Josh Sawyer, Tim Cain and Chris Avellone comment on BG:EE
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From the PE reddit thread (http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/11iox8/we_are_chris_avellone_tim_cain_and_josh_sawyer/c6mt2d0):
How do you feel about Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition?
JESawyer: Personally, I think it's cool. After playing Battleheart on the iPad I started to think that the IE games would probably be pretty fun on a tablet with a stylus. I know there were already some places emulating/running those games on tablets, but it's cool to see an official re-release to those platforms.
Tim Cain: I am looking forward to it, but I think I will have to buy a new tablet, since I have an original iPad.
Chris Avellone respectfully bows:
I'm really glad Trent (Oster) is bringing it back, and it can't have been easy to make it happen. Looking forward to playing it.
How do you feel about Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition?
JESawyer: Personally, I think it's cool. After playing Battleheart on the iPad I started to think that the IE games would probably be pretty fun on a tablet with a stylus. I know there were already some places emulating/running those games on tablets, but it's cool to see an official re-release to those platforms.
Tim Cain: I am looking forward to it, but I think I will have to buy a new tablet, since I have an original iPad.
Chris Avellone respectfully bows:
I'm really glad Trent (Oster) is bringing it back, and it can't have been easy to make it happen. Looking forward to playing it.
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Imagine if EE and EE2 do well enough to greenlight BG3.
In a dream world, imagine if they combined the teams!
Really happy with the state RPGs are in at the moment, with Wasteland 2 as an old school post apocalyptic, Grim Dawn which frankly looks 10x better than Diablo, and now project eternity which is a new IP but inspired by the old IE games. AND of course BGEE, which may potentially lead to more old school D&D games
Not to mention the banner saga and dead state.
I do like Fallout 3 and New Vegas, but that's about it.
I don't think anything has recaptured that golden age of RPG's yet, but PE and BG3 hopefully will
I remember in Oblivion there was some quest where I was asked to murder a woman for a guy in prison and bring back her ring. As a thief I decided to steal it, the game decided this would not be allowed
@Infern0 : it depends on what your definition of modern RPG is I guess. If it's something that includes indie games like Terraria, Binding of Isaac, Half Minute Hero, and such, then yeah, I guess I love Modern RPGS
It's really good to see interest in the classic isometric RPG with strong storylines growing once more. It had been reduced to a very small niche Market, where only small developers showed any new products, such as Spiderweb Software with its Avernum series.
Now I will wait for the future to see if any of the BIG publishers will follow. I wonder what kind of cRPG we could have with the kind of money invested in a FPS, for instance.
With 3.5million dollars, Obsidian seems to be developing a wonderful game, what would we see with a 10+ million dollars investment in development?
The question is if there is a market to make a return for this kind of investment even possible.
On topic: it's good to hear them speak well of BGEE, but let's be honest. Would you really expect them to say anything else? This isn't Cliffy B or some other trash talker being interviewed here. I would expect professional courtesy no matter what opinion they held.