Pillars of Eternity Beta Discussion [GAME RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[Mystary!]

Have Obsidian given an exact number on how many sidequests there are or something? How else can people claim to have done all or all but one side quests? How would they even know?

 

[Infinitron]

Have Obsidian given an exact number on how many sidequests there are or something? How else can people claim to have done all or all but one side quests? How would they even know?

Obviously, what that person really meant is "I did all the sidequests I could find except one".

 

[Aenra]

This is what happens when you hand out early copies to obnoxious Twitch/YouTube personalities.

there are non-obnoxious ones?

 

[Astral Rag]

Greenmangaming (VIP) is selling the game for:

http://www.greenmangaming.com/vip/

 

[Infinitron]

 

[GloomFrost]

Jesus!! Why do you people care about user scores so damn much?? F3 for example is rated higher then F1,2 and Vegas. But who gives a shit?

 

[Mystary!]

Have Obsidian given an exact number on how many sidequests there are or something? How else can people claim to have done all or all but one side quests? How would they even know?

Obviously, what that person really meant is "I did all the sidequests I could find except one".

Obviously, but it is not obvious how much effort went into trying to find them.
In Baldur's Gate sidequests and whole areas are easily over looked if you just follow the main path.

 

[DosBuster]

I, for one, am looking deeply forward to the prestigious Codex review.

 

[MicoSelva]

If you redeemed your digital copy on GOG, you can now download the manual from your account.

HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL

This manual is intended as an introduction and reference guide. It is
not required to successfully complete the game by any stretch of the
imagination. Nowhere in its pages will it divulge which treasure chests
are trapped or which doors should never be opened. The only way to
fi nd that out is to play Pillars of Eternity.

Early sections of the manual offer broad details about the game
mechanics, such as the types of choices that might infl uence character
generation. The further you go, the more the details get granular and
based around hard data.

Pillars of Eternity offers a variety of options for gamers who wish to
tailor their experience of the story. This manual should ultimately serve
as a presentation of the tools at the gamers’ disposal. How you use
them is entirely up to you!

 

[PhantasmaNL]

Is this manual useful at all? (sensuki?)

 

[veevoir]

With errata maybe. Without - nope.

 

[Tjaron]

My guess is /pol/ tards from 4chan, because all the threads there are swarmed by people that shit on the game because they think the writing has too much liberal influence.

This game is not liberal at all. Actually, it's super offensive.
From twitter:

Mike Burns
@jasonschreier any chance you could share if there are any LGBT characters or storylines in #PillarsOfEternity like in Fallout: New Vegas?

Jason Schreier
@_mikeburns I have not seen any yet

Mike Burns
@jasonschreier tweet if you do! Can't play everything so try to stick to inclusive stuff. Previous @Obsidian games have, so maybe. Thanks!

No homosexual romance, 0/10

 

[Zed]

 

[Lockkaliber]

My guess is /pol/ tards from 4chan, because all the threads there are swarmed by people that shit on the game because they think the writing has too much liberal influence.

This game is not liberal at all. Actually, it's super offensive.
From twitter:

Mike Burns
@jasonschreier any chance you could share if there are any LGBT characters or storylines in #PillarsOfEternity like in Fallout: New Vegas?

Jason Schreier
@_mikeburns I have not seen any yet

Mike Burns
@jasonschreier tweet if you do! Can't play everything so try to stick to inclusive stuff. Previous @Obsidian games have, so maybe. Thanks!

No homosexual romace, 0/10

They are mostly going on about the equivalent of the renaissance happening in a culture of black people in PoE or whatever. They feel that Sawyer is forcing a cultural marxist agenda into the game because blacks arent slaves in PoE.

 

[wasia]

And here it is, a review from IGN Russia

http://ru.ign.com/pillars-of-eternity/74516/review/retsenziia-na-pillars-of-eternity

There're obviosly a lot of russian words inside
Would you accept this challenge?

The final score is:

Spoiler

10\10

 

[eric__s]

How do Godlikes work? Do people react differently to you if you're playing as a Godlike? Also, if I'm for instance an Aumaua Godlike, will people react to me as both a Godlike and an Aumaua, or just a Godlike?

 

[Seari]

Some kind soul needs to make a mod to reduce fx. It would make this game 5x more enjoyable for me.

 

[Hobo Elf]

Way to fuck up, GOG.

 

[Abu Antar]

First review I have seen. 10/10
http://ru.ign.com/pillars-of-eternity/74516/review/retsenziia-na-pillars-of-eternity?p=2

 

[veevoir]

And here it is, a review from IGN Russia

http://ru.ign.com/pillars-of-eternity/74516/review/retsenziia-na-pillars-of-eternity

There're obviosly a lot of russian words inside
Would you accept this challenge?

The final score is:

Spoiler

10\10

This is very un-IGN of them. How far is Russian IGN from the usual IGN we see? I know that europe (central and eastern in particular) is the land of hard-on RPG fans.. But to have our spies in IGN and writing reviews?

Splendid!

 

[wasia]

This is very un-IGN of them. How far is Russian IGN from the usual IGN we see? I know that europe (central and eastern in particular) is the castle of hard-on RPG fans.. But to have our spies in IGN and writing reviews?

ruIGN is quite different, the most important is the author of most their RPG and PC titles reviews -- Oleg "OldKatarn" Zaycev. He loves cRPG: both classical ones and last year Kickstarter releases.
Here is his quote from '2014 impressions' roundup:

Three best games of this year -- The Banner Saga, Divinity: Original Sin and Wasteland 2

So yes, the infiltators know their work and do perform well

 

[Kem0sabe]

Apparently someone managed to buy the game from GOG for 15.49$

Not sure if photoshoped or not.

 

[Mystary!]

My guess is /pol/ tards from 4chan, because all the threads there are swarmed by people that shit on the game because they think the writing has too much liberal influence.

This game is not liberal at all. Actually, it's super offensive.
From twitter:

Mike Burns
@jasonschreier any chance you could share if there are any LGBT characters or storylines in #PillarsOfEternity like in Fallout: New Vegas?

Jason Schreier
@_mikeburns I have not seen any yet

Mike Burns
@jasonschreier tweet if you do! Can't play everything so try to stick to inclusive stuff. Previous @Obsidian games have, so maybe. Thanks!

No homosexual romance, 0/10

There is also a thread on the steam forums about LGBT-incloosivenes, ~500 posts in 9 hours.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/291650/discussions/0/618457398958204225/

 

[Trodat]

Fuck this. Just arrived at school to find out that classes are cancelled. Wasted a perfect day for PoE release hype.

 

[Sensuki]

What do you mean?

I would warrant it has something to do with skill?