![]() ![]() First, party size has been reduced from six to five. Combat & ExplorationĬombat is much more manageable and flexible in Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire for a couple reasons. The most annoying issues involve transforming characters or enemies, and hopefully, this will be addressed quickly by the devs. The smoke from the fire and impact of a blunderbuss is impressive and a constant barrage of these impressive effects only resulted in a few hiccups. Where there is a significant leap in visuals, though, is the magic and weapon effects. The areas feel more “alive” because of this and the new dynamic weather adds to this sense of immersion. The environments are accented by more diverse animations for NPCs, who more realistically go about their days in Deadfire. This is partly due to the focus on water in the sequel but largely due to the presence of more moving parts on the screen. There’s no drastic change in graphics when it comes to Pillars 2 environments over the original game, but the design is a lot more vibrant. There’s more diversity in the combat music, which got repetitive in the first game. There were also a couple of strange, isolated moments where voice dialog was absent, but I feel it was an error with queuing up versus not having any at all.Īs far as music, somehow the composer for Pillars of Eternity 2 found a way to make things even better than before. It’s so well done, that it’s disappointing that not every bit of narration is voiced by this voice actor. For instance, some of the major narration is voiced in Deadfire. There weren’t many times that I wanted to skip a conversation because of an annoying voice or one that broke the immersion, so cheers to that. Having that volume of content is a feat and the performances are top-notch as well. There were voiced elements scattered about, but Deadfire improves in that department with fully voiced dialog top to bottom. The first Pillars has incredible writing, but was a chore at times trying to get through it all. ![]()
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