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DeltaBladeX posted...

This one, I've enjoyed all the games I've played that Obsidian made, and given their purchase by Microsoft, this is probably the last one I can grab for a Sony system.

I'd agree, though Pillars of Eternity was somewhat lackluster IMO. If nothing else, I've never had any real problems with games they've made that I've bothered playing (I haven't played every single game they've released, mostly just the major ones). And I liked them before they WERE Obsidian, back when they were Black Isle.

But I've also seen multiple examples of studios I once loved becoming everything I hate, and the modern game industry in general has taught me to be suspicious of hell of pretty much every studio, so I tend to look before I leap. Then look again. Then wait a bit and look again.

That's doubly true for story-heavy RPGs, where some flaws may not become obvious for a while (like Mass Effect 3 and Fallout 3 having bullshit endings that kind of ruin them for some people, or Dragon Age 3 being 1/2 of an interesting Dragon Age game hidden behind layers and layers and layers and layers of filler, and then completely negated and ruined by its DLC). Which makes it hard to trust professional reviews, because most are so desperate to get their review published early to get clicks, they don't even remotely finish a game before scoring it. So early hype can be tricksy until people actually start getting to the end and are able to consider the entire experience holistically.

Again, it's my trust for Obsidian and the fact that I liked New Vegas that tends to steer me towards assuming I'll probably get this eventually (in the same way I'm pretty sure I'll buy Cyberpunk 2077 eventually after it comes out), but my trust only goes so far at this point. The industry has burned me way too many times to give complete trust even to companies I've loved for decades.
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