Pillars of Eternity is far and away one of my favorite games in this genre.

It’s lore and story are very fleshed out and it has the sign of any good RPG that has had a lot of effort put into it: lore books. So many lore books. A Skyrim’s dozen, which is actually hundreds.

Plenty of fully voiced lines. Fun companions, excellent turn-based combat, puzzles, goofs, gaffs, and plenty of selectable text to remind you what everyone’s talking about.

The only thing that ever irked me in this game was the text-based ship to ship combat. You can board the enemy ship and fight the crew but those fights felt very hollow to me. I never much cared for “just because” fights and the fights on the open sea got very stale very quickly for me.

This game is easily a 9/10.

CRPG people are a very specific breed so chances are, if you like the genre, you’ve played this or are planning to. If you’re new to the genre, Pillars of Eternity and Divinity: Original Sin are two great jumping off points!