Obsidian announces Project Eternity as new Kickstarter
After four days of teases and speculation, Obsidian Entertainment has unveiled Project Eternity as its newest RPG in development. It is looking for $1.1 million for a game that pays homage to the old Infinity Engine games we loved from the Black Isle days.
After four days of teases and speculation, Obsidian Entertainment has unveiled Project Eternity as its newest RPG in development. It is looking for $1.1 million on Kickstarter for a game that pays homage to the old Infinity Engine games we loved from the days of Black Isle Studios.
The Kickstarter page for the game (which is using Project Eternity as a working title) says the dev team hopes to "recapture the magic, imagination, depth, and nostalgia of classic RPGs that we enjoyed making -- and playing." Obsidian boasts many of the same Black Isle members that created such games as Planescape: Torment, Icewind Dale and Baldur's Gate, including Feargus Urquhart Josh Sawyer, and Chris Avellone. They also have Tim Cain, who worked on Fallout, Arcanum and Temple of Elemental Evil.
For more details check out the video below. The game has already collected more than $85,000 in the short time it has been live.
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After four days of teases and speculation, Obsidian Entertainment has unveiled Project Eternity as its newest RPG in development. It is looking for $1.1 million for a game that pays homage to the old Infinity Engine games we loved from the Black Isle days.-
Already pledged.
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$85,000 already. Gotta love the retro kick.
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The kicktraq trend is pretty lol worthy at the current rate. ALL THE MONIES: http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/obsidian/project-eternity/
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They could easily hit their goal in less than a week.
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As much as I love the idea, I dunno how I feel anymore about giving my money to a game that will be in production for 2+ years
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Uh, what? I pirate 0 games. What I am saying is that I'm not a fan of the idea of giving my money to a game and not see a return for two years, not matter how small the amount. I rather wait until I see an alpha, beta, something real, some previews, gameplay, etc...
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Calm down dude, I'm just saying personally I don't think it's worth it to contribute to an idea of a game that will be released in two years, I rather see progress and gameplay. Personal preference... no need to get anal about pirating games, which makes no sense whatsoever in this case. I'm not saying you shouldn't or taking shit about the game or backers.
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I feel the same way, but I think I'm going to break the mold here. $20 can get you the game and losing $20 if it fails horribly isn't much of a big deal for me. Besides, this is obsidian, while buggy, I have liked all their games, even back when many of them were at black isle.
They've put out many good games over the years with lots of great memories and fun. $20 to make one more (buggy) game isn't going to break my bank.-
I hear ya. I know they will succeed and I'll definitely be watching this with high anticipation, but I can wait two years to pay.
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lol what
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100% agreed.
I'm glad that Kickstarter is allowing games to make it which would otherwise flounder without funding, many of them games I want to play, but I'm not really down with buying something years before I get it. That is just insane.
The ones that look awesome I'll buy when they're actually available. Grim Dawn, that TA in Space game, some other one I remember seeing...roguelike Zelda maybe?
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Obsidian will be 100% redeemed in my eyes if they pull this off.
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Project Eternity will take the central hero, memorable companions and the epic exploration of Baldur’s Gate, add in the fun, intense combat and dungeon diving of Icewind Dale, and tie it all together with the emotional writing and mature thematic exploration of Planescape: Torment.
Sounds really really ambitious.
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For just 200k less you can back David Crane and get a new crappy looking pitfal game!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jungleventure/david-cranes-jungle-adventure-0?ref=live-
Oh dear, that was terrible. Just goes to show you need back up your project with some sort of credentials to have any chance of success.
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lol, backed it at the $140 level
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Already up to $400k
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Basically the company asks for donations and gives you rewards based on what you donate. Usually the finished version of the game is part of the reward, unless the donation is very small.
If they don't meet their goal, you don't lose the money you offered to donate. If they meet their goal, you are charged the money you offered, and (hopefully) when the game is finished, you get the rewards promised for how much you donated.
There is some risk still, though. They may never actually make the game despite meeting their kickstarter goal. With a big company like Obsidian, I'm sure they'll follow through with their promises.
also, I'm drunk so forgive me for any mistakes in this post.
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