I wanted to wait until I'd played a decent amount to say deadfire is better than poe1.

deadfire is better than poe1. but it might also be the real spiritual successor to baldur's gate.

the difference is the feeling I get wandering around the open map, encountering possibilities and victories and awful, bloody dead-ends. the quality of the writing, the modeled depth of the characters, the expressive voice acting. the sharpness of the systems, the intricacies of combat. the lovingly detailed scenes.

these are what remind me of baldur's gate. this is what poe2 seeks to deliver and does so in spades.

I wanted to wait until I'd played a decent amount to say deadfire is better than poe1. deadfire is better than poe1. but it might also be the real spiritual successor to baldur's gate. the difference is the feeling I get wandering around the open map, encountering possibilities and victories and awful, bloody dead-ends. the quality of the writing, the modeled depth of the characters, the expressive voice acting. the sharpness of the systems, the intricacies of combat. the lovingly detailed scenes. these are what remind me of baldur's gate. this is what poe2 seeks to deliver and does so in spades.