Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

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Posted on: March 6, 2019

CrumpetMan

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A Solid Follow Up with a Few Missteps

Pillars 2 updates the engine and the mechanics of the previous game to a more enjoyable level, bringing forth a far better gameplay system. However, this comes at the price of the writing, which was not up to the level of the first game. Overall though, I think the gameplay improvements balance out, and the DLC especially raises the level of the game to an enjoyable state. Definitely worth a look, even if you're not a fan of real-time with pause combat, as they've added a turn-based mode.

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Posted on: August 6, 2021

AltinGavranovic

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Much better than expected!

I was put off from buying this for a long long time by the somewhat mediocre reviews on here but I was very pleasantly surprised. The bottom line here is that if you enjoy infinity-engine type games like Baldur's Gate and (more recently) the Pathfinder games, you'll enjoy this. The writing is really very good for a cRPG - probably the game's main strength - and continues the previous game's interest in playing with philosophical and metaphyical themes in what is otherwise your standard cRPG story, albeit set in an unusual and evocative Caribbean-type setting. As other reviewer have noted, you are dumped into a four-way political conflict over dominion of the Deadfire Archipelago and all the four sides (amongst whom you will eventually have to choose) have plausible and sympathetic reasons for wanting things to go their way - there are actually meaningful choices to be made instead of the usual tiresome 'goodies vs baddies' fare. The setting's 'Gods' (really just powerful beings) are more present in this game than the first, and the story is altogether better for showcasing their petty Greek Pantheon-type squabbling. Your companions are also very well written on the whole and it is a bit of a shame their quest lines are so short - seems a missed opportunity to spend more time with a group you'll probably grow quite fond of. The game itself is a bit too easy for its own good, which is its main flaw for me. If you've played Pathfinder: Kingmaker on anything above normal difficulty, I'd recommend cranking it up to max difficulty and even then you'll probably still find it gets a bit too easy after mid-game. The problem is partly that the game hands out experience too freely so that you'll hit max level well before you're done with the game, after which point you'll just steamroll through most encounters, making for a boring experience towards the end. Still, if you like these kinds of games this is a really fun romp that'll keep you entertained for 100+ hours!

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Posted on: May 8, 2018

ZombieBroom

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Good Game, Bad Pacing.

Lemme get some things out of the way first. The story is fantastic. The story had me near tears at times with how powerful, awe inspiring, and beautiful many of the themes were. Eothas was simply absolute perfectly written and performed, I wish that had been longer. The deep philosophical themes help further push this story into the realm of highbrow entertainment. I imagine those who know little-to-nothing about philosophy in general may have found the story lacking, pacing aside. I cannot possibly explain how perfect the Eothas part of this game I just loved, I couldn't wait to talk to him again and learn more about the character and his motivations. This is where we begin to have issues however: Because Eothas is so well done, and because many likely wanted to rush the game to talk to him as the story progresses, the game seems create dumb barriors that make no sense that stop you from rushing, which normally wouldn't be a huge deal if the game also didn't constantly remind you of how much of a hurry you should be in. This sense of urgency it forces on you ultimately hurts it, and it does this even with much of the DLC as well. For example, Eothas will say "I'm going here, I will not wait long" and you may want to do that, but you can't because the game makes you do a ton of petty crap (or grind) in forced-preparation for much of those meetings where he says practically the same thing, why tell me to rush if you're gonna force me not to. Don't tell me to hurry if I can't, and don't tell me to rush at all if the game is already too short. Rant aside, there are other small issues, like so much space but so little to do. I played for nearly 70 hours, which is 30 more than what GOG says is the average playtime. Very little to explore given the amount of space. Durance not being in the game was sad. Other good things: Loved the pirate theme, the boat combat, the OST, the new cultures, and all the lore you stumble upon that connects masterfully PoE1 to PoE2.

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Posted on: May 18, 2018

Ilmaer

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Like the old ones, but redesigned

At the time I bought this game, I read several ratings that the Mac port doesn't work. I can tell you it DOES work! I have a iMac 2017, 5K with the Radeon Pro 580. It runs smooth and after playing 4 hours and 16 minutes no crashes or what so ever. I can imagine that running something like this on a Mac Book, could give problems. The game: For me it' has been a very long time since I played games like this. I guess the first Baldurs gate and Neverwinter nights. I haven't played the first part of this game. It took me a few hours to get into the game, but once in it I hardly can stop playing. It's a lot of reading, but the story line so fat is very cool. Graphics look great and the sound and music fits perfectly. I guess I have something again to fill up my evenings again.

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Posted on: January 29, 2020

SirTawmis

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Almost as good as the first!

The first Pillars of Eternity took me by surprise with how good it was! I had such high hopes for the sequel - but the sequel suffers from what a lot of movies do! With one big success, they wanted to make something that was bigger and more over the top than the first - and that's just what they did! However, the story of the second one (I won't spoil it for anyone) - is by far, far, far, far more "Earth Shaking" to the point where if you think about it - all the other quests SHOULD NOT MATTER to our heroes, as they should be just fixated on the bigger picture. But the game forces you to put that aside to do a number of other quests. It would have been better if the Earth Shaking Matter (as I will call it - the main quest) slowly happened, rather than happening right at the start. This makes the idea of doing the other stuff... trivial. I did like the exploration on the ships (that was a fun element) and fighting other ships, naming islands, and such - and the sea shanties were great to listen to. But it does, for me, fall short of the first one.

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