Pillars of Eternity: Hero Edition

When this game was new I loved the shit out of it for some reason. Ten years and three hundred hours of playtime later I don't get it anymore. The game has become pretty boring to me and I struggle to get through my third playthrough because the story doesn't intrest me anymore. It lacks soul ironically. There is so much grit and melancholy and very little fun compared to the baldurs gate franchise. The game mechanics to be fair are quite well made and there is a lot of freedom for building a unique character. Aside from that I don't enjoy the game anymore it isn't appealing anymore to me.

This game is all I could have hoped for and more. You can really feel the love and care that the people from Obsidian have put into this title to try and follow in the footsteps of Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale and Planescape. The game strikes a great balance between both story and action. Nothing in the game feels forced or excessive. It is just plain fun. I can only hope that this will be a start of a series of games like this. I highly recommend it.

I’m giving 4 stars, because it is one of the best RPGs since Baldur’s Gate II. On the other hand, I’m a little disappointed, because I expected more. I like the character development and the combat system. Pillars of Eternity got rid of some annoying features of Infiniti Engine game system and evolved in good way. I like the lack of level scaling and I like the necessity to flee from some places, if you get there to early. The weakest part of combat system is Enemy AI. After few fights he behavior of enemies become very predictable. I would expect that 15 years after BG II the enemies (at least those who are supposed to be intelligent according to the RP) would adapt better to player’s tactic. It doesn’t mean, all combats are easy. It means that high difficulty of some encounters is achieved by strong enemies or numerous enemies, not by smart enemies. The other thing I’m missing very much are epic items with unique properties. I’m missing items like Carsomyr or Crom Fayer. The plot behind the PoE is not bad, but I don’t feel drown into the story very much. The story progression is much less thrilling, attractive and interesting than story progression in BG II. I liked even the story progression In Dragon Age: Origins more than in PoE. Also the personalities of NPCs were much more interesting in BG II and DA: O. So the conclusion: PoE is not bad game, but I expected much more from it regarding the high budget and development time.

The game is fantastic! A truly masterpiece

A modern blend of all your favourite IE RPG's of the late 90's.