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they already did so much of the work on the engine, they could spend a lot more time on the design and the polish and get great value out of it (much like how WotR leverages a bunch of work owlcat did with P:K or bioware did with the successive dragon age games). i keep hoping that someone internally cracks the puzzle of low initial sales and inspires MSFT to invest a bit of money into poe3, before current mindshare of poe2's engine becomes stale. Yeah, i unironically put deadfire as probably my pinnacle video game RPG. I just wanted to post up a thanks for an awesome game and say don't give up on it because I'd love to see more isometric adventures set in the world of Eora. I'd love to see POE 3 but given how POE2 was recieved it probably won't happen and that really bums me out because frankly pillars of eternity 1 and 2 are the best RPG games I've played since BG1, 2 and IWD. The idea of a mobile stronghold in the form of your ship is great too and I just wish there were more uncharted islands to find, explore and name.
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When done well it creates a compelling and conflicted world that Eora has captured beautifully. How is this any different though from the slavery, exploitation and religious oppression of the dark ages where most high fantasy is set. I get there are some pitfalls with this setting as a lot of the inequalities in the world were born out of the age of colonialism. (Greedfall is another that comes to mind). I wish there were more fantasy games set in an age of exploration type world. Tolkien was great but the fantasy genre has been so tied up in re-creating it that games are almost an insufferable collection of tired cliches at this point.ĭeadfire's setting is refreshing. High fantasy suffers from a lord of the rings obsession. Yeah it could have been something more complex or compelling but its a side game not the main event and does that role well.ĭeadfire stands out in particular because its not the typical fantasy tropes.
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People hate on it and I just don't get why. As a principi pirate though I go around raiding every merchant I can find. I think its great and for those that don't it has the option to bypass it, so you're not even forced to partake in it if you don't want to.
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Its also different and something that I haven't seen in a iso RPG before. I also like the ship combat, its fun, simple but fun. I like the story book style scripted interactions they create a narritive feel. While you can smash your way through the main story fairly quickly, the world itself gives great sense of scale, everytime I play it I find some extra lil thing that I missed the previous play through, or interacts differently because of history choices or disposition. The main plot is subdued and subtle like a good film rather than the typical over the top epic where you are the centre of the universe. I especially enjoy Deadfire and I'm perplexed as to why it wasn't more popular.Įora is a brilliantly fleshed out world with a very real and believable level of story charater and depth. Its been a couple of years now but I keep coming back to POE and POE2 Deadfire.