Pillars of Eternity

Cyberghost

Cyberghost

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Pillars of Eternity

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Prepare to be enchanted by a world where the choices you make and the paths you choose shape your destiny. Obsidian Entertainment, the developer of Fallout: New Vegas™ and South Park: The Stick of Truth™, together with Paradox Interactive is proud to present Pillars of Eternity.

Recapture the deep sense of exploration, the joy of a pulsating adventure, and the thrill of leading your own band of companions across a new fantasy realm and into the depths of monster-infested dungeons in search of lost treasures and ancient mysteries.

So gather your party, venture forth, and embrace adventure as you delve into a realm of wonder, nostalgia, and the excitement of classic RPGs with Obsidian’s Pillars of Eternity!

Main features:​
  • Play as any one of six races: Human, Aumaua, Dwarf, Elf, Godlike and Orlan.
  • Utilize five core skills to overcome any situation: Stealth, Athletics, Lore, Mechanics and Survival.
  • Deep character customization: Build a character as one of eleven classes such as Barbarian, Chanter, Cipher, Druid, Fighter, Monk, Paladin, Priest, Ranger, Rogue and Wizard.
  • Sculpt your own story: Side with various factions using a reputation system, where your actions and choices have far reaching consequences.
  • Explore a rich and diverse world: Beautiful pre-rendered environments laced with an engaging story and characters bring the world to life.

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Source : Steam

Review : PC Gamer : 92/100
 
Alok

Alok

Adventurer
played divinity original sin, it was so impressive. This one is having same feel, Looking forward to buy this (when discount sale :-D).
 
Alok

Alok

Adventurer
waiting for sale on Divinity Original Sin. Want to play 4 player party , it'll be amazing.
 
Alok

Alok

Adventurer
gameranand said:
Its a 2 player co-op without Mod I think. But with mod it can be easily played with 4 players as well. :)
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yeah I played 2 player on local lan. But I saw 4 player party in the trailer ; I thought it must have 4 player online co-op :p
 
sam_738844

sam_738844

Wise Old Owl
PoI is a good game. Classic dungeon hunting. But...what I realised from 3 hours of playthrough, that one has to put a lot of effort and keep enormous amount of patience to get this game to that sweet-spot of interesting-replayble.

All the traditional elements of NwN and Baldur's gate are there such as saves..hits and misses..critical properties, the calculations behind them to trigger and attributes and feats and whatnot.

But one can get frustrated and bored easily when they find that they dont really get to see all those in action unless their character is meticulously developed through story...hours are spent in specifying each and every points and skills and literally deriving some figures to exactly know what could be the outcome of the next battle.

Example : your fortitude save is not enough to sustain a knockdown from a simple bear in a cave..because..stats. You have a crush-bash-slash crit keen weapon but you are just lacking one point in str or con to have that balancing factor. Everytime you encounter, doesnt matter how many ways, you are going to spend most of your time lying on the ground.



The endurance system is downright inexplicable, confusing and irritating to have. Endurance can never ever explicitely allow your character to fall in battle in real-time. Your skill could depend on it like stamina/mana works but you cant die from not having it. Your health means that. So thats broken or bad-design.


Inventory and weapons are horrendous in first levels, you cant like what you cant see properly.

Like I said, enormous patience is required.
 
Alok

Alok

Adventurer
Almost all rpg requires patience except those having action elements. btw how is combat in this game ?
 
sam_738844

sam_738844

Wise Old Owl
Alok said:
Almost all rpg requires patience except those having action elements. btw how is combat in this game ?
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Not this amount. DA/Skyrim/Mass Effect/D3/TorchLight/Fable/Witcher/M&M and many more doesnt require much knowledge about how dice-rolls and saves work, the game engine handles the chance calculations , gameplay more focused on an abstraction of combat mechanics rather than an active metric.

Combat is okayish, real-time strategical decision making is enabled by allowing user to pause the game like DA, which is cool, but usage of skills and feats.. PER ENCOUNTER! is kinda super-lame :(

The game's story-telling and narrative features are artistic and awesome.
 
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