Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition

THE GOOD: + very long playtime, epic content + a lot of difficulty settings/customization + optional turn-based combat (only way to play!) THE BAD: -- no real improvements from PATHFINDER: KINGMAKER -- graphical style too cartoony, ugly character portraits, no graphical improvements from its predecessor - still not fully voiced (expect to read A LOT) - realtime with pause (Command & Conquer-style) combat system! It was terrible in Baldu'rs Gate, it's terrible now! BOTTOM LINE: I find PATHFINDER (II) - WRATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS rather disappointing: there is no real improvement over its predecessor, graphics are the very same, the game still is not fully voiced so be prepared to read A LOT. PII:WOTR retains the (ugly) cartoonish style of its predecessor, complete with very few whacky looking character portraits, but luckily you can import your own. On the plus side they added new races (some of which never appeared in any CRPG before) and a lot (!) of new classes and sub classes. The kingdom management has been scrapped, you know have a Crusade to fight (think HEROES OF MIGHT & MAGIC-like sieges) which is meh. If you liked PATHFINDER: KINGMAKER you will probably like PATHFINDER: WRATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS, too, as it improves (gameplay wise) on the system, but otherwise feels like a lazy sequel. If you aren't going to make a technical leap forward at least improve the faults the previous game had: fully voiced dialogues, a narrator, you know, as in BALDUR'S GATE 3 or DIVINITY: ORIGINAL SIN 2. Oh, and Owlcat, ditch the horrible realtime with pause combat system, that is just awful. Sure you can switch back and forth between this abomination and turn-based, but the game was clearly made with the first in mind.

I won't buy the next Owlcat game if they use Unity again. Performance gets worse the more you play. 40 fps in Chapter 4 and it's getting worse. Seriously, they should get rid of this game engine. My PC: CPU: 3700x/GPU: 2060S/16gb ram/OS installed on a SSD and game on a NVMe

Kingmaker was pretty cool even if full of flaws, especially for kingdom management and being full of bugs. Well, this one is exactly the same. They didn't improve anything. As fpr the choice-consequence system, it's still not deep enough to make us feel playing a tabletop RPG. But it's common to almost all video games. And get it through other means than buying it officially if you want to avoid the spyware.

The game has two difficulties , impossible and so easy the game can play itself while you watch , Story and characters are great but the gameplay really make this unplayable. I can see how autistic people love this game, spend several hours fine tuning your party for every trashmob in the game. a real shame

The Breakdown: [table] [tr] [th]The Good:[/th] [th]The Bad:[/th] [th]The Glitchy:[/th] [/tr] [tr] [td]An interesting story, in spite of it's flaws.[/td] [td]More bugs than the swarm that walks.[/td] [th]Extensive game breaking bugs, including soft and hard locks.[/th] [/tr] [tr] [td]A fun progression on your Mythic Path.[/td] [td]Yet another game suffering from being released before it's ready.[/td] [th]Mythic Path level bugs, preventing you from progressing even if you finish the quests.[/th] [/tr] [tr] [td]Lots of choices that effect how the game unfolds, giving a high replay value.[/td] [td]The story has some flaws and plot holes.[/td] [th]Dialog bugs where the wrong person is saying a line.[/th] [/tr] [tr] [td].[/td] [td].[/td] [th]Numerous visual glitches, including items being extruded off into infinity, wonky ragdoll physics etc.[/th] [/tr] [/table] See the full review [url=https://barnardreviews.com/featured/pathfinder-wrath-of-the-righteous-a-review/]HERE.[/url] And plenty more at [url=https://barnardreviews.com/]BarnardReviews.com[/url] Not recommended yet. Will change rating when the bugs are worked out.