Obsidian's Project Eternity RPG fully funded

 @jhonMalcovich Not exactly a high bar you're setting there

 @zoeyleft seems like your the greedy one. stop thinking your entitled to everything when you not. 

 @zoeyleft This is because of the way kickstarter works.

The devs have to choose a very low goal.

Since if they ask for what they'd really need, and they don't make it, they receive 0 funding. The goal has to be met, so for garantees the goal is low.

And they then add stretch goals. Those stretch goals are not there to pay for the extra features (not completely at least). A new race doesn't cost 200k to make. But to fund the game. They are necessary, if they don't get that amount, you won't get the stretch goal, but other hidden things won't be made because they didn't have enough money.

Do you really think a big RPG cost only 1.1m$ to make? Obsidian isn't a small dev team. How many people will work on the game? 20? 30 ? The average salary is around 6k$ per month. In salaries alone, WITHOUT the office, the monthly fee for programs licences (yes a lot are paid per month), utilities, it would cost them more than 120k a month. You can double or triple that for the rest of the expenses.

Do you reall ywant them to make the game in 3 months? The release is set for mid 2014. They have to eat until then.

And anyways, will it be so terrible if we don't make the goal that adds "a player house" or a "new compagnion"? Those will be modded in, and while they are nice additions, they are not game breaking and are just there as "motivations".

 @zoeyleft Thats what happens to all kickstarter projects after they reach the first goal of their project .

 @zoeyleft It seems you don't value honesty. What if they had only gotten 1.1 million? All these features cost money to make. The funding goal is the bare minimum to make it happen and stretch goals add additional content. Would you rather prefer them promising everything and delivering on nothing?

 @zoeyleft

 I have to agree wtih you.  Interest has now evaporated.

The Ouroboros is a very, very old symbol representing cyclicality and infinity, it's got nothing to do with ES @tom_cat_01

 @Kazedve I missed my molotov coctail throwing industrial dwarven warrior :(

 @Fembot_Eulogy "Gamers who back the project at $20 will receive a digital copy of Project Eternity, should the campaign be successful, redeemable through Steam. A contribution of $35 secures backers a copy of the game, as well as a digital soundtrack and collector's book. The book includes concept art, a player's handbook, monster manual, information about the campaign setting and characters, and a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Project Eternity." - GameSpot: http://www.gamespot.com/news/obsidian-turns-to-kickstarter-for-project-eternity-6396538

 @tightwad34

 I think for a while... I've been under the impression KickStarter is a website where you go to put up a business proposal of any scale and people or businesses, small investors or large can fund said projects in whatever amount they feel fit in the hopes you'll get enough to create your project. I'm sure it's more complex then that, but you get the idea?

 @tightwad34 It might be the new wave of game development as we know it. Everyone is fed up with EA and the way they've done business while releasing shoddy games. This at least puts a bit more power back to the consumer. Who knows where this could lead?

 @emanuelp2  not only KOTOR 2, but New Vegas too, even Dungeon Siedge 3,which i personally hate, has surprisingly good story and writing, so yes, story telling is Obsidian strong side.

 @Gray_Raven What does Obsidian have to do with TOR?

 @shalashaska88 A big part of that is being rushed by the publisher. They won't have that issue with this.

 @shalashaska88 Dungeon Siege 3 was bug free, probably because of internal instead of outsourced QA.

 @jsmoke03 That may not be the case. There are a lot of great engines that are free (UDK4 for example). I only hope that when the game comes out (say with 2.4mil budget) that the players will honor the fact that it's made for both Mac and Linux as well as Windows and they will actually buy the game rather then get it from one torrent or another. I myself though avid pirate (yargh!) do plan to buy this game even if it means not eating anything for weeks.  :) 

 @Gladestone1 I agree with you, but keep in mind that the reason they are given deadlines is because the amount of funds they are allowed to spend is being limited.   Keep in mind that people (labor) costs money.   The longer you work on a game, the more it costs.  Thus, deadlines ensure they don't continue to bleed more and more money without bringing some in.  When a publisher pushes a developer to release a game it is more about stopping the spending of additional money then it is about making new money from sales.

Guess what, with kickstarter raised funds they STILL have a limited amount of money to work with.   Thus they will still be pushed to a release date.  That being, sometime around when the money runs out.

 @emperiox What does that have to do with anything? Or how is that even possible since the game doesn't exist yet? You're a weird kind of troll, aren't you?

 @tizmond Um, sorry dude, the KOTOR 2 and New Vegas that *I* played were amazing games. Alpha Protocol was rushed out the door by Sega before they even got half-way through QA, so take it up with them if you want. 

 @tizmond Kotor 2 was good, New Vegas is pretty great as well.  Haven't played Alpha Protocol though.

 @tizmond How? I'll tell you how. Enough people purchased their products to turn a profit. That's how.

 @tizmond the same obsidian that is made up of black isle studio devs who have fallout 2, planescape, icewind dale under their belt as well. they also published baldur's gate 1 + 2......