Pillars of Eternity

🎮 [u]Gameplay[/u] 🔲 Excellent ✅ Good 🔲 Average 🔲 Poor 🔲 Staring at Walls is better Pillars of Eternity delivers classic real-time-with-pause CRPG combat rooted in tactical positioning, ability timing, and party composition. Encounters reward preparation, buff management, and understanding enemy defenses rather than flashy reflexes. The system is deep and flexible, but not always intuitive, especially for newcomers unfamiliar with older D&D style CRP games. Combat can feel slow early on and occasionally devolves into ability spam during longer fights, but when it clicks, it’s deeply satisfying. 🌄 [u]Graphics[/u] 🔲 Beautiful ✅ Good 🔲 Decent 🔲 Bad 🔲 Paint.exe The hand-painted environments are atmospheric and timeless, evoking Baldur’s Gate nostalgia with modern polish. Towns, ruins, and wilderness areas are rich with detail and color. Character models are serviceable but clearly secondary to the environments, and animations are functional rather than expressive. Style carries the visuals more than raw fidelity. 🎵 [u]Audio[/u] 🔲 Eargasm ✅ Amazing 🔲 Good 🔲 Not too Bad 🔲 Bad The soundtrack is exceptional delivering a subtle, emotional, and perfectly matched tone of a crumbling, introspective world. Voice acting (especially major companions and narrators) is strong and memorable, though not every line is voiced. Ambient sounds and combat effects enhance immersion without overwhelming it. This is one of those games where the music quietly does half the storytelling. 📖 [u]Story[/u] 🔲 It will replace your life ✅ Good 🔲 Average 🔲 Text or Audio Floating Around 🔲 No story Pillars of Eternity is lore-heavy, philosophical, and unapologetically dense. The narrative explores souls, reincarnation, faith, and free will in a morally gray world that doesn’t spoon-feed answers. Companions have layered backstories, and side quests often rival main quests in depth. However, the sheer volume of terminology and exposition can be overwhelming, and pacing suffers early as the game front-loads lore before momentum fully builds. Appreciating the lore requires a lot of text reading though. 🛡️ [u]Difficulty[/u] 🔲 Difficult 🔲 Easy to Learn / Hard to Master ✅ Average 🔲 Easy 🔲 Just press "A" On normal difficulty, the game is fair but demanding, especially if you don’t optimize party roles or understand mechanics like Accuracy vs Deflection. Higher difficulties push heavy system mastery and pre-buffing. Encounters reward tactical thinking over brute force, but difficulty spikes can feel abrupt, particularly in optional areas. Veterans of CRPGs will feel at home; newcomers may struggle early. 🔁 [u]Replay-ability[/u] 🔲 Infinitely replay-able 🔲 Many Times 🔲 A few times ✅ Maybe Once 🔲 No replay value Multiple classes, races, factions, companion choices, and endings make replaying worthwhile. Dialogue options tied to stats and backgrounds unlock different approaches to quests. That said, the core story beats remain largely the same, and the sheer length makes repeated full playthroughs a commitment rather than a casual revisit. ⏳ [u]Length[/u] 🔲 To infinity and beyond ✅ Very Long (50 to 150 hr) 🔲 Long (25 to 50 hr) 🔲 Average (10 to 25 hr) 🔲 Short (4 to 10 hr) A full playthrough typically lands between 75 - 100 hours depending on side content. Optional quests, DLC, and companion storylines add significant bulk. It’s a slow-burn RPG that rewards patience rather than binge-style play. 🖥️ [u]Hardware Requirement (1440p / 75+ FPS)[/u] 🔲 Ask NASA if they have a spare computer 🔲 Fast (RTX 4080 equivalent) 🔲 Decent (RTX 2080 equivalent) ✅ Potato (GTX 980 equivalent) 🔲 Check if you can run paint Pillars of Eternity runs comfortably on low to mid-range systems thanks to its 2.5D presentation. Load times can be noticeable, especially on older drives, but performance itself is stable. This is a CRPG built for accessibility, not GPU flexing. 🪲 [u]Bugs[/u] 🔲 Never heard of ✅ Minor bugs 🔲 Can get annoying 🔲 Game-breaking bugs 🔲 The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs Most major bugs have long been patched. Minor pathfinding issues, occasional animation oddities, or combat hiccups still pop up but are rare. Overall, it’s a stable experience in its definitive state. 💸 [u]Worth Buying[/u] 🔲 It’s free! ✅ Worth the price 🔲 Minor sale (<30%) 🔲 Major sale (>70%) 🔲 You could also just burn your money Pillars of Eternity offers tremendous value even at full price. If you enjoy story-heavy RPGs and classic CRPG systems, it’s absolutely worth your time. For players allergic to heavy reading or slow pacing, it may feel like work. 📝 [u]Rating[/u] 🔲 10 🔲 9 ✅ 8 🔲 7 🔲 6 🔲 5 🔲 4 🔲 3 🔲 2 🔲 1 Pillars of Eternity is a love letter to classic RPGs, it is deep, thoughtful, and uncompromising. It stumbles in accessibility and pacing but succeeds where it matters most: world-building, player agency, and thematic depth. 👍 [u]What works:[/u] Deep, philosophical narrative with meaningful player choices. Rich companion characters with strong personal arcs. Tactical combat that rewards preparation and positioning. Exceptional soundtrack and atmospheric presentation. A fully realized original fantasy world with serious depth. ⚠️ [u]What to know:[/u] Heavy lore and terminology can overwhelm new players. Early game pacing is slow and exposition-heavy. Combat systems are deep but poorly explained. 👎 [u]Weak Points:[/u] Dense writing can feel exhausting rather than engaging. Pathfinding and AI can be clunky in tight spaces. Load times interrupt exploration flow. Limited visual flair in character animations. [u]TL;DR:[/u] Pillars of Eternity is a thoughtful, lore-rich CRPG that prioritizes depth and player choice over accessibility. It is slow, dense, and occasionally obtuse, but for fans of classic RPGs and serious storytelling, it’s a rewarding journey worth taking.

Need more isometrics RPGs in the world.

Jugón absoluto, de mis favoritos. Años después actualizado con modo por turnos, que le viene genial a un juego con esta complejidad. Pide a gritos una run a máxima dificultad ¡¡¡¡Sacad el tercero!!!!

Fantastic RPG

CRPG的满分答卷之一

A great book. It's a shame they fully voice acted Deadfire, because daaamn would Pillars 1 beenfit from it. I love this game, but get ready to read A LOT. The reading is 80% of the fun of this game.

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