Obsidian's Pillars of Eternity

[Nefaro]

Tpek is one of the few people who owns every PC game created in the last decade, and some that haven't even been released.  ;D

Let's not exaggerate here, I only own about 70%.

We just share the same tastes in a lot of stuff. 

I just notice that every time I purchase a game (usually an RPG), you already own it.   ;D

[Swatter]

It looks like Baldur's Gate meets modern day game development. I have been waiting for a game like this since the original NWN let me down.

[mikeck]

Yeah, I can't figure out why no one is making isometric party-based D&D games. They are all single character or party based where you only control one guy. I want to control all of them

[panzerde]

Yeah, I can't figure out why no one is making isometric party-based D&D games. They are all single character or party based where you only control one guy. I want to control all of them

About once a month I spend an evening searching Steam and GamersGate hoping someone has released something I've missed that is exactly this.  Of course, they haven't, so I decide to fire up something older, like Baldur's Gate or NWN 2, and then I'm disappointed because it just doesn't play like a modern game.

Last week I broke down and bought Blackguards in the hopes of getting at least a partial fix.  It's ok, but really is more "fantasy X-com" than a real RPG.  Pillars looks like the Great Hope of the near future...

[Swatter]

Speaking of top-down party control RPGs- Avadon 2: The Corruption looks pretty good. Anyone played it?

[Nefaro]

Speaking of top-down party control RPGs- Avadon 2: The Corruption looks pretty good. Anyone played it?

I still haven't played the previous two releases from them.  :-\

[MetalDog]

That looks pretty sweet.  Watched the video and read the article.  As much of a paper and pencil D&D'er that I was, PC RPG's have never been able to grab me (ToEE being the only exception), but this one looks really nice.

[Rayfer]

A new trailer is up on RPG Watch.com.  The more I watch, the more it looks a lot like the older Temple of Elemental Evil. The way the characters run, the player icons at the bottom of the screen.  http://rpgwatch.com/#28247

[Tpek]

I believe the Beta is supposed to come out tomorrow or something like that.

[Tpek]

And the full game comes out in 2 days! :)

[mikeck]

Whaaaaat! I haven't been able to finish an RPG game since BG-2. Hope this is the one

[sandman2575]

this looks pretty sweet.  although i haven't even cracked open Divinity Original Sin which i bought during the Steam winter sale... and barely scratched the surface of Wasteland 2...

I love these isometric RPGs in theory, but can never seem to get far into them, no matter how cool I think they are.  Never got too far in BG2 or Icewind Dale either...

[Sir Slash]

I'm leaning toward pre-purchase for this one--- against my usual wait for the reviews and opinions. I know Obsidian has a history of buggy releases but this one's been in development for years and so should be bug free. My only concern is it different enough from Baldur's Gate/ Icewind Dale to be interesting but at the same time enough like them to be great games. There's a whole slew of videos on Youtube showing off the games good points. And I like what I'm seeing-- so far. Greenman Gaming has it for $33 in the VIP section.

[Gusington]

I am ignoring this title until the singing of its praises is deafening.

[Huw the Poo]

I am ignoring this title until the singing of its praises is deafening.

There's every reason to believe that this one will be excellent.

I won't be preordering because that's just silly but I imagine it won't be long after release before I pull the trigger.