Tyranny

God I love this game. I wish they'd made more. The combat is so fun, the spell casting is incredibly unique. I remember when this game came out, I was so excited, and it really lived up to the hype. Please make more!! I love Pillars more, but I miss this! It was such a cool world! *Edit* This game is soooooo good please make a sequel. More things that I love: the paths system. I don't think I've ever seen a CRPG that makes your decisions matter quite like this one. There's four paths you can take through the game, depending upon who you ally with. All of them have different goas and quests and interactions. Even different places you go. Missives, it's a fun little way to get more lore, and to make little decisions about how you interact with the other important characters while you do so. It really helps flesh out your character's personality. The way you level up, with skills gaining experience from use and your overall level increasing with your skills. It's incredibly cool. It means if you use a skill a lot, you'll be better at continuing to use that skill a lot. Why don't more games do this?! The random encounters as you travel. Reminds me a lot of Dragon Age and I love it. Loyalty and fear, and gaining those with your companions (as well as the corresponding ones with the factions) and how it changes the way they interact with you. Instead of just one axis of "do they hate or love you", you can have them be extremely loyal but also terrified of you. Really adds more depth to your relationships with them. The music. It's amazing. That's it. And the combat. I love the lack of classes, the flexibility, the way you can do anything and be anything. The talent trees let you specialize, but you can specialize in multiple ways in multiple things. I've played and loved Pillars and Pathfinder (I literally have a Pillars of Eternity tattoo), as well as many other less well-know CRPGs, and Tyranny really holds up to even the big names. I also think the fact that you're not the good guy is part of what makes this game so good. And that's coming from someone who always picks the nicest choices in any games that have them. I really do want to explore this world more.

In the vein of old DND classics like icewind dale and BG2. absolutely love it! concept is awesome too

It is a turn based game without turn based combat. Utterly disgusting, who uses real time combat in a game like this? Even Fallout Tactics had an option for turns.

If you like games like Pathfinder Wrath of the Righeous, or POE 2 Deadfire, you will like this, very text heavy (in dialogues and lore). Quite enjoyable, I'm not too far in but it feels like it will be a great narrative story with several dozens of hours to play. The battles do seem quite difficult though, even on lowest setting, that is preventing me from going any further in the game, but it was fun while it lasted.

top tier crpg

Is a Good game with 4 Routes that change the story (not the places you have to visit) a bit.The final boss was too easy for some reason even using a mage that mid game i change to a archer.Magic is OP you can almost 1 shot everything if you know the right combination. Recomend if you like CRPG 40h each route more or less.

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Writing this about 15 hours in or so. Tl;Dr is I absolutely love this game. Why I chose to leave a review is I have no history with CRPGs. Never played a Baldur's Gate, DND, anything like that. I recently installed Pathfinder WotR and it seems so cool, but was too much for me. Tyranny for me is perfect as it's quite complex for an RPG newcomer, but feelers smaller and more manageable than trying BG3 or Pathfinder. I am slowly learning systems through trial and error, kind of slowly 'getting' how real time with pause works and managing my party. I'n having a ton of fun learning, exploring, and it's obvious that you can make and try crazy choices and that they do have an impact. I wholeheartedly recommend this to people new to CRPGs, and probably to rpg vets who are looking for something a little more streamlined and self contained.