Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Review "Buy, Wait for Sale, Rent, Never Touch?"
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i really wan to get into this games but crpg thing stopping me!!!!
or any auto combat like that!!!! pls advice me on this
I will support you if you play as an orlan and talk about appreciating furries. :3
Really have to give it to Karak for acknowledging that his opinion on the story is subjective, point out someone else really loved it, and then just say "there ya go". Reviews in general are subjective and it's just really refreshing to see one of my favorite reviewers own that.
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Thanks for doing what you do man! Your reviews are some of the best in the biz.
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For me what makes or breaks games like this are the combat mechanics and character/party building, which wasn't discussed a whole lot. I can put up with meh writing if I really enjoy creating new characters and fighting things.
The reference to It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia where Frank Reynolds (Danny Devito) was sewn into a couch was golden!
I'd say it's unfair to comment on the voice acting of the game, but not also refer to the actual PC characters. Sure, some of the voice acting on random NPC's isn't great, but the vast majority of the voices you do come across are phenomenal. In particular, the deities as you mentioned, but also the party themselves.
They went with a well known group of voice actors for the party and it shows there at the very least. Plus, you know, Matt Mercer has to be one of the best voice actors around.
Kind of surprising that you didn't like the voice acting as much. I totally can see what you are saying about the inconsistencies, however I felt that for me the companions and main characters really sold me well for the VO. I suppose its a quantity vs quality thing. For me, having every dialogue line voice acted was totally worth it even if it wasn't all perfect.
well I don't find it surprising that you didn't mind the voice acting.
Fair enough :D Thanks for the review! 1 more thing: Did you feel like the story served a sort of Witcher 3 esque skeletal structure to help you navigate the world?
It blew my mind that Matt Mercer was both Aloth and Eder. Insane range on that lad.
Cant wait to buy this one. Never been dissapointed by an Obsidian game including the great Pillars Of Eternity and after seeing Playthroughs of POE 2 Im really looking forward to playing this sequel. Seems even better then Pillars 1.
Thanks for always doing awesome reviews. Whenever i consider buying a title i first check to see if you've reviewed it and your input goes into my decision on whether or not to buy quite a bit! And whenever i consider buying a game and find that you haven't reviewed it, I get annoyed. lol.
you bet
Hard to believe that this game has so many performance issues considering the world is basically 2d art.
I appreciate in your reviews stating when something is a fact of the game or a personal opinion.
Not a lot of professionals can understand something is good even if they don't like it. (Your examples about the story and others opinions of it.)
I feel this is a good skill as a reviewer. Thank you and keep up the awesome work dude.
As a fan of the original Pillars of Eternity, I was eagerly anticipating the release of Pillars of Eternity II Deadfire. Fortunately, the sequel doesn't disappoint. Having said that, I look forward to buying the game at some point. Thanks as always Karak!
you bet
Is the new pillars turn based or like diablo?
Woo, review! Cannot wait to get home from work today and play! Game looks amazing!
Paladin/Cipher MC here I come!
Lee Thun im running paladin chanter. Ultimate front dps and buff support here i come
wow, and the circle is complete. I first found your channel from your original PoEt review. As expected, your review was legit! Cheers man!
lol what comes around...well comes around
Damn great review! I'm definitely getting it since I can never get enough of these Baldurs gate style RPGs, this is probably one of my favorite reviews by you along with the Battletech Review!
cRPG is the term you're looking for.
Never heard of crpg but i have heard of baldurs gate style
look it up
its called RTwP (real time with pausing) as far as i know
Yeah, I prefer baldurs gate style, as it IS The Godfather of games alike to it.
OMG your descriptions of items you review! Had me thoroughly hooked by focusing on relevant points of the game while having me laughing so hard I was worried I’d scare the customers waiting in the next room.
Loved your review. Subscribed 😀
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ACG, You truly are the King and Lord of Reviews. Always entertaining and incredibly helpful. So excited to get my hands on this game finally. Looks like a lot of fun. Huge fan of the original.
Great review. I backed both PoE1 and PoE2 so I have both games yet never managed to finish the first game. I guess I just never felt rushed to do so, but I think it would be good for me to go back and play through all of that game first and continue on into Deadfire, it sounds like giving Obsidian a little time to iron out some issues, as well as for maybe 1 or 2 of the planned expansions/dlcs to come out (whatever they are) would be good.
There's just so much exploration it's hard to even keep track of what your main goal is. I'm just going from island to island, going through my journal trying to complete as much as possible. So I agree that the story isn't the greatest, but still a fantastic game.
Dude...really? Just fucking press J and read a couple lines
This, fallout 4 and dragon age are consuming my life. Barely tapped into the Witcher 3 because I want to give that all my attention
Already pumped 60 hours into the game and I've gotta say I'm baffled by how you have reservations about the voice-acting and story. I really enjoy both! VOs and writing seem top quality to me. Well made review as ever though
The effing reference to "It's Always Sunny".... Dude. I lost my shit on that!
You can always count on Karak from ACG bringing it to ya' moisty ears
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Still have to play Pillars 1 :(
its a good game you should!
same i got it about a week ago
oh and spread the word!
Got it during after Christmas sale. Still have play it myself. May move to top of backlog now.
Disconnected from the world? Each characters story is grounded into the current events. Some characters stories are even almost integral to the main campaign. The characters communicate with each other during dialogue often. Yes they characters are optional and you don't have to use them but your understanding and depth of the game will suffer because of it.
Hey, I remember reading one guy who said Mass Effect Andromeda had the best story, so I got you in the subjective sense. I'm currently playing the first one and the gameplay appeals more to me than the story, so maybe I'll like Deadfire more.
Great honest review where your points all are well justified. Thanks for what you do!
thanks
I've been waiting with baited breath for this review..thanks a lot Karak!
I've been waiting for this title ever since it was announced and now I'm finally installing the game. I've been waiting ever since I watched a few hours of CohhCarnage playing it on friday (he got early access to it) and I had to stop myself from watching more so I don't get spoiled. These 3 days have been a pain to wait for the release.
Regardless..I hope the performance will be good for me because PoE1 at launch was quite rough in areas (and White March was awful in terms of framerate).
With that said..I can't wait to dive in this game and sink dozens of hours into it.
you bet
Darkholow: You sure do a lot of waiting :P
gotta love the Always Sunny in Philadelphia reference xD
:)
Great review as always man. Thanks for always putting in the time and effort for these
How were the difficulty spikes? The first one would have you get to the last boss in the dungeon who would one shot you. Then you'd have to go back, level up a few levels, then crush all enemies till a decent fight with the boss.
In this game you can acually see the skull icons on location and some enemies. More skulls= harder. And if the skulls are red they are alot higher level then you.
interesting! Thanks for information.
There are level scaling options when you start a new game. You can scale up only or up and down for all fights or only story path. Scaling up only solves the problem of being overpowered if you do every quest and fight everything.
Awesome, thanks for the reply! That actually helps and I won't randomly get killed by a bear without knowing its going to crush me.
Still need to play the first one... this review may have pushed me to start playing it again. Haven't been able to put my Switch down lol
David Lo Pan yeah I just read that, I'll definitely pick it up then. But I have the first one on PS4 and have barely touched it. I really want to play it but there's just too much to play right now lol, but now I'm definitely going to try and squeeze some time in for the first one and hopefully beat it by the time the second one releases for other platforms.
I enjoy the story, but I feel like the World Building they established with the different factions and other facets was really great.
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Oh I never finished the 1st!
I loved it but got distracted.
I want to go back... but I have so little time and so many games I’ve wanted to play
Lmao at that it's always sunny reference about danny divito
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ACG :)
I ve just started to play it and it reminds me a lot Tides of Numenera.
There are some places where characters change accent to be sarcastinc or make fun of someone... Also Aloth changes accent totally at the middle of discussion because he is awakened and he has his soul's pretty annoying earlier incarnation, Iselmyr living inside of him. Remember that froim PoE1? :)
Great review, I really wish you would review divinity Original sin 2
I was waiting for your Review on poe2:deadfire and finally got it.
I started with Deadfire (not a newbie to these games, BG2 and Icewind Dale 2 being my most played games of all time probably, love that Drow-powa!)....Anyway, Deadfire , for some reason, won't import my Pillars saves, which kinda ruined wanting to play #1 for me at the moment (when given both games at once, I kinda wanted to play the Isometric RPG with the nicest graphics and most refined combat system of any of the Infinity Engine games. Absolutely in love with this game!)
That said, I love the classic setting of Pillars 1, but i think allowing you to Captain a vessel in Pillars 2 was fucking brilliant.
Great review as always ACG. Did you ever get around to playing/reviewing Divinity Original Sin 2? I loved the first game, and actually preferred it to Pillars. Wonder how the two sequels stack up to one another in your eyes ;)
in my opinion Pillars of Eternity 2 Deadfire is a pretty good game with Engaging Story, a much better combat than from the first game and the writing is pretty good to.
Watching this makes me want to play Dragon Age.
Origins or after?
Morseman Origins was a masterpiece. Holds a special place in my heart. The latter games didnt grip me. It went away from deep rpg to more of a actiom rpg which I dont like except for mass effect
Not even a game I was interested in, and still watched all way through. This channel is awesome
thanks!
I’m still trying to get started with the first game. I’ve been procrastinating for so long. I love CRPGs, But it seems these days I tend to buy them and often end up not putting in the time to play them. Divinity OS 1&2 are also still waiting for some attention, not forget Torment Tides...ugh I’m ashamed. Great content thanks.
I backed this game on Fig but I won't play it until all the DLC comes out. I don't typically buy season passes, but Obsidian has more than proven themselves in the past.
Ronnie the limmo driver would love this game!
I have heard that one complaint on the first one was the loading times. Have they improved this time around?
normally i buy these up asap, but the original pillars was so long i just stopped playing it after about 40 hours (not including restarts, trying out the classes etc.) So il wait for a sale or the day i get an isometric itch but after div 2 that iso rpg bar is set so high, reading insane amounts of text seems a bit off putting after the pleasure of all that great voice acting in div2.
was waiting for this game not dissapointed
Finally! My most awaited game!
enjoy
Ah yes i was waiting for this! Never played a pillars game and looking to maybe get started!
enjoy
I've been noticing over the past few years that Obsidian games have gone from universal praise for the story, to being pretty debatable (like said here, personal opinions being different) if they're good or meh. Wonder what's happening with that.
Tyranny imo was great. Too short but great.
Mathmachine I think it is just the standards of players that keep increasing in general, but i could be wrong.
I believe their best writer left, no?
That's because most of their team post NV is not at Obsidian anymore.
Although the first one was very well written, I still wouldn't say the story was its strongest point. I guess that's just how it goes with all these generic hero's journey stories.
Still to be fair, Obsidian has some top notch writers compared to the garbage that modern writers in the medium pass for plots.
I’ve been waiting for this review to see if I should buy this game or divinity original sin 2
I take your reviews over gamespot or ign anytime man! keep up the goodwork. god bless you
thanks
Great review. Answered questions other reviews didn't.
thanks
Lol, "Just sew me in the couch!" Devito
Hey ACG just wanted to say your content is awesome, been enjoyin reviews for some time. Keep up the quality,! And objectiveness we all appreciate. 🐸
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Damn dune references, I think I like you even more karak lol. I also have got to appreciate your knowledge of music cuz it is amazing, you are the only one who goes in depth about the music.
Per encounter spells should be much better than per day. Porting D&D rules directly over to a CRPG doesn't work that well. Ina tabletop RPG, players might only have one or two battles between rests, in a game like this, it could easily be dozens. That was one of the things that really annoyed me about the first PoE.
very fun
That is a great addition to the game, helps the pacing when it comes to combat!
don't you mean per day spells should be stronger than per encounter ones? I don't know D&D too well but you will usually have several encounters per day, so shouldn't per day spells be more powerful so you have to decide which encounter to use them in? Per encounter you just use all the time in encounters
Using Empower as a resource for casting more powerful spells is an interesting approach to the per rest cast rules for DND. My only issue is that needing to rest occurs less often due to the change.
The "acquire injury when bloodied" mechanic from Tyranny would have been a good fit here.
Tim P how is resting less a issue?
Well I just finished this game and came back to see this ild review to compare my opinion to others. Pretty similiar. Overall I really enjoyed it but the story.. while good it just didn’t feel quite “full” enough for lack of a better word.
I kept mentally comparing it to Divinity Original Sin 2. When I beat that game I couldn’t stop thinking about it for days. It felt like a real “whew” sort of sensation. With this it’s more like.. “oh. okay.”
This or affinity?
I want a game like this set in the old world of Warhammer fantasy.
Those footsteps sfx will drive me insane
one of the best reviewers in youtube by far! in depth, and precise. ur the best ACG!
appreciate it
I like the POE: Deadfire graphics as compared to any CRPGs out there & all its predecessors. Great job Obsidian!
There is no question for any old school crpg fan this is buy
Never played a CRPG before but are they easy to get into? This game looks really interesting :)
the danny devito line hahaha
Sea of Thieves is looking really great.
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You rock bro, thanks for getting these out with release
you bet
I just completed Pillars 2 and I agree with most of the points. Exploration was spot on, I hate going through large cities just to end up going district to district to do some quests, but here it was done better than in the first game. Gamplay was great and most of the characters and choices were pretty nice. Story was meh... for me and game lacked epic encounters as you see them in the first game and Baldurs'. I would you that if you like traditional RPGs, go buy it. I was convinced at the start of the game that I would go though it once again once I am done, now after playing it for 5 days straight, I am not so sure about it. Nevertheless great game.
Good comment. Actually helped in my decision to go ahead and buy it instead of waiting fora sale down the road. Gonna fire it up in the morning and see how much I can play this holiday weekend. I really enjoyed the first one but by the end (especially the white march) I was just exhausted by trying to care about the story. Hoping the enhancements for this one allows me to better overlook any story issues.
Last Obsidian game with Chris Avellone :(
ya
I don't think Chris was involved in any POE game
+Immanu el he wrote a couple of characters for the first game (Durance, Grieving Mother)
You gained my total trust review after review. You're my main reference for games, alongside Red Letter Media for movies.
this is Hands-down the best crpg ever created....especily playing both games in succesion is just amazing. and this is coming from an oldschool Baldurs Gate 1/2/Throne of Baal fan.
Indeed. It's the best crpg I have ever played............today.
Is the first game better or not? I love the first 1
Best reviews ever. Don't always agree but you are top notch by far and the only person I watch for reviews.
Great review. Really need to play pillars 1 before this. Still busy with battletech and huge backlog tough.
That line about Danny (The Dwarf) DiVito! ha ha haaa. Brilliant
Did you talk about save game transfer from 1st game, or have i missed it...??
R.I.P Dolph Lundgren
ACG will i enjoy the this one if i have not finished the first game?
Downloading the game right now, can't wait to play this game!
You're the best reviewer. Thank you for the awesome videos!
thanks for the video,never tried the pillars games yet which as a crpg fan is surprising,will definitely grab both.
when is the console release?
the AI editor is god sent! I've missed it ever since Dragon Age went for a more "hack and slash console-centric" design.
rememberign the barebones shitty AI you had to tug along in DA2 and DA:I still makes me cry a bit
agreed
It seems like you're putting the game on the edge of buy and wait for a sale. Where would you put this in comparison to the other isometric RPGs, like the original, Tyranny, Divinity: Original Sin, etc?
nope I enjoyed it a great deal actually
Good review as always.
Feeling kinda bleh today, but good videos can make you feel relaxed and comfortable during, so thanks.
you bet
Pretty surprising you called out the voice acting specifically as bad. There are some big-name voice actors in this, so strange to see it fall so flat in that aspect.
Damn, great review Karak! Hope your doing well my man!
thanks
thanks for the review and helping me decide if to buy
Accents changing is "JARRING to say the least"
I dont expect epic voice acting. A lot of the dialog will be for convenience since these games often leave you to read everything.
Thank you for your informative and intensive review.
you bet
Ah finally, it is here!
indeed. Spread the word about the channel if you can
Are you going to review divinity original sin 2
This game is beautiful! Not only eye candy or honey for ear but deep food for brain! Oh its so damn well done. The mechanics of combat, multitudes of different features and all the stuff around is so well done. Everything is perfected! Complex, deep and yet simple! It is indeed the real modern times heir of Baldurs Gate & Icewind Dale legacy. Must have not only for crpg team-adventurers dungeon crawler fantasy fans. Its going to be a legend.
980 midrange.. so my 760 is like cardboard tier or something :(
Stefan Denchev well.... 760 is kinda 3 generations old now. Why are you surprised? Its 6 years old now. I have a gtx 1080 and I feel I need an upgrade already :D
I dunno why but to me these are some of the best looking games I've ever seen. The infinity engine games also hold up so well. I think it's all the hand-painted art.
Loved the first PoE to death, playing the second one now, seems good, I'm mixed on the ship thing, but all in all it's a great game. P.S. Love your reviews, keep em comming! ^^