Pillars of Eternity

This is my first full CRPG that's not the original Runescape nor Arcuz. In one word, it's LEGENDARY like Skyrim Legendary. So many quests, choices and cool areas to explore. Enjoyed 200 hours in my first playthrough as I cried with laughter watching Durance get obliterated repeatedly followed by Eder and Aloth mocking him as they then got obliterated themselves while I try to make a run for it only to be petrified by an Adragan. There'll be so many of those moments: First time facing one of the dragons: whole group is KO'd within 5 seconds from the dragon breathing steam on you. Durance charging a giant ogre with his wooden staff only to instantly be wacked unconscious. Zahua, your teammate, thanking you for attacking him on purpose and screaming for MORE! Watching my wolf get blown up by a lame half-built shambling robot. Play this game, and you'll have so many stories to tell that nobody else could hope to comprehend. Each class has so much depth and is so well balanced and super cool to play: I've spent 800 hours playing only one of them (Ranger of course). The character leveling/attributes closely follows D&D specs so it can take some getting used but once you got it, you go…

Incredible

[h2] A strong recommend to any RPG fan [/h2] Pillars of Eternity is a fine RPG that could be roughly described as a modern take on Baldur's Gate (1 and 2). In a sense, it also reminded me of Neverwinter Night 2 (OC), but "done right". Well, at least on average. It boasts a huge and meticulously crafted world, an interesting story and good writing. It also offers a lot of nice gameplay elements, from a good combat system to well-developed crafting mechanics. In general, I would definitely recommend this game to anyone interested in cRPGs and I consider it to be a valuable addition to the genre. That being said, however, I don't think it belongs among the greats such as, for instance, Planescape: Torment (I replayed this game a year or so ago so I have it in a relatively fresh memory and I will occasionally use it as a point of reference below). I will not attempt to diagnose what I disliked about the game too precisely, but I will mention below a few things that come to my mind: 1. [b] The game is much too big for its own good. [/b] In my view, the game has a huge amount of good content, and some fabulous parts, but it also has some low quality content and design. And while it is…

A completely inferior piece of crap that has long since been surpassed in both concept and practicality. Especially now that we have BG3, this “old-school” game looks utterly obsolete in every way. From the below-average story and writing in general, to especially the combat, which is all too often an extreme RNG lottery. As a player, you can only set the stage; the rest is beyond your control, and your active input often has no impact on the outcome whatsoever. The game isn’t difficult, but the rules are frustrating. Often, you’ll win a fight without really knowing why, and when you look back at the log, you’ll find that you just happened to interrupt the enemy’s “I win skill” or landed a bloody good critical hit followed by a rapid succession of other large spikes of damage. The nostalgia for BG and IceWind is nice, but the bar has been raised significantly, and these 2D CRPGs are truly a relic of the past. Especially when even the characters are written like crap, something that could be better no matter the game budget.

This is my first CRPG, but I appreciate that the decisions so far provide a wide range of options and the characters appear to be well-written.

One of the greatest CRPGs and IMO RPGs of all time. Incredible worldbuilding, character writing, music, and gameplay. Combat is enjoyable and you have a lot of options for different settings and game modes to customize the game to your liking. Tons of content to discover -- I've come back to this game for probably 3 or 4 playthroughs. Same with Deadfire, which I would say builds on this to be even better.