Obsidian Wants To Make New Star Wars RPG

Yes please!

Sure I would like to see it. LucasArts would have to behave like professionals, however, which I doubt they are actually capable of now. They've killed at least one studio, run professionals out of the industry and are content to mistreat developers to save a buck.

I just lost a lot of respect for Obsidian's personnel. No right minded individual would return to such a context having found better treatment elsewhere. They're the abused wife whose bruises from the last beating haven't even healed yet and, after finding out about how the husband beats his new girlfriend, exclaims 'but he's such a nice man!' This kind of crap won't stop until the victims take responsibility for their victimhood and make it stop.

But the Star Wars universe is like an abusive husband that throws great parties and is phenomenal in bed. When you find something you really want to make, you fool yourself into thinking things could be different. But didn't Disney get the rights to LucasArts when they purchased LucasFilm? I haven't been following all that much, but there's a chance of things actually being different.

That's certainly possible and I hadn't considered that. If that is the case then consider my point retracted.

Even if they did acquire LucasArts, I doubt they would make big personnel shifts in the upper levels, meaning Obsidian would be returning to the wrath of the Followers of George.

Disney does own LucasArts IP's now. The huge difference being, now LucasArts is a subsidiary of a publicly traded company, where the interests of shareholders comes before the whims or opinions of a single owner. Same model EA operates under. I would say that increases the chances the game gets the green light, but not sure about how that will affect quality yet. Let me just shake up my magic 8 ball.......hmm...ask again later.

Despite it's rushed release and numerous flaws, KOTOR 2 is still one of my favorite games of all time. Great story, and some of the best-written dialogue in any RPG I've ever seen. The unique and well-executed relationship between the player and the main antagonist is in itself a reason to experience the game.

So yea, if that dude came up with some more Star Wars stuff, I'd like to see it.

While I enjoyed the characters, I thought KOTOR 2's story was overly complicated, and was too dark. It didn't feel like Star Wars. And Kreia is obviously the villain from the moment you meet her.

The best part is where she lies. Constantly. You absolutely cannot trust a single word she says without independent verification, and something north of 90% of what she says cannot be independently verified. All you have are hints, guesses and hunches.

SPOILER TAG WTF?! Thanks for ruining it for me.

The game is 8 years old. This is bordering on 'it was his sled' territory. Second, as Cheesegod notes, it's obvious she can't be trusted before the prologue is even over. The first obvious clue is that she is far more aware of her situation than she has any right to be and the second is that she knows the bad guy hunting you and he knows her and they obviously have a lot of history. It isn't a straight line from that to 'she's the villain of the story' (best part: even when it's over, one can seriously argue otherwise) but it's pretty damn close. The question through acts one and two is not if she'll turn on you bet when, how and why. She already starts doing it before you're even fully free to explore the galaxy.

lol i was joking.

The fact that you know the entire time is what makes the dynamic so interesting. It didn't try to have a big "twist" like the first KOTOR and god knows how many other game stories. I'm pretty sure if you progress down her dialogue tree far enough, she essentially tells you she's the third Sith Lord. But the inevitability of the betrayal and your proximity to the character throughout the entire game allows you to dig much deeper into her personality and motivations.

I do agree the game is very dark in tone. It still felt like Star Wars to me personally, but I can see how someone would think otherwise.

only if they arnt rushed again and have chop off the last 1/3 of the game.

Do it, just do it!!!

"Would you like to see another RPG from Obsidi-"

I'm throwing my money at the screen but nothing's happening.

Amen, Brother.

As long as they give the game a real ending and not like KOTORII.

They did give it a real ending but there's a whole funny story with someone from LucasArts telling them they had more time than they did. Result: Large sections of the game had to be gutted to make it out the door in time, including about two-thirds of the ending. All because of a miscommunication. At least, that's the story Feargus Urquhart tells people. Knowing LucasArts threats to shoot puppies were probably involved. The really sick part is that they were so damn close.