Pillars of Eternity is goddamn fantastic. It's also sometimes intimidatingly deep, with all of its interlocking old-school-RPG-esque stats and systems. Here are some guides to help you on your way.

Obsidian returns to its Black Isle roots with the Infinity Engine-inspired 'Pillars of Eternity'. Does the old-school RPG live up to its predecessors?

Pillars of Eternity 2’s shift to a swashbuckling setting isn’t just for show – you’ll have to maintain a full ship’s crew and take care of their health, morale and wages too. And this is ...

Pillars of Eternity is being made for over 70,000 generous donors that apparently miss those games too." Pillars of Eternity is out at the end of the year on PC, OS X and Linux.

Even when you’re mocking the gods. Score: 92/100 Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire is out May 8 on PC. Publisher Versus Evil gave GamesBeat a Steam PC digital code for the purposes of this review.