I think the story is good, not great. But there are also some really neat characters and world building and side quests to help supplement. A lot of reading but I find it worthwhile.
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Pillars of Eternity 2 announcement incoming?
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I think the story is good, not great. But there are also some really neat characters and world building and side quests to help supplement. A lot of reading but I find it worthwhile.
BrokenFiction
Member
And another.
all the teasers so far have mentioned a god or the gods, I wonder if PoE2 deals with another St. Waidwen/Eothas situation...?
(potential spoilers for the first game?)
It was left ambiguous, unless I'm misremembering.
(potential spoilers for the first game?)
I haven't finished yet (currently on White March 2, but also Act 3 on the main game) , but I don't think there was any actual proof that Waiden was an incarnation of Eothas, right?
Lister
Banned
Well he certainly claimed to be, and the actions of the other gods (or atleast their supposed actions filtered by the dialogue and beliefs of characters such as Durance and others) seem to imply that he probably was.
Shake Appeal
Member
That's Pallegina!
And another.
Yes! Although sometimes it does feel the story may not have been best experienced from the point of view of your party. There's a lot of interwoven stuff that depends on you making smart inferences and reading optional stuff.
cool, thanks for the reply! I find that whole situation interesting - why did a supposedly benign deity like Eothas (the god of renewal and light) assumed mortal form to unleash war? Did he go rogue, or was it done with (at least) the acquiescence of the other deities? If they didn't agree or were complicit, why didn't they also assume mortal form to stop him (unless you believe Magran directly aided her priests in creating the Godhammer)?
in any case, I'm just wildly speculating. Maybe PoE2 doesn't even deal with stuff like that, we'll just have to wait.
Lister
Banned
Well there is that big reveal at the end, which I won't mention because you haven't gotten there yet ;P
oh, crap. I need to finish the damn game then, lol
Shake Appeal
Member
Yeah, I would suggest doing that.
Strongly agreed on both counts. I really think that people who dismiss the Pillars world as a D&D knock-off are really looking at it very superficially. The world has a sense of history, a feeling of substance and heft to it that is sorely lacking in most game universes. Not sure exactly what to call it... "lore mouthfeel"?
But I do think detractors are right that the main narrative needed a stronger hook at the beginning. I really enjoyed exploring the world and unraveling the mysteries and yada yada, but it never felt very well motivated. I, the watcher, am getting involved in all these dangerous escapades and conspiracies because... I'm seeing weird stuff in my peripheral vision? Because once every 20 hours a companion will make a reference to me not sleeping well?
I think in the 3rd act
one of the gods says it pretty directly when you receive their favor
Yeah, I would suggest doing that.
if only it didn't run like shit on my PC ;_;
I can't take 3+ minutes loading screens (yes, that's the actual time - and a reflection of how old my machine is) every time I load a save/exit an area/etc.
Give it to a museum, from the money you should be able to buy a quality toaster. I would recommend Kenwood.
lol, I have a toaster already, but thanks for the rec 😁
Hopefully I'll buy a more modern PC during this year - it's been 7 years. Pretty much the longest serving PC I've ever had.
Irobot82
Member
PCPer wrote a good article on a new PC under $600 that should run this game fine. It was also using a fancy monitor so since you have on you could probably get under $500 especially once the G4560 releases for $70
Found here. They spend $549. $250 of that was for a 144hz freesync monitor. Take that out and you got a great affordable PC.
EndcatOmega
Unconfirmed Member
Hazanui doesn't turn up anything; some kind of Rauatai admiral/leader maybe?
Im not the most well versed person on Pillars lore, but the first three images seemd like Eder, Aloth, Pallegina, so this one isn't clearly another PoE1 companion.
Lister
Banned
The Aumaua? Maybe Kana I guess.
EndcatOmega
Unconfirmed Member
I can't see him saying it, but it definitely sounds Aumaua related.
decoyplatypus
Member
I think Maneha is the Pillars character most likely to be associated with water (fish) and cannons, as she was a pirate at one point, but I sort of think it's a new character.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
I hope it has Tyranny's combat system.
Jesus god no.
Noooo. No no no. Cooldown based spell systems are the worst thing ever.
Troll/10
Shake Appeal
Member
Yeah. Kana talks a little about the militarism of Rauatai, but that quote is not Kana.
Baron von Loathsome
Member
Almost certainly not.
Does the Steam Controller count?
decoyplatypus
Member
It's an IE-style CRPG. I can see a steam controller, a pointer+nunchuk, or a buttons+touchscreen working well enough, but what control scheme for a standard gamepad are you envisioning?
You sound like the target audience for this.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
I wonder if they will put some weird spin on this, like set it 500 years after PoE or something like this. Why continue teasing something like this if you already made it pretty clear that it will be a PoE game? I'd actually be surprised if this is "just" a regular PoE 2.
Lol
No way.
Lol
No way.
Played the first one fine on my steam controller. Plus you can map your DS4 or Xbox controller too since Valve is awesome.
I don't live in the US, so pretty much no "affordable PC" guide is useful to me - every price is almost double around here
thanks for the heads up, anyway. Maybe I'll get lucky once in a while.
decoyplatypus
Member
Seems like confirmation the Vailian Republics will figure heavily in the setting -- whether we are in the Republics or in a Deadfire Archipelago (or something similar) facing colonization by the Republics.
hemtae
Member
Somewhere around Wednesday or Thursday I think is the current speculation.
There's suppose to be some glyphs that spell out Deadfire one letter per day.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
You don't like Josh Sawyer's "But it's at least DIFFERENT" approach to game design??????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111
Josh Sawyer designed Pillars, not Tyranny.
The combat was the worst part about that game. Obsidian has yet to design an actually fun cRPG system for their infinity engine style games.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
LurkerPrime
Member
I'm hoping they take some lessons from Tyranny for any PoE sequel. The writing and itemisation were a whole lot more engaging than Pillars, IMO.
They've got to right? Without getting into spoilers, there's nowhere else to really go with the current Pillars lore. Unless it changes scale, like you're managing a town or something (and I mean really managing it, not that awful stronghold thing they slapped into PoE), I just dunno where they could go with it.
They've got to right? Without getting into spoilers, there's nowhere else to really go with the current Pillars lore. Unless it changes scale, like you're managing a town or something (and I mean really managing it, not that awful stronghold thing they slapped into PoE), I just dunno where they could go with it.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
They did say they wanted to improve the Stronghold (which was just a slapped on Kickstarter stretch goal anyway), but that may have just been for White March.
The stronghold equivalent in tyranny definitely felt a lot better, and was far more naturally integrated into the main story
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