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    Pillars of Eternity

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Zymphad, Mar 31, 2015.

  1. Zymphad

    Zymphad Zymphad

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    Played through the intro, already more immersed in this game than Dragon Age Inquisition. I'll put DA:I on back burner to play this.
     
    Zymphad, Mar 31, 2015
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  2. hfm

    hfm Notebook Prophet

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    Game is fantastic, I love it.
     
    hfm, Mar 31, 2015
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  3. killkenny1

    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    Unfortunately I can't play it, didn't win the giveaway :( :D
    How is it compared to Divinity Original Sin? I played DOS, but somehow it didn't consume me and I just quit.
     
    killkenny1, Apr 1, 2015
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  4. hfm

    hfm Notebook Prophet

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    It's like single player Baldur's Gate on a different edition of rules. The presentation, writing, and voice acting are also good.

    Just think BG on steroids.
     
    hfm, Apr 2, 2015
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  5. Kevin

    Kevin Egregious

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    I've finally started the game (had to fix my old laptop, or buy another, I chose a new GT72), and wow it's incredible. Better than any of the Dragon Age games, clearly.

    Thanks again to hfm.
     
    Kevin, Apr 14, 2015
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  6. killkenny1

    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    This game had me intrigued, so I finally grabbed it.
    Made a ranger class character, chose a pet lion, named it Vogelbung. 10/10!

    P.S. Does anyone know how to make the dialog box smaller?
    [​IMG]

    Damn thing is huge and takes too much screen space.
     
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    killkenny1, Apr 15, 2015
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  7. Wallzii

    Wallzii Notebook Consultant

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    I seem to remember being able to resize it vertically with the mouse cursor along the very top of the dialogue box.
     
    Wallzii, Apr 16, 2015
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  8. Markis

    Markis Newbie

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    I'm the type of guy who pays attention to every detail in Torment-- because that's a story that was written well and keeps your interest.

    But Grieving Mother's story was so dull *it needed player input to determine whether or not it was skipped through. That as a quest concept is painfully bad. If you have an interesting story you should assume people are reading it.
     
    Markis, Apr 17, 2015
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  9. killkenny1

    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    Unfortunately it's not the solution. Text keeps the same size, and horizontally it stays big... I wish there was an option to scale the window down.

    Also, this game is hard. Playing on medium, have a ranger, mage, and a pet lion, and I get my butt kicked doing a simple delivery quest.
    Modern games have ruined me...
     
    killkenny1, Apr 20, 2015
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  10. DeathMoJo1

    DeathMoJo1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Brings back such great memories with Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale. I like the new rule set and the devs are supporting it so far. Two strong patches and hopefully they keep listening to the community for changes.

    It is weird that you have to do more quests and explore to level vice just fighting tons of enemies but I guess that helps with pacing. It is a detractor if you don't like do side quests though.
     
    DeathMoJo1, Apr 22, 2015
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