Though the fate of the ancient Engwithans is unknown, their dangerous and complex ruins show evidence they possessed extensive knowledge of how souls work. Eir Glanfath was the home of the Engwithans, an ancient melting pot of races that built elaborate, often massive, structures out of a living shell-like substance called adra. The Dyrwood is a heavily forested, coastal region where colonial powers from across the ocean have settled and formed an uneasy relationship with the local residents, the Glanfathans, tribes of orlans and elves who are protective of the ancient ruins of Eir Glanfath on the forest's interior. The story takes place in a small nation in the world's southern hemisphere called the Dyrwood (DEER-wood). It is roughly based on 16th century medieval technology levels, where magic and power is determined by the quality of a person's soul. The game takes place in a brand new fantasy world, Eora. The environments are 2D backgrounds combined with 3D characters and visual effects. The camera has a fixed axonometric (high angle like isometric) perspective with zoom. The game uses a tactical 'real-time with pause' system and a slow combat toggle that can be used with or in lieu of the pause feature. The keys to success in combat is positioning your party and coordinating attacks and abilities. And you'll experience a story that explores mature themes and presents you with complex, difficult choices to shape how your story plays out. You will engage in dialogues that are deep, and offer many choices to determine the fate of you and your party. You’ll create your own character and collect companions along the way – taking him or her not just through this story, but, with your continued support, through future adventures. The world map is dotted with unique locations and wilderness ripe for exploration and questing. Pillars of Eternity takes the central hero, memorable companions and the epic exploration of Baldur's Gate, add in the fun, intense combat and dungeon diving of Icewind Dale, and tie it all together with the emotional writing and mature thematic exploration of Planescape: Torment. On July 26, 2019, Obsidian announced that the game would be coming to the Nintendo Switch on August 8, 2019. Two years later a console port Pillars of Eternity: Complete Edition followed for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, which was announced on J, and then released on August 29, 2017. Pillars of Eternity was released on March 26, 2015. The Kickstarter campaign achieved its initial funding goal within 24 hours of launch, and was concluded on Octoafter raising $3,986,929 in total from 73,986 backers, with additional $324,650 from roughly 5,698 backers PayPal pledges. The game was crowd funded via Kickstarter campaign and PayPal pledges. Pillars of Eternity (original working title Project Eternity and Project Trenton ) is a party-based role-playing video game inspired by the Infinity Engine games ( Baldur's Gate 1 and 2, Icewind Dale 1 & 2, and Planescape: Torment) set in an original fantasy world created by Obsidian Entertainment for Microsoft Windows, OS X and Linux.

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