Project Enternity hits half of its Kickstarter goal in only six hours

DSOGaming writes: "Now this is bloody amazing. Obsidian’s Project Eternity has managed to surpass half of its Kickstarter goal in only six hours. Project Eternity’s goal is 1.1 million dollars and the amount that has been pledged is currently around 650K dollars. It’s safe to say that the game will be funded, and we’re pretty sure that this will happen this weekend."

[DaThreats]

Better be for MAC too

[Letros]

Boot camp?

[grailly]

boot camp is nice, but it's always better to not have to switch OS to play a game

[markoghc]

It's interesting how they got all this money in such a short time without even one in-game screenshot, let alone gameplay video. I personally liked how they seem to put focus on Planescape: Torment in their Kickstarter video. Looks like they want to make this game old school, which is a good thing, considering that Bioware seems to go in a different direction.

[MDC31]

sony should fund their ps4 through kickstarter

[Summons75]

ugh who in their right mind gives money to Obsidian, they are incapable of making good and functioning games.

[Skizelli]

Most of their titles were IPs they didn't create themselves. This will be an all-new IP of their own, so they're free to do anything they want with it.

And I'm guessing so many people want this (me included) because 1) it has an all-star cast of developers behind it and 2) there hasn't been a good isometric RPG in a very long time.

[Summons75]

Alpha protocol was new and theirs and it was still a buggy mess of a game.

[Skizelli]

They also made KOTOR 2, NWN2 and Fallout: New Vegas. While not original IPs, I'd say that makes up for it. A lot of the folks at Obsidian are responsible for some of the greatest isometric RPGs in video game history, and that's why people are willing to give them their money. The only game they've done that's remotely in the same ballpark is NWN2, and that wasn't their IP. Just imagine what these great minds can do with a decent budget, creative freedom, and by going back to their roots.

[Infiny]

Good for them! I gave 25 USD. :)

Kickstarter surely is changing things for the best for developers all around the world.

[Lucreto]

It is amazing how fast it is going up.

$1 million in less than a day.

[Ogygian]

I love a good old school RPG, but a company as big as Obsidian? Really? The last thing which came close was dungeon siege 3, and that was underwhelming. Smaller indie studios have already proven that they can do great old-school RPG's with unique features (They have to innovate somewhere, otherwise what stops it being essentially an epic baldurs gate mod with new sprites?), such as Grimrock and Torchlight.

I thoroughly enjoyed Alpha Protocol beyond it's bugs, and personally feel that Obsidian should be more ambitious and try for greater things, as they are capable of. These might also be primarily funded through kickstarter with the scope/polish being proportional to the money raised.

South Park seems meh, but if Obsidian had permission from Lucasarts and Bioware to do Kotor 3 and decided to throw it on kickstarter (perhaps even just for part funding if Lucasarts is skeptical), i'd be shocked if they didn't get in excess of $4,000,000.

[Moncole]

I like that you link to the kickstarter and not just link to an article about it.