Fri, 13 May 2022
PILLARS OF ETERNITY II: FIRST IMPRESSIONS

My initial experience with the first 4 hours of Pillars of Eternity II: 
Deadfire have been pretty solid.

I opted to select the "turn-based" combat system when I started up PoE 
for the first time. After sinking roughly 2 hours into that mode, I 
realized that endgame battles might end up being quite a slog.

I've now started a new character (a wizard named "Red Cloak") using the 
default "real-time with pause" combat system. So far it seems a lot 
more streamlined and feels like it is the "correct" way to play.

My goal is to keep Red Cloak as a _good_ character but I always seem to 
drift towards evil story choices. They seem more interesting 90% of the 
time.

The story is a little difficult to pick-up at first (having not played 
the original) but the depth of the party members and supporting 
characters is brilliant. My hope is that the quality continues until 
the credits roll.

If anything this has just made me more excited for the release of 
Obsidian's upcoming "Avowed".


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