AndrewJ

I played the start, just because I couldn't resist. But I'll be holding off on it until I'm finished Avowed, which I'm halfway through. It's bumped everything else on my backlist down, though (as it would have with Avowed if I hadn't already been deep into it). As for the spoiler above...

52 bucks for 3 months of Gamepass Ultimate on CDkeys. (I have Gamepass, but won't really touch Avowed until I'm done with KCD2. Apparently I'm 100 hours in and about half way through).

The best part about Louis was... (significant spoilers here)

So... KCD. I never knew much about the original but had seen the occasional positive mention (mostly here). And I had no idea there was a KCD2 coming. But early last month I saw someone (CohhCarnage) was doing a playthrough of the first, so I decided to check it out. And it looked amazing and I watched the entire playthrough - and learned there about the impending release of 2. So, I grabbed it at launch. And I'm having a blast. I described it to friends as the closest equivalent in gaming there is to Read Dead Redemption 2 - insofar as it gives you a grueling, immersive sandbox just to exist in and experience all the whacky side adventures/activities. The combat is punishing, but I'm slowly getting better (a combination of just learning how to engage with it slightly less terribly, as well as getting upgrades in stats/skills and gear). I spent hours working on alchemy and making potions to sell and buy better equipment. And I did get quite lucky several hours in when I stumbled across a bunch of peasants fighting an armoured guy on the road. By the time I got there and was trying to work out who was who, the guy had died, along with a few of the peasants. I looked at the bodies and saw taking stuff from the peasants was "robbing" and from the armoured guy was "looting". So his stuff became mine. A bunch of pieces were upgrades to what I had (or filled slots I hadn't bought anything for yet - there's SO many inventory slots) - including a helm far, far better than anything I had yet seen. 20 or so hours further on and I'm still rocking that ugly helm, though most of the other pieces have been replaced by now. It's an incredible game and I can't tear myself away from it. Brutal, though.

I don't think when Death came to collect Nicky at birth, it was simply due to him dying naturally. I get the impression Agatha had done a deal with Death previously to sell her unborn child (for power or whatever). And when the moment came, she wanted to reneg on the deal and wanted "more time". And that's why she felt too guilty to face her sun in the afterlife - he'd know she sold his life for more power.

I'll second the Paladin option (I'm running Oath of Devotion). It's a little less vanilla than a fighter and can output some serious damage with buffs and Divine Smites etc, but not quite as complex as a full caster. And as Kal mentioner, the high Charisma lets you pass a whole lot of persuasion checks in conversations etc. I'm also not sure there's an option for an NPC paladin in your party, that's readily available. Edited to add: You do suffer fairly significant consequences for failing to uphold your oath, so choose it carefully. (And that's why I went with Devotion over Vengeance. I thought I'd likely be more forgiving of transgressions, rather than exacting vengeance for any wrong-doing)

So as a new player on XBox... the game really seems to be pushing you towards using Ilithid powers. I've mostly been resisting so far (used it once to get an advantage in a conversation and relented when prompted to consume one of the worms after killing an opponent with one). Without getting too spoilery...should I trust my gut and resist the temptation?

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