I bought the game originally upon release, via GoG to support CDPR with as much as possible, having been a fan of the studio since The Witcher 1. Reviews came in before I could boot up the game, and prompted me to halt begin playing. I ended up waiting until Phantom Liberty and Patch 2.0 before starting my first adventure as the titular V. Current state-of-play as per Patch 2.1: * NPC's sometimes detect me through walls, or initiate dialogue through walls. The receptionist at the hotel downtown where you visit some Russians is particularly annoying.. * My car explodes sometimes when spawning in for no particular reason. * I did a hard u-turn on a highway and somehow ended up on the street below it. * Kerry had his guitar surgically attached to his hand for most of the time during his final mission. These are just some examples of bugs and glitches that still occur, even now, three years past release. Do they destroy my enjoyment of the game? No. I have now done two Origins and spent 612 hours combined on the game. That is value for money, no matter how you slice it. And I will be playing the third life-path, despite the actual changes being very minimal. The overall theme of the game seems to be "missed opportunities", I often felt like systems could have been expanded upon, themes could have been broader, options for completing missions could have been more varied. Mechanically, I feel like the game plays extremely well. I'm a sucker for netrunning though, so I have yet to fully delve in to Sandevistan/Berserk playstyles.. but that's up next. The side quests are varied and interesting, there's a ton of in-world dialogue to pick up on to make the world feel 'lived in', but only at a surface level. Given what I know of what the 2.0 patch introduced, if you already own the game I highly suggest you get the expansion and the patch, and give it another go. There's so much more that could have been done, and that's the only real downside here.
I've had a "How to Fix Dungeon Keeper II" site up for a long, long time. It's been a widely searched-for topic and I like to think that I've helped at least a few people to be able to play this awesome game on newer systems. With the GoG version, my work is finally made redundant. This epic game, with it's great game play, hilarious jokes and tongue-in-cheek flavour of evil is now playable, all the way up to and including Windows 7. I've not had an opportunity to test on Seven. I can not recommend this game enough, it's great fun and you'll spend hours perfecting your dungeon to your exact tastes. Buy it now, thank me later!
