JRPGfan said:
Isnt that what they said? They didnt have a person that could adovate for why they should continue to get money to fund the project. They didnt have that 1 guy that believed in the project, when it needed it, and could say so to the people that held the money to make it.
"there has to be someone at the publisher" who can defend the project and assure the higher-ups the game is going to be good. In the case of Stormlands, unfortunately, Obsidian didn't have someone like that to champion the game at Microsoft." ^ from the OP. Or is the "someone at the publisher" a Microsoft guy? Did microsoft just not believe in Obsidian and then shut down the project? |
Yep, but you said they couldn't defend it. That's not the same. If the studio that makes the game says it's a great game everyone is yawning. If someone on with his office besides yours says the same, then you at least spend some attention to the game. That Obsidian can make great games is shown already, if you don't believe that, look at Pillars of Eternity, a game funded not by Microsoft but by gamers at Kickstarter. They had more faith in Obsidian than MS, and Obsidian delivered.
