Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
Best Indie Games of 2018 So Far
Yet another indie that is leading the way this year is Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire. In fact, it pretty much owns the entire isometric RPG genre these days thanks to the manner in which it harkens back to the oldschool era of role-playing while simultaneously iterating on and modernizing the formula. For many passionate RPG players, it would be dark times indeed without Pillars of Eternity.
Deadfire is a brilliant sequel, and it’s basically role-players dream. You have almost too much control over so many aspects of your character’s backstory, attributes, spells, strengths, weaknesses, relationships and more. It’s almost overwhelming at times, but hardcore fans of the genre wouldn’t want it any other way.
The game takes about 20-30 hours to complete, but re-rolling as a completely different character with a different personality, attributes, and way of handling situations, can create an experience that is almost unrecognizable from the first time through in so many ways. In this regard, few games this year, indie or otherwise, are able to match what Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire accomplished.
