Pillars of Eternity or Tyranny?

FuryV

After playing the Divinity: Origin Sin games, I've been wanting to play another kind of game like this, where I can level up my characters, find better gear, get immersed in the lore etc.

I came across Pillars of Eternity & Tyranny, which both seem good. I know they're not turn based like Divinity, but that doesn't matter to me. My question is, which of these two would you suggest? If you suggest both, which should I play first?

I've been watching some PoE gameplay, but there seems to be SO MUCH reading to do. I just finished the game 'Vampyr', and the amount of reading & conversations with NPCs in that game made me so bored by the time I'd finished it, so I'm not quite sure whether I'll feel the same about PoE, especially considering it's not voice acted.

It's not that I'm a complete dunce who's unable to read, but I like there to at least be a decent balance between things like exploration, reading, combat, gearing up etc.  Whereas from what I've seen so far of PoE, it seems that the majority of the game is non voice acted reading every couple of minutes, with pages upon pages of dialogue.

Which would you suggest out of these two games?

Either that, or I buy Just Cause 4 for some mindless fun, without much thinking involved haha.  That's my 3rd option at the moment.

Tokken

I have both.... but prefer PoE, it's the better game IMO.

Marid

I did several playthroughs of Pillars of Eternity. Great game. Never played Tyranny so I can't comment on it. 

H0urg1ass

I guess it's just the way that games are going these days along with TV and everything else, but the lighthearted fun that was spun together with saving the world from oppressing evil in games like Baldur's Gate, is just not present in these games.

PoE and Tyranny are all of the grim, dark and oppressing evil bits without any of the fun, joy and adventurous spirit of their predecessors.

I honestly loathed both games and couldn't bring myself to finish either one.

I would only recommend dipping my toes into either game at the lowest price point, and, of the two, PoE plays better, even if the world and story are soul sucking and depressing.

lotrlore

I LOVE Tyranny. But both are great games worth your time.

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H0urg1ass

StrongPriest said:

H0urg1ass said:

I guess it's just the way that games are going these days along with TV and everything else, but the lighthearted fun that was spun together with saving the world from oppressing evil in games like Baldur's Gate, is just not present in these games. MyCFAVisit

PoE and Tyranny are all of the grim, dark and oppressing evil bits without any of the fun, joy and adventurous spirit of their predecessors.

I honestly loathed both games and couldn't bring myself to finish either one.

I would only recommend dipping my toes into either game at the lowest price point, and, of the two, PoE plays better, even if the world and story are soul sucking and depressing.

Thank you so much your site has nice content

Oh, it's not my site.  I just pop in once or twice a month to see what people are talking about.  

Scot

Both.

Scot

H0urg1ass said:

StrongPriest said:

H0urg1ass said:

I guess it's just the way that games are going these days along with TV and everything else, but the lighthearted fun that was spun together with saving the world from oppressing evil in games like Baldur's Gate, is just not present in these games. MyCFAVisit

PoE and Tyranny are all of the grim, dark and oppressing evil bits without any of the fun, joy and adventurous spirit of their predecessors.

I honestly loathed both games and couldn't bring myself to finish either one.

I would only recommend dipping my toes into either game at the lowest price point, and, of the two, PoE plays better, even if the world and story are soul sucking and depressing.

Thank you so much your site has nice content

Oh, it's not my site.  I just pop in once or twice a month to see what people are talking about.  

Not certain but that poster may be an adbot. See that odd link that got inserted into the text quoted from you? Flagged it as such.

AlBQuirky

muryan said:

I guess you can follow [fucking adbot site] to get some additional info

Too bad your website has NOTHING to do with either game.

Can we PLEASE do something to limit NEW posters from posting links? Please?

PS: This is 4th adbot I've flagged in 10 minutes of reading JUST The Pub and General Gaming...

Scot

AlBQuirky said:

muryan said:

I guess you can follow [fucking adbot site] to get some additional info

Too bad your website has NOTHING to do with either game.

Can we PLEASE do something to limit NEW posters from posting links? Please?

PS: This is 4th adbot I've flagged in 10 minutes of reading JUST The Pub and General Gaming...

Well at least its not the one asking if our cocks were free, the garbled language did raise a smile.

luizeba

PoE is a more polished game. Both are good, but PoE is better

MightyUnclean

FuryV said:

After playing the Divinity: Origin Sin games, I've been wanting to play another kind of game like this, where I can level up my characters, find better gear, get immersed in the lore etc.

I came across Pillars of Eternity & Tyranny, which both seem good. I know they're not turn based like Divinity, but that doesn't matter to me. My question is, which of these two would you suggest? If you suggest both, which should I play first?

I've been watching some PoE gameplay, but there seems to be SO MUCH reading to do. I just finished the game 'Vampyr', and the amount of reading & conversations with NPCs in that game made me so bored by the time I'd finished it, so I'm not quite sure whether I'll feel the same about PoE, especially considering it's not voice acted.

It's not that I'm a complete dunce who's unable to read, but I like there to at least be a decent balance between things like exploration, reading, combat, gearing up etc.  Whereas from what I've seen so far of PoE, it seems that the majority of the game is non voice acted reading every couple of minutes, with pages upon pages of dialogue.

Which would you suggest out of these two games?

Either that, or I buy Just Cause 4 for some mindless fun, without much thinking involved haha.  That's my 3rd option at the moment.

Just an FYI, PoE2 has an excellent turn-based mode as an option.

foxgirl

I think POE is better. The races are more interesting, and well there's more than human like Tyranny too.