My standards might just be low after all the endless garbage that is released in the gaming industry these days, but I've definitely enjoyed this game and it seems this game avoids being total garbage like most modern games. Larian seems to have tried to make some decent, and it shows. Gameplay's fine and has real depth; many chracters are decently written at the very least; game's hard (if you like that sort of thing, I'm personally mixed on it) and long; writing's decent overall at the least; game's quite freeform; game has pretty good replay value; game's moddable; etc. That being said, the game has its issues. The story itself has issues and is decent overall at best; game has its fair share of bugs and wonkiness (be prepared to misclick at times and have one of your characters do an action that you did no intend, protentially screwing you over); game can be obtuse at times and might need guides and/or metgaming to get past certain situations/fights; the items you get are leveled so you constantly have to replace your loot or fall behind; the general looting gameplay loop gets tedious; the leveling in general can get out of hand, both on your end and the enemies'; modding the game can be obtuse and weird; etc. Also, I can't shake the feeling that while the game has plenty of content, it doesn't have enough and that I saw most of the game on my first run. Finally, I wish the game had respawning actors, but that's a very minor and personal annoyance and I don't fault Larian for not doing having it. All in all, don't let the 3 stars fool you. The game's competent and I'd reccommend it if you've the time and patience. It's not the best game I've played, but it's far from the worst. If anything, it's a far better effort than the usual garbage these days. And sorry about the poorly written review :( . Perhaps that's not my strong suit?
