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Patch 5.0 - Turn-based mode and The Ultimate challenge out now! Pursue a rogue god over land and sea in the sequel to the multi-award-winning RPG Pillars of Eternity. Captain your ship on a dangerous voyage of discovery across the vast unexplored archipelago region of the Deadfire.
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire is a rpg, party-based rpg and isometric game
developed by Obsidian Entertainment
and published by Obsidian Entertainment, Xbox Game Studios and Versus Evil.
Released on May 08th 2018 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux
in 9 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Portuguese - Brazil.
It has received 18,931 reviews of which 16,666 were positive and 2,265 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 2.99€ on Gamivo.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows Vista 64-bit or newer
- Processor: Intel Core i3-2100T @ 2.50 GHz / AMD Phenom II X3 B73
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX 11 Compatible
- Storage: 45 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card
MacOS
- OS: OS X 10.12.6 Sierra 64-bit (or newer)
- Processor: Intel Core i5-4570S @ 2.9GHz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT750M
- Storage: 45 GB available space
Linux
- OS: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 64-bit or newer
- Processor: Intel Core i3-2100T @ 2.50 GHz / AMD Phenom II X3 B73
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 4850 or NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
- Storage: 45 GB available space
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9/10, with some caveats. This is a long but pretty exhaustive review. Let me start by saying that I really love this game - I think it is great - but, it has these really pressing, head-scratching flaws that make it frustrating for me to recommend out the gate. I love this game in spite of its issues - that being said, the 9 here is the score even with mods, so there are def some meaningful ear flicks. I played Deadfire with several mods aimed at trying to get to the core of the experience - I'd already played through the first act of the game on turn based mode several years ago, so I was familiar with the base systems and knew what I wanted. There are a few Community Patch mods that are used for serious bugfixing and power balancing on the game which I installed, plus a few others - the ability to fully respec/customize my companions' classes and stats (ala BG3), a mod that slowed down my experience gain substantially to stop me from hitting max level halfway through the campaign, and Unity Console which enabled me to debug and manually override some issues that arose from previous mods (as well as at least two gamebreaking bugs I ran into that aren't fixed by the Community Patches). All in all this was in service of me wanting to deeply engage with the game as much as possible, not sand away its edges. I played in real-time-with-pause mode now, which is substantially better than Turn Based, and on PotD difficulty. I'll start with the good - I really love the Pillars RPG system and feel like Deadfire expanded and improved upon it in such a meaningful, valuable way. The classes all feel incredibly differentiated with their primary and subclass options, multiclassing offers so much exciting build variety, and the progression of powers + talents throughout the experience just makes for an incredibly deeply satisfying journey through building up your character. Deadfire also corrects on a ton of Pillars 1's problems - they improved up on the original's mechanics really meaningfully, and I already enjoyed the original! The base systems, items, mechanics of this game are just really ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ good. Narratively, I find the setup of Deadfire to be actually really great, and I love the entire story of the game. The factions are nuanced and interesting, without any clear true "bad guys" - don't get me wrong, Rauataians are ruthless colonialists, but when you talk to them, they have clear, pressing reasons for why they feel a burden of responsibility for securing the archipelago for their people (I was pretty staunchly anti-Rauatai regardless, but the narrative not painting any one faction out to be mustache-twirling villains is really refreshing. People are people at the end of the day.) Eothas is a fantastic antagonist, the expansion of worldbuilding between Pillars 1 and Deadfire is super exciting, I love interacting with the Gods more and more existential questions of the world - in my opinion it's all pretty good stuff. But - It's not all good though. To start, the game has some meaningful bug and balance issues without the Community patches, which is honestly a bit surprising to me given how long it's been out. They're not subtle things either, like some abilities just straight up don't scale when they're supposed to, or scale off the wrong weapon. It's... weird to me that Obsidian hasn't gone in and fixed these things after so many years. Narratively, while I find the worldbuilding and the conceit setup of the game to be super compelling and well done - like, greatly well done - I find the writing of individual characters to have taken a big step back between Pillars 1 and Deadfire. To the point where I wonder if they split up the narrative oversight of these departments? Pillars 1 had a score of interesting characters - there were some misses, at least for me, but I found most of them to be super interesting and well written characters in their own ways. By comparison, Deadfire's character writing feels distractingly uninspired and bland. Reading feedback online, I see a lot of people complaining that Pillars 1 was too wordy, too confusing, too serious, and that they wanted more light hearted romps from Deadfire and - god, I couldn't agree less. Pillars 1 was this flash of light of a genuinely compelling, meaningful, heartfelt narrative in a fantasy world that felt real because the people and the world felt real and that means that things are messy and uncomfortable and complicated and I loved that. Deadfire seems to have taken that feedback in stride and it is worse for it. Their characters feel more like caricatures of people, existing as billboards for their represented faction and objects for the Watcher to romance (another feature that was added in Deadfire that didn't exist in Pillars 1). Even returning characters are victim to this. Mechanically, companions also have some frustrating stuff going on. Deadfire by default hard locks their stats - cannot modify - and gives you three options for classes - a solo class or two multiclass options. I can understand this on paper but I find it to be incredibly short-sighted, because it locks SO MUCH OF THE GAMEPLAY to only the Watcher. Deadfire has 60 subclasses total that the Watcher MC has access to - before multiclassing. But then your Companions are incredibly gated - very few of them even have multiclasses, and those that do are often weird and clunky. Serafen's Wild Mind Cipher is extremely swingy RNG that can win or lose you fights. Pallegina's Paladin subclass is just straight-up really bad and reworks a base ability to make it a good bit worse, while also being bugged and not scaling her defenses with her beliefs like other Paladins do. Tekehu's Druid subclass is very strong - but he has 10 base Perception, making his accuracy with the storm attacks he gains frustratingly low. Deadfire gets in its own way here - you want to bring Companions along for their narrative potential and integration. But, if you want to engage in the glory that is Deadfire's class design, you need to make custom Hirelings that have no narrative interaction whatsoever. And even if you do bring Companions with their own subclasses - many of their stat layouts don't make sense for the subclasses. This is why I downloaded the respec mods - so I could customize the stats and class/subclass of all of my companions, functionally giving me Hireling gameplay but with Companion narrative. I don't understand why they'd invest so much in having 60 subclasses but only give you access to them on one character unless you hire NPCs or do multiple playthroughs. Progression, while mechanically satisfying, is also super poorly paced in Deadfire. I installed a mod to help with this, slowing down my exp gain, but I still hit max level well before I was done with any of the three DLCs, let alone the entire campaign story. This is... weird, to say the least. I did basically 100% the game - aside from one bounty that was bugged so I couldn't complete it - so I'm not surprised I was overleveled. But I was probably sitting at max level for about 15, maybe 20% of my Deadfire playtime which just feels very wrong to me. And finally, on the bugs, I ran into a few I could not fix without Unity Console interventions. I ran into technical problems throughout Deadfire that are disappointingly serious and I'm thankful I installed mods to be able to force-redirect around them. However, in spite of all of this - the flattened, goofy character writing, the progression pacing issues, the bugs, the friction between gameplay and narrative when considering companions - I love Deadfire's combat, itemization, classes, and worldbuilding so much that this is still EASILY one of my favorite games I played in 2025. I love this game. I desperately hope they make a Pillars 3 and improve on the foundation they had here. If you do play it, I highly recommend at least the Community Patch + Extra mods, if not a few others for progression and respecc'ing.
okay... This game.. just so fking amazing... maybe my favorite crpg of all time, just behind wrath of the righteous... I really miss this obsidian man.. they turn the amazing first game into this masterpiece sequel.. Everything here done really really well.. First, the gameplay... gameplay maybe one of my main issue in the first game, and this game just did really amazing job to make me fall in love in rtwp style again.. idk how they do it but the rtwp in here feels like "not slow", while also feels smooth and not feels chaos at all... Out of all crpg that use rtwp, this maybe the best.. There's also option for turnbase but i havent tried lol And also the rpg mechanic in this game are pretty easy but not like "skyrim-esque" rpgs.. i mean its easy to learn but it still give you some thinking.. Like compare to, for example wrath of the righteous lol, that game its not easy or newbie friendly at all lol.. There's also multiclassing that really amazing to try and also easy to learn (atleast fo me).. while the single class also still amazing!! Ofc pillars have a lot races and background that impacting, not only the dialogue choices, but also how you play in term of gameplay.. And then also the weapon.. they are amazing and significantly better than the first, especially the firearm.. the arquebus feels more "sniper" than before so making the build really interesting.. also dual pistol, i have fun with those thing... Well maybe for wizard grimore kinda downside.. since unlike the first game when you can learn alll spell in all grimore and copy them into a grimore you like, this new system just lock spell in a grimore, so you need like change it depending your situations.. Its certainly interesting system, but i just dont like it.. The story.. the main story, atleast for me, actually more interesting than the first one.. it feels more "big" and "confuse" and make me ask "why he do that" or "what if we're wrong" and obv with help of FULLY VA!! its make the story really engaging.. but yeah it also feels rushed.. especially in act 3 until the end.. Also the ending really unique... bit spoiler, so the ending just bunch of dialogue between you, your companions and the main villain and maybe for some people its bit boring or something but for me, the conversation really great!! And also how the faction integrated to the main story reallly really good.. In first pillars, the faction also good.. but its just small sample sizes (in defiance bay) and when we go to twin elms, it feels underwhelming... But here, its just feel like new vegas all over again lol.. Every single faction here have point and can change the deadfire for better or worst and it also affecting you main story, side quest, or even companion which is one of the best thing in here!! The companion in here just amazing... well i will miss durance, but you still get eder and aloth who both still amazing, and also new added companion like maia (love her :3), xoti, tekehu, and serafen also really amazing and interesting.. There's also pallegina who.. idk some people said like her better in her but idk about that lol i dont like her here.. there also sidekick that new can recruit who also had good insight and va and personalities.. Also there's romance lol.. well not as good as bioware or owlcat games but still good aditions imo.. And then there's something called reputation and relationship... in the first game there's reputations for each faction and city/village and this game also have that, and maybe expanded that.. so something it locked you out from some questline.. make the replay value much higher.. And there's relationship system, with your beloved companion ofc.. between you and them OR between their each other.. make more immersion and feels like they are just real person.. And then about the faction and companions.. some faction can lock you out from certain companions.. or can make your companion left the crew completly which pretty good for me.. since it adding replay value and also immersion.. i remember in my campaign, maia leave me (man..) bcs i choose some factions And for dlc.. its not that "mandatory" like white marchs in first pillars but they are still amazing tho.. It also make your sidekick who in main campaign just like regular mercenary now feels like full companions or more alive since each dlc adding new story for them.. and yeah one of the dlc also adding new sidekick Also the dlc adding new lore for deadfire itself or the world, especially the god and goddess... it also give us some challenge, since it adding new monster and mini boss that pretty difficult to handle.. So yeah overall its amazing game and worth to try!! Anyway am i yapping too much lol xD
For me Baldur´s Gate 2 is the best story driven, party management, isometric RPG that I have ever played (Fallout 1 and 2, and Arcanum being other two worth mentioning). I loved Divinity Original Sin I and II and Baldur´s Gate 3. Larian did an amazing job. But there was just something missing - every step of the way I felt I could conquer everything with ease as an experienced RPG player. No anxiety, no excitement, no fear of the unknown. But not in this game. That fear of the unknown, of being underpowered, of: "oh no, there is another set of stairs going down, and my characters are broken, beat, and scarred already...should I turn back?". That is what for me makes an RPG of this type truly great. The feeling of being lost, overpowered, looking for strategic solutions, some crazy tactic to win, and all that on the seventh underground floor of some random dungeon, on some random island, where initially you just went to collect some free water and food. It makes it so much more rewarding and enjoyable once you win, and once you become a bully. This game combines the best from BG 2 and Arcanum. It reminds me of both. It is not as flashy as Larian games, but boy in my opinion it is much more fun and exciting to play. The lore, the atmosphere, the setting, just perfect. For the first time in 15-20 years I have that feeling of excitement and anxiety at the same time when playing an RPG of this time (I exclude Dark Souls, Morrowind and Gothic from this talk, because they are not RPGs of the same type). 10/10.
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Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.
No, Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.99€ on Steam.
Yes, Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire received 16,666 positive votes out of a total of 18,931 achieving a rating of 8.61.
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Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire was developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Obsidian Entertainment, Xbox Game Studios and Versus Evil.
Yes, Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Yes, Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
Yes, Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire is playable and fully supported on Linux.
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire is a single-player game.
Yes, there are 7 DLCs available for Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire. Explore additional content available for Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire on Steam.
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334
Developer
Obsidian Entertainment
Publisher
Obsidian Entertainment,
Xbox Game Studios,
Versus Evil
Release
08 May 2018
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