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Eternity Pillars of Eternity + The White March Expansion Thread

GloomFrost

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Doesn't feel weird or out of place, unlike Twin Elms which has no business being that big.
Never said anything about it being out of place. Its the way naval exploration made it makes game even more bloated and monotones. Also all that endless trash mob combat gives way too much XP and gold completely destroying any hint of balance.
 

almondblight

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Twin Elms probably would have worked better if it was just another Dyrwood city. The whole multiracial feudal Americans colonist stand-ins fighting multiracial American Indian stand-ins was a weird and unnecessary angle in general. Another area where the game tried too hard and felt worse because of it. The faux-celtic name for the American Indian stand-in didn't help, either.
 

Axel_am

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Twin Elms needed more stuff related to the gods and maybe that to be the sole focus of the area.
 

Lacrymas

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Pathfinder: Wrath
Twin Elms didn't need to exist because it obviously took too much effort and it feels unfinished anyway because it lacks content.
 

ColonelMace

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Twin Elms didn't need to exist
It was close to a contractual obligation at this point.
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Lacrymas

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Pathfinder: Wrath
Yeah, I know, but the game was stretched thin as it is. The best scenario would be to not bloat your kickstarter goals, but if you've already done that the best praxis would be to start cutting.
 

ColonelMace

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They learnt their lesson with the second kickstarter. Deadfire's shortcomings are not due to any stretch goal, or at least none that I can remember (they basically promised stuff they already intended to do, like add islands, which isn't exactly an issue when designing an archipelago, or sea monsters, which is infinitely easier to implement than a whole fucking city).
Any problem in pacing was entirely on them and on Josh this time. Although, I think Deadfire is much more consistent in its overall design & content, and I believe not grieving themselves with fabulously optimistic stretch goals certainly helped.
 

almondblight

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One of the worst parts of the game is the writing, but if you just scan through it and skip over most of the stuff things are much more enjoyable.
 

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