Eternity Is Deadfire better than PoE?

[Safav Hamon]

White March encounters still suck badly when compared to Deadfire. They were only a minor improvement over the base game.

As for itemization, it's also better. Not only are the base effects on weapons and armor cooler, but every unique piece of equipment has several unique craftable upgrades. They also made potions and scrolls more impactful, and added new items like grenades, poisons, and drugs.

 

[Shadenuat]

Nice editing of "stronger" to "cooler". Even you realise that most of effects on equipment in Deadfire are more cosmetic than really affect anything.

 

[Safav Hamon]

That's a lie. I never edited stronger to cooler.

Also that's bullshit. There are so many ridiculously broken enchantments even after the nerfs. It's the main reason the game was too easy at release.

 

[Quillon]

That's a lie. I never edited stronger to cooler.

I saw what you really did, it was sexier before it was cooler.

 

[Shadenuat]

my opponent is a liar
and he cannot be trusted!

ridiculously broken enchantments

 

[Safav Hamon]

I saw what you really did, it was sexier before it was cooler.

The weapons are sexier though

 

[Shadenuat]

Visually yes, many are really good.

 

[thesheeep]

They also made potions and scrolls more impactful, and added new items like grenades, poisons, and drugs.

And you do not need any of them, except maybe for the very last fight - at least that was the only one I found mildly challenging (I had to restart it once).
Even on Hard, most fights do not even require your interaction as the default AI is good enough and potd is barely better.

At least PoE 1 had a handful of interesting encounters. In PoE 2 I was just breezing through the entire game on auto pilot.
Which also makes the items and how you upgrade them mostly irrelevant, as long as you have something that is at least "Excellent" by the end.

And the companions are just boring - or annoying. PoE 1 had some interesting characters, but the most interesting ones of those aren't in PoE 2 and those that are now just have a pretty damn boring quest/story attached to them as their most interesting stories have already been told in the first part.
All the new companions range somewhere between SJW template and fan fiction.

The character system and leveling up I found much better in PoE 2. Way more possibilities that make sense - too bad they share the same fate as the items...

 

[mfkndggrfll]

Its more about which one its the worst than which one is the best, because both are awful.

 

[Sweeper]

PoE 2 has slightly better gameplay and slightly worse writing than 1, which was mediocre to begin with.
The only real highlight of the franchise were some of the companions from one.
The companions are far worse in 2. Eder, Aloth and Pallegina in particular are jarring since they appeared in the first one and were better written there.
Bottom line, Obsidian is shit now.
What's that line?

You either die a Troika, or live long enough to see yourself become an Obsidian.

Sounds about right.

 

[Zibniyat]

I played POE 1.0 and gave it a 3/5. Couldn't bring myself to play the expansions or latter versions. In fact, I've been thinking recently how absolutely forgettable everything is in POE, including the overly-edgy Durance religious troll. It's like everything in that game is a weak caricature of stuff done far better in other (older, much older) games. Maybe 3/5 was a bit too high...

Or maybe I just don't like games anymore? I'm not playing RPGs just so I could play pompous turn-based strategy games, I actually do care about the plot, world-building, branching quests, intelligent characters etc. You know, "immersive" stuff that make me envision a different world

And based on replies here, it seems POE II is even worse? I can't bring myself to play anything mediocre anymore, I've got stuff to do (and even if not), and bloody hell am I disappointed in the entire interactive medium form of entertainment/industry. I thought as I grow older so would games grow to be more complex, better, more "serious" but also satisfying to play, instead today's games seem more retarded than actual children's games from the early 2000s.

 

[Quillon]

based on replies here

Every game is shit.

 

[Feyd Rautha]

yes and it's great

 

[ItsChon]

Or maybe I just don't like games anymore? I'm not playing RPGs just so I could play pompous turn-based strategy games, I actually do care about the plot, world-building, branching quests, intelligent characters etc. You know, "immersive" stuff that make me envision a different world

Have you played UnderRail yet?

 

[Zibniyat]

Nope, I guess I could give it a try...

 

[ItsChon]

Nope, I guess I could give it a try...

You're fucking missing out than. World-building, branching quests, and intelligent characters are some of the things that UnderRail does best, as well as an amazing combat system. It's my second favorite game of all time (PS:T the goat), and is the only game after the early 2000s on my list. The new expansion is coming out in 2019 as well which will be fucking amazing too. Play it asap, I guarantee you won't be questioning whether or not you like games.

 

[M. AQVILA]

I really didn't like UnderRail, way too boring. I dropped it only after a few hours.

Edit: It might be my distaste for the genre though. I've also heard that the beginning is kind of slow/bad but it picks up in the later parts of the game.

 

[Barabus]

I think it’s a lot better. First of all the loading times are a touch better. I like how the world is way more open and you can go anywhere on your ship. The environments are very nice, some great dungeons to explore just wished there were more. I didn’t care too much for the companions other than Aloth and Eder. Their quest lines were horrible though, totally lacking. I played on normal and didn’t have a tough time at all it was a pretty easy game. The only enemy that gave me trouble were the famps.