Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous Review

Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous now has its own enhanced edition, meaning now is the perfect time to delve into an RPG that lets you explore the joys of becoming a powerful lich or a Cronenberg hivemind insect swarm.
Intro - 00:00
The Sequel to Kingmaker - 00:19
Character Creator - 01:55
Game Premise - 04:10
Visuals - 5:40
Music & Sound Design - 07:38
Adventuring Gameplay - 10:26
Crusade Management - 21:34
Story - 26:27
DLC - 28:43
Conclusions - 31:41
Credits - 32:20
Soulsian - 33:27

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[MandaloreGaming]

Wrath of the Righteous on GOG - gog.la/LichSupremacy
Next video won't be on a long RPG since Wrath was soaking up all that time in the past while, but it'll be something alright.

[gobbotits]

I was so excited to see all of the new races and classes in this version. So of course, I picked a Human Fighter

[ZoranTheBear]

When I worked at Paizo during the development of this game, it was always a real joy to see all the new art pieces, voices, and basically everything from the adventures come together. It was like seeing the books finally come to life. The dev team in Paizo was always so happy to see any updates sent our way.

During a meeting, I mentioned to Owlcat that I had trouble making Kingmaker work as a war game with a necromancer build, as having 100 skeletons on the screen caused the game to lag to single digits. Owlcat just stared at me and said, "....we'll ask them to optimize that."

[allmyhomieshatefreud]

If anyone wants to experience a bit of levity after a serious playthrough (angel, demon, aeon, etc.) I highly recommend going trickster. It’s mechanically VERY strong, almost to the point that you would feel like a player who is bullying their GM at the table. The mythic quests are hilarious, and you gain access to such delightful mythic spells as “Charm Whatever”, “Summon Perpetually Annoyed Wizard”, “Fish Missile”, and “Recreational Pit”

[BizarreM]

The game: You can cast necromancy
Me: eh, whatever, it's probably just something like life transference and like 2 skeletons in a party
The game: You can turn yourself into a lich, raise important NPCs as undead, and have armies of skeletons
Me: WELCOME TO THE BONE GANG, SUCH IS THE POWER OF NAGASH!

[HammerspaceCreature]

My favourite line of dialogue in the whole of WotR is right at the beginning, where you can ask the barkeep at the Defender's Heart if he's heard any rumours around the city and he's basically like 'What are you talking about dude? The whole city's overrun with demons what do you think people are talking about?'.
It's a good joke and it also really readjusts your expectations as to what your getting into and how high the power levels are here, even when you're level 3.

[Sammo]

That character creator is pretty faithful to doing it in the tabletop. I exclusively played Pathfinder for many years and I've always equated making a character akin to needing a 5 years plan.

[theodorehodbor]

One thing I really like about Arueshalae's entire concept specifically is it's basically a demon being driven completely insane personally by a deity and "corrupted" into a good-aligned azata.
After seeing all the shit the demons do on a daily basis Desna really did just say "HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE CORRUPTED FOR ONCE YOU LITTLE FUCKS?!"

[SarahC-bycs]

One of the most crucial improvements: _No Darven._

[Glaugan]

The screaming druid image never gets old. Nice review, almost gets me in the mood to try the game.

[khalaenas]

Mandalore, you can't just include the Lich Mythic Theme, without including the beat drop. You even stopped right before it. This is clearly an attack, and Zacharius is revoking your apprenticeship.

[thomasellysonting]

The sheer slog of the turn-based army battles and being forced to rebuild our death stacks in Act V from almost scratch was probably why one of the most common reactions after surviving Act IV was "Galfrey, give me back my Legions!"

[skylarmartin]

The slight pause before cutting to Steve Harvey screeching the word "KILLLL!" while people laugh and clap like they're cheering him on to pull the lever on a guilotine is a masterpiece of editing.

[Neves]

There are no "Broken" builds on Unfair. Only the mutual understanding that you and the game are going to have to outbullshit each other.
I also want everyone to know that there's still no Vavakia porn. That is all.

[disk]

This is the definition of the comic where 2 different players sit in front of the screen and 4 hours pass

The shooter fan proclaims they finally beat the game

The RPG player has done making his character

[GaldirEonai]

Regarding the music: It stands out for being one of only a handful of games that give the main character their own boss music. When "Mythic Power" starts playing, some demon is about to have a very, VERY bad day.

[bernardo.bridon]

"And yes you can romance the succubus"
*Ahem* I'll let you know Arueshalae has, albeit with a few issues, one of the most wholesome romances ever.

[DrewColpurs]

So I actually just googled the Beastmasters tiger thing. It looks like "death by paint allergy" is a myth. It was actually a washable dye (that would often come off when it drank, so you can sometimes see its undyed mouth). But what supposedly did happen is that they had an animal handler who was in charge of anesthetizing and dyeing multiple tigers for the movie. Apparently one of the tigers never woke up from the anesthesia.

EDIT: It's worth noting that apparently the director did not want this to happen and was very distraught over it, though it's nearly impossible to verify that.

[locke]

Regill is one of the few evil characters I've ever really liked in a RPG. I loved that he wasn't evil just for the sake of evil as is so often the case, but just ruthlessly practical in his pursuit of order and discipline. Even going down the Azata path I found myself agreeing with him as an advisor more often than not because he was often the only one that seemed fully aware of how dire things were.

[madmac]

I like the nuances in the writing in this game.

Wojif for instance, has three different answers for the question if his tiefling blood influences him in anyway.

The first answer he gives you is if you're just some Joe schmo which is no he doesn't feel anything.

The second answer he'll give you if you're a tiefling which is the truth that yes he feels the call of his blood to do bad things.

The third answer from him is if you're a Inquisitor. That answer he gives is him basically saying he won't talk to the cops.