A Star Wars dungeon crawler made by Obsidian almost happened
A Star Wars dungeon crawler using the Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance engine was almost made by Obsidian Entertainment before the studio moved on to Knights of the Old Republic II.
This fact was revealed by Obsidian CEO Fergus Urquhart in a recent interview with IGN.
“There hadn’t been a game like that, like an action, Star Wars action-RPG,” Urquhart said. Obsidian then pitched that idea to LucasArts: “What about using the Dark Alliance engine and making a Star Wars action-RPG? It would’ve been super cool.”
The reason for using the Dark Alliance engine is because Obsidian collaborated on the fifth game of the dungeon crawler, action-RPG series alongside the primary developer, Snowblind Studios.
However, LucasArts eventually shot down that pitch and the studio instead developed the sequel to BioWare’s Knights of the Old Republic RPG.
“It wasn’t a pitch they thought was bad,” Urquhart said. “I think some people there had a hard time getting their head around it, but we still were talking about it as the other opportunity came up, which was KOTOR II.”
Despite the dungeon crawler never happening, Urquhart remains keen on the idea: “I still want to make this game or a game like it.”
This is actually the second time in recent memory that Obsidian has expressed a desire to develop an unreleased Star Wars game. Back in November, Urquhart mentioned the studio wants to make KOTOR III.
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