

While finishing his masterpiece, Andreas inadvertently becomes entangled in a series of murders that take place over 25 years. “In Pentiment, you play Andreas Maler, a journeyman artist working in the bygone scriptorium of Kiersau Abbey during a time of great social unrest. (If you are having trouble viewing the video, view on Youtube here) It is directed by Studio Design Director Josh Sawyer (Fallout: New Vegas, Pillars of Eternity But barring any delays, we'll find out if this is the spiritual successor fans have wanted in 2019.Obsidian Entertainment revealed a new game set in the 16th Century named Pentiment.ĭevelopers described Pentiment as a narrative adventure game set in 16th Century Germany. The promise is here, though it's too early to know if it will be fulfilled. Infamously, significant amounts of content were cut from Obsidian's Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II. However, despite Fallout New Vegas' cult classic status, Obsidian has struggled with quality in some releases just like Bethesda has-RPGs like this are very difficult to make. So there could hardly have been better timing to announce a spiritual successor to New Vegas, a game that some players displeased with Fallout 76 point to as a model. It's not scratching the same itch that some single-player RPG fans want to scratch (albeit by design) and it has faced considerable technical problems. It's a multiplayer game, and the studio's first modern effort at one, to boot. There's a passionate contingent of Fallout fans who consider that title one of the best of the franchise's post-Bethesda era.įurther, Bethesda's latest entry into the franchise- Fallout 76- has not been well-received by some critics and fans. However, Obsidian used Bethesda's technology and intellectual property to make Fallout: New Vegas (released in 2010). Advertisementįurther Reading Fallout coming to Vegas in 2010, Obsidian developingThe Fallout franchise was originally developed by some of the same people who now work at Obsidian, but The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim developer Bethesda Game Studios has stewarded the franchise since 2008. Recently, Microsoft announced that it is acquiring Obsidian Entertainment and bringing it into its growing and shifting portfolio of first party studios, presumably with a mind for Xbox development. In the corporate equation for the colony, you are the unplanned variable. As you explore the furthest reaches of space and encounter various factions, all vying for power, the character you decide to become will determine how this player-driven story unfolds. Lost in transit while on a colonist ship bound for the furthest edge of the galaxy, you awake decades later only to find yourself in the midst of a deep conspiracy threatening to destroy the Halcyon colony. The Outer Worlds is a new single-player, first-person, sci-fi RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division. The info-light website for the new title carries the following copy from Obsidian: Trailers like this are often made far enough in advance of launch that while some or all of it likely runs in-engine, some trickery is probably used to produce gameplay footage that resembles what the final, working game will look like. The game is slated for a release in 2019, according to the trailer.
