Posted on: November 21, 2016

stysio

Spiele: 173 Rezensionen: 3

Too easy and too short.

The game is very nice. It has some great visuals and an absolutely awesome setting. Basically you're a minion of an 'evil overlord' figure who is about to finish his conquest of the continent to tighten his (hers?) iron grip on the land. This is a very welcome break from the regular heroes' journey who saves the world (from an ancient evil that just woke up). Unfortunately, the engrossing setting and being witness to two evil armies' infighting (what a refreshing story!) isn't enough. Tyranny comes up short. It is short on: - Characters: you compose your team out of just a handful of NPCs. In my playthrough I didn't recruit one and never met another; that means I had 4 characters to choose 3 from. They aren't also that interesting, lack personal quests and at least 2 of them have very limited equipment. - Challenge: The combat is very easy and fast to reach "win more" scenario in which you don't even need to pay attention to skills usage since your team cannot die and/or loose. - Playtime: I played quite inefficiently and loaded a lot and still finished the game in 20 hours. Act III is an insult. It's basically an epilogue that happens moments after a great story point. This coupled with certain symbols in your 'base' makes you feel cheated out of half of the game. - Features: Since this game is so short you don't get to use everything in it. You feel it the most right at the end when you unlock a supposedly major feature and using it just ends the game. - Satisfaction: The story ends right when it starts to be really interesting and right after the plot confronts you with some major questions about why your character can do what he/she can do, why he/she was allowed to do those things by the (kind of omnipotent) Evil Overlord. It's really frustrating. - Replayability: it's hard to make yourself play through this game again knowing that it will conclude so abruptly as if there was another half of this game that just wasn't released. Wait until it's cheaper.

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Posted on: April 9, 2019

squeakyjetpack

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Spiele: 22 Rezensionen: 1

I frickin' love this game

I couldn't wait to finish playing Pillars of Eternity (PoE) so I could play Tyranny. Many reviewers have said that the story of PoE was amazing and Tyranny didn't quite measure up. My experience is that both are really great, but I'm enjoying the different perspective of Tyranny MUCH more. I'm still doing my first play-through, but unlike PoE, I'm actually excited to re-play Tyranny in different difficulties and, more importantly, role-playing as different factions and different party configurations. The greatest learning curve is allotment of experience. Figuring out how to allocate your attributes can be pretty challenging for newcomers.

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Posted on: June 8, 2019

Wrongfire

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Spiele: 136 Rezensionen: 23

Early game review

I'll update this review if things change later on, but so far I'm very happy with this game. I'm shocked to see obsidian titles having such a love/hate relationship. I really don't get it... Now, the world seems to skirt the line between Dragon Age and literally every fantasy game ever, but it has a few unique touches that I can appreciate, from the Edicts (extremely powerful magic scrolls called upon by people like the main character) to the excellent execution of a new world. What I mean by that is that the dialogue is full of lore that you can hover your mouse over to learn more about. Even early on into the game I feel like I'm up to speed with all these previously unknown terms and can easily immerse myself into the events of the world. My favorite aspect is how you can handle situations in so many ways, from combat to civil conversations to tense exchanges, the games reputation system takes into account how people view you, not just as an invidivual, but as a part of that faction. It's very involved so far with characters constantly bringing up past actions, backstory, and dialogue choices. Now, the game isn't perfect. Already I have seen some bizarre choices with dialogue, for instance I had a character introduce me to someone, and then explain to that person 3 different ways, that they were joining my party. It was strange... "Meet this person, someone you are joining."... "Are you prepared to join this person!?"... "You are joining this person on their journeys" To sum up the odd exchange. It hasn't been the only flaw with the writing either. I find it odd how characters just drop modern swears and phrases as well. While I don't expect them to speaketh ye olde english the disregard for the time period and setting has been noticable a few times. I'm also not blown away by the combat, but it isn't bad. It's servicable and not much more. Id recommend this to people looking for an involved, choice driven RPG. That's where this game shines.

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Posted on: November 4, 2020

local.man

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Spiele: Rezensionen: 14

Geheimtipp mit Abstrichen

Ein sehr interessantes Spiel mit einer ganz anderen Art und Weise. Das typische Bild Gut und Böse kann man vergessen. Hier ist man schmutzig, brutal, muss miese Entscheidungen treffen oder auch gerne wollen. Ich habe z.B. kurzerhand jemanden von einem Turm getreten mit einer Botschaft für seine Kameraden und das wurde als Stärke angesehen und nicht als Böse, zumindest in den meisten Fällen. Das Spiel ist eine herrliche Abwechslung. Es ist stellenweise etwas trocken rübergebracht zugegeben. Mit etwas mehr finanzielle Mittel, hätte man daraus ein episches Werk zaubern können. Man wird von diesem Spiel gefangen genommen auf eine ganz andere Art und Weise. Viel Lesen ist an der Tagesordnung. Wer das nicht will, sollte sich das nochmal überlegen mit dem Erwerb. Inhaltlich ist es wieder sehr gelungen, wenn man so Games wie Baldurs Gate mag oder in Heute ausgedrückt z.B. Pillars of Eternity. Das Zaubersystem ist interessant gestaltet. Die Animationen im Kampf und die Steuerung generell ist einen Tick zu hakelig vom Feeling her. Das sind so alles kleine Ecken und Kanten die dieses Spiel mitbringt. Wie gesagt mit mehr Geld und diese ganzen kleinen Haken und Ösen abgefeilt, wäre das hier ein wahres Meisterwerk. Ich hoffe immernoch auf einen Teil 2. Wenn man erstmal sich in das Game vertieft hat und festgebissen, nimmt es einen richtig gut mit. Und wer schon immer einen Oberfiesling spielen wollte, der dadurch erst an Ansehen gewinnt, der kann hier gut abtauchen und selbst seine Begleiter quälen und hart ran nehmen... Viel Spaß.. ich empfehle es euch und vergebe 3,5/5 Punkten. Einen Stern Abzug wegen fehlender deutscher Synchro wie eh und je und die 0,5 verlieren sich so in vielen kleinen Eckpunkten. Da ich keine 3,5 Punkte geben kann, gebe ich 4, denn 3 Sterne wären nicht wirklich fair...

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Posted on: February 7, 2023

Unfallen_Satan

Spiele: 603 Rezensionen: 78

An Obsidian game without the wow moment

The best word I can think of to describe Tyranny is: petty. The story never rises above petty political machinations, whether it's a tyrant v. rebels, a stalwart fascist v. a mad anarchist, or a daughter's rebellion against her father. I just couldn't find a reason to care. The gameplay improved from PoE on the surface but introduced some deeper annoyances. I take issue first with the much hyped magic system. Yes, you can customize your spells to a degree unseen in other CRPGs. However, having to change my spells for small upgrades every time my lore increased enough annoyed me to no end. I also never created any cool spells because the system is so complex, I just stuck to the first thing that worked. All that freedom feels wasted. The talent tree also feels like both a step forward and a step back. Planning a build is much easier with the talent tree than in PoE. However, there are maybe a couple of relevant distinct builds for each character. Almost all are painfully conventional. Again, a beautiful new system without interesting uses. And why could I not issue orders to my towers through missives? Not everything disappoints. The random events as you travel on the world map can be fun. A couple of companion's stories are interesting, especially Lantry in Bastard's Wound. I wish Siren got a similar treatment. Increasing skills through usage is a nice touch. As said already, several of the new system sound nice on paper. If put to better use, they could be great. In the end, Tyranny is true to its name. Tyranny, the concept, is boring yet obsessive, or petty in my book. Narratively, Tyranny has none of the boldness of Obsidian's better games, despite its more provocative title. It introduces some novel gameplay mechanics, but Obsidian failed to create an interest RPG system to take full advantage of them. Maybe Obsidian was trying to make a point. Playing Tyranny is like playing KOTOR II, but instead of that "Wow!" moment at the end, the game just... ends.

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