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Obsidian licenses Pathfinder, first title is digital Adventure Card Game for tablets
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bishopcruz
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Interesting choice, but it makes a fair bit of sense, Paizo has been the biggest guy on the block in RPG sales for a while, though D&D 5e has a chance to take back the crown. Some friends of mine like the PF setting a lot, so we'll see where this goes.
I will try out the card game, but what I am waiting for is the potential role playing game they might be doing. I wonder if it will be their next Kickstarter game. I think the campagin might launch sometime this winter.
Temple of the Elemental Evil gameplay with Obisidan's writing. I would shed tears of joy.
As for the setting itself. I have no experience with it. All I have heard is that it is a D&D knockoff with a more technically advanced world.
Temple of the Elemental Evil gameplay with Obisidan's writing. I would shed tears of joy.
As for the setting itself. I have no experience with it. All I have heard is that it is a D&D knockoff with a more technically advanced world.
JetBlackPanda
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the adventure card game is fucking awesome. An ipad version will be great.
For me that niche is firmly occupied by the word "tank".
It's a different sort of game - it's a co-op adventure vs the game, rather than competitive p-vs-p. It's a very successful card game already.
The Last Wizard
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Card game?
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Obsidian, come back to consoles please. I miss the likes of alpha protocol and new vegas
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Obsidian, come back to consoles please. I miss the likes of alpha protocol and new vegas
JetBlackPanda
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its a co-op dugneon crawl card game and its not like any of the games you mentioned. Also this card game allows you to level up characters and take them with you through different scenarios.
Card game?
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Obsidian, come back to consoles please. I miss the likes of alpha protocol and new vegas
It's a card game. I'm pretty sure they didn't assign their whole staff to work on it
I don't want to knock Pathfinder as I know nothing about it, but I just don't generally dig card games. In this case though it being for tablets is my biggest hurdle. If Obsidian uses the license to make a PC/console RPG then I will most likely be all over that.
Well someone asked the owner of the Pathfinder publisher on twitter yesterday about the leak wondering if it was a card game or a CRPG.
His response: "Why not have both?"
I'm very sure we'll see a big RPG on consoles or PC coming from Obsidian based on Pathfinder ... But, you have this great card based RPG-lite game with scenarios already written! why not go for the low-hanging fruit, implement it, and start getting some revenue flowing? The game is actually really good, too.
Card game?
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Obsidian, come back to consoles please. I miss the likes of alpha protocol and new vegas
I don't think they miss the publishers they worked with on those games though.
anexanhume
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Here's the link.
http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rd8x&page=2?Pathfinder-Computer-Game-to-be-revealed-at#65
You know what I say in life, why do you have to choose? Why not have both?
-Lisa
Well that is good enough for me. Overall this sounds like good news all around then.
The ACG is entertaining enough, but I'm not sure if I'd like playing it online, especially if it is asynch. Having everyone around the table is what makes it fun.
I would probably actually prefer it if I could just run four heroes on my own. Which is possible in the paper game, but cumbersome.
I would probably actually prefer it if I could just run four heroes on my own. Which is possible in the paper game, but cumbersome.
zeorhymer
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It's not a traditional card game like those. It's basically D&D in card format to make it easier to remember and manage the rules.
I'm really hankering for a fresh new sci fi IP in the vein of Mass Effect.
But yes, it's been pretty darn great.
irfaanator
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played pathfinder, but not the card game. Definitely will check this out when more information comes out
-tetsuo-
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The Pathfinder Adventure Card game is not like other card games on the market, really.
You pick your character in the beginning, each one starting with a deck of 15 cards that constitutes as both your options while exploring and your life point total. If ever you need to draw from your deck and you cannot, you are dead. Each session, depending on the number of players, there will be 3-6 "location decks" in which the character will take turns exploring by revealing the top card of the deck. Exploration can lead to boons, which are things such as weapons or allies to assist you, or banes, which could be monsters to fight or traps to disarm. You roll a die against the check on the card to either obtain the card if it is a boon or defeat it if it is a bane.
Those are the basics. The interesting thing and what I like about it is is that the game is persistent. So after you have completed a quest, not only do you keep in your deck all of the boons you have obtained but usually there is a reward for finishing a scenario. So you will upgrade your stats, hand size etc and the next scenario when you are making your 15 card deck you can make it from all the cards you obtained for your character so far.
Adapting this should not be too much trouble, and Paizo is one of the very best in the business in supporting their product lines and continuously releasing content. This means that Obsidian can get the game out and have what can hopefully be a nice revenue stream for the studio going forward.
You pick your character in the beginning, each one starting with a deck of 15 cards that constitutes as both your options while exploring and your life point total. If ever you need to draw from your deck and you cannot, you are dead. Each session, depending on the number of players, there will be 3-6 "location decks" in which the character will take turns exploring by revealing the top card of the deck. Exploration can lead to boons, which are things such as weapons or allies to assist you, or banes, which could be monsters to fight or traps to disarm. You roll a die against the check on the card to either obtain the card if it is a boon or defeat it if it is a bane.
Those are the basics. The interesting thing and what I like about it is is that the game is persistent. So after you have completed a quest, not only do you keep in your deck all of the boons you have obtained but usually there is a reward for finishing a scenario. So you will upgrade your stats, hand size etc and the next scenario when you are making your 15 card deck you can make it from all the cards you obtained for your character so far.
Adapting this should not be too much trouble, and Paizo is one of the very best in the business in supporting their product lines and continuously releasing content. This means that Obsidian can get the game out and have what can hopefully be a nice revenue stream for the studio going forward.
I am hoping that since it says tablets it means more then the ipad. At the very least I would buy this day one on my android tablet.
either way this is cool news, the card game is fun but takes a while to set up. I wouldn't mind having a tablet version to play when I am feeling lazy (thus if it's IOS only I could be one step closer to owning an ipad)
Wiktor
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Not interesed, but I hope proper PC projects will follow. What I dream is Obsidian making a spiritual successor to NWN2 using Pathfinder license. Not really with a great campaign, because that's what Pillars of Eternity is for. What I want is a virtual PnP experience, with users creating modules and with Gamemasters. It seems like perfect time to do this kind of thing. cRPGs are booming and user content is all rage thanks to all those sandboxes.
Some Nobody
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This sounds neat. I'm interested.
And, if somehow a PC/console RPG spawned from it's existence, that'd be okay too.
This is much more like Star Realms/Dominion/Ascension than the ones you mentioned.
I like the acg as well but it is very fiddly, and a tabletized version will stream line the game a ton.
I think I'll like this game more in this format. Managing your characters and the campaigns will be a lot easier to do digitally, even though there was something charming about having a sheet you check off your stats and card list on.
With that said, I think people wanting an RPG from Obsidian should check this game out, because it's still very much an RPG, albeit a different take on one.
For people who are comparing this to Hearthstone and stuff like that, bear in mind that this is a co-op game that you play with your friends, so it's immediately very different from a head-to-head Magic-style game. You carry the progress of the same character and deck through many games - and if they die, it's over.
The second thing is that you don't build a deck of cards in a traditional way. Your deck is essentially your life, your equipment and items, so you only really ever modify your deck by playing the game and finding new things to swap into it and expand your abilities. It has more of an RPG feel than the usual TCG drip-feed of booster packs and having different decks for different situations.
With that said, I think people wanting an RPG from Obsidian should check this game out, because it's still very much an RPG, albeit a different take on one.
For people who are comparing this to Hearthstone and stuff like that, bear in mind that this is a co-op game that you play with your friends, so it's immediately very different from a head-to-head Magic-style game. You carry the progress of the same character and deck through many games - and if they die, it's over.
The second thing is that you don't build a deck of cards in a traditional way. Your deck is essentially your life, your equipment and items, so you only really ever modify your deck by playing the game and finding new things to swap into it and expand your abilities. It has more of an RPG feel than the usual TCG drip-feed of booster packs and having different decks for different situations.
ElectricThunder
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I'm good with this announcement under the auspices of yet more to come, though also under the auspices of hoping even this tablet one can find a route to PC proper and all else because nothing from these write-ups outlining about how it might go strike me as technically impossible?
However, if I'm honest, part of me wants somebody to slip Obsidian the phone number for From Software such that they can just cold call them at like 3am and ask for tips a la their old Lost Kingdoms goodness.
However, if I'm honest, part of me wants somebody to slip Obsidian the phone number for From Software such that they can just cold call them at like 3am and ask for tips a la their old Lost Kingdoms goodness.
Hopefully they have enough options so that we can indeed do solo gaming with x number of heroes, where x can be anything from 1 to 4 (or 6 if they have character add-on in the game). Onling gaming with mobile devices isn't just something I want to ever do. Personally I used two heroes when playing the physical game but I'd go with 3 or 4 in a tablet game in which some things are handled automatically by the app.
While I will definitely buy the digital version if it supports Nexus 10 (and isn't riddled with free-to-play gimmicks), I'm sad that it's Obsidian doing it. Always hoping that they can put all their resources into unique new experiences or if they are doing a licensed game, it's in the form of Fallout: New Vegas or South Park RPG. A different take on an existing property.
vagabondarts
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I'm all over this.
Mystic Theurge
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I'm really looking forward to this and the upcoming CRPG.
LurkerPrime
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I can't get excited for card games, especially when they're for mobile. A shame, because Pathfinder sounds so interesting...
Sorry, Obsidian.
Sorry, Obsidian.
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