Pillars of Eternity: Hero Edition

There are Few good CRPGs out there.. this is a one of the good ones

My son bought this game when it was released, and complained about it crashing at certain parts in the story mainly at raedrics hold i think, before i buy i would like to know if this bug is fixed and are there any more to look forward to (not) the game certainly looks good, but does it play good ?

The game is OK, but far from 5 stars. I was playing so far about 2-3 hours, so i don't have opinion about story yet. But from the technical point of view, maybe it looks like Baldurs Gate or Icewind Dale, but that's it. Almost everything is simplified in this game. All classes/races can use every equipment. You don't need arrows/bolts. Unlimited inventory. No weight limit. This weird concept with the 2 health bars. For me, those are cons.

I played this years ago. It ran fine then. Now, years later it *ALWAYS* crashes during combat, making it impossible to get past the first combat encounter with the wolf. The story of PILLARS... and the world building are great. I also liked that the devs developed a complete rule system of their own. I really hated the combat system though: real-time with pause is the worst combat system ever conceived. Combat in RPGs should always be turn-based. This is like COMMAND & CONQUER, it just doesn't fit with this type of game. If you play the game properly (higher difficulty setting) you will have to pause the game every second anyway to micro-manage your idiots - uh I mean "heroes" - because they will constantly "forget" your orders and run off into certain death (mages). You'll be playing in turn-based anyway! Enemies will always break through your ranks - something you can better counter in turn-based combat but is a painb here - and your magic user will constantly run into melee where they will die in one hit. This is why I *hate* BALDUR'S GATE 1 & 2 as well. At least later games (PILLARS 2, PATHFINDER) allow you tu turn on turn-based mode, albeit it clearly shows that those games were designed for rtwp. No, PILLARS... is nowhere near as great as DIVINITY ORIGINAL SIN 1 & 2 or BALDUR'S GATE 3 (EA). And for some reason the latest version *always* freezes during combat, thus being unplayable. REFUNDED.

Great combats, but....it's awful realy :-( 2D painting is a too old technic, please seriously....