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Pillars of Eternity Beta - Torment: Tides of the Beetles
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TrueMenace
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That was the plan. I'm already planning on avoiding everywhere but GAF until Thursday, just in case.
I can't fault them for this. Double Fine allowed backers to play Act 1 of Broken Age early and asked backers to not write about the game prior to official release. Predictably, backers did since they weren't under NDA which lead to reviewers breaking embargo so they wouldn't lose out on potential views. So they had all this talk and hype around the game, but non-backers couldn't buy it until a week later which could have cost them sales. Obsidian probably doesn't want to be in a similar situation.
This anger over not being able to play PoE early is silly. We already get perks non-backers don't get and they never promised early access.
Guys I've followed this game close enough and am really interested except for one problem, I hate classic isometric RPG combat. It's why I've found it nigh impossible to complete playthroughs of the Baldur's Gates game and Planescape. So tell me is the combat system in the game just like those classic games or something better say like Dragon Age Origins?
What exactly do hate about the combat in the BG series? Im sure PoE is more similar to BG than DA.
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TrueMenace
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Well you answered your own question. It's an isometric cRPG like Baldur's Gate and Planescape Torment.
Not sure how you didn't learn that this game has isometric combat if you supposedly followed it closely.
You won't be happy if that's the way you feel.
Isendurl
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This post makes my head hurt a bit.
But to answer your question, the only things I can see significantly distinguishing DA:O combat from IE combat are the UI, the number of characters you control, and the level of difficulty at equivalent settings. The UI in this game is a lot more modern and useable than in the IE games, with e.g. AoE targeting indicators, but you control a party of 6 (as in the IE games), and from all reports the difficulty is also closer to IE than DA:O (at corresponding settings).
Vincent Grayson
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Definitely much more akin to the former, at least from what I've seen and very limited exposure to the beta.
It doesn't exactly play like either, even if it uses a real time with pause combat system. You will need to manage your characters a lot.
Your problem is that you're stating an opinion as if it's fact.
wanderingprostheyltite
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Yeah, bit obnoxious that. If you've followed it closely and understand it's a spiritual successor to these type of games, it shouldn't be a surprise it's following a similar formula combat wise. I'll go ahead and do it myself though, BGII combat>any combat system Bioware has done since.
not better, just different
apples and oranges, different strokes for different folks
Also, does anyone know who Pallegina's voice actress is?
Nah y'all were kinda rude to him.
The game is less mobile than the ie games because of engagement that's for sure. I think scouting and pre combat setup and positioning is gonna be important. I really like how every class has something active to do so that is a bit more modern.
The game is less mobile than the ie games because of engagement that's for sure. I think scouting and pre combat setup and positioning is gonna be important. I really like how every class has something active to do so that is a bit more modern.
Pinko Marx
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Pinko Marx
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Its pretty plain looking because everyone voted for a "fancy" style instead of a rustic, traditional.
I wanted GAF Inn to be homey, and welcoming. i voted tradtional.
texhnolyze
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I think the combat is similar enough to DA:O except some different mechanics and you can control more characters in the party. The problem is, he categorized isometric view as part of the combat. We can actually play DA:O in isometric view if we zoom out the camera view.
"Guys I've followed this game close enough and am really interested except for one problem, I hate classic isometric RPG combat. It's why I've found it nigh impossible to complete playthroughs of the Baldur's Gates game and Planescape. So tell me is the combat system in the game just like those classic games or something better say like Dragon Age Origins?"
I think MCA gets most of the praise/attention as a writer amongst the Obisidian crew, but Sawyer is no slouch at writing either.
Dragon Age Origins has similar combat to those old games, and to this one. What exactly did you not like about the older games that you did like baout DA:O?
Well, thinking bakc on it, in DA:O you could play the game from one character's perspective without needing to go into tactical mode much, except on harder difficulties.
This game is basiclaly tactical mode all the time.
http://www.twitch.tv/theroguezombie
someone is streaming PoE already, not sure which version because my shitty australian net only lets me watch medium quality and this stream on has source
Hes talking to Aloth!
someone is streaming PoE already, not sure which version because my shitty australian net only lets me watch medium quality and this stream on has source
Hes talking to Aloth!
That's Anthony Davis from Obsidian. He's not on the Pillars of Eternity team, but I recognize the avatar from rpgcodex.
I watched a little, but I'm out when it comes to watching streams.
oipic
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Anthony Davis is seemingly playing the same 'press release' version we will be seeing a lot of shortly, and like the press folks, is not going to be streaming anything past Act 1.
Spoiler thread already, dude? it's potentially a 60 hours game.
Streamers get the game today. I want to go in as fresh as possible. I assume others feel the same way.
Nothing wrong with that. That's why I made the spoiler thread.You assume everyone is not spoilerholic trash like me
Wait where?
It has already began dude. Divinity, M&M X among others.
As per the other thread:
Aright as there appears to be interest I'll order another three copies at the discounted backer price. Please PM me for the paypal address. The price will be about £13.83.
Claimed copies:
ALL GONE SORRY GUYS.
Aright as there appears to be interest I'll order another three copies at the discounted backer price. Please PM me for the paypal address. The price will be about £13.83.
Claimed copies:
- Muntu (paid)
- arkon (paid)
- justsomeguy (paid)
ALL GONE SORRY GUYS.
Wasteland 2 as well
Hopefully this is the start of the glorious RTwP second wave
That's correct, I've got backer status so can pre-order copies at a discount.
Durante, are you able to point me in the direction of your post where you discussed how to get this running at higher res than your display supports? I can't seem to find it.
I have a new 970 running on a 1080p monitor, and I notice that in some games now I can see an extra higher resolution (1.5x?). Do I just need to select this in the game? Or is there some other fancy wizardry that enables even higher rendering resolutions?
Pardon the ignorance btw, I've just come from AMD and I've never thought about this sort of stuff before.
I have a new 970 running on a 1080p monitor, and I notice that in some games now I can see an extra higher resolution (1.5x?). Do I just need to select this in the game? Or is there some other fancy wizardry that enables even higher rendering resolutions?
Pardon the ignorance btw, I've just come from AMD and I've never thought about this sort of stuff before.
You need to enable DSR from the Nvidia control panel.
e: or that's the basic gist of it, i dunno if you need to jump through some extra hoops for poe
I wonder is there an unwritten rule stating that every D&D Forgotten Realms game has to use the Sword Coast as the default setting
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