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ship combat is alright. I think what people are asking for is something like Sid Meier's Pirates. I admit I suck at that game. And it can be frustrating when you suck. I suppose if I bothered to practice I might get better, but it just doesn't interest me enough. Thankfully only spent a couple bucks on it on sale.

As much as I love Planescape: Torment, that game could have used a little bit more combat. Otherwise a fantastic game.

I voted smaller, but only by a small margin. Most of that smalless is in greatly reduced dialogue. The reduced dialogue is probably the biggest reason my game was shorter.

People seem to take Tekehu too seriously. I'd find his self love obnoxious if it wasn't expressed with humour and/or if he was actually arrogant towards other people/if it wasn't obvious he feels insecure/overwhlemed by what's expected of him. OTOH I find people annoying who others don't, so maybe he's just not their cup of tea. Maia, for instance I legit cannot get behind, so much so I didn't recruit her at all my last pt. On the other hand, I'm surprised that a whiney person like Alistair from Dragon Age could be so beloved by his respective fanbase. For Tekehu, it seems that the things that are funny about him get him disliked. But hey, I don't know the entire PoE fanbase. I only just got here. Alistair is flawed, but I can't help but kind of like the guy.

Yeah regarding Aloth, I like him a lot, but he felt underused and unnecessary in this game. Not as bad as Pallegina who has nothing to say. Edér is the best of the returning companions. Xoti is my favorite overall. They really should have had only 1 returning companion from POE1. I would have liked to seen 2 new companions. Surprised Takehu is getting so many votes for hated. I like him. Not in that way. He's kind of like a kid who doesn't want to grow up. I voted for Maia for most hated, not that I hate her. Her quest is somewhat interesting. But other than that she has no real personality. She's kind of bland. For the record I did not factor in sidekicks in my voting since I never used them.

I'm pretty happy with the game. It's been my favorite RPG in a long time. Not much has came out recently that I like other than Witcher 3 (which I've only played once and get bored trying to play it again). That said, I still feel like the game is missing something. I'm not sure what. I'd like to see them put forth some effort for a truly involved and epic quest/storyline. Kind of like the Baron in the Witcher 3. Too many quests in this game while good, are too short.

somebody got a little lazy. Just add some freckles and done. Early lunch. Not as bad as when you see Tali's actual face in Mass Effect, but it's close.

What, like Serafen? Serafen was pretty tame. How so? He does seem like he fits every aspect you mentioned regarding Oghren. How exactly is he "tamer" than Oghren? Just the feeling I got. I admit I didn't use him the whole game, I intend to use him all the way through my 2nd game since I'm going to be supporting the Pirates that game. But I have to finish my POE 1 game I just started first, so it will be a while. I think one problem is I can't understand half of what he says. I do like the pirate speak, it does give flavor to the game. But I have a lot of trouble understanding him.

This so much. I really do think they add immense flavor to the game. One of my favorite things about this game. I'm glad they put some effort into these and didn't half-ass them. Or like another post says, like other games and just use gibberish or something.

My wolf died a lot. But it's damage Eder wasn't taking, so that's fine. My wolf can't get injuries after all. Only problem was the debuff effect though, but usually by then the fight was "over the hump" and winning is inevitable.

What, like Serafen? Serafen was pretty tame.

After finishing the review there are some valid points. I admit I didn't notice a lot of the SJW present in the game. But when you point it out it clearly is there. But I suppose that's the times we live in. We may never see another Oghren in a game again. Long live Oghren. I'll miss the days when men could be beer drinking, womanizing dirtbags, but still have some endearing qualities. The days when men could be men. As I mentioned above, you put the women into too broad of categories. But I admit the women in this game lack depth. Let's face it, their peak was with New Vegas. Sure you had Cass who was a hard-ass, but you also had Veronica who was a very well written character. And Arcade was a very well written gay man. The characters in New Vegas are a thousand times better than the characters in this game. They really didn't invest enough time in writing decent characters in this game. And I agree with you 100% about the Gods. I'm tired of these overly epic main plots. The best games often didn't have overly epic main plots. Dragon Age Origins which is still my favorite fantasy game, it seems you are saving the world, but really you are only saving your nation of Fereldan. Presumably grey wardens in the other nations could have stopped the blight had Fereldan failed to stop it. I liked all the political intrigue in that game as well. Fallout: New Vegas which is my all time favorite game only concerns one small corner of the world. You aren't saving the world, only what you hold dear (whether it be NCR, Legion ideals, New Vegas, or yourself). As for Witcher 3. I very much enjoyed playing the game once. But there is no replay value for me. The side quests were amazing, I'll give you that. But the fact you can only play one character, and the ways you can develop the character are too similar mean I have yet to finish the game a 2nd time. The game is too long and too much combat. I get tired of fighting all the time. But it sure was pretty, and some quests I still remember to this day. That's saying something. DOS2 I have yet to finish. The main plot I don't even remember, and wasn't interesting enough for me to care about completing. Maybe one of these days I'll finish. But because it wasn't good enough to finish the first time, I rate it pretty low. I can't really compare POE 2 to Witcher 3 because the games are so vastly different. One is a party based game, the other you are by yourself all the time. I simply won't compare them. But I will say POE 2 is a better game than DOS2 even if DOS 2 is from a technical standpoint a better game. POE 2 has better writing, which is what keeps me into games without getting bored. Unlike most people, fighting isn't what keeps me glued to games, but story. All fighting games like shooters I get bored of after 2 hours. edit: I forgot to add that comparing women at your workplace to a tough area like Deadfire is silly. Maybe the women of Deafire are tough because the tough area they live in with Pirates, poverty, harsh conditions in Rautai, etc forces them to adapt and become tough to survive.

Still reading, but are you seriously comparing Xoti to Sera? Really? I love Xoti, she's my girl. Sera I couldn't stand. One is an outlaw, the other is very pious and good.

"One example is when you have to go back to Fort Deadlight after receiving a letter. FOUR load screens just to talk to an NPC for a moment." there's a guy right when you arrive who can take you right to her. Getting back out is a little more troublesome, but thankfully the pathfinding is good enough you don't need to handhold your characters all the way across the map.

I had one character lay the trap 5 times. It worked for me. Probably better to have one character do it 5 times rather than 5 people do it all at once.

yeah it's in one of the greyed out conversation threads.

Wolf, mostly because I like wolves (though I wouldn't want to be up close and personal with a pack of wolves). I have wolf pictures on my walls in my living room, something majestic about them.

#NeverForget #Mirke2018 Oh this will be a meme in the future for any future Obsidian project. For any game coming out we have to ask if there's a naked Orlan in it. They will never live this down.

Check out Divinity Original Sin 2, you won't ever have the desire to play PoE again. Ever. I've already made my views on that game clear in another thread, and got called a fan boy for it. I have no problems with the game, the combat is pretty fun. Problem is that seems to be the only highlight of the game. The universe just doesn't interest me at all. I had to struggle to finish DOS 1, and DOS 2 I only got about halfway through and got bored of it. Fact is I have finished Deadfire, but have yet to finish DOS 2 which came out like 9 months ago. It seems unlikely I'll finish DOS 2 at this point, but who knows.

I finished Deadfire, and I want to play another game of Deadfire, but I really would like to play POE 1. First I want to import a character save into Deadfire rather than choose what happens. I couldn't do so before because I didn't have a finished game of POE 1. My only finished game is on another hard drive and didn't have the DLC complete. And I forgot a lot of the events in POE 1, so some of the references I didn't get. And who is that kid who is on your ship? Was that kid in POE 1? She seems familiar. Only problem is some of the game mechanics I like better in POE 2 and it will be a little hard to go back to 1. Not to mention no voiced dialogue and massive information dumps by Durance. I may just skip over Durance's conversations, same with Grieving Mother who I don't care for.

*immediately sails off towards Fort Deadlight* I admit I did just to check it out. Even though I'm done with the game. Now I can check off see a naked female Orlan off my bucket list of things to do in life.

Sorry to hear it, it must have some compatibility issues with some systems. Mine has been pretty good. Only area I had a few crashes was changing party members on my ship. It seemed more stable to change party members in the tavern for me. I had a few other crashes to desktop and maps that wouldn't load (it booted me to the main menu so my save file wouldn't get corrupted). I'm running ATI processor and Geforce GTX 970. The fan does increase in speed when my room is moderately warm (it's starting to get warm in the mojave desert). And it will heat up my room after about 20 minutes of playing. Only in the beginning does my fan speed stay low.

I made a lot of mistakes in character development (I should have never multi classed Aloth, but I was thinking like other RPG's where you needed a rogue, you don't need a rogue this game only mechanics skill). And I did run with Pallegina for a little bit and Eder was out of the party for a little while. I also swapped Serafin and the Godlike character (both of whom I multi classed). The godlike character left me because of my choices at the end, so I can only print Serafin's numbers. Eder 20.6 k/highest single target 78.9 Serafen 6100 (I ran with the godlike most of the game who seemed to do better damage)/ highest 304.8 (no idea what did that!) Xoti: 32.2 k/ highest 162.6 She actually got the killing blow at the final tough boss fight using Symbol of Eothas. The irony. Me (single class sharpshooter ranger) 88.3k / highest 116.6 Aloth 45.9k / highest 155.6

You can change party members while on the ship. Though this tended to cause a lot of crashes in my game. I preferred changing party members in the tavern.

ha, says the DOS 2 fan boy. You know it's possible to like one game over another. Radical concept I know. The simple fact is one game I have finished, the other I have not.