If that means that banshees are Caen Gwe Las, then let it be so!
I'd much rather have creative and unique settings that don't have to deal with all the baggage of D&D's legacy. Furthermore, wanting a similar concept but not wanting to use the 'accepted' word for whatever reason tends to garner an awful lot of hate. The downside of this is that coming up with unique monsters tends to rub people the wrong way nowadays. Then D&D became more or less mainstream, and this has familiarized pop culture with D&D's interpretations (banshees, giants and ogres, goblins, dwarves and elves and gnomes, etc.). Now, BG is set in D&D, and D&D has a grand and storied tradition of taking folklore names and making monsters out of them - even different monsters out of different names for the same thing. Now, 'banshee' is probably a bad example because that's actually an Irish word, but if you go to google translate and start throwing some phrases from English to Irish, you get words that could easily be in Pillars.
There is definite celtic influence on all the naming conventions in the area, and oh look, some of the monsters too! I always got the impression that they're called that because of the region. Ridiculous names like "Caen Gwe La" with a bunch of silly symbols and stuff instead of just 'banshee' or w/e But I digress.Į: I never actually answered the topic's question. That was probably the best improvement BG2 made, was a more focused adventure with better quests - a handful of large and complex quests, versus many throwaway quests. It's kind of a toss up between BG2 and Pillars, neither is what I would call stellar, but definitely serviceable, I guess? BG1's story was too short and underdeveloped. Not that I have authority, it's just that all these differences are more noticeable when experienced in close proximity. It's an adaptation, while Pillars was designed to be a video game.Īnd this is coming from someone who marathoned BG1/2 into Pillars just recently.
Pillars of eternity metacritic license#
This is what I mean by license limitations. I just don't think the mage battles are the end all be all of combat design. And that should surprise no one.īG2 is obviously the vastly superior game in the series, which improves on a lot of the first game's issues, but it still succumbs to the same combat limitations of the DnD license. If going by the 1 to 1 rule, then Pillars utterly wrecks BG1. No hard counters.īaldur's Gate is a great game, which started a wonderful genre, and will always have a special place for that reason, but playing it today, there are a lot of issues from pacing, quest design, combat encounters (Gnoll stronghold respawn.). Classes overall have more to do in combat and way more abilities per class. Classes can be built in more varied ways. Instead, after submission, click the button under your post to assign the appropriate link flair, which will produce the same spoiler tags. You cannot use the above spoiler formatting to mask submission titles. Note: Spoiler tags only apply to text in the body of posts or comments, and not to titles themselves. To mark a spoiler as relevant to a specific part or subject of Pillars of Eternity, use the alternate formatting: (#s "Stuff happens") Spoiler tags can be used by typing followed immediately by (#s "xxxxxx"), with the content of your spoiler inside the quotation marks. Note that spoiler tags will not work when browsing on a mobile app, or when viewing a post from the front page of reddit, as /r/projecteternity's CSS will not apply there. r/projecteternity supports spoiler tags, which can be used to hide spoilers from other users until they mouse over the text, revealing it. Reported posts get looked at by the moderators faster.Īll content posted should be related to Pillars of Eternity and/or its sequels/expansions. Use the "Report" button to report any non-marked spoilers or other rule violations. For story spoilers in other threads, use Spoiler Tags as described in the section below. No story spoilers in titles! Mark threads or links that contain spoilers with a tag in the title. Pillars of Eternity aims to recapture the magic, imagination, depth, and nostalgia of classic RPGs. Paying homage to the great Infinity Engine games of years past: Baldur’s Gate, Icewind Dale, and Planescape: Torment. Pillars of Eternity and Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire are isometric, party-based RPGs set in a new fantasy world developed by Obsidian Entertainment. Welcome to the Pillars of Eternity Subreddit!
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