I have at once so very little to say and so very much to say about how much I love WotR, so this is my TLDR review, you can continue reading for a fully fleshed out one if you so choose: This game is Baldur's Gate 3 for the heavily neurodivergent and mildly less horny. If you played BG3 and wished it had slightly less graphic sex but more spreadsheets, WotR is the perfect game, and I am that demographic, so I am pleased greatly.
On a more serious note, this review will contain spoilers as I attempt to hold back my intense urge to just write several paragraphs about how much I love certain characters. Consider this your spoiler warning, and without further adue;
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous is wonderfully built and clearly sculpted with love, I have played through the game a handful of times, and not even my half dozen have netted me almost six hundred hours of playtime, its a beast of a game that is worth every penny and second spent playing it. It is not without some minor gripes, but to say they meaningfully take away from a monumentally fun playing experience that I can gladly say I have shared this game with others by way of streaming and just recommendation, but I will still account my issues regardless; Not all companions are created equal, with a very clear best in slot list from the most likable being readily available, Arueshalae, Nenio, Woljir, Wenduag, and Ember are clearly crafted with such love and clear developer intent that I struggle to ever drop one of them to take anothe character for this quests. The story can drag slightly in Kenabres, with some of the contributor side quests being a bit of a drag to a run if you want to fully spec out a party and a crusade.
Those minor issues aside, this game goes to great lengths to encourage replayability and signifcant changes to each run, with different romances and mythic paths often entirely warping the 4th and 5th act so drastically a save at the end of Act 3 is an absolute must. I have gone into runs fully intending to try something new only to realize just how much I always end up an Azata in love with Arueshalae, the benefits of having a type I suppose.
Wrath of the Righteous is also an excellent introduction to the pathfinder TTRPG system, with my table having shifted recently from DnD to Pf2e, having a basis to work from with easily explained rules made adopting a new system so similar to one of my favorite games a treasure to experience,
Wrath is a game I would recommend to anyone who enjoys RPGs, Tabletop Games, Engrossing singleplayer narratives, and just learning to love and accept people for who they are, not who they could be. You don't need to be righteous to enjoy Wrath, you just need to want to love the world and people you'll come to meet in the Worldwound.
