Author: LepcisMagna

If you’ve talked to me about RPGs in the last two years, I’ve probably been singing the praises of Pathfinder 2e (… or The Halls of Arden Vul, but that’s another story): it’s well-balanced, has a functional economy, all the rules are freely available online, and – importantly for this review – the combat works. Remarkably, no major cRPGs have been made based on the Pathfinder 2e system, which is quite strange considering how well-suited it is for such a platform (and you’d think someone would have thought about it after seeing the success of Baldur’s Gate 3…well, other than the mad people who made a Pathfinder total conversion mod for BG3). As if to prove it, someone created a free-to-play game called Quest for the Golden Candelabra, and its success (at least in the Pathfinder community) was enough to inspire a full game sequel: Dawnsbury Days.

Pro Philosopher 2: Governments & Grievances. The successor to a flash game called Socrates Jones – this time, it’s political (read that in a stereotypical movie sequel voice). The original was a fantastic jaunt through moral philosophy in a Phoenix Wright-style setting. It was great. So’s the sequel.

I mean, it’s an Owlcat cRPG, and you know how I feel about those. For a development studio with three games (and apparently 450 employees), they have an incredibly well-established brand. Unfortunately, that also means I’m going to have to start really criticizing some aspects of their gameplay and implementation of the Warhammer system specifically.