Obsidian Entertainment hates you
Posted: 09 Jul 2010, 07:22
Obsidian, spoken of as a monolithic incompetent morass, or when spoken of as the collective will of each and every employee, hates you personally. And me, and every other gamer.
KOTOR 2, a buggy hellmess with no ending, which they blamed on Lucasarts. It's Lucasarts' fault that they couldn't finish a project in the time they said they could, not Obsidian's fault for failing to do what they said they would.
Neverwinter Nights 2, a buggy hellmess which was all but unplayable at launch. I guess they must've needed more time for testing or something. Or maybe they're just shitty incompetents that couldn't develop a working game to save their lives.
Alpha Protocol, an ambitious RPG with incredible potential, in fact it could have easily spawned a franchise. The gaming world was abuzz with lots of coverage every time an Obsidian employee so much as coughed as AP's release drew near. Upon release, found to be a buggy hellmess, although presumably it both (a) is playable and (b) has an ending of some kind (since I haven't read otherwise), so to be fair the dev team is showing signs of improvement. Oh, and according to Obsidian, the reason it was such a catastrophe, once again, was that the publisher forced them to release it too soon. In this case, the publisher was Sega, so great things were not to be expected anyway when you get right down to it.
The above? It's proof that Obsidian Entertainment should be bankrupt or at the very least never allowed to work on another potential AAA title again. (Incidentally, that new Fallout? Yeah...) But it's not proof that Obsidian actually hates you and me, certainly not proof that they hold us in contempt and hate our guts. It just means they're a team of gross incompetents that even I in my position would decline to work for. When Roger Ebert says games can't be art, I believe he must have based this on experience with Obsidian employees.
But anyway, none of this means they hate you. No, but you know what does? In a recent interview, one of their head honchos was asked what game they'd like to tackle next. That is, after Fallout 4: This Fallout Will Be Retconned Out Of Existence At The Next Opportunity.
His very serious reply was... "Chrono Trigger".
And that is the most awe-inspiring example of contempt I think the gaming world will ever know. I would tip my hat in appreciation for the epic troll, but he is honestly 100% serious about this. But it gets worse, are you ready? They're already working for Square Enix on Dungeon Siege 3, so it's most likely not just a wild, spur-of-the-moment thought he had. Shall I continue? Things he notably appreciated about Chrono Trigger were the linearity and westernization.
I shit you not.
KOTOR 2, a buggy hellmess with no ending, which they blamed on Lucasarts. It's Lucasarts' fault that they couldn't finish a project in the time they said they could, not Obsidian's fault for failing to do what they said they would.
Neverwinter Nights 2, a buggy hellmess which was all but unplayable at launch. I guess they must've needed more time for testing or something. Or maybe they're just shitty incompetents that couldn't develop a working game to save their lives.
Alpha Protocol, an ambitious RPG with incredible potential, in fact it could have easily spawned a franchise. The gaming world was abuzz with lots of coverage every time an Obsidian employee so much as coughed as AP's release drew near. Upon release, found to be a buggy hellmess, although presumably it both (a) is playable and (b) has an ending of some kind (since I haven't read otherwise), so to be fair the dev team is showing signs of improvement. Oh, and according to Obsidian, the reason it was such a catastrophe, once again, was that the publisher forced them to release it too soon. In this case, the publisher was Sega, so great things were not to be expected anyway when you get right down to it.
The above? It's proof that Obsidian Entertainment should be bankrupt or at the very least never allowed to work on another potential AAA title again. (Incidentally, that new Fallout? Yeah...) But it's not proof that Obsidian actually hates you and me, certainly not proof that they hold us in contempt and hate our guts. It just means they're a team of gross incompetents that even I in my position would decline to work for. When Roger Ebert says games can't be art, I believe he must have based this on experience with Obsidian employees.
But anyway, none of this means they hate you. No, but you know what does? In a recent interview, one of their head honchos was asked what game they'd like to tackle next. That is, after Fallout 4: This Fallout Will Be Retconned Out Of Existence At The Next Opportunity.
His very serious reply was... "Chrono Trigger".
And that is the most awe-inspiring example of contempt I think the gaming world will ever know. I would tip my hat in appreciation for the epic troll, but he is honestly 100% serious about this. But it gets worse, are you ready? They're already working for Square Enix on Dungeon Siege 3, so it's most likely not just a wild, spur-of-the-moment thought he had. Shall I continue? Things he notably appreciated about Chrono Trigger were the linearity and westernization.
I shit you not.
