This review comes after 57 hours and two full plays through the game. The Good: -excellent writing, great story -interesting and fun combat mechanics -great music -good art The Bad: -short, and wee bit anticlimactic -oddly easy in the midgame (even on POTD) I'll say off the bat that the path you choose to play will greatly influence your experience of this game. I allied with the Disfavoured on my first play, and took the Rebel Alliance path on my second...I FAR preferred the rebel path. Tyranny's greatest disappointment is oddly also one off its strengths: the game is short, maxing out at 30 hours on a completionist run. However, this allows for great flexibility in the game paths you can take, and excellent replayability as a result. I had plenty more fun on my second run, and I'm looking forward to starting a solo character for my third. If you liked Pillars of Eternity (I loved it myself), you should not hesitate to pick up Tyranny. But. as I mentioned in my Pillars review, if you don't have patience for reading dialogue and don't feel like using your imagination, stay away from this game.

i'm crazy because i like these type of games (CRPs RTWP) for the combat they have. i like the strategical battle of it all. this game does combat well enough. i can't speak for the story since i skipped through half of it and don't really like to read much in these type of games. but the combat is good, and i don't know whose side im on but im fighting regardless. if you like CRPs for their combat, and you've played every other game like the pillars of eternity's, dragon age origins (which in my opinion is better than this game because it has cutscenes and allows people that don't like reading like me to actually enjoy the story), baldurs gate 2's, etc, then give this game a go, and get it while it's on sale. oh, another note, the puzzles in this game suck and detract from the game rather than add to it. do yourself a favor while playing and just look up how to beat them. no shame in that. like i said, i'm in this game for the combat not the puzzles or the story. enjoy :)

My monkey companion touches her nipples, and makes gestures at me a lot. She's not allowed to sleep with the rest of the camp anymore.