I would usually never write here, but I just finished the game and I have to say I'm disappointed. I explored every single corner of the game, often reloading dialogs to watch the ffects of different choices, and finished every single quest apart from those linked to different endings and sidekicks quests which were just boring. It took me 60 hours, and I feel like I've just ended the first chapter of the game. I reached maximum level quite before I finished exploring the world. But after 15-20+ hours non of the combats felt difficult (in hard mode), even though I played with an option that was supposed to augment enemies' levels if I was stronger than them. All in all combats and character customization feel like they're missing something. I kept waiting for the moment I would have to rebuild a part a of my team because I didn't really thought it through, but it never happened. I finished the game and what I think was supposed to be the final boss (or maybe my later choices skipped me another boss ?) without even preparing for it. The exploration side is a great idea (except from the naval fights which are a big disappointement), but the whole world feels empty. You don't really feel like exploring, because there is only one big city and a few small ports where there is nothing to do. The rest of the world feels like random isolated events. Main quests feel cheap. It lacks major, impactful plots that make you feel you're progressing in the story. As you pick quests from different enemy faction you would expect some important stuff to happen, but you can pretty much finish most of every faction's storyline without any problem, and all of them are very short. Side quests feel just the same, too short and not relevant, and most of them are just exploring a few screens and going back to town. Everything is really, really linear. I really enjoyed playing PoE1, but PoE2 feels much less consistent, for both gameplay and story aspects.
