Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire - Beast of Winter

Far in the southernmost reaches of the Deadfire Archipelago, frost and death have encroached upon the land of the living. You, Watcher, have received a missive from the isle's residents: worshipers of…

75 2 August 2018 ESRB M

What Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire - Beast of Winter is

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire - Beast of Winter is an adventure game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and released in 2018. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It carries an ESRB M age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Far in the southernmost reaches of the Deadfire Archipelago, frost and death have encroached upon the land of the living. You, Watcher, have received a missive from the isle's residents: worshipers of Rymrgand, the god of entropy and disaster. They call you Duskspeaker, a harbinger of the end, and pray you fulfill your destiny.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire - Beast of Winter holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 6 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire - Beast of Winter launched on 2 August 2018, within three weeks of Dead Cells, Octopath Traveler, Overcooked! 2 and Sonic Mania Plus. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Dead Cells, Octopath Traveler, Overcooked! 2, Sonic Mania Plus.

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