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1. Pillars of eternity complete edition review xbox one full#
2. Pillars of eternity complete edition review xbox one series#

The game tries to be Planescape at the end with the emotional weight, but fails. It feels a bit like lore-dumping at the start of the game as all sorts of gods, places, and events get thrown at you. The writing ranges from serviceable to pretty good, and there is a lot of it. Pathing is problematic, as a lot of times characters get stuck running if someone else is in the way, or take a much different path than you were expecting, which can be a problem since a lot of the fights are delicate. The combat is almost as good as Divinity Original Sin 2, which is the gold standard. There are different variants of enemies that come at higher levels. Enemies aren't based on level scaling like some lazy rpg games. Playing the game on the highest difficulty is very tactical, and requires many considerations in spacing, damage, and enemy types. The excellent combat system uses a formula of deflection and resistance thresh-holds along with penetration rules that takes something from the original Fallout, and in my estimation the combat is more robust and better balanced than dnd 3.5 or 4th edition. Most spells and enemies in PoE have close classic dnd analogs alongside others that are quite original. It has a game ruleset that closely mirrors dungeons and dragons, but is different. It has a game ruleset that closely mirrors dungeons and dragons, but is Pillars of Eternity is a huge achievement in world building. Pillars of Eternity is a huge achievement in world building.

Pillars of eternity complete edition review xbox one full#

It's even more impacted when the main villain and major plot twist doesn't even really shock me as again there's no set up for this until last the last hour of gameplay … Full Review » Basically, it's just hard to even care about the story/lore. I think the biggest issue is that you don't really connect with the characters or factions in Act 2, and when you finish Act 2, the pacing of this game is just bizarre as Act3/4 are just like a few hours and then you finish the game. Also, the story is very vague for the most part where there's no sense of urgency to go through the story, and some of the side quests/tasks are easily skippable/boring. There's very few cutscenes that present the story. Also, the game doesn't do a very good job of doing dynamic storytelling, instead it's just conversations of text with no voice acting for the most part or reading the books/scrolls that you find. It may be in best interest to watch a story recap that avoids possible spoilers to explain the lore/background. My complaints with the game are in regards to the story and design First, the game makes a lot of references to the lore that almost makes you feel like you should already know all of this stuff.

Pillars of eternity complete edition review xbox one series#

I'm going to post this for both consoles, as the next gen consoles like ps5 and xbox series x resolve the loading times issues that a lot mention as a negative, that doesn't factor for me as a negative. The game isn't terrible but it has a few flaws that prevent it from being a great game.the game isn't terrible but it has a few flaws that the game isn't terrible but it has a few flaws that prevent it from being a great game.the game isn't terrible but it has a few flaws that prevent it from being a great game. I will be finishing this and then going back to finish D.O.S … Full Review » Party management and character action commands have been made very easy with the XBOX One controls. It can be challenging and you have to go back and keep trying different tactics to defeat different enemies but its not enough to make you rage quit like say Dark Souls caused many, not myself, to do. I have about 15 hours in so far and can't wait to get back to playing it. Its great you can have a party of six adventurers instead of just the two you have in D.O.S and when a party member is not being used you can always find them back at the Black Hound Inn. Spell management is a little tricky and rest is not possible to heal or to study your spell book without the campfire equipment found at shops and other merchants. but the atmosphere and story is far more gripping than the one in D.O.S. Had to get use to the pause and give commands to my party feature versus the turn based combat of D.O.S. Love the old school D&D games like Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale and this honors them well. Not as polished graphically as Divinity Original Sin but a lot more fun and addictive. Not as polished graphically as Divinity Original Sin but a Really excited to have this finally come to XBOX One after years of speculation. Really excited to have this finally come to XBOX One after years of speculation.