I Cast Mediocrity!

Classic gameplay and feel with only shades of the substabce that made the classics the classics.

There are hints of a great storyline here and it is realized in some aspects, but slightly antiquted interface combined with broken difficulty and balancing issues destroy the pleasure game. Do yourself a favor, don’t play on anything but hard. Strategies that work on easier difficulties will not work in set-piece boss battles which are the same regardless of what difficulty setting you are on - this you might as well train yourself the whole time on a harder difficulty.

This combined with an almost rock-paper-scissors damage system makes the game a dry effort in looking up weakness, micro management, and trial and error. I am not the same person I was years ago, I don’t have an afternoon to devote to one encounter. If you have that sort of free time download it.

Crafting, enchanting, and the artwork are all pretty top notch. As I eluded to earlier, there is very much the essence of a good game here. Character creation is fun. You can build a whole party from scratch or recruit NPC’s which add to the story. No love interests, but there is a brothel. There are plenty of sufficiently-interesting side quests, little hidden secrets that almost make the rogue worthwhile, and nooks and carnnies to explore. These highlights, however, do not make up for an overall underwhelming product.

MathiasTolerain about Pillars of Eternity