In an interview with content creators, Owlcat Games revealed several aspects of their plans for future games. The developer is best known for their Pathfinder games, which are reminiscent of the original Baldur’s Gate games, and Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader.
Several games are in development, at least one of which is being made in Unreal Engine 5.
“We’re pretty excited for the new possibilities [Unreal Engine 5 gives us,” said a representative. “But at the same time, we have a lot of expertise with Unity, and would prefer not to waste that potential. It means that you’ll definitely see more traditional isometric games from us based on a familiar approach seen in Pathfinder and Rogue Trader! …In all our games, the story always involves many different characters, some of which may choose to join the protagonist as companions. This game is not an exception…”
When asked about voice over, Owlcat Games announced that all future titles will have full voice performances (and that no AI will be used).
“We believe that full VO has become a must-have feature (even if it takes a significant budget to implement) and are currently working to make full VO applicable to all future titles,” said a representative. “It certainly adds to the budget and complexity of development, but solutions for these issues exist (no, not AI if that’s what you thought) and we believe it will not affect the quality of our writing or limit our ideas.”
Owlcat Games announced a number of properties which do not have games currently in development: Pathfinder, Starfinder, any World of Darkness line.
The team also addressed automatic buffing.
“It’s a complicated question,” said a representative. “It’s important to not automate things too much, as it may hinder some of the ‘oldschool’ magic of the game. But we know it may get tedious on higher difficulties, especially for console users.
“We’ve considered implementing an analogue of buffing mod into the main UI during the Enhanced Edition, but other features took precedence back then, and we never had a chance to revisit it. Unfortunately, at this point it’s unlikely something this big will be added. In Rogue Trader, we’ve significantly changed our approach to buffs, and it should be way less of an issue.”
Owlcat Games’ current Warhammer and Pathfinder titles are available on PC and console.
Source: Owlcat Games
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