiki.
Okay, okay, so, Humble OP, what is the story?
Okay, so it's like a world where souls actually exist as a thing and other cultures either worship or dismiss them or... it's all very mysterious and fantasy-like. You play as a Sort Of Chosen One, someone that has experienced a great trauma that gives you special junk that makes you awesome.
In other words, it is a video game.
Elves? Dwarves?
Humans, Elves, Dwarves. But also, the races of the Aumaua (think the Navi'i from Avatar mixed with the Qunari from Dragon Age), and the Orlan (furry rabbit dwarf-gnome things). Then there are the Godlike. These guys have weird crests on their heads and correspond to Moon, Fire, Death, or Nature types. Each race has their own abilities as well as perks. Then you get to pick your background, which furthers your abilities. There is also the feature of a Living Biography (name I made up just now). Meaning that your journal will add new details to your bio depending on what you reveal to NPCs about yourself. It's really cool. Makes a dragon wanna retire, man.
Class Videos
Barbarian
Fighter
Cipher
Chanter
Ranger
Wizard
Priest
Monk
Paladin
Druid
Rogue
PAX 2015
Sensuki's Guide to Chargen
Sensuki's Guide to mechanics
Sensuki's Guide to Gameplay
Giant Bomb QuickLook
Steam
GoG
Obsidian
RELEASES, LIKE, TOMORROW AT 9AM PST. So March 26th, 2015.
Much thanks to InTheFlourish for help with the art and videos, and for the original PoE thread for additional images.
