We continue one more week with one of our most beloved traditions. Like every Monday, we want to take this opportunity to make a recommendation for a game that is part of the Xbox Game Pass service. This week, we feel nostalgic, so we want to tell you about a game that has the essence of the great classics of western role. In this case, we need to talk to you Pillars of Eternity II.
A game developed by Obsidian and which sums up the role of all its pores. Following a successful launch with pillars of Eternity, the company would soon return to the charge with a sequel, which in this case improves upon the formula seen in the original game. If you do not know the saga, but what I am telling you catches your attention, do not miss the following text.
An ode to the role of paper and pencil
Will play pillars of Eternity, play a title that wants to take you to the most classic role that exists, a game that wants to immerse you in an adventure worthy of a good game of Dungeons and dragons. To achieve this feeling, the company has traveled down memory lane and brought us gameplay and stories from titles as legendary as the saga. Baldur Gate. Of course, adapted and improved for the present day.
However, what will grab your attention the most about this game are its stories, characters, and how it all comes together to create an unforgettable adventure. All this adventure will be told to us through a few texts drawn up with great care, which take us directly to this time when witchcraft and the power of the sword are the order of the day.
The world of pillars of Eternity how much we enjoyed in its first installment develops spectacularly in this second part and allows us to explore many more places than we could see in the original adventure.
Fantastic art
One of the great improvements observed in this second part concerns the artistic style. In this sense, the Obsidian team It improved a lot what was seen in the first installment. and it surprises us again with a world and a setting that is simply spectacular.
This new art, or rather this step forward, makes the immersion in your world even greater. Like his cartography, The modeling of characters and enemies has been significantly improved, greatly improving what has been seen previously. This is why this second opus is surely more accessible for new players of the genre.
Of course, do not forget that we are playing a classic role-playing game title, so leveling, attributes and skills will be essential to face this adventure. And it’s something that shines again pillars of Eternity. The amount of customization options makes this a very, very replayable game. Classes, races, and the way we play with our character will make our adventure go one way or the other.
To arms
With all of this, we cannot put aside his combat system. In this case, we are faced with a game that, like the first installment, allows the player to choose how they want to experience it. We can have dynamic combat where our heroes will go directly into combat and we will select the actions that we want them to perform in real time, or we can opt for tactical breaks.
However, if you don’t want to complicate your life, the game gives you the chance to get faster and more dynamic fights. In this sense, the Obsidian adventure has been able to adapt to the current era, even if we already warn that none of its modalities leaves out this essence so characteristic of the most classic role-playing games. Without further ado, we hope that with this text you will be encouraged to try one of the best role-playing games of recent years which is now available on Xbox thanks to Xbox Game Pass.. Finally, we remind you that you have all the news from the Xbox world here.
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