#Pillars of eternity 2 rating full

#Pillars of eternity 2 rating full

There’s also that faction system that Obsidian (particularly Game Director, Josh Sawyer) is so in love with, as you will be forced to run errands for the multiple bickering clans in the archipelago, eventually having to choose one to throw your full support behind.

The lore comes at you fast and heavy with lots of exposition dumps that aren’t all that creative. Tracking Eothas to the Deadfire Archipelago, you must navigate the web of alliances between the island natives and the various invading trading companies in an effort to secure enough power to challenge Eothas and get back your soul.ĭoes that sound like a lot of names, places, and stuff to remember? Yeah, well, Obsidian doesn’t really care. You’re rescued by a god named Berath who returns you to the mortal realm in order to track down the deity that has manifested in this statue, a dead god named Eothas. Pillars of Eternity II begins with that statue coming to life, destroying your castle, stealing part of your soul, and leaving you for dead. As you ventured lower and lower, you began to realize that these dungeons were built around a giant green statue made of the magical emerald-like substance known as Adra. In the first game players were bequeathed a castle, under which was an endless labyrinth of dungeons. The game continues the story of the player character from the first game, The Watcher of Caed Nua.

The pirate stuff is a ton of fun and the mechanics are a solid evolution of what worked in the first Pillars of Eternity, but like so many prior Obsidian games, Deadfire is a bit of a buggy mess. But enough yammering, is Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire good? Yeah, it’s pretty good. The other part of me wonders why it took so long for someone to make a pirate RPG as it’s a proven fact that pirates make just about anything better. Part of me wants to give Obsidian credit for choosing a setting that doesn’t get a lot of love from RPGs (and yes, I do remember Risen 2: Dark Waters). It still has all the trappings of the cRPG, but as opposed to the forests and castles of the first game, Deadfire is all about swashbuckling captains and forgotten jungle islands. Moving the setting from the traditional Tolkien-esque Dyrwood to the Deadfire Archipelago has also changed the very aesthetic of the game. Like many games made by Obsidian, Deadfire is interesting, fresh, and a bit of a mess. But it’s clear that Obsidian Entertainment, the developers of Pillar of Eternity and the new sequel Deadfire, knew that they would have to shake things up.