Please let Pillars Of Eternity’s surprise turn-based mode spark a wave of turn-based updates for all other games

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Pillars Of Eternity turns 10 years old this week, and developers Obsidian are celebrating with a patch that “addresses a wide range of fixes and improvements across visuals, combat, quests, and more”. Oh, and they’ve also announced plans to give the real-time-with-pausing RPG a turn-based combat mode.

What did you get for your 10th birthday? If it wasn’t a turn-based combat mode, then your parents officially love you less than Obsidian does Pillars Of Eternity. You might want to bring that up at the next family gathering. I’m already texting my dad.

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Editor-in-Chief for Robots Over Dinosaurs Anthony has been gaming since the 1980s. Working adjacent to the gaming industry for the last 20 years, his experience led him to open Robots Over Dinosaurs.

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