Pillars of Eternity

[Cubfan]

Re: Pillars of Eternity

Man, a game like this came out at the worst possible time - right before the one game that I will play for an entire year. Because I can already tell this one is quite the timesink in itself. Of course back in 2012 when I actually paid for this by backing it I had no idea that it would be coming out mere days before The Show '15

I decided to play a rogue class and I'm already making use of my stealth for sneak attacks that are potent enough to one-shot enemies. The number of different classes and ways to play are going to give this insane replay value.

Spoiler question for the first half hour or so:

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Is it even possible to get to Gilded Vale with the other two party members you run across on the way? The woman left me when I decided to rest for the other guy to heal (and ran into the Schmuck Bait flame trap, killing herself), and the guy died in the biawac once I got outside. Seemed like plotline deaths because I'm guessing both would have died in the biawac even if the woman hadn't run off, but I'm not sure. Nice "illusion of choice" if that truly was unavoidable. :wink:

I lost both after leaving the cave.

[Skyboxer]

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Just an example of how much customization there is -

The wizard I happen to be traveling with just got his first level up, and in his class unlocks I'm presented with TWENTY-FOUR different spells to possibly learn in addition to the 4 he already has, and I can choose two for that level up. Each one's effect is clearly spelled out when you highlight it, and they range from direct damage (several different damage types) to buffs to debuffs, to everything else you can think of. All relatively minor effects, since these are just level 1 and 2 spells.

You might spend as much time fine-tuning your characters as you do actually fighting with them.

Damnit Brian... I'll be grabbing tonight....

[Solidice]

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I started out as a Ranger, picked Lion as my animal companion.
Not sure if I want to continue with my Ranger or test out another class.

[Candyman5]

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Damnit Brian... I'll be grabbing tonight....

Everything I read says it takes Divinity to the cleaners. I want to get it but man. Lol

[Burns11]

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I lost both after leaving the cave.

Same, pretty positive it's scripted

[YeOldTonk]

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Was watching the gameplay video from PaxEast while it was downloading last night and was having total flashbacks to playing IWDII at 2:00 in the morning.

Just to get back in the feel of it I started an elf ranger-hunter with a wolf pet. Just played up to getting into the cave after the storm. Lovin it so far with all the customization of your built character.

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Stopped in the cave to rest my injured companion and woke up to the same thing, with having the female fighter had left. Decided to call it a night to get back into it for most likely a Friday all-nighter.

[bakan723]

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Everything I read says it takes Divinity to the cleaners. I want to get it but man. Lol

Original Sin had some great turn based combat and interactivity with the world/objects though (like Ultima 7)....so I wouldn't say Pillars beats in all (major) aspects.

[Skyboxer]

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Original Sin had some great turn based combat and interactivity with the world/objects though (like Ultima 7)....so I wouldn't say Pillars beats in all (major) aspects.

Yeah 2 different gameplay experiences. And for the record I prefer the Turn based in Original Sin.

[longshadow11]

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I can see myself putting tons of hours into this game. I find this type of game much more engrossing and rewarding than console rpgs. In my limited time playing, Pillars seems to be stable with solid visuals. I hope younger gamers will give it a try. Those of us who played Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, and the earlier Neverwinter games will have a great time with Pillars.

[choadler]

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I have been extremely impressed with my first two hours of the game. Actually more impressed with this than the opening hours of Baldur gate when I played that many years ago

[choadler]

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Yeah 2 different gameplay experiences. And for the record I prefer the Turn based in Original Sin.

Combat in pillars seems to move a little faster than divinity. I have set the game to pause at most major events so it replicates divinity somewhat.

[Skyboxer]

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I'm holding off for now. With MLB coming and weather starting to get nice I'll have little time to play right now. I want it pretty badly but no need right now.

[Burns11]

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I wondered why I wasn't detecting any traps, turns out you have to be in stealth mode (scout mode) to see any hidden traps or hidden caches.

If I had one complaint about the game, it's how slow the walking is, even scrolling across the map is sluggish.

[bcruise]

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I wondered why I wasn't detecting any traps, turns out you have to be in stealth mode (scout mode) to see any hidden traps or hidden caches.

Yeah, there was a tooltip that popped up at some point informing you of that if you have those enabled. Personally, I figured it out when I ran into that first flame trap.

[bcruise]

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I wondered why I wasn't detecting any traps, turns out you have to be in stealth mode (scout mode) to see any hidden traps or hidden caches.

If I had one complaint about the game, it's how slow the walking is, even scrolling across the map is sluggish.

Press D (by default) to put the game in a faster speed. This one I actually found by accident while trying to scroll the screen. Scouting mode actually moves at a decent pace that way. There's also a half-speed toggle by pressing S.