It really feels like you’re crafting a unique, breathing individual and you’ll be able to tackle obstacles and conversations in different ways depending on your attributes, skills, and other traits.
Unlike most RPGs, all this intricate character building doesn’t just matter in battle. I also decided to make myself a religious follower of Eothas, which gave the story an interesting extra dimension. Personally, I opted for a sassy mountain dwarf Fighter-Priest (Cleric). The possibilities are slightly mindboggling. In addition to that, you have to decide your race, birthplace, weapon proficiencies, attributes, and skills. While Pillars II sticks to the same 11 classes as the first game, it adds a voluminous variety of new subclasses and the ability to create multiclass characters. Since you’re reset to level 1 either way, I decided to roll a new character. Pillars of Eternity II lets you import your Watcher’s key decisions from the first game, or start from scratch. The game’s score is typical pirate-tinged fantasy stuff, but the voice acting, which has been significantly expanded this time around, is top-notch stuff. Sure, the game won’t blow anyone away on a technical level, but hey, there’s a good chance you can run the game on your middling laptop. This vivid watery world is brought to life by Pillars of Eternity II’s richly detailed visuals.
The Deadfire Archipelago is a bustling, vital world, packed with interesting characters, competing factions, and a whole lot of strange sights to see. The original Pillars was also well-written, if a bit dry at times, but Pillars II is considerably more vibrant and inviting. This is the rare RPG that can stack up favorably against a good fantasy novel. Pillars of Eternity II’s plot remains relatively straightforward for much of its running time, but the underlying writing – the dialogue, characterizations, and world building – is uniformly fantastic. It’s a rather abrupt setup, but it achieves the goal of shuffling you off to a new world without a lot of dilly-dallying. Oh, also, Eothas took off with a chunk of your soul, so you’ve got a bit of extra motivation to track down the inconsiderate castle wrecker. Uh, Game Over? Not so fast - the god of death and rebirth, Berath, brings you back to life on the condition that you follow Eothas, who’s stomping in the direction of the tropical Deadfire Archipelago, and suss out what he’s up to. Unfortunately, Pillars of Eternity II opens with the 500-foot-tall “dead god” Eothas bursting from the ground, destroying your castle, and stomping you to death. On a previous episode, we discovered why the children of the Dyrwood were being born without souls, exposed the gods’ dirty secrets, and ended up lord of a pretty nice (albeit cursed) castle. Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire is a direct sequel, which once again casts you as the Watcher, a mysterious traveler with the ability to talk to dead people. Warning: This review contains minor spoilers for the original Pillars of Eternity.
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