Your retrospective thoughts on Pillars of Eternity | State of Contemporary Gaming | What is good?

[Frankster]

Did they do what they promised?

I was not a backer so any promises they might have made, I wouldn't know about them.

Were you satisfied?

No, I was utterly disappointed by PoE.
The combat system was HORRIBLE, the skill system one of the lamest I've seen in recent times, only outlamed by Wasteland 2 (they might as well have ditched stats entirely from that game), the monster layout in levels was abysmal, exploring wasn't particularly fun or rewarding and..Seriously the game was just a big disappointment.

The only nice things I can say is the visuals were nice and there was some interesting companions.

Where does this game rank in your all-time lists? Does it rank at all?

It's not on my list of fav/best rpgs of all time that's for sure. It doesn't even make the cut for my "decent rpg" list.
It's just mediocre imo.

Worst, it completely eclipsed what is actually the best crpg of this year: Age of Decadence.

In conclusion I'll take Mass Effect over PoE any day.

Regarding the state of gaming and such...Eh I'll pass on answering that for now.

 

[Zacharious-khan]

Pillars of Eternity is a perfect example of not overspending and getting a good product. While other sort of break out games such as Undertale sell very well, and have no money put into them, PoE represents the gaming industry with out the bloated need for graphical fidelity. They don't need to make all the money.