Easier or harder than Pathfinder: Kingmaker?

[Space Cowboy]

As the title says - do think this is easier or harder than Pathfinder: Kingmaker and why is that so in your opinion and by how much?

[katzenkrimis]

Easier.

Your party gets nukes.

But take the word easier with a grain of salt.

It still has difficulty spikes.

[16/13]

Harder. But depends on the difficulty you choose

[Khloros]

Much easier, but as mentioned, there are significant moments the difficulty spikes.

[Drake]

It depends on how you play, if you actually play the kingdom management of kingmaker and not using cheats or automodes to bypass it, kingmaker is clearly harder because of you need to manage time on the world map.

[JimmysTheBestCop]

Depends. The game is overall easier because there is less classes so less building. Character development is still robust but its more about synergies.

However it is fully turn base with a cover system and there is shooting pew pew. This is where it goes back to builds if you have really good builds you can probably out damage the enemy no matter what.

If not you really have to think tactical and use cover and the map to your advantage. Use your items etc.

But I feel like going in blind you can still make really good builds if you read everything. While Kingmaker you basically had no shot at making a good build going in blind even on normal.

I kinda suck at making psykers so I stay away from them and if i do bring one i am using other talents. but it doesnt really hold me back.

[Shlone]

Ive been finding it much easier. I constantly got my ass whopped in pathfinder, had to lower difficulty. Haven't had that issue in this game yet.

[Aria Athena]

It certainly has a much easier Prologue than Kingmaker and also an easier Act 1.

[Kraehe]

Way easier, i have no idea of the rule system and blast through the game without issues

[Seizure Storm]

I think it's way easier, kingmaker was pretty messed up

[~ Fabulous ~]

easier, than WoTR and definitely easier than King Maker

[Space Cowboy]

Tbh, I just asked, cause I wanted to see if I should give Kingmaker another chance and maybe try WoTR at some point but I already tried and failed about 3 or 4 times to get into Kingmaker - I think the last attempt even was on easy difficulty. Cause Rogue Trader on normal is quite easy for me and some people claim it's hard so I thought maybe Kingmaker just didn't click and that it's easy enough when I put the same dedication into it as into Rogue trader. But...probably not.

[SpacePirateKatz666]

Originally posted by Space Cowboy:

As the title says - do think this is easier or harder than Pathfinder: Kingmaker and why is that so in your opinion and by how much?

I never played kingmaker but during the growth of your character you're going to meet at time a very steep difficulty even if you are at easy difficulty , also there at time a hidden mechanic that you have quickly figure out to solve the combat or else you just get drag down and finished off.

[Devoras]

I would say it's fairly equivalent in difficulty, maybe a little easier but still ridiculous. I played kingmaker when it was first released, and so the first wolf encounter was a party wipe 95% of the time until they swapped the wolves for a weaker animal that didn't have trip, and every battle in that game was a struggle. After the patches it was much easier, but still very difficult. In comparison, with rogue trader the normal enemies in the prologue are a joke; until you hit the boss. I couldn't get past the prologue boss, it had the same feel as those early unbalanced fights in kingmaker.

Wrath of the righteous is quite a bit easier; as long as you know which quests and areas to skip. There are still areas in that game that frankly are so difficult, unbalanced and unrewarding that you should skip them.