GreyFox 264 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 You guys got a 9 on IGN congratulations fellas you deserve it. http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/03/27/pillars-of-eternity-review Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dmhancock 0 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 I agree. I'm the few hours I've had I have been captivated. Beautifully presented. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rosveen 530 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Wow, they didn't lower the score because there's too much text? I'm impressed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AGX-17 796 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 (edited) Only someone who never played cRPGs back in the day could accuse PoE's environmental visuals (which are beautiful,) of looking like upscaled versions of graphics from games with a native resolution of 640x480 and a palette of 16-bit color. That's definitely a big "kids these days..." moment. Edited March 27, 2015 by AGX-17 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Leferd 3,045 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Wow, they didn't lower the score because there's too much text? I'm impressed. No, but they lowered the score for its "Dated Art Style." 1 Quote "Things are funny...are comedic, because they mix the real with the absurd." - Buzz Aldrin."P-O-T-A-T-O-E" - Dan Quayle Link to post Share on other sites
GreyFox 264 Posted March 27, 2015 Author Share Posted March 27, 2015 Yea it looks great and that was one of the few knocks lol...just couldn't give it a 10 eh Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Leferd 3,045 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 I guess, realistic is the new dated. Quote "Things are funny...are comedic, because they mix the real with the absurd." - Buzz Aldrin."P-O-T-A-T-O-E" - Dan Quayle Link to post Share on other sites
Rosveen 530 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Wow, they didn't lower the score because there's too much text? I'm impressed. No, but they lowered the score for its "Dated Art Style." You can't win them all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mungri 366 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Oh noooeeeeesssss it doesn't look like Cryisis!!! Negative points just because lelelelel. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AGX-17 796 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Oh noooeeeeesssss it doesn't look like Cryisis!!! Negative points just because lelelelel. At this point, 14 year olds are likely to say Crysis looks like ****. Sure, it was cutting edge and exploded high-end video cards back when it came out, but it came out almost 7 years ago. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyFox 264 Posted March 27, 2015 Author Share Posted March 27, 2015 Yea I was surprised they had it up before Bloodbornes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kiya 54 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Well that's a turn up for the books. I think this is the first time I have agreed with an IGN review for years. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mungri 366 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Oh noooeeeeesssss it doesn't look like Cryisis!!! Negative points just because lelelelel.At this point, 14 year olds are likely to say Crysis looks like ****. Sure, it was cutting edge and exploded high-end video cards back when it came out, but it came out almost 7 years ago. Yes but crysis has that can it run meme still going for it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sparafucil 3 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 (edited) "Dated art style" FFS. Didn't I say the mainstream press would knock it for its intricately crafted isometric art style? I expect we'll see this idiocy reappear in other reviews from big review sites. Philistines. Edited March 27, 2015 by Sparafucil Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ManifestedISO 2,861 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Nice. The camera comment seemed weird and irrelevant, but no true gripes in the article. Obviously 'outdated' was just an incorrect descriptor. Quote All Stop. On Screen. Link to post Share on other sites
Abigor 0 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Outstanding! \m/ The Shadows of Amn look over the Pillars of Eternity. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stun 3,236 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 (edited) All the critics are loving this game. http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/pillars-of-eternity It's got a 92 so far on metacritic. Highest of all the current PC games, and the Highest of any Obsidian game ever. And yes, I'd have to agree. I'm 10 hours in, and it's rather Obvious already that this is the best game Obsidian's ever done. Edited March 27, 2015 by Stun 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mungri 366 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 IMO this is the exact kind of artstyle and game engine that Obsidian should have stuck too. NWN 1 & 2 would have been many times better if they hadn't had the clunky, buggy early 3D engines they were built on. Here's for the future, and my hope that Obsidian keep making games with this artstyle and engine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stun 3,236 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 And a sidenote. PCGamer gave it a 92. An excellent, head turning score, although still 2 points less than what they gave Dragon Age 2. Oh well, better luck next time, Obsidian! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TrueMenace 320 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 lulz @ "dated art style" Prolly had to make an excuse to not give it a 10 I bet. Quote Calibrating... Link to post Share on other sites
Stun 3,236 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 (edited) I agree that the art style is dated. Not sure why we're supposed to see this as some sort of criticism or condemnation or whatever. A Modern art style would have ruined this game. Edited March 27, 2015 by Stun Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marceror 1,086 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 I hate the game. I hate it because it has taunted me viciously all day as I've worked and been unable to play. So friggen' rude!! Stuck in traffic on my way home but hope to launch game soon, wherein I fully expect hate to become a love affair. Hopefully my wife won't become jealous. 1 Quote "Now to find a home for my other staff."My Project Eternity Interview with Adam Brennecke Link to post Share on other sites
Lephys 5,078 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 I agree that the art style is dated. Not sure why we're supposed to see this as some sort of criticism or condemnation or whatever. A Modern art style would have ruined this game. I just don't know how accurate that word is. That's kinda like calling a 2D game "dated," simply because it isn't 3D. I mean, this is the first game I know of that's had dynamic lighting and such in ultimately-hand-painted 2D environments. What's in PoE isn't really dated, since it's brand new. *shrug* I mean, yeah, 2D isometric games have been around longer. But... I dunno. Is a new 2015 car's wheel dated simply because we invented the wheel a lonnnnnng time ago? *shrug* Quote Should we not start with some Ipelagos, or at least some Greater Ipelagos, before tackling a named Arch Ipelago? 6_u Link to post Share on other sites
Stun 3,236 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Next time I'm in France, I'm going to walk into the Louvre Museum and complain to everyone that all the art there is Dated. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lephys 5,078 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 "Agh, OIL PAINT?! SO several centuries ago, u_u..." 2 Quote Should we not start with some Ipelagos, or at least some Greater Ipelagos, before tackling a named Arch Ipelago? 6_u Link to post Share on other sites
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