Posted on: December 6, 2022
Archannon
Владелец игрыИгр: 176 Отзывов: 7
Maybe not perfect, but still really good
It is an ambitious 2nd game from a relatively new company, that sometimes struggles with its lofty goals, but still manages to do an impressive amount of things right. No other cRPG that I can think of offers so much variety or complexity when it comes to character creation. (Only NWN 2 comes close) It demands a lot of investment and navigating through seemingly endless options can indeed be intimidating for newcomers to the genre. Even for seasoned players it can get tedious and exhausting at times but once you wrap your head around it, it is also immensely rewarding. I think the game would greatly benefit from some more user-friendly features in that aspect but all in all, it is my main reason to return to it over and over again. There's only 3 years between the release of Kingmaker, first of the series, and this one. I think it's a short time for a game of its scope and as a result, it was pretty buggy on its release but since then Owlcat did a pretty decent job ironing most of them out. Now it plays quite smoothly and in my last couple playthroughs I've hardly encountered any memorable bugs, and certainly no game-breaking ones. When it comes to writing, well... I would say that both the story and the dialogues have improved since Kingmaker, but it's not on par with classics like Planescape: Torment, NWN2: Mask of the Betrayer, KoTOR 2; or the newer titles like Pillars of Eternity and Disco Elysium. While I may not consider it a literary achievement unlike those I listed above, it certainly serves to flesh out the world, its characters and the epic feeling of the power fantasy that it is meant to be. Audio/visual aspects of the game are very good without being revolutionary, but the soundtrack is fantastic! I'm not a fan of dungeon crawling DLCs with a minimal amount of story and impact on the main game, but for combat enthusiasts is works just fine. To be given a fair chance is the least it deserves and it made me look forward to Owlcat's next titles
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