What videogames are you playing in 2026?

[Gradine]

Problem with turn-based in the Pillars games is that the encounter design and frequency are still geared toward RTwP, which really aggravates the pacing problems in those games (which were bad enough in RTwP). And unlike Wrath of the Righteous, where you can at least keep it in RTwP for those filler trash mobs (which that game STILL has way too many of, mind) and then change to turn-based for the actual battles that are worth anything, in Pillars you can't even change between the two on the fly.

The mode they're adding to the first game does allow changing between the two on your own.

Anyway, if a game is going to have trash mobs I actually even more prefer a turn-based mode than RTwP, because then I can still have fun playing them out tactically even if they don't pose any real difficulty. Meanwhile, dealing with trash mobs with RTwP is basically a speed bump to your exploration. Boring.

Of course, ideally your game shouldn't have trash mobs at all, but if you're going to make me fight them at least let me make a few interesting decisions while I'm doing it.