Preview Pillars of Eternity II Gameplay Footage on IGN E3 2017 Broadcast + Josh Sawyer Interview at PCGamesN

[Quillon]

I find it interesting how their mages
a) always cast into their own group damaging party members
b) always cast into mobs that are dead by the end of the spell casting, because it takes so long

Mages basically useless. Sawyer keeps torturing the mage class.

https://youtu.be/zFSsIEApvKo?t=56

"A wizard is never late nor hits friendlies, he hits where he means to when he means to do it" - J.R.R. Uncle Benjen

 

[Sannom]

It is worse now. MCA has joined their direct competition. 2018 is going to a year of dueling iso cRPGs.

Why did they back their direct competition though?

 

[Infinitron]

I find it interesting how their mages
a) always cast into their own group damaging party members
b) always cast into mobs that are dead by the end of the spell casting, because it takes so long

Mages basically useless. Sawyer keeps torturing the mage class.

Uh, every grognard ever: "Micromanagement-intensive RTwP combat with lots of weak active abilities is unfun. IE games should have slower, more impactful spells!"

Meh I know you're just looking for stuff to complain about.

It is worse now. MCA has joined their direct competition. 2018 is going to a year of dueling iso cRPGs.

Why did they back their direct competition though?

Silly question. The game is going to get funded anyway, so what value is there in coming across as having sour grapes? Obsidian's $1000 or however much isn't going to make or break the project.

Besides, they have a relationship with Paizo to maintain.

 

[Delterius]

I find it interesting how their mages
a) always cast into their own group damaging party members
b) always cast into mobs that are dead by the end of the spell casting, because it takes so long

Dude, its Brennecke. Please understand.

 

[Maldoror]

I enjoyed the first game, despite its apparent flaws, but never beat it.
I'll likely end up doing the same thing with this, if I buy it, but I hope that it ends up being good.

 

[Lurker King]

I enjoyed the first game, despite its apparent flaws, but never beat it.

 

[Tom Baker's Arse]

I won't have time for this complete and utter pigshit -- next year I will be busy playing Battletech, No Truce, and Unknown Realm on my C64 !

 

[Jedi Master Radek]

I find it interesting how their mages
a) always cast into their own group damaging party members
b) always cast into mobs that are dead by the end of the spell casting, because it takes so long

Dude, its Brennecke. Please understand.

But there were no bugs in the video...

 

[Delterius]

I find it interesting how their mages
a) always cast into their own group damaging party members
b) always cast into mobs that are dead by the end of the spell casting, because it takes so long

Dude, its Brennecke. Please understand.

But there were no bugs in the video...

Heavy editing may only go so far, but at least we can cover up the disasters of fate that surrounds the man.

 

[Russia is over. The end.]

https://youtu.be/zFSsIEApvKo?t=56

Retargeting takes away all spell related tactical movement, like trying to keep enemies in a certain area while the spell is being cast, which is often difficult and not guaranteed to work. It's quite unpredictable and it's fun when it works. But they're taking poe1 ideology even further, making all movement undesirable and unnecessary even more.

Meh I know you're just looking for stuff to complain about.

Sorry for liking the BG series and disliking the game for which you have an agenda. I'm so sorry Infinitron. I guess you're right in a way. I shouldn't complain about poe, since it's this new school game that has nothing to do with the one I like.

 

[Infinitron]

Spell retargeting does no such thing. When trying to hit an enemy group with an area of effect spell, which of these two events is more common?

1) The enemy group move together as a single herd away from where you were aiming, and you miss.

2) The enemy group disperses in all directions, and your spell only hits a small number of them.

Spell retargeting does little to help with #2. And even if #1 was the more common event, it's easy to compensate for once you have the hang of it, so the addition of spell retargeting doesn't remove much difficulty.

 

[Excidium II]

But it'd be more tacticool if it let you cast aoes on a target to track or on the ground.

 

[Seari]

I feel like the companion portraits are worse than the ones from the first game.

 

[Excidium II]

I feel like the companion portraits are worse than the ones from the first game.

Yeah what happened to their faces? inb4 Infinitron says fucking up faces is a BG2 tribute ;^)

 

[Quantomas]

Ah, Baldurs Gate battle tunes. So they learned something from Tyranny.

 

[Russia is over. The end.]

Spell retargeting does little to help with #2.

Rare subcase.

 

[Sentinel]

Ah, Baldurs Gate battle tunes. So they learned something from Tyranny.

Where's the new battle tune at? I think I only heard ported tunes from PoE.

 

[Deleted member 7219]

It's going to be great.

 

[Maculo]

I thought the gameplay video was okay. Not super hype inducing, but the greater emphasis on exploration is a positive step. Still, I would like to have heard more of the class changes, subclasses, and character development.

Edit: I forgot to add, the use of the mage's fireball to blow a hole in the wall was neat.

 

[Zanzoken]

Pillars of Trash Mobs Vol II.

Sure the golem fight is different and had some nice visual effects -- but did you notice that the party was basically able to stand there and auto-attack it to death? That's how you know Obsidian still has no clue how to design encounters.

You can invent 50 attributes and 1000 skills, and Balance (tm) it all until you're blue in the face. But if the enemies can't offer a meaningful challenge your combat is doomed to be shit tier.

 

[Infinitron]

It's a 10 minute gameplay reel for E3 that zooms through a half dozen different environs. I think it's probably on Story Mode.

 

[Excidium II]

They always demo stuff on story mode.

 

[Barnabas]

Bc they want to make it look easy for noobs like u

 

[luj1]

Pillars of Trash Mobs Vol II.

Sure the golem fight is different and had some nice visual effects -- but did you notice that the party was basically able to stand there and auto-attack it to death? That's how you know Obsidian still has no clue how to design encounters.

You can invent 50 attributes and 1000 skills, and Balance (tm) it all until you're blue in the face. But if the enemies can't offer a meaningful challenge your combat is doomed to be shit tier.

That was really the recipe for this series,

- weirdo ruleset concocted by a delusional person
- harry potter-level world building
- autistic devotion to balance & accessibility
- no encounter design whatsoever
- use pretty graphics and stronghold-like garbage to divert attention from bland, hollow gameplay

Not that local cucks will ever understand. Mere sheeple which is easily goaded with eye candy and nostalgia alone.

 

[Turok]

The loading times seem to be vastly improved.

They use a pc with M.2 ssd drive...