Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire - Obsidian Edition

This game is amazing! While the main campaign is a bit short, there is so much more to do on the world. Places to explore and decent quests to attend. All mechanics were improved and graphics are awesome! Turn based combat is so much win that I can't tell. It's not better on everything compared to the first, but it's a nice step up and a decent sequel. Must play for any cRPG fan. Obisidian you are awesome!

The optimization in this game was terrible for me. My specs are better than the recommended requirements and I was still having constant framerate drops, long loading times and the occasional freeze on medium settings. Aside from that the game is a boring slog. The main quest is completely uninteresting and the encounters seemed worse than the first game, The companions I found were boring except for Xoti, even the returning ones seemed to have had all the life sucked out of them from Pillars 1. The factions seemed to be intentionally written to all be horrible so you can't root for any of them in an attempt to create an ambiguous conflict but it only induced apathy in me. I wanted to avoid all of them and I lost all interest in playing the game while interacting with them in Neketaka.

Gave me the best vibes since Bauldurs Gate. A few glitches here and there, and the story being tied at the end was somewhat unsatisfying (although i have not played through the last two expansions yet) but the characters, the combat, the excellent storytelling and interesting lore, all kept me wanting even more. I hope obsidia continues making games like this forever.

There is really an SJW problem with this game and the mediocre writing and downright terrible character development makes it even worse. It's clear the narrative department wanted to be progressive, which is okay and actually fits the world the game takes place in, but the problem is that the quality is so below average that it comes off as pandering. This is why most, if not every single one, of the leaders you meet are strong, independent women. If they're men, be sure you can overthrow and replace them with a strong, independent woman. It's a video game trope that has repeated itself so many times now, that it's become a parody. Character development is even worse, since most of your companions are bisexual and immediately notify you of this, instead of slowly developing a relationship over time. Like most things in PoE2, there's no nuance. Most of the time it feels like you're playing a fan fiction version of a cRPG, which is probably why so many people seem to think it has an SJW problem. supbar writing and especially the lackluster character/companion narratives.

The game is mostly brilliant with a nice story. BUT if you like to play turned based as i do the game is so full of bugs its horrible. In some places i get attacked by enemies and then the guards who should be protecting me if anything also attack. Obsidian has been aware of this for over 1 year and hasn't bothered to fix it.