Before starting: I want to clarify that by average I mean games before game industry became filled with WOKE incompetent people where releasing working game was normal. So let's go over points that are bad: - Beyond Act 1 game is not well tested. In fact I'm pretty sure Larian didn't play test themself all possible variations within story otherwise they would know how many inconsistencies there are. Going on expected 'good' path should save you from most of story related bugs - Minthara as companion is currently broken (likely due to lack of testing), especially if you go my route by not helping goblins or druids, completely skipping final decision - 5E casual edition for casual people -Pretty bad lore wise story, while it is on its own engaging, but it is pure fanfiction. - Typical Larian writing. Note that comparing to Original Sin 2 it is improvement, but nevertheless it is pretty weak beyond main story narrative - Sad female characters. Kinda obvious but Larian do suffer from SJW illness so they made most women look masculine (Karlach is just man cosplaying as 'woman' for example). The only good looking Minthara is bugged as I mentioned - Companions' stories are for the most part boring on their own. They are only saved in some cases being tightly integrated in main plot, but otherwise pretty meh (this obviously stems from Larian having bad writers as I mentioned above) So now, despite how many bad points I say, my review is 4 starts. Why? There are few strong points that are important: - Solid bug-free gameplay. So while there are a lot of bugs related to story and its flags, mechanically game is very well tested (obviously thanks to long EA and people testing game for free). Despite only having 12 levels, you can feel power progression thanks to itemization which lets you create quite powerful characters by the end of game. - Aside from story bugs, there high level of overall polish (rare due to modern gamedev culture) - Overall it is solid game
