SeekerPathfinder: Kingmaker
Pathfinder: Kingmaker delivers a fantastic story and a deep character system to dive into. Without a Dungeon Master on the player’s side to smooth out the rough edges however, its balance is wildly inconsistent and its event design, flawed. So many promising ideas fall well short in execution.
-- As reviewed by IGN
Product details
- In the world of golarion, explore the stolen lands, a region that has been contested territory for centuries: hundreds of kingdoms have risen and fallen in these lands.
- Conquer new regions as claim them as your own, carving your kingdom from the wilderness
- Create heroes (or villains) and customize your character choosing from more than 1000 different abilities, skills, and feats
- Expand your kingdom, opening up new territories and allowing you to build new towns and community
- Choose your way to fight in real-time with pause or Switch to turn-based mode to have better control over the fight placement
PROS
+ Truly comprehensive adaptation of the Pathfinder pen and paper system
+ Great writing and voice acting
+ Novel Barony system
CONS
- Punishing difficulty
- Demands prior knowledge to understand its systems
- Bugs and a distinct lack of quality-of-life considerations slow game to a snail's pace
- Overwhelming for all the wrong reasons
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By IGN on October 17, 2018
Pathfinder: Kingmaker delivers a fantastic story and a deep character system to dive into. Without a Dungeon Master on the player’s side to smooth out the rough edges however, its balance is wildly inconsistent and its event design, flawed. So many promising ideas fall well short in execution.
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