The IGN footage looks really good. Combat spacing is much improved; at one point there were three people and the bird attacking one small spider and they were still spaced out sufficiently to easily tell apart and click on individually. Spell effects and lighting in general looked awesome. Nice to hear they're still on track for Q1 2018 - hopefully it also means they're still on track for beta at the end of this year or first thing next.
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Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Campaign live on Fig
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Lister
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Is it me or does the pathfinding seem much improved? At the start of the video they move the party around the ship in tight quarters and no one skips a beat. They all move smoothly about to their destinations. I feel like in those small confines, especially the stairs, the old engine would have had a few characters bumping into each other at least.
No new footage, but an interview with Josh Sawyer with PCGamesN.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78V3ziK-0tE
Minor details about ship management, exploration, and new skills. There is also a new system called Party Assist. Companions can now contribute to social situations such as boosting your intimidation score depending on who is in your party.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78V3ziK-0tE
Minor details about ship management, exploration, and new skills. There is also a new system called Party Assist. Companions can now contribute to social situations such as boosting your intimidation score depending on who is in your party.
This makes me so happy. Itemization is definitely one of the areas the first game utterly failed in. Glad to see that addressed.
There's also a ~20 minute interview with Adam Brennecke. Starts at 35:26. Not a ton of new information, but there's some interesting talk about the history of development and where they are now. ~2 months until they hit post-production and start polishing everything, so hopefully we see beta by the end of the year!
Same. White March was an ok attempt at rectifying it with some of the soulbound gear and whatnot, so hopefully PoE2 delivers
I haven't received any mail about it but Update #35 is out!
It is a E3 2017 Wrap-up update coupled with the announcement of
PoE console release on the 29th August.
It is mentioned to expect an Update #36 for next week that will
dive deeper into the IGN Live E3 footage.
It is a E3 2017 Wrap-up update coupled with the announcement of
PoE console release on the 29th August.
It is mentioned to expect an Update #36 for next week that will
dive deeper into the IGN Live E3 footage.
iceblade997
Member
Thanks for the responses - much appreciated
. Going to just go ahead and confirm for the base game then take some more time to figure out if I want the expansions after. Rather just get it done now and out of the way.JESawyer said:
Some elaboration on the current resting and empowerment system. The question he's responding to is about the Pathfinder game which I think is using a version of BG's rest whenever but sometimes you get attacked mechanism.
Personally I think that the removal of health/endurance is the one system change that I will think is notably worse. But if it caused that many problems in the first game then I'm willing to see how it feels to be knockout based before I complain too much.
That said using food as a scaling limiter for resting is intriguing. You'll be incented to go as long as possible without resting in order to always have the best food buffs, but you can rest whenever as well. It could be the kind of nuanced approach that will help people rest spam and enjoy blowing stuff up at low difficulties whole forcing you to min max on PotD.
Update #36 is out and mainly features the E3 gameplay video with Adam Brennecke commentary.
Alas, there's no new footage.
Alas, there's no new footage.
So, Update #37 has been published!
Unfortunately it is pretty brief and mostly a teaser for the next one where
it will be focused on an in-depth look of the city of Neketaka.
Unfortunately it is pretty brief and mostly a teaser for the next one where
it will be focused on an in-depth look of the city of Neketaka.
Lister
Banned
Love Josh's sudden appearances in these videos.
The new spell effects look amazing, and, yes, I definitely was one of the ones complainign that some times they could make the combat very hard to read. So having the option of opacity on visual effects while paused is fantastic news!
The new spell effects look amazing, and, yes, I definitely was one of the ones complainign that some times they could make the combat very hard to read. So having the option of opacity on visual effects while paused is fantastic news!
Q&A stream is live and starting soon: https://www.twitch.tv/obsidian
Update #38 is live: Exploring Neketaka.
In other news, backer surveys to end after October 31st and Update #39 to be drop in a couple of weeks.
EDIT: Ofc, Anno and me posting at the same time anytime there is an Update
In other news, backer surveys to end after October 31st and Update #39 to be drop in a couple of weeks.
EDIT: Ofc, Anno and me posting at the same time anytime there is an Update
StereoVsn
Member
Yeap, the sequel is already looking to be a much better game then PoE1. I am really hopeful for that BG1 to BG2 jump here. A lot of issues seem to be getting addressed, from the blandness of combat to itemization to the overall look/feel of the game to characters.
Really? I haven't been following the development almost at all, but that's damn good news. I thought the combat itself was alright in the original, but it had the dullest goddamn items I've probably ever seen in an RPG. Never got even a bit excited when I found a new sword or something.
I've grown a bit apathetic towards PoE1 since the launch and have a hard time getting back into it (have yet to finish the DLC even once), but I gotta say I'm starting to get excited about this one.
We have little in the way of explicit examples but everything they've discussed about their approach to itemization this time around as well as better technology leads me to be optimistic. Especially with how much they improved on itemization just from the base game to The White March.
I don't think the combat was bland in PoE1 (at least not compared to 95% of all CRPGs -- most everything is a bit bland if you copare it to Divinity 2), but the itemization was really weak.
And I certainly agree that the new weather system, the animated foliage, the more detailed character models and other improvements do wonders for the overall look and feel of the game!
Nope, and that direction seems pretty intentional too. Even the city map is done in almost the same style as Athkatla's map was.
During the KS campaign Feargus talked about the possibility of updating PoE with Deadfire improvements...
I never had this problem. But I had it installed on a SSD.
sleepnaught
Member
Update #38 is live: Exploring Neketaka.
In other news, backer surveys to end after October 31st and Update #39 to be drop in a couple of weeks.
EDIT: Ofc, Anno and me posting at the same time anytime there is an Update
Game is looking beautiful, I really dig the way they're doing the map table top style. The UI at 2:35 is looking really nice too.
I enjoyed PoE, but this is looking much better. I'm still not a big fan of the Infinity Engine style, but anything from Obsidian is better than no Obsidian, and they must be supported.
The two things that really caught my eye were the real-time lighting (especially when in the gutter) and seeing the distant background seas when at the top sections of Neketaka. The former is just a nice visual effect that can change how areas are designed and the latter adds a real sense of scale to the world - important for such a vertical city.
The two things that really caught my eye were the real-time lighting (especially when in the gutter) and seeing the distant background seas when at the top sections of Neketaka. The former is just a nice visual effect that can change how areas are designed and the latter adds a real sense of scale to the world - important for such a vertical city.
I don't really like the style as much but I do like seeing Eder smiling. Hopefully it won't be too hard to use the old portrait if you want to with a little editing.
Also that's a lot of damage. But his health and deflection are bad and reflex high so I assume he's something other than a fighter in that screenshot.
Also that's a lot of damage. But his health and deflection are bad and reflex high so I assume he's something other than a fighter in that screenshot.
I know they've been actively testing him as a Rogue.
Looks like it. He's sporting a Saber and Dagger as his main weapon set and then a pistol at least for his second.
That makes sense.
Production is wrapping up soon after which it's presumably polish and more polish without much in the way of big new content. I'm curious if we might even get a beta test before the end of the year.
While this thread is bumped there's a new interview with Josh about Neketaka. Sounds like a lot of nice reactivity being considered with how the city and it's denizens work with you.
StoppedInTracks
Member
OG Eder is so much better.
Shake Appeal
Member
That portrait looks like some sort of demonic creature impersonating Eder.
Well, now that I've finally had the chance to play the game for a decent # of hours I'd say the systems are not bad, for a RTwP system (at this point I realize even the best RTwP game won't match a half-decent TBed system, for me). The mechanics, while similar to the Infinity Engine games are a noticeable improvement from what I recall.
Main issues:
- Trash mobs. This is practically trash mobs, the game. Holy crap. Even worse than the IE games, and without the more memorial encounters.
- Rest system. Argh. Hate the D&D style spell/skill system that revolves around resting. Particularly combined with the weak encounter design. I notice that there are some "per encounter" skills. Makes more sense given the current design.
Oh, and for shitsakes, allow us to detect traps without being in stealth mode. So annoying.
My other main issues are probably related to the game using a RTwP system, and there probably isn't much that can be done about them.
Also, I hope the level up system is revamped. Leveling up is significant in terms of your power, which is good, but it is largely a passive event, which is disappointing.