Review: Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire – Ultimate Edition (PlayStation 4)

The god Eothas awakened from his sleep, erupting from beneath your castle, killing your people and stealing a piece of your soul. Now only you and your companions can uncover the rogue god’s machinations as he tramples over the Deadfire Archipelago.

Pros:

• Decent graphics.
• 39.56gb download size.
• Platinum trophy.
• Detailed graphics options-Ambient wildlife, combat text, gamma, font scale, occlusion opacity.
• Reactive music option.
• Auto pause for events but this can be tweaked for certain scenarios or interactions.
• Two game modes-Real-time with pause or turn-based.
• Rewrite history- You can answer a few questions and transform your previous life. This is more in relation to players coming from the first game.
• Every menu choice has a helpful description.
• When creating a character you get a brief pop up on what stats get affected by your choices.
• Tutorial/pop-ups happen as you encounter new things and can be re-read.
• Five difficulties-Story/relaxed/classic/veteran/path of the damned.
• Two optional mods- one save or expert mode.
• Level scaling of enemies can be turned on or off.
• Includes all previously released DLC and patches.
• Amazing voice work and cast.
• Character creation-use pre made or start from scratch.
• 10 classes- Rogue/ Paladin/ Priest/ Chanter/ Wizard/ Monk/ Druid/ Barbarian/ Ranger and Cipher.
• Dungeons and Dragons vibe and presentation.
• RPG gameplay.
• Isometric view.
• Jaw-dropping locations.
• Controls are simple enough to pick up.
• Can respec your character.
• Full group management.
• Well-paced story.
• The menu has neat touches like when equipping items, The required slots will highlight.
• Full crafting table.
• Main mission as well as a huge variety of side missions.
• You have a certain amount of freedom to play how you want.
• It has a lot of replayability as every choice you make real changes to the outcome of events.
• Storybook sections with branching story options and has a slight choose your own adventure feel.
• World map-like a tabletop map where you plot a destination and random encounters and interactions can happen en route.
• Fast mode for combat and movement.

Cons:

• Only one control scheme.
• A lot of loading screens with long and short waiting times.
• Slow pace.
• Menus look daunting.
• It takes a while to get used to the controls and mechanics.
• It creates a lot of autosaves.
• Small text and Ui.
• A lot to take in.
• No HDR options or support.
• Slow starter.