E14 Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire

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E14 Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire

Pixel Vision

Nov 30, 2020

Our two adventurers set sail through the Deadfire archipelago, hot on the heels of the keep-stomping, giant-stealing, adra-devouring God, Eothas, in Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire. But with Ben playing as impatient neutral and Tao as dignified evil, can they get along? They spill secrets of their raunchy (on-screen) romances, question the rising trend of maritime oriented games, and probe the merits and disadvantages of diving too deep into the ‘role playing’ in role playing games.

Major spoilers from around half way, also spoilers for the original Pillars of Eternity.

Content Warning: PEGI 15. Strong language. Slavery, colonialism, backstabbing, and ribald crewmates bragging in explicit detail of sexual conquests.

Clarifications:

This game was released in May 2018. The first one was released in March 2015.
The party member is correctly identified by Tao as Pallegina.
The original soundtrack is composed by Justin Bell who also scored the first game.
The original sea shanties were written and performed by Nils Brown and Carrie Shaw.
“Stanley’s Parable” is a reference to The Stanley Parable game. In the words of its designers: “an experimental narrative-driven first person game...an exploration of choice, freedom, storytelling and reality.”
Netflix has not officially cancelled Mindhunter, but show director David Fincher has strongly implied it will be discontinued.

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