Pathfinder: Kingmaker - Enhanced Plus Edition

This game has a lot of potential to be something really special, particularly for fans of old RPGs like BG2 etc. The quests and characters are interesting, and the kingdom management provides some welcome variety. The combat is faithful (too faithful, perhaps) to the tabletop rules, and I would recommend not playing on anything above Normal difficulty if you aren't familiar with them. Unfortunately, despite all the positives I wouldn't recommend buying it in the current state - at present, it's buggy as hell. I've reached a point in my playthrough where I can't continue until a patch is released. This is probably something that would be a good buy a few months down the line, when the most critical bugs and balancing issues have been fixed.

Pathfinder Kingmaker is one of the best, if not the best CRPG since Baldurs Gate 2, at least for me. There seem to be a lot of balance problems for some people, I personally didnt have any such problems and were able to clear all fights in less then 10 fights. I also havent had a single overly broken random encounter as well. Of course the Boss battles were somewhat hard, but as soon as i Had the 5th group member i basically stomped everything (normal difficulty). The Kingdom building is a neat housing mechanic thats way more personal and deep than for example the keep in Pillars of eternity. This also means that people who dont like this kind of things will miss out on a lot of content and should think about buying the game really carefully. I for one havent met with any game breaking bugs or any real bugs honestly so far. Will update if i come across a truly breaking bug but so far all in the good. The only real negativ are the unbearable LODINGTIMES!!!!. Honestly how the hell do you programm a game soooooo badly that you have loding times that feel like im plaing Football manager 2004 on ps2 all over again? You want to leave the city? 1 min loading time, you want to enter a building? 1 min loading time, you want to open a simple fu*king kingdom map and click 3 buttons, then return???? 2*1 min loading time. WHAT THE FU*CK!!! seriously. all in all great game though.

Game start really good - new story, interesting kingdom building process, funny quests and so on. But.. futher you play - more critical and blocker bugs appear. Looks like game wasn't properly tested after the middle line, close to end you may catch blocker bugs (hello assasins) and non-working high-level spells (hello surge). This game need bugfix and refectoring in some way (very long loadings and tonns of em)

This game is nothing less but a Masterpiece already! Let us start with common criticism: It is indeed complex and can be unforgiving (if you don't adjust the difficulty) if you do not bother to learn the Pathfinder rules. The game itsels could do better to teach those, the U.I. could be better in a sense that it teaches the mechanics and words better. But if you do learn the rules, there lies a rewardung journey ahead! Characters, the world itself. the fights. the items, your KINGDOM! Everything is full of detail, every of your choices seem to make a difference, and there are hard choices to make! If you loved Baldur's Gate, GET THIS! (Its is also way better than Pillars of Eternity in many aspects!)

A true resurrection of good oldschool rpg traditions, such as Baldur's Gates and Icewind Dale. I'm not a great fan of Pathfinder tabletop game sistem, but has grat pleasure playing this game. I wish Owlcats to owerwhelm all expected technical problems, and looking forward for more computer representations of Paizo's game campaigns, maybee next it would bee Numenera or Curse of the Crimson Throne...