pros - i love the look of this game. the mind flayers freak me the hell out. they're super scary. The story is really compelling and i'm very interested to see where it goes. all the textures and armor and weapon style of this game looks so good. Its not kiddy, it's not too dark, it's really good. the freedom!!! i feel like i truly control a battle field. way more than i ever did with DOS2. i love being able to push and shove and mage hand crap. I love the types of spells i can do. the feel of some of these spells gives me so much satisfaction also i love the ability to really utilize stealth and surprise assassin sneak attacks in this game! I've been able to orchestrate entire ambushes on mobs of enemies. So far - i love all the characters. My favorite may be Gale but shadowheart seems pretty mysterious....and a bit hot lol The interaction between the characters is really awesome. There wasn't any of this in DOS2 or baldur's gate, if i remember correctly. So it really draws in the dynamic of inter party relations. and now the Cons - The game is buggy. duh. More than a few times did I kill an enemy and the rag doll effects glitched out to kingdom come and the body was stretched into oblivion. But the game gives a huge message box on startup that warns you that you will encounter them. So it doesn't affect my review. not sure I'm crazy about the UI. it feels clunky to manuever. but overall i still like it. The leveling up feels like it follows the patters of 5e but i feel like i want more freedom. What if i don't want to continue leveling as fighter? what if i want to level into wizard? im not sure i can do that. This may be the analyst in me talking - but i would love to see the actual dice roll results during combat. Perhaps in a different menu that I can pull up. I'd like to see how the calculations are totalling. It actually helps me strategize. overall I definitely reccomend this game, even as it is right now. Larian did a great job.
