This game was clearly made with an incredible amount of ingenuity, experience, creativity, labour, and love. Writing tends to be a bit over the top sometimes like with most older Larian titles and the lore is admittedly all over the place in Divinity series but the unique flavour and the richness of it's flexible systems more than make up it. This is when Larian still had a fool's hat on but had already proven that they are dead serious about making great games that would last for decades.
Still one of the best written games of all times.
If you're a mature reader with an apprecitaion for creative talent, you'll be happy with this one.
This game has been a life-long companion for me. After over 2 decades I still visit it every once in a while like a very good friend. It's old but alive. And stating the obvious is as far as I can go criticising it. It's still awesome and I'm a proud fan. Go play it!
Owlcat has come such a long way since the promising, grindy, buggy but at the same time illustrious and brave Kingmaker! WoTR sometimes drowns within its own mechanical depths and I personally wish the writers focused a bit more on the quality of literature and philosophy in such a text-heavy game rather than admittedly still often caricaturistic drama. But through the virtues of its mechanical depth, gargantuan size, and the variety of options for interacting with its compelling setting and a very decent main story (I do like Areelu :)), it remains an incedible achievement in gamemaking for me. Recommended for RPG fans and for people with a lot of patience
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
Well, I played it since the unreleased beta. It's awesome that they changed it into something more complex, but a proper introduction into it is missing. You have to read all cards so you're at least capable of playing it properly. They added challenges, which is quite nice, but these are also including the tutorial and the tutorial gives you just a little help. Nice is that they added an explanation for the effects. Before you only could understand them by playing it. Also i don't like that you actually have to spent money if you want more new cards. If this game will be released as a paid version, i don't think it's right to charge something for it. It would be better if they add something that makes you get card kegs through gaming, though also the ranking system makes you get them. It is a very good game. The Gwent from W3 wasn't challenging at all, but they made something that needs you to think, to deploy a good strategy and to build a deck that allows you to use it properly. After it was released for openbeta it got even better, there are many possibilitys to play a faction. Every has a unique way of playing it and not just a single one, but also i would like to see more cards. Now it is limited and i would like to see more ways of playing a fraction. Also there should be Toussaint added. It is an addition and it should be a part of this as well it became a part of the game. You'll also be able to communicate with other players through 6 sentences, I would like that you could actually talk with your opponent. Of course with mute option. The graphics are amazing. The game is awesome. And it's still in delevopment. This game is a gem, but it have to be cut good and i trust them to make something incredible as Witcher(1-3). It is still just a beta and i have high hopes on them. I hope they make something better. There are many things that should be changed. Also I would really like that it doesn't freeze when I close the game.
