Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Reviews
Obsidian has gifted the already cluttered RPG genre with an excellent title that offers hundreds of hours worth of gameplay. Puzzles, ship combat, side quests, exploration, and other activities keep you occupied along the way.
If you’re looking for the next, and perhaps greatest, grand cRPG; if you’re aching for an epic single player adventure; if you’re seeking a setting outside the norm; if you’re hoping for a story that takes you in and hangs on, Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire fills the bill. It is something special, something you’ll want to play again and again and is a game that will undoubtedly be remembered as one of the genre’s best.
Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire is as close to the perfect RPG as one can get. The fantastic setting, grand story, exceptional writing and voice acting, engaging combat all coalesce into an exemplar of its kind. This is the game that sets the bar. This is the game that needs to be aspired to.
Clear your calendars, folks, because the RPG of the year has arrived.
Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire has taken Obsidian's formula of success and brought it to the new heights.
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire is an absolute joy of a game and any negatives are ultimately nitpicking because they don't lessen the experience substantially. If you play games for their narrative, this one should be on your must play list as it brings an immersive, interesting and engaging story filled to the brim with interesting and multilayered characters and locations. The game can take you anywhere from 40 to well over a 100 hours, depending on the difficulty and your style of play. Suffice it to say that a couple of years ago I didn't actually like isometric RPGs but games like these are reason enough to turn anyone into an unflinching fan.
Pillars of Eternity II is Obsidian's new masterpiece. It is outstanding and it also features improvements that could mean a lot for the pure RPG for next years. An amazing universe with an exquisite gameplay make this game one of the best of this year so far.
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Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire is a perfect sequel. Interesting story, complex character progression system and tons of things to discover transalte into hours and hours of pure fun.
Review in Polish | Read full review
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire mixes some classic epicness from Baldur’s Gate 2 with freedom of exploration from Fallout, and still offers a modern and surprising story and a great set of characters. Pretty much every element of the game has been improved. All hail the new king of classic RPGs!
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Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire is a sequel that surpasses the original in nearly every way, and is an RPG that should not be missed.
Plus, simply sailing around listening to your crew sing sea shanties whilst you track down rogue pirates is something we've always wanted to do in a grand adventure like this.
Pillars of Eternity 2 is an excellent CRPG that improves upon the original in every single aspect, as well as creating the best naval combat minigame in the history of gaming. Combine that with the huge world, 100 hour quest, supreme non-linearity, and immense replay value afforded by the deep character creation and you have the one game you shouldn't be allowed to miss this year.
Pillars of Eternity, for me, is the best D&D series there never was.
Overall, Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire feels like the game of my dreams.
Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire is the perfect sequel. An interesting storyline, complex character development and a lot of things to discover will make you spend many, many hours with this title.
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A nearly perfect adventure, taking the best from years of RPG experience and creating a massive game with loads to do.
Alongside from its setting, Pillars of Eternity II improves in almost every way upon the already celebrated Pillars I, from the obvious, such as improved graphics and increased voiceovers, to the details, like better stealth mechanics and a new day-night system.
Deadfire is the first time Obsidian gets to work in a sequel of it's own and that's makes the game special. The open world approach to it's narrative is really interesting. They managed to build a new game looking foward the future of the studio but not forgetting the past of the genre.
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Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire puts the gods, warts and all, at the forefront of the story, and at this point, it shines when it focuses on your interactions with these powerful-but-flawed beings.
Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire is an Amazing great RPG with lots of good mechanism, rich story, great team work and deep gameplay elements. It has seen many improvement over the first game in every directions and we are definitely want to see more from Poe series in the future. With all this positive points, Pillars of Eternity 2 still isn’t the game for every one and because of its isometric view some may find this game boring. If you are OK with isometric games and if you are a fan of deep RPGs, Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire is one of the best choices for you that definitely worth your time and money and it’s one of the best games in action RPG genre.
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