Posted on: April 25, 2015

Matesalsa

Spiele: 118 Rezensionen: 20

Very good but not perfect rpg

Pillars is a homeage to the oldschool pary based rpgs of the late 90's and early 2000's.If you have played those, this game will be familiar for you. For me this was the first game of the crpg genre. I played on normal and I found it very accessible also for newbies. The game is intuitive, and not so difficult most of the time, hovewer the boss fights are hell of a challenge, be prepared. It is a combat heavy game: 80% combat, 20% roleplaying. I personally expected and wanted more roleplay and less combat, but still enjoyed Pillars a lot. There is a good balance between dungeons, hubs and open areas which make the game varied. The atmosphere is immersive, the music is beautiful, you feel fine playing this game. Story, choices and characters are good but not great. The writing is good but way too verbose and I think huge walls of texts are not the best way to tell a story in a videogame especially when the new engines actually are able to make us see the things. So this oldschool approach of storytelling can't be the future of rpgs. The side quests are too simplistic but people say that this is because of the limited resources, budget and of the old engine. The graphics nicely shows the background but the figures look horrible, and they are very static (never go to sleep, don't sit down to tables in the inn etc). Sorry to say so many negative things because the game is actually really good. The atmosphere is top notch, and also the story is interesting to make you finish the game. The side quests are simple yes, but they make us experience some interesting personal stories and adventures. The characters are not really memorable but have some good conversations, and sometimes make hilarious comments. The game is dark in general, yet there is humour in it which is appreciated. Also the lenght is good, it is 60 and some hours to finish. So this is not the best rpg of all time as the hype sais, but a good start and hopefully the sequel will be a truly memorable game.

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Posted on: October 30, 2020

davidriod

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Spiele: 34 Rezensionen: 1

A boring game

The character and story feel lifeless. Combat are annoying. We are very far away from baldur's gate

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Posted on: April 7, 2015

BlueBangkok

Spiele: 192 Rezensionen: 31

Decent, but shallow and predictable.

When this was released all those years ago, I remember that my disappointment was immesurable. A game that hyped itself to be the BG2 successor, only to fall flat on its face in nearly every metric imaginable. Now, years later, I am replaying this with White March I and II, and while I'm not exactly having a blast, after some updates, it's serviceable. Everything in this game is predictable, as if done according to some template to check all the boxes. You have a predictable, boring villain, pretty meh but acceptable story, cliche characters out of which the only one who really stands out is Durance, and honestly quite baffling design choices. Gameplay system that tries too hard not to be D&D only to look like an exact copy regardless. Kill XP that is tied to the bestiary, and once you have bestiary full for that particular enemy, you stop getting XP for it, which is honestly a "galaxy brain" design choice - if you have to gimp player's XP progress in order to not overlevel him, then it's obvious that you have too many trash fights in your game and you should cut some of them out! If you can get past some of that, then the game isn't really bad, it's an isometric party RPG, with good build variety, adequate length (maybe too long...), and some good parts here and there. It isn't the top of the pack, and it has its problems - problems which PoE2 solved almost entirely - but if you have an itch to play a cRPG you haven't tried before, or just want a character to export to PoE2, you can play this, and it will serve a decent enough job. But don't expect another Baldur's Gate, and of course brace yourself for the constant loading screens, which are just bearable on a modern CPU and SSD (they certainly were the immersion killer back in the day when this got out). If you want it, then get it on a sale with both White March expansions.

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Posted on: November 24, 2015

fredmon

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Spiele: Rezensionen: 7

5 star game, 1 star software

Being compared to Baldurs Gate is like comparing Two Worlds to Oblivion. They are alike in style but POE is a better game all in all. That's where it stands and all the crashes are where it falls on it's face. It crashes to desktop an average of twice an hour and this is eight months after it was released. I would be embarrassed to offer such poor programming if I was a business. I can only hope the bugs get fixed soon.

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Posted on: June 11, 2017

dbdbdb

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Spiele: 708 Rezensionen: 4

Feels like a clone, but I like it!

Reviewed after playing 1 hour: While the game does feel a bit like a BG/IWD clone (interface and mechanics) I don't mind, and you probably won't either if you like RPGs. The graphics are very crisp and the story seems pretty good so far. If you are looking for a hack and slash quick action game, this isn't it. There are cut scenes and loading frames to read to help deliver the story throughout the game play, and that's okay as long as your brain hasn't de-evolved into a "Where's the action? Feed me action, now!" sort of impatience. You will want to move around, discover, solve puzzles, complete quests that move in parallel to your goals. Combat allows you to pause so you can better create strategy for your party or have time to think about your combat actions, or take out the garbage when your wife tells you to without losing your party to being AFK (again, just like the mechanics of BG and IWD). If you aren't familiar with those, then this means that with PoE, you have the ability to define actions individually for each of the characters in your party or for the entire party if you wish while combat is paused, then un-pause and see if it works or not. The game also includes an AI mechanics for your characters so they can function independent of your assignment/actions if you choose to be more hands off (example - your NPCs finish off one enemy and immediately start attacking the next enemy nearby rather than just stand there waiting for you to decide what to do next). And remember, you can pause and un-pause anytime you want during the combat sequence to adjust strategy, cast spells, add support for members of your party in trouble. You are permitted to save game pretty much anytime and often if you wish. So hours of play aren't lost to a single mistake In Summary: * Good game mechanics and flow * Crisp and clean graphics and motion * At least a descent story to accompany the game *Customize your main characters attributes, skills, background, and type

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