Pathfinder: Kingmaker is a game with a lot of charm, deep lore, interesting gameplay loop, charismatic characters, interesting premise and fun story. But it has some glaring issues that spoiled my fun.
This game can be lots of fun, but can also become a source of frustration if you're unlucky like me. As these types of game are, where most of what you can and will do is determined by a dice roll, if the randomly generated number is too high or too low you'll have a bad time.
Even playing on the "Story" difficulty, I had a lot of trouble on some sections, specially one right before the end of the game. In these encounters, you can have your entire party buffed, with the best items and such, and still be paralyzed for 1 minute or straight up one-shot. There are also many effects that reduce your stats or even level and LAST FOREVER. Very poor game design, as I supposed the "Story" difficulty would allow me to play without having to minmax or keep reloading constantly.
The game is also very long. I took 105 hours to finish it, and, by the time I got to the end, specially the section where I was being one-shot constantly, the game had overstayed its welcome.
Overall, I became very frustrated, but I also had lots of fun, and I'm sure that, in the future, I will mostly remember the fun I had and will even replay this game, choosing different paths and choices.
This game can be lots of fun, but can also become a source of frustration if you're unlucky like me. As these types of game are, where most of what you can and will do is determined by a dice roll, if the randomly generated number is too high or too low you'll have a bad time.
Even playing on the "Story" difficulty, I had a lot of trouble on some sections, specially one right before the end of the game. In these encounters, you can have your entire party buffed, with the best items and such, and still be paralyzed for 1 minute or straight up one-shot. There are also many effects that reduce your stats or even level and LAST FOREVER. Very poor game design, as I supposed the "Story" difficulty would allow me to play without having to minmax or keep reloading constantly.
The game is also very long. I took 105 hours to finish it, and, by the time I got to the end, specially the section where I was being one-shot constantly, the game had overstayed its welcome.
Overall, I became very frustrated, but I also had lots of fun, and I'm sure that, in the future, I will mostly remember the fun I had and will even replay this game, choosing different paths and choices.