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Project Eternity at Kickstarter
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Kickstarter thing continues to grow, and after the huge success which had Wasteland 2 by Brian Fargo, inXile with studio and Double Fine Adventure from Tim Schafer of Double Fine Productions studio in the arena goes notorious company Obsidian Entertainment. Names Fergus Urquhart, Chris Avellone, Tim Kane and Josh Sawyer can tell a lot avid cult RPG, well, those who have not heard these names, have heard about games like Planescape: Torment, Fallout 1 and 2 and Fallout New Vegas, Icewind Dale, Neverwinter Nights, Alpha Protocol, and many others who participated in the development of these people.
So, meet - Project Eternity . At the moment, has already collected more than 1 million 840 thousand dollars, and there is still 24 days. Now it is known that the engine will be used by Unity, the game will be DRM-free version of the game and will be for Linux (it officially announced in updates to the game site ). Spread the game will probably be through the site Good Old Games (gog.com). Plans to revive the developers on a new engine all the advantages of games Infinity Engine.
As for the question about the story and the game universe, the developers though wordy, but not in a hurry to specify. They assured that the «Project Eternity implements the central idea of the hero, memorable and great teammates Peace Studies like Baldur’s Gate; bringing excitement of epic battles and vast dungeons Icewind Dale and cementing all the dramatic scenes and deep subject knowledge Planescape: Torment». It is known that the game will not use the system (Advanced) Dungeons & Dragons, but the world both technically and thematically be pretty close to the traditional canons of fantasy. Battles will take place in real-time with pause, magic, according to developers, will be linked to the “soul” of the character, and should be “feeling like a D & D»; however, the physical and spiritual strength will be in some way related.
In short, the game has already been said a lot, and who speak English are invited to visit the official forum . The game also received a fairly complete coverage in the news site fallout.ru , where you can also learn a lot about the game in Russian.
Of course, used already traditional system of deposits – for $ 25 you will receive an electronic version of the game after its release, with the 65 – box with the game (do not forget to add $ 15 for international shipping). For larger amounts you may receive the Collector’s Edition, T-shirts, badges, patches and other sweet heart player junk. There are also intermediate options that include more or fewer awards respectively.
Tags: game, Kickstarter, obsidian