It's possible to beat Pillars of Eternity in under 40 minutes

Pillars of Eternity , or Bear Friendship Simulator , belongs to a class of RPG designed to eat up your life.

, belongs to a class of RPG designed to eat up your life. You're not meant to rush through it, but speedrunner Jiseed nonetheless has. Exploiting a number of glitches, he's managed to finish the game in a touch under 40 minutes. That's how long I spent on the character creation screen.

While 'spoilers' is stretching it, the run above does 'break the game to shreds', as one vivid Redditortermed it. Our reviewer Andy Kellycalled PoE a "deep rich and wonderfully written RPG", so don't go breaking it on your first playthrough.

Cheers, Kotaku.