Whereas Obsidian Leisure continues to work on Avowed forward of its launch subsequent 12 months, studio design director Josh Sawyer has revealed that some members of the workforce have expressed curiosity in creating a Pillars of Eternity ways recreation.
The director behind tasks like Pentiment, Fallout: New Vegas, and Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire spoke about the studio’s needs behind the scenes throughout an interview with Limit Break Network. When requested about Obsidian’s curiosity in creating extra tales set in Eora, he talked about that a extra tactical expertise is one concept that not less than a few members of the workforce have delivered to the desk.
“There have been a quantity of individuals, truly, at the studio who’ve floated the concept of a Pillars ways recreation,” Sawyer teased. “Tactics video games are very attention-grabbing to me, and so they occupy a actually attention-grabbing house in the market as a result of the viewers for them will not be big, usually, however very passionate.”
It’s an admission which will have some Pillars of Eternity followers frothing at the mouth, however this doesn’t imply a tactical expertise set in that universe is in the works. Sawyer touches on why it may be tough to tug a recreation like this collectively, explaining that, whereas big-name sequence like Fireplace Emblem have managed to attract consideration for many years, it’s robust for a lot of ways video games to achieve that very same stage of success. Nonetheless, he says there are “a lot of individuals at the studio” who wish to see a Pillars of Eternity ways recreation come to be.
“It’s one thing that a quantity of individuals have talked about and considered,” Sawyer continues. “It’s a arduous one to make a case for. Like, how huge ought to or not it’s? What ought to the measurement of the workforce be? Each as soon as in a whereas, we’ll deliver it up and be like, ‘Oh, we may, perhaps. I don’t know. We may, perhaps…’ I’ll say, not only for myself, however there are a lot of individuals at the studio who’ve pitched their very own variations of a Pillars ways recreation. So, who is aware of? Possibly sometime.”
Whether or not a Pillars of Eternity ways recreation will come to be stays to be seen. In the meantime, Obsidian continues to be arduous at work on its Xbox and PC fantasy RPG, Avowed. Set in the Pillars universe, the studio has informed followers to count on an expertise that falls extra consistent with one thing like its previous recreation, The Outer Worlds, than The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim. Following a delay, Avowed is now set to launch February 18, 2025.
Whereas we all know Obsidian plans to finally launch The Outer Worlds 2, its different plans for the future stay a thriller. Final 12 months, studio CEO Feargus Urquhart teased he wish to make not less than yet another Fallout recreation earlier than he retires, although no such challenge has been introduced by Obsidian but. Whereas a potential Pillars of Eternity 3 has additionally not be confirmed, Sawyer did say final 12 months that he would make a third recreation as long as his workforce obtained a Baldur’s Gate 3-sized finances.
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