4th August 2004, 6:01 PM
Well, it's not Obsidian. It's Black Isle. As I said, Obsidian was founded by people who made up Black Isle, which was part of Interplay. Almost all the team worked at Interplay/BIS, so it's a successor of sorts. Just like Troika Games (Fallout (another BIS game)'s creator Tim Cain).
Anyway, he made IWD 1 and 2 and Torment (and worked on Fallout) at BIS, then formed Obsidian, which hasn't published a game yet. And yes, if you appreciate story in games, by all means try to track down a copy of Torment somewhere (probably online -- it came out in 1999 and isn't exactly common in retail stores anymore). It is one of my favorite games of all time, for sure... I finished it right before playing Warcraft III and maybe partly as a result was dissapointed by how simple and derivitive that game's story was. :)
... just don't get it if you like to fight a lot in your RPGs or don't like reading text boxes. It's not exactly that kind of game. :D It's by far the least combat-focused RPG I have ever played. ... and the one with the longest conversations with random bar denizens.
Anyway, he made IWD 1 and 2 and Torment (and worked on Fallout) at BIS, then formed Obsidian, which hasn't published a game yet. And yes, if you appreciate story in games, by all means try to track down a copy of Torment somewhere (probably online -- it came out in 1999 and isn't exactly common in retail stores anymore). It is one of my favorite games of all time, for sure... I finished it right before playing Warcraft III and maybe partly as a result was dissapointed by how simple and derivitive that game's story was. :)
... just don't get it if you like to fight a lot in your RPGs or don't like reading text boxes. It's not exactly that kind of game. :D It's by far the least combat-focused RPG I have ever played. ... and the one with the longest conversations with random bar denizens.
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