Originally Posted by Ieldra2
You know what's weird? That they placed the fast travel portals everywhere, but there is no one where you would want it most: in the druid grove.
Yes, I have noticed this a well. I suspect the reason for it are possible changes to druid grove - like the place can be locked up. There could be additional story reasons for them to want spawn players in front of it, rather than inside.

Witcher3 did something similar with Baron's place - you couldn't fast travel inside of it.


Originally Posted by Tuco
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Is POE2 really a story-driven game if it has almost no main story?
It IS absolutely story-driven (not that this would be automatically a plus, anyway). It's just that very little of that story is "the main plot" and a lot of it is about (quite sizeable) tangent stories.
I have to contest the "no main story" plot. Faction content IS main story. It contains important worldbuilding necessary for mandatory Eothas missions, and through it player make choices that reflect the underlying dilemma behind God's actions.

I won't argue Deadfire story has some issues - compartmentalization, better intertwining between Faction and Eothas subplots, story hook not incentivising PCs to engage with faction story content - but the game has sooo much main story. I don't think the fact that player isn't forced to do all of them makes them any less of "main story".


Originally Posted by Icelyn
Originally Posted by Tuco
I don't know of what Fallout you are talking about. Probably not one of the good ones.
Probably not.😂😂😂 I didn’t finish either of the ones I tried, which were Fallout: New Vegas and Fallout 4.
I think Fallout comparison is apt - Deadfire draws a lot of inspiration with New Vegas. Even Fallout1&2 structure is somewhat similar to Deadfires - though it did work a bit better due to crit path not being clearly communicated by the game, like it is in Deadfire. I don't think Deadfire comes together as well as those titles, which is the shame - as I think some individual elements in Deadfire (factions, reputation system, itemisation) are my favourite I have ever seen in an RPG.

Too bad you didn't click with New Vegas - it is probably my favourite 3d RPG.


Originally Posted by Icelyn
That’s a plus for me that it reminds me of Dragon Age! Although, I think BG3 is even better than the Dragon Age games. It is Dragon Age evolved!😊🎉
I also like BG3 better than Dragon Ages - but outside presentation and some interface similarities (chain system, hotbar) I don't think games have much in common.