I think on average the companions are a little more interesting in Pillars , but as a character you ' re kind of a magicky Renaissance Indiana Jones historian in danger of cracking mentally rather than an obvious role player in the world so in many ways it ' s a voyage of discovery and revelation more than a voyage of influence . But that said , depending on your choices your companions can have very different endings and the cities and factions you interact with can have very different endings , too . But things are overall quite a but more linear and combat is much less forgiving than in Tyranny . <| sep |> Was it a difficult switch ? <| sep |> This wouldn ' t have been a problem if the employees had been armed