The origins of Tyranny are far older than one expects. The idea of a role-playing game set in a world where “Sauron has won and dominates Middle-earth” was around the studio from practically its conception. Feargus Urquhart, CEO of Obsidian, has sometimes
spoken of this idea in interviews (back then, internally called Defiance). But although this project did not seem to find a producer interested in it,
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Microsoft, with plans to launch an exclusive RPG for the then still without leaving Xbox One, gave the green light to the project. Little is known about this iteration of the idea,
beyond being renamed Stormlands, being an Action RPG of some kind, and having Josh Sawyer as project leader (who came to be the project director of New Vegas). Unfortunately, the project was canceled for some reason, and that was the coup de grace that put Obsidian in the most unfortunate situation in the history of the study:
From project canceled to canceled project, having to make the biggest wave of dismissals in the history of the study, without being able to find new projects among any of the producers and having to cling to a project diametrically different from what Obsidian usually
does as the MMO free to play of Armored Warfare tanks … With such a black panorama, the closure of the studio seemed imminent. But then, they decided to use Kickstarter to find funding, and the rest, as they say, is history. unable to find new projects
between any of the producers and having to cling to a project diametrically different from what Obsidian used to do as the free-to-play MMO of Armored Warfare tanks … With such a black panorama, the closure of the studio seemed imminent . But then, they decided to use
Kickstarter to find funding, and the rest, as they say, is history. unable to find new projects between any of the producers and having to cling to
a project diametrically different from what Obsidian used to do as the free-to-play MMO of Armored Warfare tanks … With such a black panorama,
the closure of the studio seemed imminent . But then, they decided to use Kickstarter to find funding, and the rest, as they say, is history.
What was his famous kickstarter of the then known as Project Eternity in 2012 was capital for his survival. Not only did he give them a new project to work on, he put them back on the map, and when Paradox agreed to take over the distribution of Pillars of
Eternity, the relationship between them and Obsidian went beyond a mere distribution agreement, the idea that was rejected at the time by Microsoft returned to find owner in Paradox in 2014, modified to benefit from the Pillars of Eternity model.
“Sometimes, Evil Wins”
The idea behind Tyranny is as simple as it is attractive. The battle between good and evil has already taken place, and evil has won. In a conquest that has lasted 400 years, the Supreme Lord Kyros has conquered virtually all the known world of Terratus.
The last bastion of resistance are the southern territories of the Cotas, where in the last years of the conquest the armies of the Supreme Lord have difficulties in quelling these last rebellious recesses.
The game puts us in the role of a Forjadestinos, a kind of judge, jury and executioner under the command of Tunon the Adjudicator, right hand of Kyros, to be his representative where he can not be. Our mission is to proclaim an edict, an immeasurable power
spell that only Kyros can do that function as ultimatums, in which the conflict is resolved, or all, including Kyros’s armies, will die. Thus, you are in charge of putting order between the two armies of Kyros in the area, the Wronged and the Scarlet Canticle (which
represent the versions of Tyranny of the classic concept of Dragons & Dungeons Legal Evil and Chaotic Evil, respectively) and that the conquest come to an end and Kyros’ dominion is absolute. Unfortunately, this is easier said than done,
