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[Dwight Schrute]

This would be the perfect trifecta :

- Project Eternity as BG / Icewind successor
- New Torment game
- ARCONUM PLS

Chris Avellone is currenty doing a playthrough : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE5Wyd6XNTM

Could this be a in-a-near-future project ?

 

[Nirolak]

Activision still owns the IP IIRC.

Unless you mean like a spiritual successor.

 

[Dwight Schrute]

Activision still owns the IP IIRC.

Unless you mean like a spiritual successor.

If they don't do it, they can licence it I guess.

Spoiler

I hope

EDIT : yes, they do :

Word Mark ARCANUM
Goods and Services IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S: COMPUTER GAME SOFTWARE [ AND INSTRUCTION MANUALS SOLD THEREWITH ]. FIRST USE: 19991004. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 19991004
Mark Drawing Code (1) TYPED DRAWING
Serial Number 75809503
Filing Date September 27, 1999
Current Basis 1A
Original Filing Basis 1B
Published for Opposition May 2, 2000
Registration Number 2592227
Registration Date July 9, 2002
Owner (REGISTRANT) Sierra On-Line, Inc. CORPORATION DELAWARE 6060 Center Drive, 5th floor Los Angeles CALIFORNIA 90045
(LAST LISTED OWNER) ACTIVISION PUBLISHING, INC. CORPORATION DELAWARE 3100 OCEAN PARK BOULEVARD SANTA MONICA CALIFORNIA 90405

Assignment Recorded ASSIGNMENT RECORDED
Attorney of Record Mary Tuck
Type of Mark TRADEMARK
Register PRINCIPAL
Affidavit Text SECT 15. SECT 8 (6-YR). SECTION 8(10-YR) 20120127.
Renewal 1ST RENEWAL 20120127
Live/Dead Indicator LIVE

 

[Tenrius]

Would probably back it, although I feel that out of Planescape: Torment, BG and Arcanum the latter game is the weakest. The setting is awesome though.

 

[Dwight Schrute]

Would probably back it, although I feel that out of Planescape: Torment, BG and Arcanum the latter game is the weakest. The setting is awesome though.

Well, I prefer it than BG, but t's just because it feels less "generic" to me. Setting and mechanic wise.

But hey, opinions. Still, it would be amazing

 

[Chromie]

Would probably back it, although I feel that out of Planescape: Torment, BG and Arcanum the latter game is the weakest. The setting is awesome though.

You better not go to RPG Codex and say that.

 

[partyphone]

Yeah just gimmie a steampunk CRPG.

 

[water_wendi]

id back it but i wouldnt go all in like the other Kickstarters. The setting and choice/consequence stuff is great. Everything else is subpar at best.

 

[Grayman]

Maybe Tim Cook would want to do it after eternity. I think it is more likely that something will be done with elements of Arcanum like the character sheet or magik/tech alignment but not even something in full spiritual successor territory.

 

[Dwight Schrute]

id back it but i wouldnt go all in like the other Kickstarters. The setting and choice/consequence stuff is great. Everything else is subpar at best.

è_é

 

[Kayhan]

You better not go to RPG Codex and say that.

 

[water_wendi]

è_é

Combat. If your game is going to have a ton of it the combat better be good. In Arcanum the combat is awful.

 

[Dwight Schrute]

Combat. If your game is going to have a ton of it the combat better be good. In Arcanum the combat is awful.

I may admit I got out the cheap way : necro with the level 1 skill doing a few dammages. Got mana gear and spammed the skill to kill anything. at a certain level, you can kill any boss in seconds.

(But even with its flaws, I loved it.)

The easter eggs were fabulous, gear was nice, lore, backstory, quests with multiple endings... even the twists.

 

[Pinko Marx]

I'm kickstarted out on isometric rpgs unless they have a REALLY good pitch.

 

[Dwight Schrute]

I'm kickstarted out on isometric rpgs unless they have a REALLY good pitch.

What's worth besides Torment and Eternity ?

 

[FACE]

What's worth besides Torment and Eternity ?

Wasteland 2 and Shadowrun.

Not that I agree with him, I'd back an Arcanum sequel so fast and so hard it'd probably break my credit card.

 

[poppedcollar69]

Combat. If your game is going to have a ton of it the combat better be good. In Arcanum the combat is awful.

Well of course the point of making a new game is to make sure you keep all the flaws of the old one in place.

 

[water_wendi]

I may admit I got out the cheap way : necro with the level 1 skill doing a few dammages. Got mana gear and spammed the skill to kill anything. at a certain level, you can kill any boss in seconds.

(But even with its flaws, I loved it.)

The easter eggs were fabulous, gear was nice, lore, backstory, quests with multiple endings... even the twists.

i admit i am unfairly biased towards the game. To me Arcanum was a huge disappointment. i had extremely high hopes for the game and the game didnt deliver to me. i stuck with it for a very long time.. i quit shortly after the tree place.. and chasing something that wasnt there for dozens of hours led me to resent the game even more.

ill still back a KS of Arcanum though. The setting is awesome. i just wont give every dollar i have like i did with PE.

 

[Pinko Marx]

Wasteland 2 and Shadowrun.

Not that I agree with him, I'd back an Arcanum sequel so fast and so hard it'd probably break my credit card.

People always forget about Dead State.

 

[FACE]

People always forget about Dead State.

To be fair the devs seem to have forgotten about it as well

 

[Dwight Schrute]

Wasteland 2 and Shadowrun.

Not that I agree with him, I'd back an Arcanum sequel so fast and so hard it'd probably break my credit card.

THAT'S THE ATTITUDE !

 

[Alexios]

Whatever happened to these guys already...

http://www.laidback-gaming.com/

(ex-troika)

I want mah dropship...

 

[Ceebs]

I would back something like a spiritual successor with the same type of setting. I would have to imagine the combat would be much better than the original.

 

[epmode]

People always forget about Dead State.

Man, those guys don't release project updates very often. I really hope it's not (still) stuck in development hell.

 

[Alexios]

Wasteland 2 and Shadowrun.

Also, Expeditions Conquistador (out possibly this month after a delay), Sui Generis, Legends of Eisenwald and even Antharion!

And outside crowd funding Chaos Chronicles, Divinity Original Sin and Age of Decadence among others like Spiderweb games.

Who would have thought we'd get so many great looking CRPGs (even more if we don't only count isometric) ever again. Wow.

 

[WorstUsernameEver]

Man, those guys don't release project updates very often. I really hope it's not (still) stuck in development hell.

They're releasing a combat video next week! Most updates are on the forums and the radio private forum. That's for another topic tho'.

As for Arcanum... I'd love a sequel, or a spiritual sequel, as I feel there was a lot of promise to that setting and its central ideas, which I didn't feel the main plot completely capitalized on with the weird turns it took near the end.

 

[Lactose_Intolerant]

I think the combat in Arcanum is bad, but everything else is great.

 

[FACE]

Also, Expeditions Conquistador (out possibly this month after a delay), Sui Generis, Legends of Eisenwald and even Antharion!

And outside crowd funding Chaos Chronicles, Divinity Original Sin and Age of Decadence among others like Spiderweb games.

Who would have thought we'd get so many great looking CRPGs (even more if we don't only count isometric) ever again. Wow.

Feels like it has been ages since we've last heard anything about Divinity

 

[ChosenPredator]

I want someone to do a chrono trigger type of game kickstarter with RPG dialog elements like a torment game ..that would be an interesting fusion

 

[Alexios]

Feels like it has been ages since we've last heard anything about Divinity

Gotta shoot out Dragon Commander first I guess.

 

[Tenrius]

I think this thread may have awakened my CRPG urges.

 

[KKRT00]

I would have preferred Syndicate personally.

BTW anyone knows what is going on with that Paradox game that was meant to be like Syndicate?

 

[Captain Tuttle]

I would kickstart the shit out of this