Pillars of Eternity Beta Discussion [GAME RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[Zombra]

So is it pretty easy to import portraits?

There's supposed to be built-in import functionality for the main PC. Story companions have their own preset portraits that (right now) no one knows how to change. I guess if you fill out your party with guys from the Adventurers' Hall, you can custom them as well.

 

[Clockwork Knight]

Don't know if this was already posted...

404 already? Dropbox stahp

Releasing on a Thursday...?

Only one game gets to release on a Thursday.

Withdrawing my pledge.

Nonono, this Thrusday. AoD will be released next Thursday. Is all good.

 

[Athelas]

New deliciously cheesy tactic

Let me guess, you cast Withdraw.

Obviously. The A.I. is intelligent enough to not bother with a Withdrawed character, so you need Tanglefoot + the stunning effect of the storms to keep the enemies around you. The Druid's own Beetle's Shell might actually be a better choice since enemies will attack the shell to try to break it and the other party members can just pelt them with ranged attacks while they try to do.

 

[Brzęczyszczykiewicz]

Joined: Feb 24, 2014

You know, in the real world it's actually considered a bad thing to have an 11 year old rpg forum account with 31,000 posts.

Nobody cares until you go around talking about like it is some sort of great achievment.

 

[DosBuster]

I hope if there is a demand paradox will do retail copies, it'll be great to see a game like this in stores. Even better if it had a manual and map.

 

[Mystary!]

Can you still dualwield pistol and melee weapon? Or did they "fix" that?

 

[Makabb]

Metacritc score is 5.7 so far, 8 positive and 6 negative reviews, welp.

 

[Urthor]

I hope if there is a demand paradox will do retail copies, it'll be great to see a game like this in stores. Even better if it had a manual and map.

you mean like they are actually doing...

It's def getting a retail release

 

[Irenaeus]

Behead Makabb

 

[Makabb]

Check for yourself.

 

[dukeofwhales]

Luckily no one thinks user metascore counts for anything.

 

[coffeetable]

Metacritc score is 5.7 so far, 8 positive and 6 negative reviews, welp.

user score

on a game that's not released yet

on a game that hasn't even had the press embargo lifted yet

 

[Makabb]

Luckily no one thinks user metascore counts for anything.

Only when your scores are low



It's 6,3 now, whom of you gave it a 10?

 

[Clockwork Knight]

http://www.metacritic.com/user/GeneralGonzo

You can say it this way or the other: Baldur´s Gate is back! From the look of the game, the feeling when playing, the customization of your characters, the interaction withe them and the environment - everythinfg feeld like Baldur´s Gate - and plays like it. It´s the great old-school RPG all bakers - and not only them - waited a decade for. Fantastic, deep gameplay, tactical pausable combat and many many loot to ind.
I can just say: love it. And recommend it everyone who only slightly loves deep and richt group RpGs, where tactical combat is more important than fast clicking in 1st person view!

looks legit as fuck, if you ask me

 

[Cyberarmy]

http://www.metacritic.com/user/GeneralGonzo

You can say it this way or the other: Baldur´s Gate is back! From the look of the game, the feeling when playing, the customization of your characters, the interaction withe them and the environment - everythinfg feeld like Baldur´s Gate - and plays like it. It´s the great old-school RPG all bakers - and not only them - waited a decade for. Fantastic, deep gameplay, tactical pausable combat and many many loot to ind.
I can just say: love it. And recommend it everyone who only slightly loves deep and richt group RpGs, where tactical combat is more important than fast clicking in 1st person view!

looks legit as fuck, if you ask me

I'm not a baker

 

[Makabb]

7.0, i see codex is hard at work , scores don't matter eh?

 

[Irenaeus]

Sounds like you got cucked.

 

[Duraframe300]

http://www.incgamers.com/2015/03/pillars-of-eternity-interview-with-josh-sawyer

 

[coffeetable]

7.0, i see codex is hard at work , scores don't matter eh?

if the posters in this thread at 8am on a thursday morning can shift the score 20%, yeah, user scores on a pre-release game don't matter

 

[Clockwork Knight]

We know what happened last time people told Obsidian that Metacritic scores don't matter. Preemptive anti-jewing?

I'm not a baker

Doesn't matter if you're not the target audience, everyone can enjoy it! You'll still have to find a way to get past the "bologna pie recipe" copy protection, though.

 

[covr]

Shit, just ordered my PoE Hero Edition for 22$ (shipment included), will have it tomorrow. Viva la Potatoeland!

 

[Konjad]

Shit, just ordered my PoE Hero Edition for 22$ (shipment included), will have it tomorrow. Viva la Potatoeland!

What? Where? Wherever I look it costs 120 PLN, where is it cheaper?

 

[ArchAngel]

Item portraits confirmed!! Antony on his stream said he saw Kaz making them!

 

[J_C]

ITZ COMING GUYS! THE FIRST REVIEWS ARE HERE!!!!!

Spoiler

 

[Duraframe300]

Some I-Net Guides are arriving

http://gameswiki.net/pillars-of-eternity-where-to-find-all-prisoners-locations-guide/

 

[mutonizer]

http://www.incgamers.com/2015/03/pillars-of-eternity-interview-with-josh-sawyer

IG: You mentioned the difficulty settings… it’s already been said that the hardest difficult settings are fiendishly difficult, to the point that no-one in testing has been able to beat them.
JS: We did have someone in QA who was able to do it with exploits, but we fixed him. It is very hard. If players are used to games like Baldur’s Gate II and they’re fresh, like they’ve played them recently, then they can probably play on hard. If it’s been a while since they’ve played an Infinity Engine game, they should probably start on normal.

Hmmm...

Wonder if there's some kind of difficulty brick wall after the first Act or something.

Everything I've seen so far before the end of embargo really point toward Normal being cake and Hard being somewhat cake, and that's with people with no back beta experience and no real idea of what's going on overall usually. Still gonna go with PotD straight from the start but makes you wonder...