Officially announced, a fig campaign started, already up to 300K. Improvements to the engine, the graphics, the weather, effects, loading, etc.
Takes place in the Deadfire Archipelago. The presumed dead, Eothas, god of light, arises again, having taking form in the gigantic statue of Od Nua (of endless path’s legend), destroying the Watcher’s strong hold and leaving him on the brink of death before heading off toward the deadfire Archipelago.
I supposed I should probably get around to actually playing the first one then, rather than just having the kickstarter Collectors Edition box collecting dust. Seemed like every time I was going to start playing something else distracted me.
I loved the first one… until an unrecoverable bug destroyed my game twenty hours in, thanks to Obsidian’s usual quality assurance standards. Plus, I wasn’t interested in the game world. Wanted them to do ANYTHING other than a sequel.
Still, if it keeps them in business, then I wish them all the luck.
Still thinking hard about those D&D mini’s as an add on.
The new in-game character models are superb. WAY more detailed than the originals. I wonder if they’ll use them during cutscenes… I think Wasteland 3 is doing just that, based on their campaign trailer.
It’s up to 99% funded now. It’s going to reach its goal something like 4 hours earlier than PoE 1 did.
The fund raiser is officially ending TODAY, though there will be a slacker backer paypal supported period (I think they said 30 days).
To say it’s been a successful campaign is to understate it. They’re up to 4.2 million now, and I think 4.5 million might be a possibility before it’s all said and done. And I wouldn’t rule out 5 million after the slacker backers, but that does seem unlikely.
So to summarize the stretch goals we’ve achieved:
Multi-classing
Sub-classes
Level cap raised to 18
New priest/monk companion
Player AI scripting for companions
UI customization
Twice as much voice over as planned
New bonuses/challenges for new game plus.
Fully orchestrated sound track
Complex companion relationships (between player and companions and between companions themselves - including complex friendships and romances).
Side kicks (companion lites)
More Islands to explore
New ship types (The stronghold has been replaced with your own customizable ship) that you can purchase/find.
And upcoming at:
4.25 million (almost there!) - An intelligent soulbound weapon with it’s own dialogues.
4.5 million - Customizable crew for the ship
4.75 million - ???
5 million - An 8th companion!
I’m in for the Deluxe Collector’s edition plus Expansion pass. And also threw in a few bucks into the fundraiser over at NeoGaf for a “GAF Island” which just got funded too.
The wait for this game will be excruciating!
I’d definitely recommend visiting the fig page and looking at the updates. Lots of cool little videos showing off the current state of the game. The main CIty in this one looks gorgeous!
Modded so the SirriusXM-REDDIT Hate-Speech-NAZIs can’t make it another one of their personal “Hate Speech Titled Games” in the LFG areas?
(I’d almost wish that they’d make it Direct Connect Only just to end that sort of problem.)