Over 10 years have passed since the release of Obsidian Entertainment’s critically acclaimed RPG Pillars of Eternity, but its developers have not forgotten about it.
On November 5, a beta for an official turn-based mode will be launched on PC and Xbox.
The mode is already available in Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire, but the folks at Obsidian made significant changes for the first game in response to user feedback.
The number of rounds you take in each turn is now influenced by the characters’ overall speed, while free actions, which could be abused, are now limited to one per turn per type.
The lethality of combat has been significantly increased for both players and enemies, so that the pace isn’t too slow.
Players will also be able to swap between real-time with pause and turn-based whenever they want, with a simple toggle in the options. That being said, the developers are already planning to add a button in the UI to make switching on the fly even easier and quicker.
Below, you can check out a video showing gameplay and including an introduction by Studio Design Director Josh Sawyer.
It’s worth mentioning that the beta will be public, and the developers promise ongoing changes to make things even better following the feedback they receive from players.
So, if you love turn-based RPGs, this is your chance to help shape the implementation of one of the best RPGs of the past decade.
If you’re interested in newer games by Obsidian Entertainment, the developer recently released The Outer Worlds 2 and Avowed. Incidentally, the latter is set in the same universe as Pillars of Eternity.
