Posted on: September 3, 2022

Tarrosion

Games: 44 Reviews: 3

Unique setting, well done classic vibes

The setting is full of mystery and different from a lot of standard fantasy fare. Reading flavortext to get learn more about the lore is its own reward. Gameplay is very similar to Pillars of Eternity 1: morally ambiguous, interesting characters, choices matter, pausable real time combat. A strong recommend if you like classic character/story driven western RPGs. Unfortunately no sequel so many lore questions remain unanswered!

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Posted on: August 30, 2024

daftjustice164

Verified owner

Games: 24 Reviews: 1

So close to greatness

Really interesting lore, role playing options and core themes. Ch1 is ok, Ch2 is epi, Ch3 is wasted potential. You can tell that they cut short the game, it feels like just the set up of something greater, but was eventually cut short and stopped. Ch3 is extremely short, and depending your choices it can be even shorter. Mine is like two dialog scenes, two fights, and game was over. Overall really good game let down by a disappointing third act and lack of any story continuation. A lot of wasted potential otherwise game would've been one of the best CRPG.

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Posted on: December 13, 2016

kosodrzewona

Verified owner

Games: 52 Reviews: 3

Worth playing when the price drops

I think the prologue and ACT1 were so masterfully crafted that with Obsidian's budget I was bound to be disappointed by the rest. I was in love with game up until the middle of ACT2, then I just... got bored. It's feels too short, but not as much as the players make it out to be - only ACT3 is offensively disappointing. +fantastic, original premise you've never seen before +great worldbuilding +diverse cast of characters (I didn't feel attatched to any of them, though) +team attacts! I need some more of that in other games +spells crafting aka the only crafting I can stand +prologue choices actually MATTER -none of the quests past ACT1 really stood out to me -felt surprisingly linear in many aspects (why won't you love me, Hegemon? I just wanna serve you!) -didn't make me feel badass, most of the time I wasn't even allowed to go full Satan -several game-breaking bugs (damn towers!) -boring puzzles -towers were pretty useless

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Posted on: November 21, 2016

stysio

Verified owner

Games: 173 Reviews: 3

Too easy and too short.

The game is very nice. It has some great visuals and an absolutely awesome setting. Basically you're a minion of an 'evil overlord' figure who is about to finish his conquest of the continent to tighten his (hers?) iron grip on the land. This is a very welcome break from the regular heroes' journey who saves the world (from an ancient evil that just woke up). Unfortunately, the engrossing setting and being witness to two evil armies' infighting (what a refreshing story!) isn't enough. Tyranny comes up short. It is short on: - Characters: you compose your team out of just a handful of NPCs. In my playthrough I didn't recruit one and never met another; that means I had 4 characters to choose 3 from. They aren't also that interesting, lack personal quests and at least 2 of them have very limited equipment. - Challenge: The combat is very easy and fast to reach "win more" scenario in which you don't even need to pay attention to skills usage since your team cannot die and/or loose. - Playtime: I played quite inefficiently and loaded a lot and still finished the game in 20 hours. Act III is an insult. It's basically an epilogue that happens moments after a great story point. This coupled with certain symbols in your 'base' makes you feel cheated out of half of the game. - Features: Since this game is so short you don't get to use everything in it. You feel it the most right at the end when you unlock a supposedly major feature and using it just ends the game. - Satisfaction: The story ends right when it starts to be really interesting and right after the plot confronts you with some major questions about why your character can do what he/she can do, why he/she was allowed to do those things by the (kind of omnipotent) Evil Overlord. It's really frustrating. - Replayability: it's hard to make yourself play through this game again knowing that it will conclude so abruptly as if there was another half of this game that just wasn't released. Wait until it's cheaper.

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Posted on: April 9, 2019

squeakyjetpack

Verified owner

Games: 22 Reviews: 1

I frickin' love this game

I couldn't wait to finish playing Pillars of Eternity (PoE) so I could play Tyranny. Many reviewers have said that the story of PoE was amazing and Tyranny didn't quite measure up. My experience is that both are really great, but I'm enjoying the different perspective of Tyranny MUCH more. I'm still doing my first play-through, but unlike PoE, I'm actually excited to re-play Tyranny in different difficulties and, more importantly, role-playing as different factions and different party configurations. The greatest learning curve is allotment of experience. Figuring out how to allocate your attributes can be pretty challenging for newcomers.

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