Pillars of Eternity Review

Before the release of Baldur's Gate 3 pulled everyone's attention toward the cRPG niche, there were plenty of other worthwhile games attempting to continue carrying the torch for the niche. Let's see how well Pillars of Eternity does in that regard. Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:47 - The Combat System 4:13 - Difficulty Settings 5:27 - Real-Time with Pause 7:49 - Combat Encounter Design 9:53 - Party AI & User Interface 11:36 - Performance 14:13 - Crafting System & Home Base 15:25 - Story Introduction 17:16 - World-Building 19:19 - The Drawbacks of a cRPG 21:19 - Writing 22:33 - Many a Quandary to Ponder 25:52 - Proper Consequences 27:48 - Presentation 28:32 - Music 29:49 - Voice Acting 31:36 - Non-Spoiler Conclusion 32:58 - SPOILERS: The Elephant in the Room 38:36 - SPOILERS: An Alternative Reading 40:10 - SPOILERS: So what to do about it? 42:25 - SPOILERS: The Stellar Antagonist 44:18 - SPOILERS: A Matter of Contrivance 46:04 - SPOILERS: A point where internal consistency doesn't hold 48:38 - Spoiler Conclusion 49:21 - Thanks for Watching Links: Unscripted Channel:    / @dr.jayunscripted   The Game Dungeon channel:    / @drjaysgamedungeon