Avowed will kill Obsidian.

[Malagon]

All you had to do was make a good game. Instead, you filled it with DEI and made a dead-on-arrival agenda turd. I'm astonished that Obsidian went the Concord route with this game's development, and no one in executive leadership ever looked at Avowed and thought, "Wtf is this trash?"

Did they really think this game would sell well? The fallout will permanently ruin Obsidian's reputation at best, and kill off the studio at worst.

[tpowl1400]

oh f nooooooooooo
LGBTQ plus added to the game taglist.
Another victim to be LMFAO

[Forgotten Lore]

While i'm half inclined to say that microsoft will keep them around, they did close the studio behind hi-fi rush so you may actually be right, time will tell.

[Malagon]

Originally posted by Sir Random:

While i'm half inclined to say that microsoft will keep them around, they did close the studio behind hi-fi rush so you may actually be right, time will tell.

I think when it does poorly, Microsoft will cut their loses and can the studio.

[PMR]

Where did everyone go who worked on new vegas?

[Grimno]

Originally posted by PMR:

Where did everyone go who worked on new vegas?

John Gonzalez was creative designer.
He left Obsidian in 2013 basically right after New Vegas launched and went to WB Games, then Guerrilla Games, and is now at Smilegate Barcelona who recently made... Crossfire: Sierra Squad
Basically a Call of Duty VR game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YcyjH5Oc1M

[Jeffer'son Airship]

Originally posted by PMR:

Where did everyone go who worked on new vegas?

Josh Sawyer is still be at Obsidian. He's moved into more of a consulting role rather than directing.

Chris Avellone: did some character and scenario design, but nowhere near as much as people tend to credit him for (in his own words.) Left Obsidian after the troubled Pillars of Eternity 1 development. He ended up mired in a controversy when he was falsely accused of sexual misconduct and a lot of studios stopped working with him as a contractor. He's been a smaller player even after the dust settled.

Eric Fenstermaker: Writer, Area Designer: has left Obsidian but currently no one knows where he's working. May be retired.

Travis Stout: Writer, Area Designer. Left during the Stick of Truth development. Has written for State of Decay 1 and lately has been at Ubisoft, writing for For Honor and AC: Unity + Syndicate

Joe Sanabria: Lead Artist. Was laid of in 2011. Works as a freelance artist.

Scott Everts: World Building Lead. Still there. Last credit was working on Outer Worlds, but not as lead. Started out working on the original Fallouts at Interplay before moving to Obsidian.

Mark Bremerkamp: Lead Animator. Retired after POE1 to spend more time with his family.

Charlie Staples: Area Design Lead, Lead Level Designer. Still there. Worked on Stick of Truth and was Design Director on Outer Worlds.

Frank Kowalkowski: Lead Programmer. Now works at Blizzard on WoW expansions.

[PMR]

Originally posted by Jeffer'son Airship:

Originally posted by PMR:

Where did everyone go who worked on new vegas?

Josh Sawyer is the only lead who seems to still be at Obsidian. He's moved into more of a consulting role rather than directing.

Chris Avellone: did some character and scenario design, but nowhere near as much as people tend to credit him for (in his own words.) Left Obsidian after the troubled Pillars of Eternity 1 development mess. He ended up mired in a controversy when he was falsely accused of sexual misconduct and a lot of studios stopped working with him as a contractor. He's been a small player even after the dust settled. Mostly he's got an axe to grind with some of the Obsidian execs causing him to make some ridiculous claims just to drag their name through the mud.

Eric Fenstermaker: Writer, Area Designer: has left Obsidian but currently no one knows where he's working. May be retired.

Travis Stout: Writer, Area Designer. Left during the Stick of Truth development. Has written for State of Decay 1 and lately has been at Ubisoft, writing for For Honor and AC: Unity + Syndicate

Joe Sanabria: Lead Artist. Was laid of in 2011. Works as a freelance artist.

Scott Everts: World Building Lead. Still there. Last credit was working on Outer Worlds, but not as lead. Started out working on the original Fallouts at Interplay before moving to Obsidian.

Mark Bremerkamp: Lead Animator. Retired after POE1 to spend more time with his family.

Charlie Staples: Area Design Lead, Lead Level Designer. Still there. Worked on Stick of Truth and was Design Director on Outer Worlds.

Frank Kowalkowski: Lead Programmer. Now works at Blizzard on WoW expansions.

What a shame, most of them disbanded and scattered or working on projects that suck.

[Jamie]

Originally posted by Malagon:

All you had to do was make a good game. Instead, you filled it with DEI and made a dead-on-arrival agenda turd. I'm astonished that Obsidian went the Concord route with this game's development, and no one in executive leadership ever looked at Avowed and thought, "Wtf is this trash?"

Did they really think this game would sell well? The fallout will permanently ruin Obsidian's reputation at best, and kill off the studio at worst.

#47 just signed an Executive order to end ALL DEI practicing in the country. RIP

[Crazy Alchemy]

Originally posted by Malagon:

All you had to do was make a good game. Instead, you filled it with DEI and made a dead-on-arrival agenda turd. I'm astonished that Obsidian went the Concord route with this game's development, and no one in executive leadership ever looked at Avowed and thought, "Wtf is this trash?"

Did they really think this game would sell well? The fallout will permanently ruin Obsidian's reputation at best, and kill off the studio at worst.

Wishful thinking, you want the game to be trash because of your politics but none of your political whining has anything to do with the game and we've seen the game it fills that Skyrim niche and looks like it's a lot of fun to play.

Posts like this were common leading up to the release of Baldurs Gate 3 I remember people like you posting crap just like this saying it had already sold all it was going to sell during Early Access and would be DoA.

[Jeffer'son Airship]

Originally posted by Jamie:

#47 just signed an Executive order to end ALL DEI practicing in the country. RIP

This is a gross exaggeration. He banned DEI hiring and education practices and it's worded so poorly it's not even realistically enforceable and probably will end up tied in court for years.

DEI in media's likely to continue for a while as well since it's literally protected by the First Amendment and projects already mid development are not all going to pivot.

His administration is also currently such a disorganized mess still hiring people that none of these orders can likely be properly executed for months,

[💾Mimind💾]

wait a second did Trump also make Pokemon cards illegal in USA
or
was it some kind of prank..??

couldn't find any information about it ._.

[Jeffer'son Airship]

Not that I can find. Probably was clickbait.

[💾Mimind💾]

Originally posted by Jeffer'son Airship:

Not that I can find. Probably was clickbait.

ok found the answer it's just a normal thing going on people with crazy Pokemon addiction

''literally gambling problems''

[Spoonardo]

Originally posted by Malagon:

All you had to do was make a good game. Instead, you filled it with DEI and made a dead-on-arrival agenda turd. I'm astonished that Obsidian went the Concord route with this game's development, and no one in executive leadership ever looked at Avowed and thought, "Wtf is this trash?"

Did they really think this game would sell well? The fallout will permanently ruin Obsidian's reputation at best, and kill off the studio at worst.

You must be American. Hate breeds hate. Must suck to be from a country filled with warmongering, racist bigots. Enjoy the collapse of your society under the regime of that greedy Oompa Loompa...

[Grubbs008]

Originally posted by tpowl1400:

oh f nooooooooooo
LGBTQ plus added to the game taglist.
Another victim to be LMFAO

I don't think people realize those tags are put there by regular people, not the devs. If enough people use that tag, it goes on the list.