You are the judge and executioner of Kyros’ law, acting under the watchful eye of the Overlords Archon of Justice, Tunon the Adjudicator (pictured right) Your words shape the lives of thousands. Will you use that power to bring justice and inspire loyalty? Or will you bring fear and cruelty to the beaten people of the Tiers?
A Fatebinder’s word is law, and you decide the fate of the Tiers. Even the smallest of choices shape the land and its people. Tasked with making decisions that truly matter to theTiers and to the factions of Kyros’ army, you will develop a reputation based upon your deeds -- and you will find the world a drastically changed place each time you play Tyranny.
I like how it's an alternate take on the traditional good vs evil narrative we get in RPGs. Looks to be more a decision between lawful evil and chaotic evil, else I feel the purpose of the game is void.
Considering Obsidian was the company that did Fallout: New Vegas (and the original Fallout games) and how much more morally complex it was compared to Fallout 3/4, the whole concept seems really intriguing.
Edit: I'd like to comment more on the actual game play, but it doesn't seem like there's anything much on that atm unless I missed it somewhere.
I'm pumped for this game... As someone who loves his evil playthrough in BG2 and was a bit let down in that regard by PoE (even tough I think this game is amazing nonetheless), I'm very much looking forward to it.
hopefully they can "copy" divinity original sin gameplay or do something fun, PoE was a great game, one of the best rpgs lately but the gameplay lacked "flavour".
Looks pretty good to me! Obviously, a lot still up in the air (classless system, choices at character creation, ...) but I still have high hopes for it.
The game is currently in Pre-Order with a release for November 11th.
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I'm taking a wait and see approach myself but Obsidian does not make shit games but I've been burned too often in the past by other companies I considered "not shit" so....
Obsidian does create good games, so it's probably worth it. Too bad they don't offer a physical version, so it's a "no buy" for me. Also, they are using the shitty Unity engine, meh.
On October 17 2016 08:31 Lucumo wrote: Obsidian does create good games, so it's probably worth it. Too bad they don't offer a physical version, so it's a "no buy" for me. Also, they are using the shitty Unity engine, meh.
Isn't like half the physical games now a days bascially just a CD key for Steam/Battle.net/Origin etc? I personally only buy physical games to get the key and then never use the disc included. Last time was for Dark Souls since it was ~10€ cheaper at the time, after that I have just waited for sales or ignored the physical editions.
As for unity. It seems like a normal engine to me. A lot of games, some good, some bad. Might be a bit harder than others to use but Obsidian has used it for Pillars of Eternity before and if you liked those then the engine isn't an argument for this. Since it is basically the same usage with some improvements they had time for this time. If you disliked PoE then you should not get this since videos invokes similar mechanics even if story and those mechanics are different. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unity_games
On October 17 2016 09:08 hexhaven wrote: Never pre-order, never surrender.
I agree. I am confident I will like the game even if it is poorly reviewed since I've liked all their other games, even when not acclaimed. They suit my tastes but that isn't enough to pre-order.
On October 17 2016 12:24 Psyonic_Reaver wrote: It's crazy that people still knock unity because it's unity.
That Engine is going places and if I had the money to get stock in that, I would.
This would be a good bet. The biggest gambling software developer in the world switched to developing exclusively on Unity a few years ago.
Engines are as good as the people that use them. Some fantastic games have been developed on Unity. Lots of shitty games have been developed as well. Couldn't that be said about any engine, really?
People like to shit on unity but Xcom 1 and Xcom 2 were made on Unreal 3 and both were buggy mess with Xcom 2 having serious performance problems that were never fixed.
On October 17 2016 08:31 Lucumo wrote: Obsidian does create good games, so it's probably worth it. Too bad they don't offer a physical version, so it's a "no buy" for me. Also, they are using the shitty Unity engine, meh.
Isn't like half the physical games now a days bascially just a CD key for Steam/Battle.net/Origin etc? I personally only buy physical games to get the key and then never use the disc included. Last time was for Dark Souls since it was ~10€ cheaper at the time, after that I have just waited for sales or ignored the physical editions.
As for unity. It seems like a normal engine to me. A lot of games, some good, some bad. Might be a bit harder than others to use but Obsidian has used it for Pillars of Eternity before and if you liked those then the engine isn't an argument for this. Since it is basically the same usage with some improvements they had time for this time. If you disliked PoE then you should not get this since videos invokes similar mechanics even if story and those mechanics are different. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unity_games
It depends on where you live. In Europe, physical PC games are very much still alive, same with Japan. The advantage of not buying digital games is that you can spend more on importing stuff. 80€ for some Japanese PC game (not counting shipping)? No problem.
Pillars of Eternity is digital only too, so I haven't played it. I really dislike the Unity engine because it looks terrible. So artifical and sterile. Just ugh. I prefer my games to have a more gritty, organic look instead.
On October 17 2016 08:31 Lucumo wrote: Obsidian does create good games, so it's probably worth it. Too bad they don't offer a physical version, so it's a "no buy" for me. Also, they are using the shitty Unity engine, meh.
Isn't like half the physical games now a days bascially just a CD key for Steam/Battle.net/Origin etc? I personally only buy physical games to get the key and then never use the disc included. Last time was for Dark Souls since it was ~10€ cheaper at the time, after that I have just waited for sales or ignored the physical editions.
As for unity. It seems like a normal engine to me. A lot of games, some good, some bad. Might be a bit harder than others to use but Obsidian has used it for Pillars of Eternity before and if you liked those then the engine isn't an argument for this. Since it is basically the same usage with some improvements they had time for this time. If you disliked PoE then you should not get this since videos invokes similar mechanics even if story and those mechanics are different. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unity_games
It depends on where you live. In Europe, physical PC games are very much still alive, same with Japan. The advantage of not buying digital games is that you can spend more on importing stuff. 80€ for some Japanese PC game (not counting shipping)? No problem.
Pillars of Eternity is digital only too, so I haven't played it. I really dislike the Unity engine because it looks terrible. So artifical and sterile. Just ugh. I prefer my games to have a more gritty, organic look instead.
I do live in Europe so I can say your assertion isn't true for the entirety of it. None of my friends are buying physical copies of PC games any longer. General stores that used to have a lot of games have slimmed down to just a few top titles for gifting. Game stores themselves only have a shelf of PC content with consoles being their main business and taking up the rest of the space.
As for your graphics opinion. That is up to you, I can simply state that I don't agree since it is a personal opinion.
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