Soulblighter31
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PC Games germany gives it 81 /100
PC Games germany gives it 81 /100
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TYRANNY |OT| Sometimes, Evil Wins [Tiers For Fears]
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CrichtonKicks
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I hope reviewers give it at least 2 play through. Anything else would be selling it short
I doubt we'll see that in this busy period.
Yup they liked it quite a bit:
"Good role-playing game full of dialogues, factions and lots of stuff to read. Not the best Obsidian has ever made, but a great experience."
Karak
Member
Rated it a Buy for ACG.
Fantastic quality overall with some bugs and a couple little issues here and there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBJg5waC2uA
Pros
World Building
Theme
AI improvements
Music
Cons
Bugs
UI overhead
Fantastic quality overall with some bugs and a couple little issues here and there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBJg5waC2uA
Pros
World Building
Theme
AI improvements
Music
Cons
Bugs
UI overhead
9/10 from both Gamewatcher and Gamerant
http://www.gamewatcher.com/reviews/tyranny-review/12728
https://gamerant.com/tyranny-review/
http://www.gamewatcher.com/reviews/tyranny-review/12728
https://gamerant.com/tyranny-review/
Several sites are mentioning a "Winter Months" type additional content coming eventually - if I'm glancing at these correctly (not got the time right now). Good to hear they will keep supporting it with content, if true
MMORPG: 9/10
Hardcore Gamer: 4/5
MMORPG: 9/10
Hardcore Gamer: 4/5
Awesome. Was hoping you would get your hands on this.
Karak
Member
Indeed. Happy to have been able to as well.
Maintenance
Member
Getting hyped by the scores, must lower expectations.
Hmmm, this goes a bit against what PCGamesN (8/10) are reporting.
http://www.pcgamesn.com/tyranny/tyranny-review
Karak
Member
They didn't play on harder difficulties. Those changes occur there and its explained in the fiction as well.
As I said in my review which I test all AI levels. The differences is HUGE in AI setup and choice on each level.
acidagfc
Member
Hmm, should I start on Hard\above average difficulty then?
I generally tend to playing Normal diff settings in games, however if AI is at disadvantage at lower settings, I'd rather go Hard from the get go.
EDIT: Okay, read the review. Hard it is.
Does it handle difficulty the same way as PoE? Larger, more varied encounters rather than just buffing up enemy stats until you hit Path of the Damned?
For someone essentially fairly new to the genre, does it make sense to:
- Play my already-purchased copy of Pillars of Eternity (played a grand total of 15 mins)
- Purchase Tyranny and play that
John Walker at RPS has some mixed feelings about the game but does say that it lets you do some pretty fucked up stuff and reacts to those choices fairly well.
It reminds me of how disturbing some of the options in a game like KOTOR were despite of how infantile the Star Wars universe can be. I'll pick this up when I'm done with the few remaining big games of the season.
It reminds me of how disturbing some of the options in a game like KOTOR were despite of how infantile the Star Wars universe can be. I'll pick this up when I'm done with the few remaining big games of the season.
That's reassuring. Thanks for clearing that up.
Karak
Member
More varied and higher versions of the same characters(not necessarily more in #) but far more intelligent use of skills on enemies parts and it sure did seem like a large amount of stacking. Also I had enemies moving around the BF alot which some reviews state they didn't. I am sure that depends ALSO on just randomness. But difficulties matter here especially as your party is also more intelligent.
My review isn't ready yet, but my favorite change with Tyranny is the limit to four party members. In PoE I often found that there was so much going on that unless you pressed spacebar every 5 seconds, it was just kinda a cacophony of skills and I was never 100% sure of the flow of combat. In Tyranny, having 4 roles I find that while objectively more limiting, yes, it is just a tidier experience.
The maps are a bit limited in size and a lot of the side quests and miscellaneous objectives do boil down to finding a person place or thing in one of these smaller maps. The main game quests are a lot more interesting. While that may not seem so surprising, we've had games recently in Deus Ex MD and Witcher 3 where the side objectives were just as good if not better.
The "base building" on the spires is a little better than the equivalent found in PoE, but that's not a high bar and not by much.
While the overarching narrative isn't too interesting for me so far (I haven't quite finished yet u_u), the moment to moment writing is really dense and mostly great. For instance, I love the companion Sirin. I suggest putting her in your party when you can because she has a very interesting history and I found myself reading line after line of her dialogue when for PoE I found myself kinda skimming the companion fluff.
Basically, if you liked PoE, I feel like this is a trimmed, refined version where it might tidy up some things such as combat but it does feel more limited in scope wrt maps, cities, etc.
But I am not finished yet so these are in progress thoughts after about 18 hours.
The maps are a bit limited in size and a lot of the side quests and miscellaneous objectives do boil down to finding a person place or thing in one of these smaller maps. The main game quests are a lot more interesting. While that may not seem so surprising, we've had games recently in Deus Ex MD and Witcher 3 where the side objectives were just as good if not better.
The "base building" on the spires is a little better than the equivalent found in PoE, but that's not a high bar and not by much.
While the overarching narrative isn't too interesting for me so far (I haven't quite finished yet u_u), the moment to moment writing is really dense and mostly great. For instance, I love the companion Sirin. I suggest putting her in your party when you can because she has a very interesting history and I found myself reading line after line of her dialogue when for PoE I found myself kinda skimming the companion fluff.
Basically, if you liked PoE, I feel like this is a trimmed, refined version where it might tidy up some things such as combat but it does feel more limited in scope wrt maps, cities, etc.
But I am not finished yet so these are in progress thoughts after about 18 hours.
Karak
Member
IN short ya probably
Re: Difficulties I've been playing on Normal, which had been fine for a good while until I unlocked more and more of the companion combo abilities. Now I'm slowly finding out that those are pretty overpowered and do kinda trivialize a lot of encounters. While they are balanced in the sense that you often can only use them once per rest or whatever, I'm always topped out on camping supplies and you can always rest at the towers too.
So starting on hard may be a bit of a grind at first, once you get companion abilities and such it will probably feel like a good place to settle into. Though I will say that normal is not so easy that you don't have to think at all, it just gives a fair bit of room for mistakes and laziness.
So starting on hard may be a bit of a grind at first, once you get companion abilities and such it will probably feel like a good place to settle into. Though I will say that normal is not so easy that you don't have to think at all, it just gives a fair bit of room for mistakes and laziness.
Damn, if I knew that the EU was getting a boxed copy I would have waited. Guess I'm double dipping eventually.
Can you switch the difficulty at any time?
You could in Pillars. IIRC only changed encounters that weren't loaded in yet.
Karak
Member
Ya. And starting at hard is instantly doable. Even for one of my friends who has never played an ISO he started on hard and if you pay attention you are good to go, minus random bad luck and bad setups.
45 minutes for me.
RadialBlur
Member
I used to love these type of RPGs, but after 15 hours of PoE, my interest fizzled out and now I'll probably never finish it.
Really making me second guess buying a game like this whereas it used to be an insta-buy.
Really making me second guess buying a game like this whereas it used to be an insta-buy.
No, the store page is misleading. Now when it says 1 hour, it means 2, it switches to a "Less than 1 hour" thing once it's within an hour.
I see. Thanks for the heads up.
Indeed.
Though the one thing I wish someone would invent for these games is like a post-battle replay that shows the whole battle again in real time rather than through my pauses every few seconds.
IlGialloMondadori
Member
I felt the same way at 15 hours. Then, I kept going. Now, I'm at 100 hours, and in the final act after doing the expansions. Great game.
I've always wanted that! Would be so sweet in a game like this. Like a cinematic replay mode.
Vargavinter
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AndyMoogle
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The GOG version unlocked for me 8 mins ago.