No he confirmed on Twitter he isn't involved at all. Lets throw a celebration.
Obsidian's new game revealed - Avowed
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What do you have against Sawyer? He's one of my favorite devs.No he confirmed on Twitter he isn't involved at all. Lets throw a celebration.
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No he confirmed on Twitter he isn't involved at all. Lets throw a celebration.
Intetesting! He says he's working on a different project that isn't Avowed. I'd love it to be Pillars 3 but that ship has sailed I fear.
Constant updates and fixes that eventually break/nerf classes.
Basically he's a perfectionist and never satisfied.
I found this on his personal blog.
Depends he said no on Twitter and his blog replay is more vague. Though Avowed has a different project lead and its not Josh this time. It's another old timer at Obsidian.
He definitely ruled out Pillars 3 on twitter? Ah ok. I missed that. Fair enough. Guess we wait and see what he's up to. And in the meantime, Avowed might be good.
He mostly talks about how burned out he/the development crew are after POE II sold so poorly despite being better then the original. It's why we probably have Avowed now.
I wouldn't rule out a PoE 3 but it will most certainly be different.
Obsidian already mentioned in past interviews, some with Josh, that they wanted to branch out the IP in different games/genres. Avowed is a spin-off set in the setting.Maybe so different it's Avowed!
So meh it's not PoE 3 & Obsidian didn't even call it that. Nice try though.
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The mechanics of PoE2 were indeed better. But if your game's foundation is drab and uninteresting, what's it really matter? Not to mention the clunky ship combat practically noone wanted and the dozens of disjointed, copy/paste islands that blurred together with all the fun of a to-do list.
Furthermore, it's easy to say, "boohoo, I did an amazing job and the sequel's relative failure isn't my fault." But it's another thing entirely to analyze and identify your own mistakes. Perhaps then, if he ever designs another game system, it won't be replete with watered-down, DnD-wannabe systems and he won't piss off people who dared to give it a shot with monthly patches that continually turn the game upside down.
Josh Sawyer, as a lead designer, is horrible. He was also in charge of the FNV dlc most people, including myself, find the worst: Honest Hearts.
Furthermore, it's easy to say, "boohoo, I did an amazing job and the sequel's relative failure isn't my fault." But it's another thing entirely to analyze and identify your own mistakes. Perhaps then, if he ever designs another game system, it won't be replete with watered-down, DnD-wannabe systems and he won't piss off people who dared to give it a shot with monthly patches that continually turn the game upside down.
Josh Sawyer, as a lead designer, is horrible. He was also in charge of the FNV dlc most people, including myself, find the worst: Honest Hearts.
I do think it is very difficult to design a whole new fantasy universe that is actually interesting and one that people find enticing and alluring and so on. I don't think the Pillars of Eternity world succeeded at that, it failed at creating that atmosphere and feeling.
Drithius
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Addendum to the above diatribe of Sawyer: he's a better storyteller than he is a Project Director. He was behind the idea for the Survivalist in Honest Hearts, the saving grace of that DLC. So, credit where it's due!
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I haven't played PoEII yet, but everything else he had a strong hand in I've enjoyed, and in interviews I agree with everything he has said.
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I thought it was great, except for the ship to ship combat which was pretty terrible - but that is a fairly small part of the game and it didn't detract from my enjoyment overall.