There are tons of people complaining about the silly political nonsense going on within the game. I could care less about that. I actually like this game! I like the new UI and graphics. I like a lot of the characters. There are plenty of people complaining about how the game is too linear and not open world enough. I would counter that by saying that's exactly how they intended it to be, and they told us of that intention before they released the game. There are two reasons i'm not giving it a 5 star rating. My first complaint is that the game doesn't have as epic of bosses to fight while you're on your way to the shining lady. In the first game there were hints leading you from one boss to the next. One bad guy you are sure is the root of the problem but then only leads to another link in the chain of the iron throne. It really builds up each boss and builds it up to the final boss Sarevok. In SoD is kinda just floats from one battleground to the next, one nameless faceless mob to the next. You know the shining Lady is supposed to be a big deal, but so far her minions are just bleh. My second complaint is that the game is riddled with bugs and glitches. The most frustrating one so far would be the Goblin companion will suddenly start saying "I smell goblin, dead goblin, best kind" and repeat it into infinity unless you avoid the bandit party that seemed to trigger it. Another was that as i passed a certain point in the keep where Khalid is, i would randomly hit a "Game Over" Sequence. There were no enemies, i wasn't poisoned, diseased or otherwise afflicted. I didn't talk to anyone that might have triggered that. I didn't even take any damage or actually die. I eventually worked around it by sending a summoned monster through the room first and nothing happened, but the bug stopped happening. There are a few more I won't mention as they are already mentioned in other posts, but if these bugs were fixed i would gladly give it a 4 or 4.5
