Posted on: June 13, 2023
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Could have been great
I am sorely disappointed in this game. The potential it has in its setting, writing and branching paths is fantastic. There is depth of characters, true choices, a unique world which pulls you in and manages to stand out amongst its cRPG-peers from the get-go. And it is unfortunately marred by an absolutely awful combat system. I am at this point 70 hours into the game in various playthroughs. Combat is a significant part of the game, and I find I don't enjoy it, at all. I dread having to deal with combat, despite looking forward to every new social encounter and choice. Instead of spells/abilities being on a rest basis, they are on a cooldown system. But to counteract becoming overpowered, every ability is tuned down to a minor effect, or a slightly higher damage than basic weapon attacks. Because of this combat abilities feel insignificant, but are still necessary to survive. This makes every combat encounter a drawn out struggle simply due to tediousness. I have on more than one occasion been down to one party-member, and one enemy hacking away for 5 minutes. Neither could kill the other because both are generally able to heal ad infinitum, but because of this cannot do effective enough damage or control the situation sufficiently to put a conclusion to it, despite being significant damage dealers otherwise. Yes, the game is short. The combat makes it too long. I applaud Obsidian for making a game that goes horizontal and branches out wide for every possibility you can imagine, and for daring to create a believable world with this kind of setting. But I will not spend so much extra time clicking away needlessly while my enemy does the same to no result. Naturally, there is the question of whether it's my own ability or understanding that is lacking. But ability has no bearing on tediousness. I am able, just not willing. This could have been an easy 5 stars, if they had just stuck to PoE combat.
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