Matt Chat 256: Feargus Urquhart on the Fall of Black Isle
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2014
- Feargus returns in part 3 of my 4 part interview. In this segment, we talk about the collapse of Black Isle in the wake of some questionable decisions on the part of Fargo and other execs--Interplay Sports, Engage, losing the D&D license, and some bad bets on consoles (Sega Saturn, anyone?). Despite the passage of time, Feargus is still quite emotional, and you can't help but wonder what might have happened if the leadership had listened to him.
Games covered include Planescape: Torment, Fallout 3, Baldur's Gate III, and Icewind Dale.
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Stash: No Loot Left Behind Kickstarter page
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Black Isle didn't fall or collapse...They just bowed and gracefully saluted and flew away to the RPG heavens.
Why the hell isn't this channel more popular? I just don't get it.
I don't know. If you find out, please let me know. :)
However, if it involves a pair of scissors or a razor I'm not doing it!
+Slashgibber Not enough CoD and Battlefield videos? *being sarcastic*
OBSIDIAN WANTED TO DO A MIGHT AND MAGIC GAME?! AND THEY DIDN'T?! WHY? DEAR GOD WHY NOT?! That would be so amazing. The phenomenal atmosphere and feeling of the Might and Magic games (mostly 6 & 7 and Heroes 3) with the unrivaled writting of the Obsidian. Why didn't this happen?!
God, I wished I didn't knew that. Now I keep thinking at it.
Tell me about it! Fuck the Pirates of the Caribbean Armada of the Dead. Fuck Star Wars 1313. Fuck Silent Hills. An Obsidian Might & Magic is THE best game that never happened. I find it so depressing that we never got to see that game!
lisandro2882 We also we did not get the F3 we deserved and no BG3 as well. FFFFFFFFF....
I remember being baffled back at the turn of the century when developers UNIFORMLY made the transition to 3D. I didn't understand why. I still don't. Publisher pressure? The worst gaming news I ever read in my life was the announcement in an issue of PC Gamer that Icewind Dale 2 would be the last IE game. Why? The CRPG genre effectively died then and there.
Thanks for these interviews, Matt. You do such a great job!
Great interview nice video once again Matt
Just found your channel, Matt. It's amazing - keep up the good work.
Awesome episode. Love hearing the insider view of events that shaped the CRPG history.
Thank for another great show.
And thank you for making me feel ancient with your new feature! I played Elite on the BBC Model B, here in the UK, off of a behemoth 5 1/4 inch floppy disk drive. I'm looking forward to Elite Dangerous. Hopefully it will cater for old, arthritic hands.
Good stuff Matt Chat! I have been on the edge of my seat with your interviews here with Feargus. Really absorbing every minute of it! Props to you for bringing on yet another gamedev legend.
Another great video Matt!
I always keep coming back to this. The thing is, back then this wasn't merely Interplay/BIS around that time.
Origin. Looking Glass. Sir-Tech. SSI. New World Computing. Attic. Westwood. Troika later on. Even Bethesda a while ago had publicly admitted that Morrowind had saved the company. Crazy times!
And still being felt in the genre, if you ask me. The few remaining AAA devs are targeting ever bigger audiences, as such moving further and further away from the core Western RPG values back then. And then there's the Kickstarter/indie scene that really took off in around 2012-2014.
Baldur's Gate 3 could build a few bridges here. But the genre, to me, is pretty much split in two since.
You have the credits at the end twice...but I like that Tyranthraxus is pleased. :)
lol. Ok. How the heck did that happen??
Brian Fargo its a great guy. I cant wait to get wasteland 2 and just hope these games keep being made.
Liking this month in gaming history a great idea there.
I like the This Week In Gaming History bit.
You're such a nerd in the best way.
I loved the Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance games, I wish they would reboot those or re-release them on PC.
Those games still hold up well gameplay wise, I play them from time to time on my original Xbox.
24:50 For this I'd recommend the Racketboy articles called 'Games that pushed the limits of the [console name]'
Never knew I needed a drinking horn until now... Do the beginner video on beer too please because I'm a fruity cider guy and wouldn't mind branching out.
I love your video Thank you sir
I am still waiting for Stonekeep 2. So badly...
Kickstarter ... please?
nice video
19:15 there were two programs that encapsulated IPX packets over TCP/IP. Kali and Kahn. Kali was the more popular by by far.
This bagel-shaped thing is tame compared to most shit in Planescape. Hilarious!
Pale Ail is usually a safe bet for me
"I was looking for quotes on failure in business after listening to Feargus." - Mr. Matt B. Chat with the #sickburn ( #possiblyunintentional )
Any Ultima games in your collection?
got a few, but not the whole collection sadly. One of these days!
I wait Torn Black Isle Studios.
8:32 That is the reason why so much comercial art ends up being bad and boring. Despite talent and money.
Oblivion, Skyrim, Fallout 3 and New Vegas are all based on an engine developed by Obsidian/Black Isle employees? WELL THAT EXPLAIN WHY IT'S SO BLOODY SHITE!!!!! :))