Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition

The RPG part is great, the game react to the race and religion of your character, and there is a massive amount of possibility for the character creation, with numerous races and classes to choose from, but it's a bit lacking on the esthetic side, the portraits and ingame models. The story and the characters, friends and enemies are great, and the writing is good. The strategic part is much better than in Kingmaker, but the armies battles are really poor and boring As with Kingmaker, the game can be really hard, especialy if you're not used to the pathfinder rules set, but the difficulty can be customized to fit every needs. But once again, video game prove it's immaturity : in a game about a war against demons, there are lots of violence. And sex, with orgies, brothels, sexual slavery, and lots of succubi, but the game doesn't depict nudity even where it would have been necessary to make the scene credible. As usual, there is no problem to show extreme violence, and there are, in text some crude dialogues and descriptions, but when you visit a brothel populated buy succubi and incubi, you won't see anyting more than modests underwear. It really break the immersion and it happen quite a lot.

The hook for the story is pretty generic "demons attack a city" but the choices you have feel meaningfull and real. The amount of depth with the character creation and integration of the pathfinder system is quite insane. I would recommend having an idea of what you want your character to be before starting. I did have one crash early on but none since

Kingmaker is probably one of my favorite CRPGs ever, ticking all my boxes. Wrath looks set to improve upon Kingmaker in every way. The amount of replayability from all the build options and mythic paths is amazing, and the combat is as enjoyable as ever. Being able to flip seamlessly from Real Time and Turn Based at any moment just shames all other games in the genre (looking at you, BG3, POE2...). Not to mention the slo mo button, "tactical time flow", a feature so good I've been trying to mod it into every other RTwP game I play. It's certainly not a game for everyone, a bit like Dark Souls or something. But for those who crave this kind of game, it's nearly perfect.

After 80 hours of play, here my feelings : - The graphic engine has been improved and is now full 3D. There is some camera problems sometimes, but nothing to prevent you from playing or having fun - Owlcat games had done a great work on the initial state of the game: the game is 100% playable without major bugs, and we can count on them to fix the remaining bugs game quickly. You can play at the game right now! - Awesome characters and an Epic story that thrills! - The most complete character customization in CRPG history. You think of a particular character, you can create it! - A really cool crusade system (like HMM), but without too much complexity. and with good story arcs when the scenario unfold. It's always a pleasure to switch to the crusade system when you've done with your party. - An incredible replayability : you're playing a good guy? Then try with an evil badass :) A must of the genre and an awesome work! GG Owlcat!

I'm somewhat confused by the mediocre ratings for this game. Yes, it's buggy at times, and if you're particularly unlucky on your saving throws you might even encounter something game breaking. 'Save often, save early' was always good advice for any kind of RPG and it's somewhat sad that this translates into the state of the software nowadays, but you gotta cut the developers some slack. This game is - at it's current state - in far better condition than other major RPG players like Skyrim or Cyberpunk were at the same time after their initial release. I have not encountered anything that really hinders my joy and that could not be undone by a quick reload. So most of the time, at least for me, this game works. And when it works it works brilliantly. The story and speed of progression is amazing. After 50 hours I am right in the thick of it, with lots and lots of adventures still in front of me. The difficulty spike is rather hard, even compared to other CRPGs. Personally I do not like all the 'meta-gaming' you have to do in order to suceed even on a normal difficulty, and the game misses out on some quality of life features. You better come prepared with scrolls and potions in order to do some buffing in the early hours of the game (hence you practially can't rest after every encounter). Still, the fights are so far very fair and square, with of course some rather difficult ones in between. I don't possess a deep knowledge of the ruleset and often I simply do not understand how things work in detail (why the f*** can't I hit that damn ghost?!), but mostly I get around. The Crusade mode starts out slow, but turns out to be a nice change of pace from your adventuring lifestyle. To me the installment of MC as leader of the crusade felt believable and sure makes for some fun roleplaying mechanics. Overall I recommend this game without any hesitation to anyone who likes CRPGs, especially if you've played and enjoyed Kingmaker.