Hate the user reviews here. Learn almost nothing from them.

Based on comments and reviews on Steam I am a bit concerned to post there.
It turns out that the developers tend to censor and delete opinions or reports they don't like.

They ban users for trolling, especially when it comes to someone not owning the game on Steam.
Implying that one has never played the game and the opinion is based on bugs from beta gameplay videos which were fixed in the final release. I am astonished how many users have been banned there in such a short period of time.

I didn't get much into actual gameplay or story because the user interface bugs and shortfalls - feels like an early beta stage - completely discouraged me from playing.

Thank you for giving us your first impressions.

I guess I'll wait with a purchase until the game got heavily patched.

I think it will be something very cool. And when it becomes available the fans will definitely love this game. The only thing I'm afraid will be a lot of donat and advertising https:/ /escortdublin.info, well, you know how it happens. I think everything will be at the highest level!

Anyone did get their Kickstarter extras from GOG ? Or they didn't upload them yet. Could you send a picture from your account section of the game ?

> Note: The Mac and Linux versions will be available soon.
Consider updating the headline: Linux v. 1.0.1 appeared for download.

I found this a deeply disappointing game. Several of the quests were virtually impossible on normal mode, the content was overly complicated and for some reason certain spells could not be cast but no explanation is given as to why (I assume it was an inappropriate target but the sheer volume of classes spells feats and capabilities makes it difficult to remember the details of everything. with any certainty.) Perhaps this will seem a better game for those who are well versed in the table top rpg. Even creating a character (which was bugged and prevented me from entering a name the first four times I tried) takes a long time and while the number of options you get for eacjh element (class, subclass etc) may excite some people I simply found it too time consuming to read all the details on every possibility. I would not recommend this game to anyone who was not already very familiar with all the pathfinder rules and details.

Hi all.

I thought I would put my two bits here, in hope that it helps people knowing what they will put their money into. I'm not going to tell you if the game is woth it or not, as I didn't finish it or even played enough.

First, yes it's pretty much like a Baldur's gate game. You have to understand that it's almost verbatim a transposition of the D&D p&p tabletop rpg system. If you're a firdt timer and don't know anything about it, it might be hurtfull to give it a try if you know nobody that has some hand one experience with the mechanics of the game, or if you're not the type that like to hunt for information in wiki. It's not so much the character creation that will stop you, you can still go for a warrior (which isn't that simple when need the time to choose your feats, but has a lot less special mechanics in it), but the actual combat.

The thing is that with the traditionnal pen & paper rpg, you have a human being assuring the role of dungeon master, it's his work to assure that the difficulty is well manage in regard to its group of players. Here, as it is a game, and the dev have no idea what will be the make up of your group or where you'tr going to go on the map (you're pretty free), the fight ends up being you trying and dying, then learning that you can't manage the fight and need to come back later. The game made a poor job at easing the players in the different system (but I remember the elementary evil temple being as dreadfull), and it would still be difficult to do without the player willing to engage the ingame help (see your journal, that contains a section that explain BAB, CMD, AC and others).

You have no way to know, unless you already played a D&D game, if you're up for a fight against 4 wolfs or one cheetah. There also all the tactic, that can turn what was a one sided beating into a fair fight.

What I can tell you is that the story and the goals are engaging, that you can play as a real bad person, the your compagnions might not put up with everything you decide to do. I remembered a fight that I couldn't manage, even after trying a dozen of time. Then I mistook the place I wanted to go, to where that fight was, only a few minutes later, to catch the opponent still sleeping. Well let's just say that it didn't ended well for them, as they waked up at the sound of Amari charging in full rage their necro.

So to sum up, if you have always been interested in D&D and maybe pathfinder in particular, but never find the opportunity to buy and try the rpg pen & paper, then you might want to check the game if you're not afraid to "study a bit. If you have friends that know about it or own the game and are comfortable with it, see if they are willing to help you ease into it. You will have lots to talk about, that's for sure.

If you already bought the game and are fed up with it, well... I could tell you that the first 3-4 lvl are always rough, even with a DM. A rat can one shot a lvl 1 sorcerer after all. The thing is as you grow in power, and you will see and feel it, the ennemies might start to use tactics that might exploit weakness in your team that you didn't even know was there.

Remember that there are plenty of options to scale the difficulty to your experience.

You can also watch the derails of the combat action on the bottom right corner of your screen. When hoverring the mouse over a line you get the details a this particular action (dice throws, bonus and malus going in), it can helps understandings what's going on and where are your strength and weakness.

If you are totally new to the genre, and just want to hop and have fun, this game is NOT for you. It will just feel bonkie and unfair, you will be lost as to who to take with you, what to do and whoose when you level up, what to equip, what to take with you. Without the will to look into the mechanics of the game, every choices will be a pain in the a..

As for the bug I only had a few. When choosing a proficiency with exotic weapon, the list of weapon available was blank. After a few tries it loaded normaly, and for an unknow reason my main character as its swords not reposing in its scabbard but parallel to it, which is a minor thing.

If you haven't spent your money yet...save yourself some heartache. At its core there is a good game here. The story is pretty good, the mechanics as presented are great...problem is they don't work as presented. Numeorus abilities just don't work...but you will have to dig deep to really notice you aren't getting the advantage. Some classes flat out can't cast the spells that they memorize and should be able to cast...thats a big one. Some really poor design choices...not being turn based is one...don't fall for the "pause and play is the same" line...it isn't and you'll find yourself playing at most one combat spell caster since its pretty infuriating even controlling that many...and leave your other casters for between battle buffs and heals.

Oh yeah...and its buggy as hell. Crashes don't happen often, but when they do they keep happening in the exact same spot...forcing you to reload from two or three spots earlier to magically bypass whatever went wrong.

When you do have problems...nobody at Owlcat will be available to assist. It took them a week to get codes out to many of their Kickstarter backers...and there was complete radio silence during that time. On forums and Facebook, somebody will randomly pop in to thank folks for saying nice stuff...and conveniently ignore any negatives or questions about how to do something. You will not get email support...apparently ever.

If I could get my money back I would...but instead I'll dust it off every few weeks to see if they've bothered making it playable yet.

Oh yeah...if you fdo buy it, you'll assume I'm an idiot as it seems to play fine...which it does for about the first 5 levels...I didn't have my first crash until I got my barony...but my cleric has never been able to cast a signel spell.

Are you aware that noone can install the game without Galaxy at the moment (for the last week)?

The patch 1.0.8c is missing to go from an existing installation (1.0.8b) to the latest 1.0.9c version.
The full installation files for 1.0.9c are corrupted.

p.s. apparently the full installer files got fixed after 2 days.

I got two redeem codes from owlcatgames.com.
One is Pathfinder: Kingmaker - Explorer Edition.
Another is Pathfinder: Kingmaker Kickstarter Tier 1.

UPDATE
GOG only showed the page one, so I happened to reply to a 3 weeks old post.

Mixed reviews?