Eternity Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire + DLC Thread - now with turn-based combat!

[rusty_shackleford]

don't be mad at me because I'm not a hipster

You are worse than a hipster. You are, and may Allah forgive me for uttering this word, a normie.

You guys are like those coomers who have become completely desensitized and have to think of more insane ways to get off until they're at the point where the only way they can get their rocks off is by shoving hamsters up their anus.

 

[Blutwurstritter]

don't be mad at me because I'm not a hipster

Nobody is mad at you, rustolindo.

You're the one who throws a hissy fit every time someone mentions that he likes IWD.

I'm just pointing out that you guys are hipsters for liking an IE game that has only combat
and it's true

IWD (especially the first one) got a really good plot and some well written characters. Just because it doesn't have massive lore dumps, woke companions and endless walls of texts doesn't mean it "has only combat". I would still pick IWD over like 80% of modern "RPGs".

Well written characters is probably the last thing I'd associate with IWD. Although its speaks volume about the low quality of writing we got nowadays if people start to praise the almost non existing writing of IWD when all it does is not standing out as particularly bad.

like all IE games, it's shit

Yeah, doesn't sound contrarian at all.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Yeah, doesn't sound contrarian at all.

Liking IE games is contrarian.

 

[Lambach]

they're at the point where the only way they can get their rocks off is by shoving hamsters up their anus.

Don't knock it 'till you try it, normie.

 

[Lambach]

Liking IE games is contrarian.

Negro, Baldur's Gate 2 is a regular entry on many, many "Top [X] Games of All Times" lists of 100% mainstream, normie vidya publications and very often so is Planescape. It's the exact opposite of being contrarian.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Liking IE games is contrarian.

Negro, Baldur's Gate 2 is a regular entry on many, many "Top [X] Games of All Times" lists of 100% mainstream, normie vidya publications and very often so is Planescape. It's the exact opposite of being contrarian.

https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/why-was-bg2-subpar.1935/

 

[Lambach]

https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/why-was-bg2-subpar.1935/

"Why was BG2 sub-par" how is this relevant, lulz? It could be the most piece of shit game in existence, yet many people love it and consider it good. It even has a small degree of mainstream recognition, having the same opinion as all those people is literally the exact opposite of being contrarian. Unless you don't know what that word means and think "contrarian" = someone who likes shit.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/why-was-bg2-subpar.1935/

"Why was BG2 sub-par" how is this relevant, lulz? It could be the most piece of shit game in existence, yet many people love it and consider it good. It even has a small degree of mainstream recognition, having the same opinion as all those people is literally the exact opposite of being contrarian. Unless you don't know what that word means and think "contrarian" = someone who likes shit.

most people don't even know what a bg2 is, grandpa

 

[Lambach]

most people don't even know what a bg2 is, grandpa

OK, then I guess liking Skyrim is also contrarian because the vast majority of Earth's 8 billion inhabitants never heard of it. Don't even get me started on Fallout 76, that even a smaller portion of the world knows about.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

most people don't even know what a bg2 is, grandpa

OK, then I guess liking Skyrim is also contrarian because the vast majority of Earth's 8 billion inhabitants never heard of it. Don't even get me started on Fallout 76, that even a smaller portion of the world knows about.

most of those inhabitants aren't human you dip, they're bugpeople

 

[Lambach]

most of those inhabitants aren't human you dip, they're bugpeople

Why so contrarian, homie? The UN says they're people too, just like you.

 

[Grunker]

this is like watching two snakes bite their own tails to defeat the other snake

 

[mediocrepoet]

this is like watching two snakes bite their own tails to defeat the other snake

Think so? I thought it looked more like this.

Spoiler

 

[Blutwurstritter]

this is like watching two snakes bite their own tails to defeat the other snake

Think so? I thought it looked more like this.

Spoiler

Thumbs up (well, almost) ? Must be more comfortable than it looks like.

 

[TedNugent]

These islands remind me of the side planets in Mass Effect 1...

 

[Grunker]

The islands can be unimpressive but that's taking it way too far lol. If only Mass Effect had unique locations and items on each planet

 

[rusty_shackleford]

The islands can be unimpressive but that's taking it way too far lol. If only Mass Effect had unique locations and items on each planet

The planet exploration more than made up for it. Deadfire islands have a tiny, one room cave/dungeon and there's no exploration to speak of because you just move a pog around on a flat empty map.

 

[GloomFrost]

LOl both islands and planets suck but overall side content is light years better in POE2.

 

[TedNugent]

God damn it orlans are ugly.

 

[Grunker]

The islands can be unimpressive but that's taking it way too far lol. If only Mass Effect had unique locations and items on each planet

The planet exploration more than made up for it.

"exploration" lol

 

[rusty_shackleford]

The islands can be unimpressive but that's taking it way too far lol. If only Mass Effect had unique locations and items on each planet

The planet exploration more than made up for it.

"exploration" lol

more fun than moving a pog around to clear fog of war then returning to your ship

 

[Grunker]

Not really. In Deadfire I at least got a unique encounter, perhaps a unique item, each time I reached an island. Not great, but better than driving around an entirely empty space to find the next mobile game I'd already done 19 million times

 

[Grunker]

Though I suppose this discussion might speak to who you are. You criticize the IE-games and you're the only person I ever met who defended ME-exploration. Are you 25? ME your first RPG? Not your fault then

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Though I suppose this discussion might speak to who you are. You criticize the IE-games and you're the only person I ever met who defended ME-exploration. Are you 25? ME your first RPG? Not your fault then

I'm sorry I don't find pogs on a boring empty rock interesting and instead prefer to drive an all terrain vehicle around on an alien planet.
I guess I just don't have the particular kind of autism that thinks this is interesting exploration

 

[Grunker]

I don't find them interesting either, they're very underwhelming like I said. But they're overwith quickly and usually have a unique encounter. On the flip side, I didn't know solving BRAIN GAMES from TOTALLY LEGIT STUDIOS on the iStore after driving around an empty void for a few minutes and then repeating that 700 times was a wondrous alien planet experience(tm)