CRPG vet has a specially engraved watch to remind him his underrated game was good, actually
Nov. 9, 2023One of Obsidian Entertainment’s most overlooked games finally found long overdue success
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Obsidian Entertainmentis the developer behind some of gaming’s most notable role-playing games, including Fallout: New Vegas, The Outer Worlds, and the critically-acclaimedPentiment. However, there’s one game in particular that Obsidian’s key creative holds dear, and it was initially one of the developer’s biggest bombs.Shared on X(formerly Twitter), veteran RPG developer Josh Sawyer shared a photo of a specially engraved watch with a note about the underrated Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, a game that the dev holds in high regard.
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