Posted on: June 28, 2019
andrewsm
Verified ownerGames: 11 Reviews: 2
Great game, well worth playing
Deadfire is a great game and well worth playing. It has been a while since I have played an RPG that engaged me so fully. The combat system is great, and about half of the replayability of Deadfire comes from trying out various party combinations to try and master the combat system. I compare this with PoE1, which had tons of combat problems and poorly designed encounters, and the combat did not become bearable to me until the release of the expansions. Deadfire still has the classic PoE pathfinding issues, but that is the only complaint I have about the combat. The story and quests are good, but I would say a slight decline from PoE1. Eothas just is not compelling as a villain, especially compared to Thaos. The whole story sets up the idea that Eothas did not mean to harm the main character, the main character was just a speed bump on the way to what Eothas wanted to accomplish. I found myself chasing Eothas because the story forced me to do so, not because I particularly cared about what he was doing. The other gods try and push you on to find out what Eothas is doing, but they are written like bickering children and not like very powerful beings that have centuries of wisdom and experience, so it is hard to take them seriously. I found the side quests much more interesting and pertinent to my character's development. The factions are great, and I liked how none of them were just blatantly evil. It is not trivial to choose which faction to support, and it's worth playing through the game multiple times to pursue other factions. However, I did not like the common modern RPG trope where you have to commit cold-blooded murder or otherwise condemn innocent people just to continue along a faction's plot line. With a main character as important as the Watcher is to the Deadfire universe, it should be a straightforward option to say "sorry, not murdering for you" and the faction would still want to work with you for the advantages that brings regardless.
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