Do you think the budget is between 10-20 million USD for Obsidian game?
PoE 2 raised 4 million from backers only + Obsidian funds.
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Rumour: Title of Obsidian Entertainment's new video game leaked in trademark filing
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Do you think the budget is between 10-20 million USD for Obsidian game?
PoE 2 raised 4 million from backers only + Obsidian funds.
They noted they didn't have a specific budget cap in mind, so I'd imagine that's the minimum for something like a 60-100+ person team for ~3 years.
Obsidian filling that Mass Effect sized hole in my heart would make me so happy. Would instantly shoot to my most hyped game.
Nah, this is an Unreal Engine 4 and multiplatoform game, top down RPGs are a PC thing, and they have success on PC not on consoles, at all, they are going for a multiplaform project published by Take-Two, this is 100% a 3rd person game.
Why does everyone seem to think it is and want a cRPG out of this? If it was a cRPG, they would have crowdfunded it or gone with Paradox. They haven't done a proper 3D game since Fallout New Vegas (yeah yeah I know they did that Skyforge thing and that tanks MMO but those don't count).
Err, they've done plenty of non niche games.
South Park: The Stick of Truth
KOTOR 2
Fallout: New Vegas
NWN 2 and the expansions
As far as risk, with them having Take2 on board to publish it I'd say it's less risky then them doing POE and depending on Kickstarter or their own money to self publish it.
Finally got in-game screenshots recently btw
Certainly an upgrade over AoD
Because the two leads worked on Fallout, Fallout 2, Arcanum, and Vampires the Masquerade, and they had this to say:
"It was the opportunity to work with Tim on a new IP that we were creating from scratch again, because we did it on Fallout and Arcanum and those were great experiences and I just missed doing that, says Boyarsky, who most recently worked on Diablo III for Blizzard. "I missed working on single-player, in-depth RPGs with a lot of choice, consequence, and reactivity. I like making other types of games, but there is something special about the kind of games we started with Fallout that really appeals to us and speaks to us creatively."
The duo plans to reveal more about the project at a later date, but Cain says "If people have liked our previous RPGs they're going to like this one in terms of how we make reactive worlds and especially our style of humor."
Can't wait.
Also, I'm guaranteeing that the game is not based on some self-published book that no one has heard of. That's just a coincidence.
Also, I'm guaranteeing that the game is not based on some self-published book that no one has heard of. That's just a coincidence.
Oh, thanks! I remember it sounded like a cool idea, but it had been a while and I wasn't sure who it was.
Hardcore rpg and that Troika twist is all I need to know. Play it, love it, laugh at all the bugs. Replay it 15 years later with bugs removed by fans.
Bethesda owns the IP.
And after the NV bonus tied to Metacritic i think Obsidian will no longer work with Bethesda.
Obsidian wants to actually: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/fallout-new-vegas-dev-would-love-to-make-another-f/1100-6453523/
Bethesda is the uninterested party.
This isn't true. Both sides are more than happy with each other over NV, especially on Beths side because they didn't have to pay the bonus.
Reality is that Bethesda doesn't want to contract work on AAA anymore. They already have an army of big studios to pump content out with.
"OUTer Worlds"
"FallOUT"
"FallOUT Worlds"
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"FallOUT"
"FallOUT Worlds"
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Oddly enough, given how ridiculous the modern games industry is, what you just said is actually plausible...
Couldn't have thought of a more generic premise. Pass.
Edit: The book is not related then? Or maybe it is but tangentially? I'm over "space Jesus" stories and silver blue sci fi, but if they can subvert genre tropes I might be interested.
I love Obsidian.
Edit: The book is not related then? Or maybe it is but tangentially? I'm over "space Jesus" stories and silver blue sci fi, but if they can subvert genre tropes I might be interested.
I love Obsidian.
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i genuinely wonder how many people read beyond the op here...
The book has absolutely nothing to do with the game. Why OP has left it in despite that I don't know.
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The book has 5 damned reviews and has nothing to prove it has anything to do with anything other than some dude wrote it for dosh on the side.
You posted it, so burden is on you to provide proof here not me. Please explain the reasoning behind why 2K would invest 20M into a book some dude wrote on the side and sitting with 5 reviews on amazon? I mean really come on now man this is obvious as fuck with even cursory look into the info provided.
Honestly, I'd be very surprised if this had anything to do with the book. They're supposed to be working on their own original IP. Boyarsky even said that he's currently working on his 'dream game'. I doubt his dream game would be something that their team didn't come up with from scratch.
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Same name for starters. 'The Outer Worlds' is also filed under 'Booklets in the field of computer and video games; Comic books; Magazines in the field of computer and video games; Pamphlets…'. Also it isn't uncommon for games to be based off books, especially RPGs.
This is barebones supposition not even a tabloid would run. Come on man, unless the guys over at obsidian went to HS with the guy there's no reason to think that book has anything to do with the game other than sharing a rather generic name.
Yeah if this is even a thing, I would bet good money that it has nothing to do with the book. The supposed title itself is generic enough to have been thought of by more than one person.
If it was a game called "The Endless Nexus," and there was a book with that title, I would assume a connection. This title? Generic as it gets.
If it was a game called "The Endless Nexus," and there was a book with that title, I would assume a connection. This title? Generic as it gets.
I'm an idiot. Thank you. Hopefully they subvert a lot.
Not to mention it came out a few years ago and based on reviews less than a hundred people even read it. Really 20M worth of licensing territory there, that.
Well you aren't an idiot, because an idiot would double down here :) You are someone who apparently likes discussions.
We all win!
Yep. It's really on OP for not removing it, honestly.
I think people posting all the "wow! Obsidian Mass Effect!" are probably going to leave pretty disappointed.
To be fair, I think a lot of folks just really WANT an Obsidian take on ME. I mean, it might be unrealistic, but it's understandable.
There is zero chance that book is related. There are Obsidian employees who have self published books. They commission nice cover art:
Probably helps that they work with a bunch of talented artists.
But further, Obsidian has no need to license a self published book no one has heard of. It gains them zero and they have plenty of talented writers internally who can craft a world for their games. If it's not bringing the brand recognition of DnD or William Gibson or Firefly or something else notable there's no point.