The new year is underway and while our feeds are full of exquisite Bernie in mittens memes, I find myself reflecting back a bit on the adventures I undertook last year. 2020 was quite the powerhouse in terms of RPG…
Turn-Based Combat in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Makes a Good Game Better
Back in June, I reviewed Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire. Like most Obsidian RPGs, it was a masterclass in gripping character work and creating an imaginative setting. But its combat system, a fossil of the Baldur’s Gate era of CRPGs,…
Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire Review
Modern CRPGs quite often walk the line between “piece of gaming individual of itself” and “living monument to history.” Almost all of them take heavy inspiration from games that have come before them. Many of them bathe in this reverence…