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There is, but if you haven't played Pillars already, you can't know what it is that you're choosing. Who's this? What's that? Why did I had to do this? etc It's just choices no backstory of what's happening. Even I that have played Pillars and tried the history maker had to open the wiki to remind myself of some people and places. Imagine one that has no idea of Pillars whatsoever. Anyway, the feature is cool, of course, and helps a lot, but even if you make all those choices, if you haven't played Pillars so to experience each one and know who all these people are adn what their actions did, you'll encounter the outcomes in Deadfire but won't mean anything to you. That's why I suggest and recomend a full Pillars playthrough before Deadfire. I'm sure, though, that Deadfire is good enough to grip you by its own, for what it is. Good point, I was thinking that when I was doing it. It was a good thing I understood everything it asked me a new player would have no chance. But I suppose that's why there's like 6 or 7 premade backgrounds.

I used the history creator thing, seems alright. There's quite a lot of stuff to choose from.

I had 40 mins to play this morning before work dammit, just enough time to make my character. 8 hours to suffer at work now...! I wasn't even planning on buying it on launch but I caved.. I CAVED!

Can you dumb it down a bit me still no understand... so how can a character get knocked down? Banana skins on the battlefield?

If you are English you have to tell them you have Diarrhea, if you are European just say a semi distant family member has died. Not sure what the American excuse is.

As it stands, is the gameplay you've witnessed better than POE1?

I am going to ring your HR department and tell them you are blobbing!

In the greater sort of, view of the game... does this mean they spread themselves too thin? Surely they should cut the features down and try finish the ones they have rather than add more and leave them unfinished?

Lovely haiku!

Soz then, no need to be like THAT!

Yeah it's good, reminds me more of LOTR. Definitely has a vibe of adventure. Which I hope the game is all about!

Single class Fighter, always play that. Is it boring? Maybe... but I just like having my character a regular adventurer type guy with no magic or anything.

Or those for whom having companions to take along with you on your adventures is a huge part of their enjoyment of the game and now they have one less of those companions to take along. Enough with the straw man of people being unhappy over things being different. Well is 7 party members better than 6? Where does it end?

Well least they're being upfront as they can about it. Remember before Numenera came out? Wasn't there tons of broken promises they wouldn't speak about?

Like the others have said, at first there was outrage just because WE DON'T LIKE THINGS THAT'RE DIFFERENT! Then when it was explained and tested for ourselves we realised oh yeah it actually makes sense and is a better design decision. Except for the few who are still outraged because WE DON'T LIKE THINGS THAT'RE DIFFERENT!

Ach dammit! Why that second part? I already typed half of my reply in my head! :hairpull: Lol, he is right, no gamer (well normal ones) plays only one genre. That said, everyone does have a favorite genre. And if your favorite genre is traditional party based single player RPG's you really don't have much happening in the month of May outside Deadfire. Well there is Hyper Dimension Neptunia, but do I really need to explain how Deadfire and it are aimed at two wildly different groups of people? This is not true. I only play RPGs. Literally, no other genre interests me. I'm playing Battletech right now... which is basically an RPGlite with mechs instead of swords and magic. I guess we're going off topic now, but the OP has been answered... How is Battletech? I've seen some real iffy reviews.

Turns out I won't be playing until at least the 25th now! You guys enjoy it in my stead.

I hope it's pretty good, but come on it's a piece of entertainment at the end of the day. People make out as if it's some life changing event when a certain game or movie comes out. Don't take these things so seriously folks!

ed

I have to say I watched that update and the talking sword bit really irritated me. Some annoying american accent... bloody hell!

Ha! I haven't seen w00t for years... reminds me of being a youth.

Have any of you booked the day off work to play it? I actually used to book the day off for WoW expansions back in the day haha. Then do an all nighter.... yeesh the good old days eh. My girlfriend would kick my arse if I did that now.

Not me... skint until the 25th. If you're not, reckon you'll avoid these forums until you get the game?

WHY HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR AVATAR!? I can't get used to this.

I'm pretty sure nobody was looking forward to sidekicks anyway so it seems strange you're so angry about that. It was a universally panned idea.