Eternity Pillars of Eternity + The White March Expansion Thread

[ArchAngel]

the key to understanding poe fans

I found SoZ superior to PoE. Also superior to MotB
MotB has super bad and boring encounters and barely any exploration. It has lots of conversations like PST but the crappy engine of NWN2. Why would I enjoy playing PST in NWN2 engine?!

 

[Infinitron]

Console games and NWN2 - Obsidian in its prime. PC-exclusive RPG that makes game journalists cry - lowest common denominator casual game.

Yes, I believe we are venturing into exciting new territories of nostalgia filter here

 

[CptMace]

I don't get all the wankery about baldur's gate gameplay, nor how being reminded of the werewolf island would give anybody the will to play it again. That was a hell of a shit content on every aspect. Durlag's tower was cool though.
Ironically it just reminds me of the game-breaking bug that occured back then, when you couldn't leave the island because the script leading to escaping it didn't trigger
I don't have good memories with that add-on...

 

[Deleted member 7219]

All you need to do to find brain dead morons on the Codex is to look in a Pillars thread. It is like Sawyer raped their mothers or something. What the fuck is wrong with this game to merit so much scorn?

 

[CptMace]

What the fuck is wrong with this game to merit so much scorn?

Shooting in every direction and ending up dull, bland, banalshitboring. Out of the top of my mind.
I suggest you read one of the thousand reviews to have a more precise idea.

 

[Ulrox]

Console games and NWN2 - Obsidian in its prime. PC-exclusive RPG that makes game journalists cry - lowest common denominator casual game.

Yes, I believe we are venturing into exciting new territories of nostalgia filter here

It is absurd yes - but it is the truth.

 

[Infinitron]

I don't get all the wankery about baldur's gate gameplay

PoE battles that can be beaten using only per-encounter abilities when you're over-levelled - proof that PoE is a casual game for morons

90% of Baldur's Gate 1 battles that can be beaten by just kind of slugging it out with melee fighters - true to the spirit of low-level AD&D, much nostalgia

 

[Ulrox]

PoE battles that can be beaten using only per-encounter abilities when you're over-levelled - proof that PoE is a casual game for morons

90% of Baldur's Gate 1 battles that can be beaten by just kind of slugging it out with melee fighters - true to the spirit of low-level AD&D, much nostalgia

Go and write a review of this expansion then, make the codex see the light.

 

[BBMorti]

 

[Roguey]

They lost tons of money because they didnt hit the metacritic

That one-time bonus was not "tons of money."

 

[Ulrox]

That one-time bonus was not "tons of money."

I'm not going to argue small finite details with you. It was enough for many people to be laid off - undisputable fact.

 

[Roguey]

I'm not going to argue small finite details with you. It was enough for many people to be laid off - undisputable fact.

They would have been laid off anyway. Post-release lay-offs are a normal part of game development. Bioware has them all the time and they're more successful than Obsidian.

 

[Deleted member 7219]

I'm not going to argue small finite details with you. It was enough for many people to be laid off - undisputable fact.

I don't know where you got that 'indisputable fact' from. They had multiple projects cancelled, which meant layoffs.

 

[Roguey]

Yeah, the death of North Carolina, Bethesda's lack of interest in Backspace, and publishers' lack of interest in generally anything they wanted to do that wasn't a MMO did far more damage to them than missing out on some one-time bonus.

 

[Ulrox]

Yeah, the death of North Carolina, Bethesda's lack of interest in Backspace, and publishers' lack of interest in generally anything they wanted to do that wasn't a MMO did far more damage to them than missing out on some one-time bonus.

That doesn't change the fact that many were laid off. My belief still stands that they've changed for the worse and that I see nothing good coming from them. It is up to them to change that belief with good releases, no debates on the codex is going to change that - my eyes will open once the incline comes, but untill then I will see obsidian as profoundly changed.

 

[Roguey]

My belief still stands that they've changed for the worse and that I see nothing good coming from them.

Pillars of Eternity received the best critical reception of any of their games (and any crowdfunded RPG for that matter) and was a commercial success.

 

[Darth Roxor]

PC-exclusive RPG that makes game journalists cry

You know what also makes game journalists cry? Tying their shoes.

 

[Ulrox]

Pillars of Eternity received the best critical reception of any of their games (and any crowdfunded RPG for that matter) and was a commercial success.

I can't believe you're a part of this conversation with an opinion when you haven't even played the game. I've completed it already, months ago, my opinion is based on what I played - which was lacking, reminded me too much of icewind dale, you however - your opinion isnt based on anything but fanboyism towards obsidian. It is sad.

 

[Weirdstuffinspace]

Obsidian no longer should be considered to be a 'good' company by codex, something many codexers, including infinitron has a hard time accepting.

Infinitron has so much Obsidian cock up his ass he's like a reverse

Even roguey knows whats up by now. No good will ever come from this company again, and good fucking riddance. Let's hope at least Torment can salvage some of their honour by putting the engine to good use.

 

[Roguey]

your opinion isnt based on anything but fanboyism towards obsidian.

I coined "Absurdian."

 

[Deleted member 7219]

Infinitron has so much Obsidian cock up his ass he's like a reverse

Even roguey knows whats up by now. No good will ever come from this company again, and good fucking riddance. Let's hope at least Torment can salvage some of their honour by putting the engine to good use.

Please, write more bullshit. This is comedy gold and I think you've got more retardation to show us.

 

[Ulrox]

I coined "Absurdian."

Congrats.

 

[prodigydancer]

What the fuck is wrong with this game to merit so much scorn?

Nothing except it managed to attract lots of attention from the Codex which is never a wise thing to do.

Infinitron summarized the situation well enough, except when he tried to attribute the whole thing to nostalgia. Hating PoE is still considered cool and every slowpoke troll now jumps on the bandwagon (regardless of his opinion on the IE games) perpetuating the circlejerk spiral. So what we see here has nothing to do with nostalgia - it's just mob mentality.

 

[Volrath]

All this talk about tales of the sword coast is making me want to replay bg again.

Don't. Play a good game instead.

 

[Excidium II]

Infinitron summarized the situation well enough, except when he tried to attribute the whole thing to nostalgia. Hating PoE is still considered cool and every slowpoke troll now jumps on the bandwagon (regardless of his opinion on the IE games) perpetuating the circlejerk spiral. So what we see here has nothing to do with nostalgia - it's just mob mentality.

Nice, using the same arguments people use for some underrated gems like Fallout 3.