The pre-release apparently shipped today, I'll see if it's in stores tomorrow. The last proper PC RPGs I played were KOTOR 1 and 2, and while it was nice to have a sci-fi setting (that also made Star Wars fun again, in my opinion) I'm looking forward to trying fantasy once more.
It's being put out by Obsidian. I enjoyed what they did in KOTOR 2, rushed as they were, although I haven't finished it yet (I'm waiting for the fan patch which puts back an enormous amount of cut content). Many of the people at Obsidian are ex Black-Isle, who worked on Fallout and Planescape: Torment. The latter is possibly the best written videogame in all existance and is one reason I'm so excited to see them going back to fantasy. True, they don't have the rich and strange and cosmopolitan world of Sigil as the backdrop, but I am ever hopeful. Even the intro movie, similar to NWN1's with a battle at nighttime between two opponents, looks more exciting than its predecessor's did.
Wistful thinking: They used an illithid in a lot of their promo art. I hope there's illithids. Of all the horrors the underground has to offer they're my favorites because of the bastardized Lovecraftian overtones and the ridiculously ornate dress sense. |