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Posted on: May 8, 2024
EwigWandernd
Games: 737 Reviews: 263
My favourite CRPG of the 2010s
My most favourite CRPG of the 2010s; I adore the writing, the worldbuilding, the narrative themes and so on. While it definitely has it's flaws I can overlook them all for the amazing upsides
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Posted on: April 17, 2019
Silverwing93
Verified ownerGames: 107 Reviews: 1
Hard but worth it
I am a very huge fan of rpgs but for the life of me I could never get into the old Baldur Gate style games. This game did the impossible and I am having the time of my life. The mechanics are so much better than the old school DnD rules Imo. The music and graphics are nice and the lore, my god the lore is so well written. Can't wait to finish it and start the second one!
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Posted on: September 1, 2020
K0rp0
Verified ownerGames: 213 Reviews: 10
Mediocre but definitely playable
This game has many quality of life improvements over similar games in the same vein, but its main story is not engaging, often also not convincing, contrived and full of fridge logic. Besides advertising for choice the game actually railroads you through the major plot points - having been knocked out twice in two of the presumably three acts while following the main quest, I don't feel bursting with choice. To make the point: My choices and quest experience in the game so far seemed to matter during a courtroom scene which seemed vital to the plot, only to be rendered completely and utterly moot by a plot twist. As far as writing or choice is concerned, that is just infuriating. The graphics vary from decent to unimpressive. The combat is quirky and relies sometimes on controlling chokepoints. Sadly, it's hard to tell when your companions will block each other just as well. This thing would have been better served by a solid turn-based system, for example then you could pick where your "slow spells" hit after casting them instead of making an educated guess about where every enemy might be going. And the game is mostly combat and its dungeon maps taken together are probably way bigger than its whole overworld taken together. All in all comparatively bug-free and definitely improved since my first attempt in 2015. The devs try to build a world and succeed to a degree, but it does not really matter so much for most of the game to really pay off. Quest design is often poorly done, instead of being able to follow clues you are more likely to check every building in a certain map until you run into the next milestone, etc. Performance is decent for a Unity game but loading times are still a hassle, especially since entering any little hovel is done by changing screen and loading all over again. Bought it on sale, decent but not great. Relies too much on the protagonist gimmick instead of investigation and good narrative. A "just do everything" game.
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Posted on: January 16, 2021
aukje.wildenborg
Verified ownerGames: 42 Reviews: 21
Hard to recommend
Pillars of Eternity is a good game, but I think you need to have a certain approach to the game to be able to appreciate it. First, you will do yourself a huge favor if you don't try to keep up with all the exposition the game throws at you. There's quite some enjoyable quests and writing in this game, but there's also a LOT of abracadabra about spirits and souls and ethereal realms. Believe me when I say that I have tried to like this game multiple times, and I only succeeded once I stopped feeling forced to make sense of all of it. In other words: enjoy the fun stuff, which WILL come, and try to sort of juggle the esoteric stuff as well as you can. Obviously some people will have a higher threshold for this than others, but I just don't think this game is well tailored to most people's expectations, even those who generally love RPGs. Second, gameplay. This game has really fun combat, but it's very uneven. The key is that you MUST have a cypher. Cyphers are the only class that can easily debuff enemies for dozens of minus deflection and this is what can melt mobs. However, the first cypher the game has to offer is the Grieving Mother and she only becomes available a few levels down the road. So I'd recommend making a Cypher as soon as you get to an inn. I'd also advise maximizing Perception on any class besides tanks and chanters, as Accuracy is probably the best stat in the game. It's not only needed to deal normal hits, but also to overcome ALL saving throws. So do I recommend this game? Well, I can't say. I could totally see any person very quickly getting fed up with this game's storytelling. But at the same time, I can't deny its qualities either. I do love the graphics. And I do love the atmosphere. There's many things I like about POE, I just can't say I love the writing or the companions, and that's a problem for any RPG.
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Posted on: November 21, 2018
kvark
Games: 441 Reviews: 10
Amazing RPG like it's 98th
This is a blast for anyone familiar with old-school RPGs of two decades ago. It's a modern take that carefully transferred most of the best pieces of old games, yet brings something new on the table (castle management and associated storyline). The only downside I could see is it being a bit less hardcore (and more forgiving) than the last games: for example, it's really hard to miss a companion or fail to hire one (hidden robot companion like in F2? skill-based acquiring? nah), even though I have managed to skip one. But really, just go get this game already!
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