spiraling69
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Owlcat's goal was 300k and they are at 1.5mil. so it's already been a pretty successful Kickstarter. I'm sure they will clear 2 million. Ironically, it will Owlcat that will make a better Baldur's Gate 3 than Larian...
Im just saying the gap between great start and low middle is eye-striking compared to big kickstarter campaigns in past. That has nothing to do with curve or where its trending, because it doesnt contradict neither.
If you like RTwP, then I suppose you'd like what you see in this video… for me, I felt like I was watching an RTS. *shrug*
Regardless, I'm glad they're doing TB in the game. It made it a purchase for me, whereas I wouldn't have touched it otherwise. While I liked a lot of the first game, I did not like the RTwP implementation in it.
I don't know if this somewhat-recent phenomena of adding TB to RTwP games (PoE 2) is indicative of more gamers wanting TB - or just showing that dev studios want to do more for their entire audience, but either way, in the case of these games, there's really nothing for either side to complain about because both get their ideal combat system.
I just beat the boggard champion last night. Took some tactics for that and some luck.The complexity of tactics needed to succeed in the battles of Kingmaker was very high in the last 1/3 of the game. Granted at the beginning there were some battles you could get through with just basic attacks, but these were mostly "in between battles" with battles against major opponents being quite challenging (for me at least).
The complexity of tactics needed to succeed in the battles of Kingmaker was very high in the last 1/3 of the game. Granted at the beginning there were some battles you could get through with just basic attacks, but these were mostly "in between battles" with battles against major opponents being quite challenging (for me at least).
Funny how opinions can vary so much even between people who probably have many favourite games in common. I personally adore PF:KM (at least so far and I just wrapped up chapter 4). I've had a blast playing up until this point, and haven't encountered any bugs apart from the character sheets not showing all relevant information.
I also like the fact that many encounters can be won on auto-combat, as Chien would say it satisfies my urge to feel powerful, and I'm fine with the fact many encounters are just filler. On the other hand I've gotten total party wipes when I've gotten to cocky (took me perhaps 10 tries with varying tactics to bring down the Wicked chanter, worst one so far).
I'm happy that so many people are enjoying it so much.
I got a LOT of hours out of it myself, so there's no way I can claim it's bad.
Truth be told, I'm sort of "done" with this particular subgenre. Call it the BG clone or whatever.
I think CRPGs have moved on from that formula.
So it's not so much that PF:KM isn't great - it's just that I'm in a different place than I used to be.
Out of the modern BG clones (of which there aren't that many) - I'd rank it just behind PoE 2 - and well above PoE 1.
Is POE2 really that much better than 1? Does the story continue?.
Is POE2 really that much better than 1? Does the story continue?
I think I'm at the point where I'm going to give up on ever completing 1. The combats just ok, I'm not a big fan of the liberties Obsidian took with classes, mainly the monk and the story didn't grab me at all.
I'd give 2 a try if it's significantly better but if it's just more of the same then I'll probably just skip it.
OT, the poster of this video definitely doesn't do the game any favors playing it the way he did. Having said that that tactic is actually very effective and I've used it on a few hard battles to great success.
Thanks for the responses. I will probably give 1 one more try, it wouldn’t be the first time it took me 4 or 5 try’s to get in to a game. After that I’ll move to 2 if i finish or not. It took me 4 try’s to get into dark souls. I then played it 3 more times, played it’s equals multiple times and just named it my game of the decade. So there’s always hope.
You can only use your POE1 save once? If I finish i will be sure to make a copy of the save file then.
Ah no, sorry I wasn't clear. You can use it over and over if you want. But A) I didn't want to play the exact same character twice and B) I didn't want to import my character from A and then make him something completely different .. I tried it it felt off in my head.
I played a Druid in POE1 and 2 completely. My next will be a ranger or a rogue (currently have both a rogue and ranger going through the start of POE1 to decide).
Unfortunately my head/brain/mind/what-have-you isn't always as cooperative/flexible as I would like. If a character feels "wrong" for whatever reason I won't be able to play them. Usually after a few hours I get a general feeling if a character feels right or not. I know that is vague but it isn't easy to really put into words.
I played a Druid in POE1 and 2 completely.
I was thinking of going Druid for a full run through both games. Did you use him in more of a support role, or could he hold his own on the front line? Did you dual-class him in PoE 2?
Also, did they ever tweak Spiritshift to make it more effective? I've read that it doesn't scale with levels and becomes useless after awhile, but I don't know if that's still accurate.
I played him as a mix of support and front line. He held his own in battle. My tactic was to put him up front after some spells then back out to heal if needed. Some battles he could just melee fine and others he was more effective as support. I did play on normal difficulty though. I also spent a lot of time shifted but then I like werewolves, and I went life-giver sub-class which made his healing spells more effective while shifted.
Shifter sub-class would probably be better for all front line perhaps. I enjoyed mixing it up though, and I tend to enjoy healing.
EDIT: On the timers and quests and kingdom. As someone who hates time quests or events, as I dislike the feeling of pressure/stress, I worried a lot about that. My second play through, however, didn't really notice the timers.