Dungeon Siege 3

[maxy]

And Obsidian strikes again

So, Square Enix France just let out the info : the game that was teased by David Hoffman on Twitter (the "Project X") is Dungeon Siege 3. Obsidian will develop the game under Gas Powered Games' supervision, and Square Enix will publish.

Here's the French PR :

Quote:
SQUARE ENIX ANNONCE SA COLLABORATION AVEC OBSIDIAN ENTERTAINMENT POUR DUNGEON SIEGE 3

Le flambeau a été passé pour cette nouvelle incarnation du RPG d'action classique

Levallois-Perret, le 7 juin 2010 – Square Enix, Inc., éditeur des loisirs interactifs SQUARE ENIX® en Amérique du Nord, a dévoilé aujourd'hui son partenariat avec Obsidian Entertainment sur DUNGEON SIEGE 3. Sous la supervision de Gas Powered Games, créateur des premiers opus de la série, Obsidian Entertainment va développer le nouvel épisode de la franchise DUNGEON SIEGE, Square Enix tenant le rôle d'éditeur. Disponible pour la première fois sur une console de salon HD, DUNGEON SIEGE 3 sortira sur le système PlayStation®3, la console Xbox 360® de Microsoft et sur PC (Windows).

DUNGEON SIEGE 3 est représentatif de la stratégie de partenariat mise en place récemment par Square Enix auprès des développeurs occidentaux et de ses efforts pour augmenter sa présence sur le marché nord-américain. Le jeu associera les meilleurs caractéristiques de la franchise DUNGEON SIEGE à l'expertise d'Obsidian Entertainment, afin de faire évoluer l'expérience de ce RPG d'action. Outre sa première apparition sur les consoles HD, le jeu proposera également un tout nouveau mode coopération permettant à quatre joueurs de rejoindre la partie.

“C'est un honneur et un plaisir de faire partie de la légende de DUNGEON SIEGE, a déclaré Feargus Urquhart, PDG et co-fondateur d'Obsidian Entertainment. Ce partenariat avec Square Enix est une étape importante pour Obsidian et la franchise, et les qualités des deux sociétés en matière de scénario seront visibles tout au long du jeu.”

Créé à l'origine par Chris Taylor et son studio acclamé par la critique Gas Powered Games®, le jeu sera développé sous la supervision de Taylor. Alliant un gameplay intuitif de jeu d'action à un système de jeu de rôle qui a fait ses preuves, DUNGEON SIEGE 3 se déroulera dans un monde immersif où chaque décision du joueur aura des conséquences.

“Nous sommes honorés de travailler avec des développeurs aussi talentueux qu'Obsidian Entertainment, qui peuvent compter à leur actif des jeux parmi les plus exaltants et accrocheurs de ces dernières années, affirme John Yamamoto, président et PDG de Square Enix, Inc. Square Enix s'est engagé à étoffer son catalogue de jeux en proposant une large gamme de genres et nous sommes certains de pouvoir fournir l'expérience ultime de DUNGEON SIEGE que les fans attendent.”


À propos de DUNGEON SIEGE 3

Histoire

L'équilibre fragile entre les puissantes factions du royaume d'Ehb a été rompu avec l'éclatement de ces dernières. Vous incarnez l'un des derniers membres des protecteurs du royaume tombés en disgrâce, la Dixième Légion, et vous êtes le seul à pouvoir unifier les terres et empêcher Ehb de plonger dans les ténèbres. Rejoint par un groupe de compagnons uniques, vous voyagerez à travers les terres magnifiques d'Ehb pour combattre toutes sortes de monstres et de malfrats en combinant votre maîtrise des armes, votre magie et votre ruse.
DUNGEON SIEGE 3 allie un gameplay intuitif de jeu d'action, un système de jeu de rôle bien rôdé offrant un large choix de compétences, un mode multijoueur approfondi et un scénario intense digne des plus grands titres Square Enix et Obsidian Entertainment.
Caractéristiques
• Pour la première fois, jouez à DUNGEON SIEGE sur une console HD
• Les joueurs pourront partir à l'aventure sans quitter leur canapé, avec des amis ou en ligne pour une expérience totalement multijoueur.
• Découvrez un scénario intense digne des plus grandes productions Square Enix et Obsidian Entertainment
• Choisissez un personnage original et personnalisable disposant d'une gamme variée de capacités parmi plusieurs classes disponibles
• Recrutez des compagnons à la personnalité unique qui réagissent aux alliances et aux inimitiés
• Les joueurs verront leur environnement évoluer en fonction des choix qu'ils feront

Obsidian

[maxy]

SE is making some very smart business decisions...if everything goes well they could be a dominant player in WRPG genre...in few years

As for the Obsidian developing it...in addition to SE as a publisher we have GPG as a supervisor and that tells a lot about SE goals

[magus]

YESSSSSSSSSSS ALL OVER MY FACE

I *loved* Dungeon Siege, Dungeon Siege II and Space Siege even though SS was a whole lot of suck.

@ people in that gaf thread that were dreaming about a resurrection of some obscure 8-bit/ 16-bit Square franchise like Live-A-Live

It's 2010 idiots. Nobody gives a shit about those SNES franchises anymore, not even Square itself.

i would have loved a resurrection of live-a-live instead of a sequel of a game i don't know nothing about :'(

[Stoney Mason]

I'm the only weirdo/insane person I know who liked Dungeon Siege 2.

[Great Rumbler]

Will wait and see what happens with this. Obsidian doesn't exactly inspire confidence.

They're building off an established base with supervision from the original developer.

Plus, Alpha Protocol is a really fun game, so...

[T-Short]

Sequel to a 1994 IP

Sequel to a 2002 IP

am I doing it right, Borys?

[Great Rumbler]

I've actually been playing Dungeon Siege II this past week. It's a pretty fun Diablo-clone with some nice loot and a decent levelling system, but the story and characters are a bit on the dull side. Add Obisidian's writing into the mix and I think something really good is going to come out of this.

[Stoney Mason]

Dungeon Siege 2 actually had a lot of nice additions for the loot genre. It also had a lot of issues. But overall I enjoyed it.

As far as the story and writing honestly I found it no worse than the tripe that normally passes as acceptable in this genre. Even in Diablo 2 I barely understood where I was supposed to go most of the time.

[Great Rumbler]

Dungeon Siege 2 actually had a lot of nice additions for the loot genre. It also had a lot of issues. But overall I enjoyed it.

As far as the story and writing honestly I found it no worse than the tripe that normally passes as acceptable in this genre. Even in Diablo 2 I barely understood where I was supposed to go most of the time.

Diablo 2 at least had some totally awesome CG sequences, but, yeah, story and writing aren't really that big in the genre. Still, I'm interested in seeing what Obsidian will do in that department.

[Great Rumbler]

So what will be the next surprise "rise from your grave!" PC franchise getting brought back to life by... japanese publishers?

DUNGEON KEEPER 3?
ULTIMA 10?
LANDS OF LORE 4?

DARK SUN 3?!

[Smooth Groove]

Wasn't Dungeon Siege owned by MS? 

Good news if true.  The Dungeon Siege games were a nice blend of Baldur's Gate strategy and Diablo action. 

YESSSSSSSSSSS ALL OVER MY FACE

I *loved* Dungeon Siege, Dungeon Siege II and Space Siege even though SS was a whole lot of suck.

@ people in that gaf thread that were dreaming about a resurrection of some obscure 8-bit/ 16-bit Square franchise like Live-A-Live

It's 2010 idiots. Nobody gives a shit about those SNES franchises anymore, not even Square itself.

Didn't you like Space Siege?

[Great Rumbler]

Wasn't Dungeon Siege owned by MS? 

GPG had a publishing deal with Microsoft, but Take-Two acquired the publishing rights back in 2006.

[Disposable White Guy]

So what will be the next surprise "rise from your grave!" PC franchise getting brought back to life by... japanese publishers?

DUNGEON KEEPER 3?
ULTIMA 10?
LANDS OF LORE 4?

DARK SUN 3?!

spoiler (click to show/hide)

I'd buy it with the old SSi engine, day one  :'(

[close]

[Smooth Groove]

Looks like Square's investment in Eidos is really paying off.  I doubt it's the old Jap executives who are making these decisions to aim more games at Western audiences. 

[maxy]

English PR and concept art

http://www.allgamesbeta.info/2010/06/square-enix-announces-dungeon-siege-3.html

[Great Rumbler]

• For the first time, play Dungeon Siege on high-def consoles.
• Players will be able to adventure by themselves or with friends in co-op multiplayer.
• Uncover a deep story that only Square Enix and Obsidian Entertainment can deliver.
• Pick from unique and highly customizable character classes with a wide range of abilities to choose from.
• Recruit companions with unique personalities, abilities and views on the world around them.
• Players will have weighty decisions to make that will impact their alliances, enemies and the culmination of the story.

[tiesto]

Never heard of Dungeon Siege before, so this news is 'meh' to me.

Out with the ancient shit nobody but 35+ year old weeaboos care about in with the hot WRPGness.

k whatever FF12-boy

[Great Rumbler]

Never heard of Dungeon Siege before, so this news is 'meh' to me.

It's an RPG looter that's a bit Diablo and a bit Baldur's Gate.

[Stoney Mason]

Never heard of Dungeon Siege before, so this news is 'meh' to me.

PC only loot game franchise.

The first one had a shitload of hype behind it. Wasn't all that great a game.

By the time the second one rolled around people were off the hype train despite it being a much better game by comparison. Also spawned an..... amazing movie.

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]
 

[demi]

Yawn

Name one good game GPG & OBsidian did


I'll wait

[Van Cruncheon]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OBSIDIAN NOOOOOOOOOOO

[Van Cruncheon]

Yawn

Name one good game GPG & OBsidian did


I'll wait

dungeon siege 2

[demi]

I'll be here all day guys. No worries

[Van Cruncheon]

ignorant child

[demi]

I GUESS it'll be decent cause it has a decent RPG developer* involved. At least it's not Tri-Ace...




* Square Enix

[demi]

Yawn

Name one good game GPG & OBsidian did

I'll wait

TOTAL ANNIHILATION
KOTOR2
MASK OF THE BETRAYER

Triple owned... total annihilation...

Huh? What are these? Isnt KOTOR2 an incomplete shitfest? Well now I'm excited for "Dungeon Siege 3"

[Stoney Mason]

People keep trying to make excuses for the disappointing and rushed games Obsidian keeps churning out and at a certain point you have to lay some of the blame with Obsidian themselves. They are the ones who get into bed with these people. And they are the ones producing disappointing work. They have another crack at it with Vegas and I'm much more confident in that one but the last thing Obsidian needs is more defenders. Let the work stand for itself. 

[Smooth Groove]

Not surprising that Demi only likes RPGS that require mindless grinding and no smart tactics.  

[Jansen]

Will wait and see what happens with this. Obsidian doesn't exactly inspire confidence.

yup. alpha protocol is terrible and if new vegas isn't any good then i'll just write this game off completely.

[WrikaWrek]

Kotor 1 is better than KOTOR 2.

[Disposable White Guy]

People keep trying to make excuses for the disappointing and rushed games Obsidian keeps churning out and at a certain point you have to lay some of the blame with Obsidian themselves. They are the ones who get into bed with these people. And they are the ones producing disappointing work. They have another crack at it with Vegas and I'm much more confident in that one but the last thing Obsidian needs is more defenders. Let the work stand for itself. 

It stands.

KOTOR2 was rushed it's obvious. And still it was a better RPG than:

- KOTOR1
- Morrowind
- Fable

and 95% of other Xbox RPGs.

Even when flawed Obsidian games stand above the mediocre crap put out by other companies like Bethesda.

 

[Great Rumbler]

People keep trying to make excuses for the disappointing and rushed games Obsidian keeps churning out and at a certain point you have to lay some of the blame with Obsidian themselves. They are the ones who get into bed with these people. And they are the ones producing disappointing work. They have another crack at it with Vegas and I'm much more confident in that one but the last thing Obsidian needs is more defenders. Let the work stand for itself. 

Haven't played KOTOR 2, but:

Neverwinter Nights 2 = Pretty good RPG
Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer = Like NWN2 but better
Alpha Protocol = Really fun RPG with some flaws

[tiesto]

Yawn

Name one good game GPG & OBsidian did

I'll wait

TOTAL ANNIHILATION
KOTOR2
MASK OF THE BETRAYER

Triple owned... total annihilation...

Total Annihilation was pretty fun, one of the only RTSes I ever got into... got it for $0.25. Friends in college used to be obsessed with it.

[Bebpo]

Goddamn, some of you really like Obsidian. Warts and all.

Because they are remnants of the best wrpg developer (Black Isle) and those remnants are still better than any of the remaining wrpg developers

[Great Rumbler]

Goddamn, some of you really like Obsidian. Warts and all.

Yeah, you got a problem with that?

[pilonv1]

I'd rather play some of their games that are trying something different than the regular shit that comes out.

[Stoney Mason]

To each his own.

I'm all for different. I'm not all for completely broken and different. There is a huge difference between their past output and what they have put out in recent history imo.

But to each his own.

[Great Rumbler]

To each his own.

I'm all for different. I'm not all for completely broken and different. There is a huge difference between their past output and what they have put out in recent history imo.

But to each his own.

I haven't come across anything broken about Alpha Protocol, yeah there are some things that could be a lot better, nobody's arguing otherwise on that, but the glitches on the PC version are mostly on the minor side and the combat is workable as long as you approach it with the understanding that it's more of a real-time RPG than a straight shooter.

[Stoney Mason]

There really isn't a lot to argue at this point. I totally understood why some people like them a lot. I'm just not one of those guys.

If I'm going to give them credit for Mask of the Betrayer I can also assign equal failure for the original NW 2.

Kotor 2 I thought was a big pile.

And I haven't played enough of Alpha Protocol to say one way or the other but the little bit I did play didn't exactly set me on fire.

I honestly think that's a fairly mediocre track record but that's just my opinion. Someone else is equally entitled to their own.

[pilonv1]

I will agree that KOTOR 2 was garbage but considering the timeframe on the release I can understand why.

[Bebpo]

Did you guys try the restored Kotor2?  I haven't played either version of the game yet, but I hear it goes a long way towards fixing the endgame (we ran out of time) problems with it.

[Diunx]

4 player offline co op

[Himu]

Not surprising that Demi only likes RPGS that require mindless grinding and no smart tactics.  

Know what my strategy in kotor was?

Bash Bash Bash Bash Bash Bash Bash

[Great Rumbler]

Weren't you going crazy over Dungeon Siege III, and the Dungeon Siege series in general on the first page?

[demi]

Looks amazing. Cant wait to play on Xbox.

[GilloD]

Dungeon Siege had the best level-up idea of the last 20 years. Bummer nobody else picked ip on it, Titan Quest would have been a better game with it.

[Joe Molotov]

I wish they'd put Dungeon Siege 1 & 2 on Steam, but Microsoft are a bunch of cocks so they won't. At least Dungeon Siege III will be since it's Squeenix.

[Great Rumbler]

Don't bother with DS1, it's too dated and too bland. DS2 is a much better game overall.

[Stoney Mason]

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

[Great Rumbler]

Very nice.

[Stoney Mason]

http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-ex-dungeon-siege-iii/17-4068/

[Stoney Mason]

demo is up. I'm off today so I'll try it out now.

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Dungeon-Siege-III-Demo/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d8025351880a

[Stoney Mason]

Tried it. Not bad. Not great. Seems decent enough meaning average. Seems like a streamlined version of the series.

[demi]

The co-op sounds like complete bullshit... Obsidian fucks up again

[Bebpo]

Tried it. Not bad. Not great. Seems decent enough meaning average. Seems like a streamlined version of the series.

Decent hack n' slash with Obsidian storytelling and moral choices is all I want.  I already got this pre-ordered so I'm going to hold off on the demo and just hope the game lives up to other Obsidian titles.

[Joe Molotov]

I just want to hack and slash something. I bought that Daggerdale game, and it was completely broken.

[Stoney Mason]

I didn't think it was terrible from the little presented in the demo. Just a completely by the books loot game. But I've always had a soft spot for the dungeon siege series so I might gamefly it.

[Great Rumbler]

This isn't launching at $60, is it?

Of course it is.

[Bebpo]

Every Obsidian/Black Isle game I've played has been worth $100 in value.

[pilonv1]

If they get the loot right and it's not bad I will be all over this.