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Pillars of Eternity - Review @ Angry Duck Gamer

by Hiddenx, 2017-06-07 19:32:33

Angry Duck Gamer (aka GabrielMP_19) has reviewed Pillars of Eternity:

Review: Pillars of Eternity

Every oldschool RPG fan was crazy about Pillars of Eternity before its release. The so called RPG Revival was at its most awaited moment: the release of Baldur’s Gate’s spiritual sequel. The BG series was considered by many the pinnacle of the CRPGs and an artifact of a long lost age. But all that was about to change… or not.

I’ll be blunt, Pillars of Eternity is not a good spiritual sequel for Baldur’s Gate 2. While it’s not a terrible game, it’s far away from being great and the Kickstarter promises and the marketing made the disappointment even  worse. Obsidian developed awesome games like Fallout: New Vegas, so it was somewhat disappointing to play this lackluster game.

While PoE is still loved by many gamers, its story is not really that good (although it clearly shows glimpses of true greatness) and the game design is pretty terrible in some aspects. The major one being…

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Pillars of Eternity

SP/MP: Single-player
Setting: Fantasy
Genre: RPG
Platform: PC
Release: Released


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