Ugh . . . at that point, I might just take my chances with Dak'kon. :tongue: I don't feel there is really any winning at that point.

Obsidian pretty much dont like the Romance based quest

http://i53.tinypic.com/25q7u69.jpg

Does that mean there will be *gasp in anticipation* those lovely and totally not overdone Quicktime events?!

And dialogue combo counters. How many choices can you make in a row?!

Oh jeez, I hope so! As much as I loved the original, every time I played all I could think was "Wow. This really needs some QTE". :tongue:

:rofl:
That was really great.

And I think Planescape should be left alone. That doesn't mean I don't want a spiritual successor; I hope for that in Obsidian's games.

If Obsidian does this, it's going to be yet another series they've messed up with their god-awful bug-testing/lack of work ethic. Lets see, NWN2: Unplayable right out of the box(in some cases, literally, all you'd get were a black screen), had about 25 or MORE patches done to it and it still is loaded with bugs that the community has had to take care of. Fallout 3:New Vegas. Playable out of the box, but I can't count how many people I've read post about how they couldn't even finish the damn game because of certain glitches, and even the most hardcoe fans all complain about how god-awful their bug-testing was.

Yeah, I have no hope whatsoever for this being a good game, at all. They should pass on it, honestly, or it's going to taint the memory of the original so much.

Obsidian is the last bastion of RPG storytelling we have. So shut up and become a QA worker. ^_^

I'll give them that they are good storytellers, but yeah, their QA svcks hardcoe. I still remember the Bioware(since they hosted the NWN2 forums for Obsidian) NWN2 forums being flooded the day the game came out, especially us pre-orders(for whatever reason, it was the pre-orders like myself who had the most problem with the black screen of Death), with complaint after complaint about how badly buggy the game was. Was really disappointing, and honestly, it turned me off of it completely. I've bought all the expansions for NWN2, yet I've never even played beyond the first 10 minutes of the first game because I was so disappointed with how bad the game was to start. If they could just port their great Story-telling capabilities and transfer that energy over into QA, their games would probably be the most epic of epic games ever, probably rivaling gamesas and Bioware themselves. Until then, they get a 5/10 for me, and a very wary attitude.

Well, the narrative is the first thing I look for in a game. Gameplay is the second thing. That's why Obsidian are my RPG gods, following in the footsteps of Troika and Black Isle, which are, after all, partially their own.
My laughter when New Vegas was announced his as of yet unrivaled, as it wasn't only because of the wheel coming full circle, but also two of the devs with the most horrible QA among grade A titles finding each other. ^_^

Ya know, to be honest, I'm the same way, but I guess my experience with NWN2 really soured me on Obsidian. NWN2 was perhaps my most looked forward to game of that time, as I absolutely loved(and still do) the original NWN. I pre-ordered NWN2 the moment it was announced, literally, the day they opened up pre-orders, I paid for it, in full. When I got it, and it was so unplayable, and I read how many other people had problems with it...Just really irked me, felt betrayed honestly. Perhaps I'll have to give them another chance, put past mistakes in the past. It would be awesome to see another Planescape game, as long as it's not a true sequel(as many others have said, that story has been told and finished). Maybe I'll even pick up FO:NV and give it a try one of these days.

Funny thing, if Bioware were too do this but made characters with designs http://www.stormtiger.com/collie/img/archive/200606/annah.jpg people would complain that Bioware was sixing their RPGs up again for the teen crowd.

Most of the Obisidian staff are former members of Black Isle



sigh........


I really cannot see that, considering the INSANE amounts of Fallout 3 vs New Vegas Trheads, Fallout 3 mostly end more injured




Amen



The game is more stable now, you should try it now, or after the last 3 DLC are released, more gameplay for you

I just had a thought: The Nameless One in HD graphics would be a pretty huge eyesore. I mean, lots of tattoos, multiple piercings, scars all over the place, and he doesn't wear a shirt. They would need to beautify him (please no) or else make it isometric viewpoint (preferable).

Lol, like to nitpick much? Sorry, FO:NV. Better?

And, yes, I have seen a lot of people, on these forums, and others, that have complained mightily about the poor QA on FO:NV, and I can 100% assure you, having been there from the start, AND being a hardcoe fan of NWN, there was a massive uproar when NWN2 was released due to the insane amount of bugs, and, as I've mentioned before, the fact that some games were ENTIRELY unplayable until they released a patch or two, literally only giving a black screen of death when you tried to load the game. I actually thought my game was going to do it as well, it stayed on a black screen for 5 minutes before it finally went to a normal one.

But, as I've said, perhaps I should let the past remain in the past and give any game they make a clean slate. But I know one thing, if it happens again, I'll never buy a single game from Obsidian EVER again. May not bother them, but I will not waste my money on games from a company that continuously pushes out sub-par products when it comes to QA.

Also, just because MOST of the staff of Obsidian is former Black Isle, they AREN'T Black Isle anymore. They obviously have different management, that thus far doesn't seem to concerned with serious QA. Black Isle management obviously cared more then current Obsidian does, or they wouldn't have gone from Neverwinter Nights 2, which was the most atrocious mess ever, to FO:NV, which was also unplayable for some, and many people agree had way to many glitches when first released.

I don't really like the focus on dialog Planescape has. Likewise, Icewind Dale steered a bit too far into pure dungeon crawling. What I really want is a new Baldur's Gate which was the happy medium inbetween those two. Is Obsidian up to it? I don't know, their RPG offerings so far have been a rollercoaster ride (with the high point being Mask of the Betrayer). But I sure as hell know I don't want it from BioWare anymore.

Nah, Baldurs Gate is for Bioware to develop, I just dont see Obsidian doing it,



Their RPG have more choices then others, I dont see how its railloaded
Just look New Vegas, 4 main endings, plus 27 endings more. plus those endings varies on how did you did it

I meant their quality output, not the way they were designed.

And I don't think BioWare even has the D&D license anymore. I'm not sure who owns Baldur's Gate specifically, I think it might be Interplay. Anyway, I can just imagine BioWare announcing BG3 at E3. With DA2/Mass Effect-esque changes, and a soundtrack by Marilyn Manson. Please excuse me while I go weep n a corner.

To be honest, Bioware still should do it, no matter the circumstances, I just cannot imagine a BG developed by another company, much less by a company like Interplay

Ooh, ooh. This, this.



Having seen what happened to both Mass Effect and Dragon Age as of late, do you really think BIoware is the company to be handling the Baldur's Gate series at this point? Better yet, do you really think that Bioware is even the same company it was when they were doing the series in the first place? I would have to say not.

Unfortunately, as of the moment(Unless something has changed, I'll admit I haven't kept on it), no company can do anything with D&D right now due to a large lawsuit with Atari and I guess WoTC. Last I heard it'll probably be tied up in court until 2012 or later unless either side can come to an agreement outside of court. It's why NWN2 is still somewhat buggy, because Obsidian is no longer allowed to work on it due to the lawsuit.

just having the title means diddly squat. look at the crap they put the name shadowrun on a couple years back. it had absolutely nothing to do with the original games. talk about a pissed off community. thankfully the studio lost their collective shirt and every [censored] moron who worked there got their well deserved pink slips.

Then it just different opinion I guess, I for one, with the exception of ME2, I didnt see anything bad



That Shadowrun was just an in-name only, lets no speak against about this, never, ever, again