History Trivia / Tyranny

** The original idea for ''Tyranny'' came from a 2006 game pitch codenamed ''Fury'', which involved a world suffering from a [[AfterTheEnd Magic Apocalypse]]. That initial pitch was refined into a new game called ''Defiance'', which Obsidian started pitching in 2009. By 2012, the pitch evolved into a game called ''Stormlands'', [[HopeSpot which was picked up by Microsoft]] as a launch title for the UsefulNotes/XboxOne. Unfortunately, [[ShootTheShaggyDog it was cancelled by Microsoft during the final greenlight meeting]]. This was the catalyst that caused Creator/ObsidianEntertainment to fire 30 people and almost go out of business before ''VideoGame/PillarsOfEternity'' was successfully kickstarted.

* {{Blooper}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mD-cKrdNGM&ab_channel=ObsidianEntertainment Available here.]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original idea for ''Tyranny'' came from a 2006 game pitch code named ''Fury'', which involved a world suffering from a [[AfterTheEnd Magic Apocalypse]]. That initial pitch was refined into a new game called ''Defiance'', which Obsidian started pitching in 2009. By 2012, the pitch evolved into a game called ''Stormlands'', [[HopeSpot which was picked up by Microsoft]] as a launch title for the UsefulNotes/XboxOne. Unfortunately, [[ShootTheShaggyDog it was cancelled by Microsoft during the final greenlight meeting]]. This was the catalyst that caused Creator/ObsidianEntertainment to fire 30 people and almost go out of business before ''VideoGame/PillarsOfEternity'' was successfully kickstarted.
** If the Art Book is any indication, the game originally had an Act IV and Act V, presumably resolving the cliffhanger.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original idea for ''Tyranny'' came from a 2006 game pitch code named ''Fury'', which involved a world suffering from a [[AfterTheEnd Magic Apocalypse]]. That initial pitch was refined into a new game called ''Defiance'', which they started pitching in 2009. By 2012, the pitch evolved into a game called ''Stormlands'', [[HopeSpot which was picked up by Microsoft]] as a launch title for the UsefulNotes/XboxOne. Unfortunately, [[ShootTheShaggyDog it was cancelled by Microsoft during the final greenlight meeting]]. This was the catalyst that caused Creator/ObsidianEntertainment to fire 30 people and almost go out of business before ''VideoGame/PillarsOfEternity'' was successfully kickstarted.
** If the Art Book is any indication the game originally had an Act IV and Act V, presumably resolving the cliffhanger.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original idea for ''Tyranny'' came from a 2006 game pitch code named ''Fury'', which involved a world suffering from a [[AfterTheEnd Magic Apocalypse]]. That initial pitch was refined into a new game called ''Defiance'', which they started pitching in 2009. By 2012, the pitch evolved into a game called ''Stormlands'', [[HopeSpot which was picked up by Microsoft]] as a launch title for the UsefulNotes/XboxOne. Unfortunately, [[ShootTheShaggyDog it was cancelled by Microsoft during the final greenlight meeting]]. This was the catalyst that caused Creator/ObsidianEntertainment to fire 30 people and almost go out of business before VideoGame/PillarsOfEternity was successfully kickstarted.

* AuthorAppeal: You know you're in an [[Creator/ObsidianEntertainment Obsidian]] game when it features an [[TheBadGuyWins ascendant evil]] [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords empire]], the chief generals of which [[EvilVersusEvil can't get along]] thanks to their [[OrderVersusChaos competing ideologies]], the [[OurSoulsAreDifferent soul]] as something [[YourSoulIsMine quantifiable and commodified]], [[EldritchLocation haunted]] [[RuinsForRuinsSake ruins]], [[MalevolentMaskedMen masks]], the colossal [[VideoGame/MaskOfTheBetrayer petrified remains of an extremely powerful being]], [[ShellShockedVeteran past wars]], [[TheAtoner past sins]], a faction of [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil slavers]] who [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas dye their scavenged gear red and black]] and who rose to power by [[GenghisGambit assimilating other tribes into themselves as they went]], an [[RagtagBandOfMisfits unlikely party]] of [[DysfunctionJunction lost souls]] [[MagneticHero thrust together]] seemingly [[ThereAreNoCoincidences by fate]] (including [[VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment a fiery dual-wielding redhead, a walking suit of armor, and a scribe]]), [[TheMentor mentor figures]] whose teachings were [[BrokenPedestal wrong]], misguided, or [[EvilMentor evil]], [[GrayAndGrayMorality complex moral choices]] with [[VillainHasAPoint no]] [[WellIntentionedExtremist easy]] [[SadisticChoice answers]], and [[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath extensive dialogue trees]] which serve to [[ArmorPiercingQuestion turn the listener's entire worldview on its ear]].
** Finally, to top it all off, there's a [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking showreel]] of [[ModularEpilogue all the places you went and the consequences of your actions]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original idea for ''Tyranny'' came from a 2006 game pitch code named ''Fury'', which involved a world suffering from a [[AfterTheEnd Magic Apocalypse]]. That initial pitch was refined into a new game called ''Defiance'', which they started pitching in 2009. By 2012, the pitch evolved into a game called ''Stormlands'', [[HopeSpot which was picked up by Microsoft]] as a launch title for the UsefulNotes/XboxOne. Unfortunately, [[ShootTheShaggyDog it was cancelled by Microsoft during the final greenlight meeting]]. This was the catalyst that caused Creator/ObsidianEntertainment to fire 30 people and almost go out of business before VideoGame/PillarsOfEternity was successfully kickstarted.

* {{Fanon}}: While Kyros' true gender [[AmbiguousGender is pointedly never revealed]], fans who decide against using GenderNeutralWriting are considerably more likely to assume they're female than male.

* CounterpartComparison: The Tidecasters, with their lunar connection, mastery of water magic, ability to control blood using said mastery, and healing abilities, invite comparisons to the Waterbenders of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', even if their casting method is more traditionally sorcerous.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original idea for ''Tyranny'' came from a game pitch code named ''Fury,'' which involved a world suffering a from a [[AfterTheEnd Magic Apocalypse.]] The pitch was rejected and evolved into a game called ''Stormlands,'' [[HopeSpot which was picked up by Microsoft]] as a launch title for the {{XboxOne}}. Unfortunately, [[ShootTheShaggyDog it was cancelled by Microsoft during the final greenlight meeting.]] This caused Creator/ObsidianEntertainment to fire 30 people and almost go out of business before VideoGame/PillarsOfEternity was successfully kickstarted.