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Pillars of Eternity to be released March 26th!
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Werewolf Jones
Member
All these games coming out before April and my backlog is still huge enough as it is. But for Obsidian? Day one.
Shake Appeal
Member
But that's so... far away. 
Haven't played a minute of it (didn't back enough for beta access) or even watched gameplay outside of the trailers, so I'm very excited about this.
Haven't played a minute of it (didn't back enough for beta access) or even watched gameplay outside of the trailers, so I'm very excited about this.
decoyplatypus
Member
So that's how much time I have to clear out my backlog. Here we go...
With Bloodborne and PoE coming out end of March I don#t think I will have time for Mortal Kombat. lol
RPG_Fanatic
Member
Finally a release date. Can't wait.
Diprosalic
Banned
did we ever make that NeoGAF Inn?
Fedora Royale
Member
I'm so pumped for this game. I kickstarted it as well.
Stratosphere
Member
Well shieeeet. Just when I was trying to cut down on games, we have the Nintendo Direct and now this!
MisterShine
Member
I'm prepared for them to Obsidian this. I'm sure I'll love it anyway though. If I can appreciate Alpha Protocol I can handle anything.
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
Yesssssssss my body is so ready
I am looking forward to this more than any recent big AAA title, and I am not even really expecting anything particular out of it. I just expect it to be fun.
I am looking forward to this more than any recent big AAA title, and I am not even really expecting anything particular out of it. I just expect it to be fun.
AntiFacebook
Member
Hopefully GTAV doesn't eat it's lunch.
Different target audience
Diprosalic
Banned
oh, i missed it then even though i donated for that. only small amount iirc so i wouldn't want to vote on things anyway.
FloppyDelux
Member
Cant wait. hope its good.
Whiteblade999
Member
All in on this. If the Witcher 3 wasn't coming out so soon after I would take the whole week off from work.
fluffydelusions
Member
aw yisss
Moff
Member
luckily witcher 3 was postponed.
very much looking forward to this.
do we know if the steam beta turns into the real game? I preordered the phsysical CE and I am from europe and I will probably have to wait a week or more until it arrives. so it would be nice if the beta either turned into the final game or of they send out the steam codes via mail or make them available in the pledge profile.
very much looking forward to this.
do we know if the steam beta turns into the real game? I preordered the phsysical CE and I am from europe and I will probably have to wait a week or more until it arrives. so it would be nice if the beta either turned into the final game or of they send out the steam codes via mail or make them available in the pledge profile.
Kojirospath
Member
And there was much rejoicing! Can´t wait to get my code
I think the fact that I watched a video of a meeting shows that I'm way too hyped for this game.
Pah, if anything GTA should be worried.
GTA 5 has already sold more copies then every infinity engine game combined, hell you could probably throw in every game Obisidian has made after the fact onto that pile too.
Zeouterlimits
Member
It's been great to follow the development, I've really enjoyed their kickstarter updates.
Here's hoping it turns out well.
Here's hoping it turns out well.
Shake Appeal
Member
The people who are excited about Pillars are going to play it ahead of GTA.
I say that as someone who's looking forward to both.
I'm well aware that the world I am living in is not the best possible world, no need to remind me of that.
I still don't think the good people hyped for PoE will not buy it because they'd rather get a 2 year late port of GTA.
OverturePT
Member
Lol, GTA V will have to wait then.
This is a lot more interesting and realistic than E3Well, to be fair, that's technically what E3 is
While their "ideal" target audience might be different, hundreds of thousands of people will play both games. Obviously not everyone plays both games the first week (and it will have some, probably minor effect on sales), but over time. Also add in Bloodborne and it's going to be a super busy week for some people who want/play all three games (including me).
Coffee Dog
Banned
Yup, just got the email. Can't wait.
The beta consists only of a couple of areas and two small dungeons, as well as a small hamlet. Even in that little space, there is a mystery to solve, lots of NPC's to interact with, and little side stories to get involved in.
So far it's BG2 levels of awesomeness in terms of the world, the level of narrative interaction and the quality of the side quests. But we don't relaly know about the rest of the game, which is considerably larger than what we got.
Now, the combat is promising, but as of the last time I played the beta, there were some serious issues. I think they've corrected at least some fo them since, I'm not sure though.
Personally, I think it was a bit too fast. It was very buggy (this should hopefully be fixed if nto by now, then by release!), and didn't provide you with enough feedback and informaiton to make smart decisions.
The graphics are basically what you probably were thinking off after BG 2 for what would be BG3. Very detailed 2D backgrounds with lighting that is much mroe dynamic and realistic than what we had in those infinity engine games bakc then, coupled with 3D models for chracters/NPC's monsters.
Basically I was hyped before the beta, and in many ways mroe hyped after it, even with the buggyness and the few shortcomings I saw.
Now I want to re-install the beta to see how much they've update it.
Noice. That's late March and early April taken up. Saying that the amount of digital knick knacks I've thrown money at might take that long to read through.
I watched a GDC presentation last year which was just Fergus and Paradox's head guy talking about their partnership and was like a kid on Christmas morning over more businessy goings on. I would say I've got issues but games like Pillars don't come around that often any more.
I watched a GDC presentation last year which was just Fergus and Paradox's head guy talking about their partnership and was like a kid on Christmas morning over more businessy goings on. I would say I've got issues but games like Pillars don't come around that often any more.
There are times I felt transported back in time (in the best possible way.)
There's a scene in the beta where you open a door in an Inn and there's a group on the other side of the door and the way the screen panned reminded me so much of BG2.
That said, it also feels much more modern. The graphics are obviously much better, but the combat system feels muuuuch better as well. I very much liked combat in BG2, but PoE was designed for RTwP from scratch and it shows. The mechanics in general are also much friendlier and and the addition of skills is a blessing.
It's too bad that too many encounters in the beta are against animals, there are not many interesting enemies to test the new system on.
Judging from the dungeons in the beta, the level of the content seems to be excellent. I was impressed with the cultists dungeon. Even though it lacked memorable combat encounters, the story was very enjoyable and very "BG2" in essence.