3. The plot is deep, trust me

What if it's all just people telling stories around a campfire? Mind-blown!

As the game begins we get a glimpse of who appears to be the main bad guy and he's doing something obviously evil. Then we learn that we have a rare gift and bla bla bla...the usual. Don't be put off by this seemingly basic premise from the book of generic fantasy plots. This rabbit hole still has a ways to go.

Pillars of Eternity starts out bland, but soon enough, once you've left the first town it starts to introduce all these "holy cow!" moments into the story. There's even a "things just went from mildly problematic to total apocalypse" moment. Now, I never delve too deeply into the lore of any game, because it will soon be replaced by lore from another new game and so on. While I tend to bleep over it, Pillars of Eternity had me reaching for its encyclopedia soon enough. The story intertwines that well with the history.

4. Don't worry too much about choices

Whatever you choose, you'll get to fight this guy. That's all that matters.

When it comes to RPG games players often get scared of making choice. Usually they go online and look up all the consequences and how it will affect their precious game, possible ending, story progress and so on.

In Pillars of Eternity, just forget it. As if the previous so-called "choice matters" titles (looking at your Bioware) weren't enough to convince you there is never much consequence, this game takes a step even further back. Your choice will not influence the story in any particular way. The only thing it influences are how certain factions see you.

There, I saved you a ton of stress and pointless internet browsing. No need to thank me. Just pick whichever option you believe fits your character, or you, or whatever you find appealing. You won't break your game and you won't change the fate of the world. The Knights of the Crucible might hate you a bit, but you can live with that.