Eternity POE1, Tyranny, or both? (or neither)

[Cyberarmy]

None of the Kickstarter "WOOO TOTAL INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM" RPGs have turned out particularly good. Not one.

I really needa a bigger for this one. I enjoyed them but only because of the RPG drought but then I played AoD and Underreail and remember what had been lost.

Edit: Def.Tyranny though, at least its original and have good C&C

 

[Kalin]

I dislike anonymous polls.

 

[Prime Junta]

This is missing a kingcomrade option.

I like P1. I don't exactly dislike Tyranny; the world and the story branching are cool, but the gameplay is dull. I have replayed P1 several times, but only replayed Tyranny because I felt I had to in order to be able to give it a fair shake in the review (since replayability was one of the things it was focusing on).

Put another way: if Tyranny had just reused P1's systems with a light re-skin to fit the setting, then I would probably have liked it better than Pillars.

 

[Fedora Master]

Fedora Master

SR: Dragonfall

Okay, that is true. Even I enjoyed that one. Then again the devs didn't make bold claims about how they're going to do what they always dreamed about with those pesky publisher meanies out of the way.

 

[acer palmatum]

They are both ok, but great is neither. I don't think I will give either a second playthrough.

 

[Roguey]

but only replayed Tyranny because I felt I had to in order to be able to give it a fair shake in the review (since replayability was one of the things it was focusing on).

Should have given the fully patched version a spin.

 

[aweigh]

Tyranny's on sale right now for like 3 shekels

 

[Prime Junta]

but only replayed Tyranny because I felt I had to in order to be able to give it a fair shake in the review (since replayability was one of the things it was focusing on).

Should have given the fully patched version a spin.

It’s that much better? Then maybe I will.

 

[BrotherFrank]

PoE 1 bored me to the point i stopped playing a bit after reaching main city and realizing i was skipping pretty much every dialogue and hating how enemies were just spammed all over the place with no rhytme or reason.

Tyranny by contrast? Finished it twice and redeemed my faith in obsidian enough to be willing to try PoE 2.

I will challenge the assertion that PoE had better combat too, maybe the bestiary in PoE is more diverse and the skills are better but at least mobs are placed more intelligently in tyranny and i always felt the number of enemies encountered in that game felt right even if you are fighting some type of human most of the time. But I didnt mind that because thematically it made sense, all the big threats have been squashed during the conquest and you are just dealing with the last defiant foes before wrapping up the campaign.

 

[Roguey]

It’s that much better? Then maybe I will.

To be honest, I have no idea since I never played it on release. They did a fair amount of balance patching though.

 

[Bohrain]

I expected less from PoE to begin with so its faults never bothered me that much.
On the other hand Tyranny felt much more disappointing considering that they didn't have to ape D&D and were free to do a shorter and more reactive game. If the story and reactivity delivered the lackluster combat and encounters could be forgotten, but reactivity basically boils down to which side you choose at the end of part 1.

 

[tindrli]

i have finished POE1. got bored with tyranny and left it for some other time.. they are ok. nothing spectacular but ok

 

[Maxwell's Demon]

A storyfag game can get away with shit combat, it can’t get away with a botched and truncated third act.

KotOR II.

 

[Kruno]

Tyranny is the better game. I would argue Tyranny is even better than PoE 2. It is honestly too bad that Obsidian fucks their partners because I would have loved to see a continuation of the story.