Is it just me, or the Lore & Story is weak and boring?

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lupasvasile#5385 wrote:

First of all, the story isn't completed, and I'm not excusing it; you either get it or not. With that said:

1.If you pay a bit of attention in ACT 1, Count Geonor is a tad insane. Manipulated by Oriana, he became paranoid, and under the influence of the beast he started feeding corpses to it. And the corpses came from the persecuted people in his domain; our characters got caught and accused of various crimes, true or otherwise.

2.The whole corruption plot ties in with the POE 1 story; Sin has an important role as he created the beast. Our characters, same as in POE 1, are not shining heroes. They all have their own motives and shady pasts; one does what one must to survive. The Witch being my favorite simply because she wants power, no matter the cost. Hell, in POE 1, by the end we are killing machines in service of Eldrich Gods.

3.The world in POE is brutal, with no happy endings. The closest to good guys you get are the Azmeri (the semi naked tribal people that apparently talk to spirits).

4.No one trusts Doryani in the story....but he's smart and the world is going down the drain. Allies of necessity.

5.Tavakai was corrupted when he did all that.....but, I'll agree with you here; he got off too easy.

Yeah, maybe I'm just weird, and like the setting to much that I pick up every detail and piece of lore I can get; so getting the story feels easier to me.

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Skutz123#5377 wrote:

Doryani was a genocidal maniac that almost destroyed his entire civilization? You don't say... hey no prob. After I hit him on the head real hard he said he was gonna help, so I'm good with him tagging along. Trust me bro, he changed his ways. (it would be unforgivably lazy of them if they do the old he was faking it and becomes the final boss at the end too)

Tavakai stop apologizing... its totally ok that you tried to kill me and selfishly caused all those people's deaths. You had a bad day ok, just go take some time to self reflect on that pirate ship in the docks. You can come back and join up again after your time out in the corner. I totally don't think you should suffer any consequences for your actions.

You get my point...the whole thing feels like there were pre determined characters and ideas/concepts that we're awkwardly shoehorned in, and it just kills the story cohesion and immersion.

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Skutz123#5377 wrote:

Haven't read Dungeon Crawler Carl yet, have heard many friends recommend it. Not sure anyone is asking for Shakespearean quality writing, but how bout just not terrible, with some engaging and novel aspects that are capable of sparking interest and engagement? Is that too much to ask?? Probably.

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Haziza#1519 wrote:

I feel like the game is missing some cinematics that explain the story better. Maybe we will get that once 1.0 drops?

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Neurofanatic#4040 wrote:

Dare I say the whole “travel to the past thing” isn’t really doing it for me…….. why?