The second expansion to the very successful Pillars of Eternity has been released. Not only does the expansion conclude the story but a large patch has come out alongside it, bringing new free content for all owners of the base game.
Pillars of Eternity was one of my favorite games of last year. It came out following a massively successful crowdfunding campaign and it was pretty much all that I expected save a few things here and there. It’s a beautiful game with a compelling world and I couldn’t wait to see what else the developers did with the game. The promise of more areas to explore along with new companion and story should be enough to entice any owners of the base game to come back and check out the expansion.
A rather big patch was released alongside the expansion, adding more content for the base game as well as new features for different kinds of players. If you like the story and aren’t too happy about combat, there’s a mode for you that takes the emphasis away from needing to build a good party of fighters. There’s scores more changes including the usual balance and polish expected from an important patch.
Though this second expansion is the last of the announced projects for the Pillars world, the CEO of Obsidian seems keen to keep on working on the franchise, stating, “[...] we’ve got plenty more stories we plan to tell within the world of Pillars of Eternity.”
I hope they do. Even if these days I’ve got way too many games competing for my attention.
You can grab Pillars of Eternity: The White March - Part II DRM-free through GOG, on Steam or most other digital retailers. If you buy through this Games Republic store a part of the proceeds will go to helpling out GOL. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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A rather big patch was released alongside the expansion, adding more content for the base game as well as new features for different kinds of players. If you like the story and aren’t too happy about combat, there’s a mode for you that takes the emphasis away from needing to build a good party of fighters. There’s scores more changes including the usual balance and polish expected from an important patch.
Though this second expansion is the last of the announced projects for the Pillars world, the CEO of Obsidian seems keen to keep on working on the franchise, stating, “[...] we’ve got plenty more stories we plan to tell within the world of Pillars of Eternity.”
I hope they do. Even if these days I’ve got way too many games competing for my attention.
You can grab Pillars of Eternity: The White March - Part II DRM-free through GOG, on Steam or most other digital retailers. If you buy through this Games Republic store a part of the proceeds will go to helpling out GOL. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Too many good games, releasing too fast. I ain't got enough time to play everything I want to play :-(.
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Stupendous Man Feb 17, 2016
For those who have yet to buy the the first part of White March, you can get both parts for cheap at Imperial Games.
Linux keys of course. I just wanted to make you aware, since I was about to buy both DLCs on Steam yesterday until I saw this offer.
I just started my second run through of the game yesterday to experience everything. Last time I got to the last fight but couldn't beat it :-(
Last edited by Stupendous Man on 17 February 2016 at 12:17 pm UTC
Linux keys of course. I just wanted to make you aware, since I was about to buy both DLCs on Steam yesterday until I saw this offer.
I just started my second run through of the game yesterday to experience everything. Last time I got to the last fight but couldn't beat it :-(
Last edited by Stupendous Man on 17 February 2016 at 12:17 pm UTC
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metro2033fanboy Feb 17, 2016
Downloading...
#GoVegan #Steam
Last edited by metro2033fanboy on 17 February 2016 at 1:29 pm UTC
#GoVegan #Steam
Last edited by metro2033fanboy on 17 February 2016 at 1:29 pm UTC
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I have to finish main campaign first. I have only 55 hours in-game and almost whole act in front of me ;). Then White March I and II and then time to upgrade the hardware for titles that are more "resource expensive".
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Mountain Man Feb 17, 2016
And I had some guy on the Steam forums yesterday trying to convince me that Linux gaming was never going to happen. Guess he hadn't kept up with current events.Too many good games, releasing too fast. I ain't got enough time to play everything I want to play :-(.#LinuxGamerProblems
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The problem is that once you've beaten Thalos you cannot reach the expansion content :'(
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The problem is that once you've beaten Thalos you cannot reach the expansion content :'(
Despite being a place of no return, Chapter 4 is only 1-2 hours long. So you can easily go back to a chapter 3 save file. Also, the game makes a pre chapter 4 save before you just into the pit. You can easily access White March content with that save file.
Last edited by BillNyeTheBlackGuy on 17 February 2016 at 11:10 pm UTC
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Mountain Man Feb 18, 2016
I'll have to look into that "Story Time Mode". I don't mind combat in my RPGs, but the combat in Pillars can be stupidly hard sometimes which saps my desire to continue playing.
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And I had some guy on the Steam forums yesterday trying to convince me that Linux gaming was never going to happen. Guess he hadn't kept up with current events.
I had one yesterday claiming that it might happen some day. I'm answering those that to me, Linux gaming gives me more to play than I have time for it - it's just a smaller stack of shame.
My current stack has some more hours of
* Talos Principle: Road to Gehenna
* Grid: Autosports
... and not yet begun:
* Alien: Isolation
* Shadowrun Hong Kong
* XOM 2
* Divinity: Original Sin
Even with two hours a day, which I hardly have time for, that would be at least two months of gaming, I guess.
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Well, good new for me, as I still haven't started the game yet, just bought it last month in the GOG winter sale. The new story time mode sounds very interesting, as I often hear that combat can be frustrating at times, maybe I checkout this mode out from the very beginning.
Regarding the Linux game stack of shame, mine just got bigger yesterday, cause of Victor Vran in Steam's midweek madness :D
And there is still to finish:
- Borderlands 2
- Bioshock Infinite
- Rogue Legacy (can't beat the 4th Boss, it's so damn hard)
- BroForce
- Hammerwatch - Temple of the Sun
- Shadowrun Dragonfall & Hong Kong
- Dark Matter
- Hotline Miami 2
- Painkiller Hell & Damnation
- Solarflux
- Trine 2
- Völgarr the Viking
- XCOM 2
and some I can't remember out of my head. And before all that I want to finish Dragonage and Witcher 3 on my Windows partition, so I can stop dual booting for the next months :D (Or I finish Dragonage and wait for a Linux port of Witcher 3)
Regarding the Linux game stack of shame, mine just got bigger yesterday, cause of Victor Vran in Steam's midweek madness :D
And there is still to finish:
- Borderlands 2
- Bioshock Infinite
- Rogue Legacy (can't beat the 4th Boss, it's so damn hard)
- BroForce
- Hammerwatch - Temple of the Sun
- Shadowrun Dragonfall & Hong Kong
- Dark Matter
- Hotline Miami 2
- Painkiller Hell & Damnation
- Solarflux
- Trine 2
- Völgarr the Viking
- XCOM 2
and some I can't remember out of my head. And before all that I want to finish Dragonage and Witcher 3 on my Windows partition, so I can stop dual booting for the next months :D (Or I finish Dragonage and wait for a Linux port of Witcher 3)
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(Or I finish Dragonage and wait for a Linux port of Witcher 3)
Wait for Witcher 3. I know it's hard, but I'm almost 100% sure it will come, potentially with Vulkan. Just be patient.
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Mountain Man Feb 18, 2016
Another way to look at it is that currently, 1/3 of the Steam catalog is available for Linux with more being added every day. Three-years ago, there were zero! Linux gaming has grown by leaps and bounds in a short amount of time.And I had some guy on the Steam forums yesterday trying to convince me that Linux gaming was never going to happen. Guess he hadn't kept up with current events.I had one yesterday claiming that it might happen some day. I'm answering those that to me, Linux gaming gives me more to play than I have time for it - it's just a smaller stack of shame.
Last edited by Mountain Man on 18 February 2016 at 11:28 am UTC
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Another way to look at it is that correctly, 1/3 of the Steam catalog is currently available for Linux. Three-years ago, there were zero! Linux gamuing has grown by leaps and bounds in a short amount of time.
It's also a matter of perspective: If you come from 100%, 30% may seem little, if you come from about 0%, it's much.
In absolute numbers (of "fun hours" ), it's more than I need.
(*) The editor needs to stop to make a ") out of ' " ) '! :><:
Last edited by Eike on 18 February 2016 at 11:30 am UTC
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