Review RPG Codex Review: Darth Roxor on Disappointment, thy name is Pillars of Eternity

[Zeriel]

After this joke review, a la Roguey, where's the real review? I want to read something not written by a clown.

I am currently penning a 10-page dissertation on the problematic social implications of Pillars of Eternity. Your interest is welcomed.

 

[Irenaeus]

After this joke review, a la Roguey, where's the real review? I want to read something not written by a clown.

I am currently penning a 10-page dissertation on the problematic social implications of Pillars of Eternity. Your interest is welcomed.

 

[Jools]

After this joke review, a la Roguey, where's the real review? I want to read something not written by a clown.

I am currently penning a 10-page dissertation on the problematic social implications of Pillars of Eternity. Your interest is welcomed.

10-page dissertation? 10 pages is barely an essay, where I come from...

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Bitch please, ten pages is just enough for listing the contents around here.

 

[Zeriel]

After this joke review, a la Roguey, where's the real review? I want to read something not written by a clown.

I am currently penning a 10-page dissertation on the problematic social implications of Pillars of Eternity. Your interest is welcomed.

10-page dissertation? 10 pages is barely an essay, where I come from...

Well on the Codex 10 pages is a bible. Your ignorance of our cultural norms is troubling.

 

[Irenaeus]

After this joke review, a la Roguey, where's the real review? I want to read something not written by a clown.

I am currently penning a 10-page dissertation on the problematic social implications of Pillars of Eternity. Your interest is welcomed.

10-page dissertation? 10 pages is barely an essay, where I come from...

True, my master's dissertation had 70 pages and that is considered short. I'm able to convey content in short space, maybe Zeriel is 7 times better at that.

 

[Zorba the Hutt]

So no Codex tweet about this review yet?

 

[Jools]

After this joke review, a la Roguey, where's the real review? I want to read something not written by a clown.

I am currently penning a 10-page dissertation on the problematic social implications of Pillars of Eternity. Your interest is welcomed.

10-page dissertation? 10 pages is barely an essay, where I come from...

True, my master's dissertation had 70 pages and that is considered short. I'm able to convey content in short space, maybe Zeriel is 7 times better at that.

True. Maybe it's a tl;dr kind of dissertation. Or a haiku dissertation.

 

[Irenaeus]

Maybe it's just the Executive Summary

 

[Zeriel]

After this joke review, a la Roguey, where's the real review? I want to read something not written by a clown.

I am currently penning a 10-page dissertation on the problematic social implications of Pillars of Eternity. Your interest is welcomed.

10-page dissertation? 10 pages is barely an essay, where I come from...

True, my master's dissertation had 70 pages and that is considered short. I'm able to convey content in short space, maybe Zeriel is 7 times better at that.

True. Maybe it's a tl;dr kind of dissertation. Or a haiku dissertation.

 

[Ulminati]

You do get loot, and you do get money, and for some fights you do gain XP - actually, I am failing to figure out when killing is giving XP and when it is not.

Whenever you unlock bestiary entries, you get XP. That's why regular humanoids don't give XP and monsters like trolls will give XP at first then suddenly stop

 

[shadow9d9]

This is the way I tend to look at these things. You can still really enjoy something while acknowledging its flaws. For some people, the flaws may be enough for them not to like it, while others will still like it despite its flaws. We don't need to ignore the flaws just because we like something.

The problem is that for Roxor this is the worst Obsidian game that ever came out, which is just ridiculous.

Which is the worst Obsidian game, according to you then? Curious really, haven't played all of them.

That isn't a "problem." That is simply someone having a different opinion than you. You also address none of the actual points in the review that you have a problem with. It is simply another attempt to dismiss it entirely because of one difference in opinion. That isn't how it works.

If he says, "The game throws the same mobs at you over and over and the AI only bumrushes you," and you disagree, then say so. Don't go and say, "He likes different games than me so therefore there is a problem!" That tells us nothing.

Me, personally? I don't enjoy old Bioware type games, so KOTOR 2 was nothing special to me. F:NV was decent for what it was(first person shooter with some rpg trappings). I think I played part of the NWN 2 core campaign and wasn't too impressed. That is all I've played of theirs so far. Until POE, I haven't had much interest. I will get around to POE in six months to a year from now.

For Black Isle, I loved Fallout 2 and Planescape Torment. With Obsidian, until POE, they had not been making the kinds of games that I am interested in.

 

[doggfookker]

Y'all are a bunch of silly fuckboys.

Talking about the original BG games like they are some kind of masterworks that Pillars of Eternity pales in comparison to.

The BG games are shit. They are fun but they are shit. Everyone knows they're shit. Stop with the convenient forgetfulness. Bitches couldn't have worse writing, had non-existent encounter design (particularly in the first one) and linear bullshit plots. PoE is way better.

This shit comes out and you shitfuckers are salivating all over how good it is. A month or two on and now it is time to type up epic, overlong bullshit posts about how it is the worst ever.

Fuck off with that shit you fuckstains it's a decent game. Definitely not the worst Obsidian has ever done claiming that is some serious try-hard shit.

It's a pretty fun game. Better than Wasteland 2 and I enjoy the writing more than Original Sin, though OS's combat was significantly better.

At least it has better combat than the bore-fests that were Arcanum and Faggout 1 and 2 Xtra Edgy Pornstar Edition.

 

[Turok]

This can't be the official review of POE from the codex right?

 

[Bubbles]

So no Codex tweet about this review yet?

All tweets have to be cleared with Crooked Bee, and she's currently absent.

 

[RK47]

This can't be the official review of POE from the codex right?

So it isn't valid, unless it's official?
What if this review is more agreeable to your taste? Would you even ask this question then?

 

[Ulrox]

I take from this review that I was wise to install pillars of eternity on my solid state drive - Although even with it being on my solid state it still takes 10-15 seconds to load in act 3 which is pretty crazy. Pillars seems interesting from the perspective of doing solo charecter runs - Something I'll likely enjoy a lot, otherwise agree that combat could be much better and too much -no fun allowed- which from a perspective of a grognard is really saddening. Here's hoping JES wakes up and understands how his good intentions has made pillars combat too boring.

I wonder how much better it would be if you made spells much more powerful but required longer cast time and gave less spell slots and forced casters to lose their spell if they got hit, if it would balance things out so that grognards like myself would find more fun in them.

 

[Turok]

This can't be the official review of POE from the codex right?

So it isn't valid, unless it's official?
What if this review is more agreeable to your taste? Would you even ask this question then?

Just asking.

 

[Zorba the Hutt]

So no Codex tweet about this review yet?

All tweets have to be cleared with Crooked Bee, and she's currently absent.

So no Codex facebook post about this review yet?



(Just kidding, think we all know that the "game is gud - official review" is more likely to get the full weight of the Codex social media juggernaut behind it than this one)

 

[shadow9d9]

After this joke review, a la Roguey, where's the real review? I want to read something not written by a clown.

You just admitted to the fact that you didn't read it. Are you really that insecure that you feel the need to whine about something that you didn't read, just because it might have a different opinion than you? There are tons of echo chambers for you to become a part of on the internet. Go for it and revel in the lack of critical thought.

 

[~*´¨¯¨`*·~-.¸-AIN'T]

Lots of butthurt fanboys ITT who don't actually have any arguments against the review other than "b-but it's AWESOME!" When did Codex turn into BSN?

 

[Lady_Error]

You also address none of the actual points in the review that you have a problem with. It is simply another attempt to dismiss it entirely because of one difference in opinion.

I already posted a point-by-point list of where I disagree with the review.

That isn't a "problem." That is simply someone having a different opinion than you.

If someone says that POE is the worst Obsidian game ever, then this person has a pretty bad taste. Someone whose favorite Obsidian game is Alpha Protocol is not exactly qualified to write a review for people who like traditional RPG's.

 

[Zboj Lamignat]

Lots of butthurt fanboys ITT who don't actually have any arguments against the review other than "b-but it's AWESOME!" When did Codex turn into BSN?

That's nothing unexpected, really. What I find more baffling is how quite a few people casually admit that the review is right and the game has shit character system, shit combat, shit encounters, shit loot and shit quests, but is a good crpg that they enjoyed.

 

[Irenaeus]

After this joke review, a la Roguey, where's the real review? I want to read something not written by a clown.

You just admitted to the fact that you didn't read it. Are you really that insecure that you feel the need to whine about something that you didn't read, just because it might have a different opinion than you? There are tons of echo chambers for you to become a part of on the internet. Go for it and revel in the lack of critical thought.

Yes.

 

[Reject_666_6]

Y'all are a bunch of silly fuckboys.
Talking about the original BG games like they are some kind of masterworks that Pillars of Eternity pales in comparison to.
The BG games are shit. They are fun but they are shit. Everyone knows they're shit. Stop with the convenient forgetfulness. Bitches couldn't have worse writing, had non-existent encounter design (particularly in the first one) and linear bullshit plots. PoE is way better.
This shit comes out and you shitfuckers are salivating all over how good it is. A month or two on and now it is time to type up epic, overlong bullshit posts about how it is the worst ever.

Codex is different people and some of them have been posting bits and pieces of what eventually congealed into roxor's review since before it was cool to be a contrarian tart like yourself.

Fuck off with that shit you fuckstains it's a decent game. Definitely not the worst Obsidian has ever done claiming that is some serious try-hard shit.
It's a pretty fun game. Better than Wasteland 2 and I enjoy the writing more than Original Sin, though OS's combat was significantly better.
At least it has better combat than the bore-fests that were Arcanum and Faggout 1 and 2 Xtra Edgy Pornstar Edition.

Faggot, if PoE came out 12 years ago it would've fit right into the pit of decline that ToEE, NWN and Beyond Div were digging for the genre. But then a drought of good RPGs hit and I'm seeing village idiots left and right getting drunk off candy brandy like whores after Prohibition. The game is OK, it does most things competently and its presentation is great, but it excels at nothing and doesn't innovate beyond reinventing a triangular wheel for combat.