I played a very little bit of D:OS and Wasteland 2. They were okay, but they didn't pull me in (and I didn't really have much time either). Will give them another chance at some point.

Haven't played Shadowrun (yet - Got the first one and backed Hong Kong, have yet to buy Dragonfall), but I'm 50+ hours into Pillars of Eternity. I really like that game =)

And I hope I'll like Torment even more.

I've played all four:

Shadowrun Returns: Love the art style, combat seemed OK at first. Game got rapidly boring for me. I really need to try Dragonfall at some point to see if it is better as nearly everyone says. I never finished the first one (got about 6 missions in and shelved it.) (Did not back)

Divinity: Original Sin: I enjoyed it, but it was pretty easy and the story wasn't all that great (and highly predictable in most parts.) Not at all a bad game, better than most. I doubt I would replay it. High point was the combat system for me, just wish there were more interesting fights. (Did not back)

Wasteland 2: Really enjoyed this. Strong story, lots of interesting plot choices to make, decent combat. I've completed it all the way through twice and I expect to do so again with the updated version coming out. (Was a $50 level backer)

Pillars of Eternity; Solid game, strong writing. Combat was OK. The problem is it's also largely incomprehensible at first. There just is NOT enough explanation for how things work or why in the mechanics. In this it shares EVERYTHING about the IE games, just not in a good way! (Was a $50 level backer.)

I'd say I got my money's worth on the last three, and may have with the first if Dragonfall comes through on the improvements. By far the best two years for CRPG on PC in a LONG TIME with these (and Torment hopefully adding to the goodness in the nearish future.)

Played all four of them, but only finished ShadowRunReturns. Was Okay...
...but even the first hours of ShadowRunDragonfall were better!
Have only tried out Wasteland II (quite nice impression!) and stopped it when the GOTY was announced. Same with DivOrigSin, but that one was on ice before course I was playing Coop with a mate and we didn´t find a regular time to play it. (both quite busy right now)
Played round six hours of PillE, was a lot of fun. If I´d have the time right now, I would instacontinue!

My three backings are PillE, (CE) Torment (CE) and ShadowRunHongKong (GameKey), feeling kind of safe with them or---in case of PillE, I´m even very satisfied! (and will back PillE II on CE-Level!)

BTW: I loved BannerSaga!

Divinity: Original Sin - (backer) Excellent game, i enjoyed it very much and after i clear some other games i have on my backlog, i'll replay it!

Shadowrun Returns - Playing it right now and generally liking it. It's not great but it's pretty good. Can't compare it to Dragonfall yet...

Wasteland 2 - (backer) Haven't started yet, i'm waiting for the GOTY edition to kick in.

Pillars of Eternity - Don't have it (yet) and can't comment on that, but from what i read, i'm sure i'll enjoy it immensely.

Shadowrun Returns by a country mile. All the others bored me to tears.

And thus I bump it 2 months later to see any latest developments of people's opinions.

I've got two of the four.

Wasteland 2: I liked it and it deserved more of my time, but it just wasn't as attention grabbing or immersive as Fallout, and some of the battles started to have a tendency to add more quantity versus quality enemies, making it a bit of a grinder in some areas. Overall, I'd give it a 3.5 of 5. I think I expected a bit more from the engine/visuals as well, but they nailed the look and the writing, it just needed MORE, I guess.

Shadowrun Returns/Dragonfall: I liked the first with some reservations and liked the second more. I realize that Harebrained is still a young and relatively inexperienced company, but it definitely showed with the vanilla version. It lacked content, but I enjoyed the content that was there. What I really wanted it a more open world approach to the cities, less linear mission choices, ability to do more one-off side missions for cash and experience, and the original iteration lacked all of it. The characters, however, I liked.

Dragonfall: They took notes, I think and took player feedback seriously, as this included more of everything that I wanted from the core package. While it still didn't take it QUITE to the level of what I'd consider a "perfect" Shadowrun game in my head, there was a lot more to do, more one-offs, more characters to meet, more stories, a longer main campaign, a city to mess around in, the ability to derp around on the cyberweb and a few other decent additions that felt better designed than the original. Where it fell short, imo, is putting out locations that you're never able to revisit, like a massive nightclub, only being able to land outside an arcade location and a few others that could have made excellent recurring mission hubs as well as a place to introduce more new characters. I'd give Returns a 3, and Dragonfall a 3.5.

I have not played D:OS or POE. (I'm more of a post-apoc/sci-fi/cyberpunk guy anyway, so W2/Shadowrun were higher on my radar to begin with.)

Thx for the bump, missed this back in May.