Pillars of Eternity 2 is solid CRPG fare. When new players, such as myself, subsequently interact with characters with whom the Watcher had a previous relationship with in Pillars of Eternity, an origin dialogue option choice will sometimes become available. New players are given the opportunity to select an automatically generated origin story in lieu of a previous game save – the player just needs to decide whether they feel they behaved like a tyrant, a saint, or something in-between in their previous life.
Although aspects of the lore, narrative and early game dialogue can be initially disorientating, Obsidian doesn’t completely leave anyone hanging. Whilst those who completed the first game have, at this point, the option of importing all their decisions from a previous game save, this is where new players have to effectively go with the flow. The Watcher is resurrected at the behest of someone who wants Eothas tamed. Eothas’ reincarnation of this colossus destroys the fortress and the Watcher is left for dead…albeit not for long. Unfortunately for the Watcher, said giant was residing underneath Caed Nua.
Living the life of a retired hero at the fortress of Caed Nua following the conclusion of the first game, this Watcher is once again thrust into action when the deity Eothas decides to possess the form of a giant. In Pillars of Eternity, the player’s character is known as a Watcher, someone who has the ability to talk to dead souls. Having not played the original, it became immediately clear that I was going to have to pay close attention to catch up. Pillars of Eternity 2, however, picks up directly where the first game left off. Last year’s Divinity: Original Sin 2, a game to which Deadfire may be immediately compared, was a sequel set 1000 years after its predecessor – this provided returning players with a sense of familiarity whilst avoiding overwhelming newcomers with the complexities of the narrative and lore before they’d even got to grips with the game. Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire is a direct sequel. Pillars of Eternity was a Kickstarter success story, launching in 2015 to extremely positive reviews.
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