Pathfinder: Kingmaker - Imperial Edition Bundle

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Posted on: January 8, 2020

RCrossbones

Jeux: 250 Avis: 4

One of the worst rpgs I've ever played.

And I've played Temple of elemental Doom. Keeping things short and succinct, nearly every aspect of this game is irrevocably broken, and whoever designed these quests either never played as the game master in a pen and paper rpg. Mechanically-Wise, the game was supposed to be a turn-based combat, 'upgraded' to real tactics, which is a serious problem when your foes can move out of order, your characters need to make the animation AFTER their turn started (wasting even more time), the rules aren't clear on what was changed from the pen-and-paper version (there is no disarm for example) and god help your soul if you aren't familiar with Pathfinder. This is even made worse and more jarring when the enemies are insanely over-leveled (even on normal) with wild rules spawning random encounters ten levels above your party. If you and your party aren't min-maxed optimized, game over man, game over. And to make things even more interesting, the recruitable npcs have some of the worst point distribution I've ever seen. Which is made worse by how this game was made, story-wise. As an example, the first quest out of the tutorial is to find some berries. Your party will at most be at level 2. You are expected to kill giant spiders and spider-mobs, who are immune to anything except splash damage. Originally there was literally no indication on how to kill those mobs or any help to do it, it had to be patched after complaints. Said mobs have a touch AC of 17. AC 17 against a level 2 group. Let it sink. And now extend this thought through the entire game. I couldn't resolve a tribal conflict peacefully without bloodshed because my character WASN'T NEUTRAL. To call the companions one-dimensional is overdoing it, they are parodies of their classes, with the 'for the evilz' rogue, the barely-understandable rage barbarian, the young and pure and naive cleric, the asshole knight. There is no charm, there is no lure, there is no epic struggle or mystery.

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Posted on: January 15, 2021

masonwheeler

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Jeux: 118 Avis: 2

Bad implementation of a good idea

I really should have liked this game. The concept is right up my alley! But it just doesn't work in so many ways. First off, it's *punishingly* difficult even on the lowest setting, due more to poor design choices than to anything the player's own skill can affect. If your character is anything other than a physical-combat-oriented beefpile, you will struggle to even complete the intro. And once you get past that... it just never lets up. Save scumming is your best friend throughout the entirety of the game, because it's simply impossible to progress without it. Eventually, after a big long fight to bring down a local tyrant, you take over their keep and establish yourself as the Baron. This could have been a campaign in and of itself, but no; that's the end of chapter 1. Now the *real* game begins, and everything is different. Suddenly the entire game is taken over by timed missions, resource management, and city building. The city building seems pretty cool, until you realize it has no bearing whatsoever on the rest of the game. The resource management would have been great if they had gone all the way with it, such as organizing party members not in your current party into their own party and sending them to complete quests you don't have time to do yourself, but that's never an option. And then we have the timed missions. There are a plethora of important quests that take up 2 weeks of game time, which get fast-forwarded through as soon as you start them, with no option to interrupt them if some crisis comes up 2 days into that 2-week period. I'll just come out and say it: the awful timed missions and timed events of the main story quest make the game utterly unplayable without a mod to circumvent them. This could have been an amazing game. But the polish and attention to detail was simply abysmal, leaving you wondering if they even playtested it at all before throwing it over the fence to us. Do yourself a favor and play Pillars of Eternity instead.

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Posted on: December 24, 2019

Laefstitch

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Jeux: 91 Avis: 5

Not very good.

I wanted to like this game. I spent over 250 hours on it. Ultimately I uninstalled feeling very dissatisfied with the experience. This is one of those games that starts out fun and interesting...but the longer you play, the worse everything gets. Combat goes from rewarding to frustrating. The story is intriguing at first but rapidly spirals out of control, becoming tedious and hard to follow. The world seems huge and full of interesting places to explore when you begin the game...but before long, you find yourself slaving away at mandatory chores that eliminate all sense of freedom. Companions are all 1-dimensional stereotypes. Each one has a specific gimmick and it's the only thing they ever talk about. (For example, there is a nihilistic dwarf cleric who babbles nonstop about how everything in life is pointless. Listening to it is pure torture.) That's the problem with this game. The writing is very low quality. It's like they hired a 15-year-old kid to write his first epic novel. You're constantly presented with huge walls of exposition and reading them feels like homework. To illustrate my point, here's an example of how the writing goes wrong. After your first major victory in the game, your allies throw a banquet to celebrate your success. It's an exciting moment. You think the occasion is going to be a fun reward for all your hard work. Then the party starts and you discover that the only thing there is to do is listen to people ramble about politics and history. Some reward. I don't recommend this game. If you're looking for a good CRPG with excellent writing, try Baldur's Gate 1+2 or Planescape Torment. Cheaper and far superior.

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Posted on: January 27, 2020

dormouse.585

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Jeux: 23 Avis: 1

Broken

Techinally, the game is ok. It looks okay, the music is fine, it works fine. But the balance is just terrible. Even on normal on level 6 you can get wiped in a matter of seconds just because enemies have +25 attack rolls and 70 damage crits or 30 damage normal hits. In the 1st chapter. Like, what? Have you even play tested your damn game?

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Posted on: November 29, 2022

tag8833

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Jeux: 250 Avis: 4

S-Tier CRPG

Pathfinder Kingmaker rekindled my love of the CRP genre. I've struggled to appreciate many games because the story wasn't compelling, or the character creation was bland, or the role play elements weren't on point. Kingmaker is exceptional at all of these things. I've play hundreds of hours, and loved every one. Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous is an improvement on Kingmaker, but both are excellent examples of the genre, and you should play Kingmaker first as it will introduce you to the character building options without the level of overwhelming options present in Wrath.

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