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Obsidian working on a AAA RPG
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If this is first person, I imagine this could be to Elder Scrolls what TOW was to Fallout!
Very excited to see how this turns out.
You really don't know what are you talking about if you think TOW was marketed like your average AAA game.
Private Division was created by Take-Two to make AA games, asking $60 does not make your game AAA at all.
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I'm playing Pillars right now and loving it, plus TOW was one of my favorite games last year so paint me intrigued sir!
Then what does?You really don't know what are you talking about if you think TOW was marketed like your average AAA game.
Private Division was created by Take-Two to make AA games, asking $60 does not make your game AAA at all.
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Production value, budget and marketing.
Darksiders 3 was also sold for $60 and that's not AAA
Wasteland 3 is also being sold for $60 and that's not AAA as well
I really hope its not another fps rpg like outer worlds, but the fact that its AAA does not bode well for that...
So anyone selling their AA games for less than $60 is pretty much throwing money away?
Ooh so it is Fantasy! I wonder if it really will be set in the Pillars universe.
Super excited to learn more! My only worry is that combat will be to similar to Skyrim. I like first person shooting, but first person melee isn't my favourite.
Did i say that? No.
Pricing is subjective, there are AAA games that cost $50-70m to make and there are AAA games that cost up to $100m, just like there are games that cost $15-20m to make and they are all priced in the same range.
Darksiders 3 was made by a team of 40 people and priced at 60 bucks, THQ Nordic expectations were "a couple of thousand" copies and they were pretty happy with the results.
I guess we'll just have to wait and see whatever AAA means in this context then. Not much of a descriptor beyond some vague ambition.
I hope the outcome is better than what we got previously in Outer Worlds.
Same here. I feel Obsidian has been at their best taking existing settings and telling stories within them (KOTOR2, Fallout: NV, NWN2: MotB).
Shame that it's another First Person Melee & Ranged RPG, I don't think they're very good at that nor does that combo work especially well fora nyone other than Bethesda. Still nice to see they're thriving, look forward to what their first big project with MS backing will end up looking like.
I think a lot of people don't realize that budget also affects the quality of writing and storytelling.
Considering the quality of those in your average AAA game, doesn't seem like a universal thing.
What I mean is even if you have great writers, if you have a smaller budget, or the way the budget is allocated, can affect the quality of the writing even if the writing talent is top notch.
I'd expect its a new IP, since it'll be exclusive to Xbox/PC, Microsoft probably wants them to pump out a new franchise.
That said, part of me would love to see an RPG set in the Halo or Gears universes.
That said, part of me would love to see an RPG set in the Halo or Gears universes.
Yes but he's 100% sure not working with obsidian. He had a big fallout and he had a big problem the leadership (and said he wouldn't return to work there unless they were gone). It was pretty dramatic.
If you look to most lists of highest selling RPGs, either by series or individual titles, the only First Person games that make the list are Elder Scrolls or Fallout. Once Cyberpunk 2077 comes out it's bound to shake that up, and who knows it might revitilize interest in games like that which other games like Deus Ex didn't manage to do, but going by the recent trends it doesn't look like a winning combo.
I agree. MS's acquisitions and rapid expansion towards the end of this generation is very impressive. They are now poised to claim the throne next gen.
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Mmmmh... Microsoft has Fable as a fantasy RPG.
I guess Obsidian will work on a different (most probably futuristic) setting.
Agreed. I wanted TOW to be great, but it completely failed to meet expectations set by their previous output. I don't know what TOW's budget was, but it felt kind of cheap. Like they didn't have the time or money to hire more/better writers or put together a truly interesting combat system.
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It think Matt is implying that the existence of Fable doesn't prevent Obsidian making another fantasy RPG.
"That's neither here nor there" is a delicate way of saying "that doesn't matter / that's irrelevant".
Pretty sure he's saying it doesn't matter if there's some genre overlap between games. Both studios have probably been working on them for quite a while now.
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I see.
Yep, considering how long such kind of games are usually in development it would make sense to have 2 fantasy sagas, just like Microsft has 2 sci-fi series and 2 racing-game series.
On the other hand I still think they'll ask Obsidian di develop a RPG based on one of their sci-fi IPs. Let's see.
Yeah, Fable also being a fantasy game shouldn't stop Obsidian from making a fantasy game as well. They'll likely be very different.
I imagine Fable will be closer to something like The Witcher 3, while Obsidian's will be more of a Skyrim-like.
(I know it's incredibly reductive to use those type of comparisons, but you get the point)
InXile's AAA RPG new IP remains the big mystery now. That one is probably pretty far out though.
I imagine Fable will be closer to something like The Witcher 3, while Obsidian's will be more of a Skyrim-like.
(I know it's incredibly reductive to use those type of comparisons, but you get the point)
InXile's AAA RPG new IP remains the big mystery now. That one is probably pretty far out though.
Exactly, Avellone hasn't just burnt that bridge, he's broken it down to its individual atoms. After character-assassinating all of their owners there's no way in hell he's working with Obsidian again.