Pillars of Eternity

Companions have layered backstories, and side quests often rival main quests in depth.

Pillars of Eternity delivers classic real-time-with-pause CRPG combat rooted in tactical positioning, ability timing, and party composition.

More than a decade after release, I still find myself starting new characters, experimenting with different builds, and discovering details I overlooked before.

Deep mechanics and a highly diversifiable class and weapon style system makes this a fun experience for experienced players, but the great story, intricate world-building and beautiful visuals paired with a beautiful soundtrack makes this an unforgettable experience for casual players too with 5 difficulty settings to choose from.

Game has probably one of the best roster of companions I've seen, the lore is really solid, the story is quite good, items and builds are varied, lots to explore, lots of missions to do, consequences can be felt, soundtrack is good, dlc give a proper amount of content, in general the game is a solid 9/10.

The soundtrack is exceptional delivering a subtle, emotional, and perfectly matched tone of a crumbling, introspective world.