kanisatha

Yeah, tough call. I only buy on Steam so for me this is never an issue. And on Steam, I've seen the game on sale quite regularly. I'm sure it will have at least the same last sale price when the winter sale comes on in December. So, up to you whether you want to wait a couple of months or not.

I know!! A lot of cool monsters!!

I'll alert you if I see it on sale. Since I have Solasta II in my wishlist, and am subscribed to the developer newsletter for both games, I should get the alerts when they are released.

Dun dun daaa! It's happening!! <cue Alien theme>

Sorry! But you should've posted earlier. I regularly check this forum but only once a day. Yeah, there'll surely be a sale on it again very soon. Can't believe I missed listing Palace of Ice. Duh. Yeah, you definitely want that one too. All the content DLCs.

You definitely want to get the three content DLCs: Primal Calling, Lost Valley, Inner Strength. The supporter pack is entirely cosmetic, and the soundtrack one ... well. Those kinds of DLCs I never ever get ... unless they come free to me in some way. So, I do have all the DLCs, but that's because when I crowd-funded the game I took the "All Future DLCs" addon, which I always do. Whether the bundle is cheaper or going the individual DLC route, you'll have to figure out that math. Enjoy Solasta! It's a really good game, especially your first time playing it. Don't allow yourself to get hung up on the lousy visuals. And check out the mods for it. I strongly recommend the one that adds in multiclassing.

This too. The game does give the player a lot of freedom to do things their way, but there is very little reactivity or meaningful consequences to your choices and actions. For me, this was playing my own created character (which is the only way I will ever play). Perhaps this is a little better if you play one of their characters or the DU, but IMO the game should not have been made that way.

I've bought games with the "mixed" aggregate review status and have very much enjoyed those games. "Negative" I also will pass on, but "mixed" does not constitute "don't buy this game" for me.

Yes! I completely agree. And it was especially aggravating for me because those two are my most beloved companions from the first two games. So I was even more angry at what they'd done to those characters. One of the most important aspects of playing an RPG for me is playing with a party, and having those companions there with me as I go on my adventures. But with the exception of Karlach, and surprisingly Minthara, I just couldn't stand any of the others. And that contributed hugely to suppressing my enjoyment playing the game, especially because I was mandatorily using the party size increase mod, and I always ended up with at least half my 6-person party being companions who utterly irritated me.

I managed to complete it my first time only because of my completionist/'must-finish-what-I-started' nature. And I feel the same way as you: it's a game that in theory I should passionately love, and yet it is meh at best. Worse, because of how huge it is, that makes it even more likely I will not play it again because I can't bring myself to commit hundreds more hours to a game I don't care for that much. If it had been a smaller game, I could justify trying playing it a second or third time.

It's why Steam (and others) should do away with player reviews, because those reviews are worse than useless. They're often heavily manipulated.

Oh, I'm sure that a Fallout game made by Obsidian will be very good. But it won't be a good game for me. I react to all post-apocalyptic settings and games the same way I react to the Warhammer setting and games. They're way too bleak and depressing for me to be able to enjoy them. And that's not even factoring in the whole FPS aspect of the game, which is also a hard pass for me. Here's a thought, though. If games being made by Bethesda is what it takes for games to sell big, then perhaps even as Obsidian uses Bethesda's Fallout IP to make a Fallout game, Bethesda can use Obsidian's Avowed IP to make a "Bethesda" Avowed 2? [Sorry, grasping at straws is all I have left.]

I think this is the most likely scenario, and not just the worst case. And that is exactly the problem for me, because there are no Bethesda IPs that have any interest for me even though they may be popular with the masses. Between Bethesda and Obsidian, the PoE/Avowed IP is the best IP by a very wide margin, IMO. But we are never going to see another game in that IP, which is why I'm so sad to receive this news.

I guess it is true that all good things must come to an end. If future Obsidian games are going to be like Bethesda games, then I've bought my last Obsidian game. 😢

Heh. I saw that too. Nice little quiet admission. With China and Russia, that makes three.