# Pillars of Eternity

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Pillars of Eternity and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a fabulous CRPG with hundreds of hours of gameplay, and one critic found it too close to the original source.

## Why people recommend it

- Fabulous CRPG, replayed twice (1 comments): "The PoE games are fabulous CRPGs that I've played through twice each, myself" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47590884))
- Hundreds of hours of gameplay (1 comments): "while offering hundreds of hours of gameplay" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47693726))
- Original franchise with two games (1 comments): "their own original franchises, Pillars of Eternity 1 and 2" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50186975))
- Personal favorite for some players (1 comments): "Pillars of Eternity (a personal favorite)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46123989))

## What people warn about

- Too close to original source (1 comments): "Pilars of Eterniety that were too close to the original source" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46820096))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Baldur's Gate 3](https://hackerapproved.com/p/baldur-s-gate-3.md): 71 recommend
- [Clair Obscur: Expedition 33](https://hackerapproved.com/p/clair-obscur-expedition-33.md): 58 recommend
- [Ultima VII Revisited](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ultima-vii.md): 24 recommend
- [Disco Elysium](https://hackerapproved.com/p/disco-elysium.md): 23 recommend
- [Chrono Trigger](https://hackerapproved.com/p/chrono-trigger.md): 23 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://eternity.obsidian.net/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Pillars of Eternity", https://hackerapproved.com/p/pillars-of-eternity/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).