According to the recent Kickstarter update, the official release date of Pillars of Eternity will be March 26th, 2015! The Lead Producer, Brandon Adler wrote; "If you have been waiting for word on a release date, the Pillars of Eternity team has some exciting news for you. The final game will be released on March 26th, 2015! At that time, you will be able to purchase it "for real" on Steam, GOG, and other online retailers."
According to the recent Kickstarter update, the official release date of Pillars of Eternity will be March 26th, 2015! The Lead Producer, Brandon Adler wrote; "If you have been waiting for word on a release date, the Pillars of Eternity team has some exciting news for you. The final game will be released on March 26th, 2015! At that time, you will be able to purchase it "for real" on Steam, GOG, and other online retailers."
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Today big-budget epics like The Witcher 3 and Dragon Age: Inquisition co-exist alongside equally exciting retro projects like Pillars of Eternity and Wasteland 2. As soon as the Kickstarter boom began there were rumblings from Baldur's Gate fans the world over. Pillars of Eternity, you may recall, began life in 2012 as Project Eternity on Kickstarter, where it raised nearly $4 million. Today the project is in beta and tested by its backers, and on November 26, 2014, the project got its official Update #87, where Josh Sawyer, the Project Director wrote about Internal play-testing, VO, Performance Optimization, Mac Build, and much more, so let's get back on it. Check the huge interview with Josh Sawyer here. Pillars of Eternity team's play week The Pillars of Eternity team has been putting a lot of time into playing and fixing the game. In addition to the feedback that beta testers have given, they conducted an internal play week so the developers could get a good feeling for how the game felt from start to finish (or at least as far as they could get). According to update by by Josh Sawyer on Obsidian site, only two of their developers managed to actually finish the game, as it is a huge game. One was a designer who developed a lot of the crit path and sprinted straight for the end. The other found an early ending and decided to wrap his story up there. About half of the developers had not yet made it to Defiance Bay (the first big city). Even so, tutorial tips and the Glossary can go a long way. While some of the players picked things up quickly, most found the learning curve to be difficult. Josh stated that they are addressing the major points with tutorial messages, clearer and more descriptive Glossary entries, and refinements to the UI. They increased the Recovery of most creatures and tuned the global Recovery factor to slow down combat overall as combat was too fast despite all new bug fixes to animation and Recovery times. Movement speed was also tuned down for a large number of creatures (specifically, spiders, beetles, many spirits, and other creatures). Performance optimizations are ongoing, but the team already made a great progress in the past few weeks, Josh stated. Read the whole update about the Pillars of Eternity here. Pre-order Pillars of Eternity and save It's not ready for release just yet, but pre-orders, for those who missed the Kickstarter, are being taken. It's available in two versions, the base Hero Edition and the extras-laden Champion Edition, and both are being offered at ten percent off their regular prices of $45 and $60 respectively. Two preorder "in-game items" are also being offered with each. For an example, Champion Edition includes both the full game and a variety of premium bonuses:
Fans who pledged for a copy of Pillars of Eternity during the Kickstarter campaign will also receive the pre-order in-game bonus items at no extra cost upon the game's launch in 2015. There is Pre-Order Gameplay Trailer below, so check it up and prepare to be enchanted by a world where the choices you make and the paths you choose shape your destiny. Recapture the deep sense of exploration, the joy of a pulsating adventure, and gather up your party, venture forth, and embrace adventure as you delve into a realm of wonder, nostalgia, and the excitement of classic RPGs with Pillars of Eternity. |
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