Im getting a full 60 fps, yet it acts like its lagging. It doesnt respond well to controlls, and will go on its on tangent moving up, down, left, right, constantly shoulder bashing or attacking air even after unplugging the controller! It jumped off the map 3 times in a row and then asked me if I wanted to continue! I tried keyboard controls, and just as bad. It doesnt really respond to movement. I tried tweaking vid settings but even that failed as it isnt drawing resolutions right. 4k is blown up super large so that I only see a small part of the screen. Windowed or fullscreen, the probs are the same. Im uninstalling this trash. I was using a 360 controller fyi, which it says has full support. I am on Win 10 64 bit. Better to return to emulators and play the sega version. This one bites.
I looked it up prior to purchase and online it says that this game offers controller support for a 360 controller. There is a spot for controllers under controls settings, but it doe not read the wired 360 controller and will not program buttons as it is supposed to do. When in game, only 3 buttons work and only the left stick works. There is no way to correct this. Try to use a program and the two fight for controll of the controller. Im disabled and cant use keyboard / mouse controls effectively anymore. I need the controller to work. A beautiful game that ran like a dream on my machine otherwise and looked brilliant in HD. Im saddened by this. I will have to ask for a refund. Boo.
The game itself is good overall. I even disagree w/ most & think its def feels in line w a more up to date Baldur's Gate exp. I preordered the originals at EBGames in the mall back in the day. Ive been around a long long time now. What I dont like is that Ive owned it for 2 years now, and its still just one act and its still in 'early release' w no clear date of release set yet...just more promises like when they first said it was 8-12 months est from development and had me buy in at the full rate of $59.99. I have over 150 hrs logged now but wont even be able to keep the characters. Where I should be paid for the 2+ yrs beta testing or get some benefit, I am still wondering at this point if I will even see the game finished, or once finished, will I even care? Never have I been treated this way by a trusted developer. It makes the Bioware, EA, and Bethesda fiascos seem less vile. This is just an abuse of the clientelle. I love the stuff quality of the game. I understand their passion, but there is no way they should have charged us full price and kept us in this state for over 2 years now. Look at my history. I first played this game over 2 yrs ago now, and I didnt even get it right away! I waited several months hoping to get closer to full release. I have learned a lesson from all this. Never will I nor have I since pre ordered a game again. Companies need to be held to acct to keep wokeism out, micro transactions out, politics out, and agendas out....and to put morals & ethics back in. They need us, we dont need them. We just want what they got, but not when they do things like this! At some point, our distaste supercedes our wants. Our hate supercedes our love. Release the game, give us old timers something to make up for this abuse you've put us thru, and I can revise this review. As it is, this is my experience and I wish I could have a refund. I feel cheated.
Ive experienced lil of what people have been complaining about. The worst thing Ive noticed so far is that it was terribly laggy at 4k, so I had to reduce to 1080 resolution which on maxed graphics didnt change the visual quality really at all other than making it run to expected speed instead of 15-25 fps which is roughly what I got in 4k on hardware that should easily eat it alive and spit out the remains. I noticed a lil bit of the LGBTQ / Social Justice / Flip the roles of men & women kind of junk mixed in too...however its not been overwhelming, has been easily dismissed, and again was only a mild irritant. I dont care to have agenda in my games, but if it is in there, I prefer it to be avoidable largely so as not to impact my gaming experience. I havent noticed many bugs so far. I have seen some missing text / images from descriptors on certain things in the menus and such, but again not game breaking more of a minor inconvenience Im sure will be patched out at some point. I hear its broken for mounted combat, which is a shame bc my first toon is a Cavelier Beast Master / Hunter who was made for mounted combat... I hear its also not too fun a ride if you want to make an evil toon, which is a shame bc some of the coolest prestige classes and paths in the game are only available to the evil side of the spectrum yet its reported the game doesnt grant much room to benefit from it all. I can not validate this balancing issue as of yet but Im looking for it. I expect such an issue will also get patched out or remedied with DLC. Havent made it to Crusades but liked the kingdom builder in Kingmaker overall except for the time sensitive game ending stuff which was way too frequent and stole from the experience. Should have been less of that overall. Crusades is likely the same, doable, but only a certain way, which defeats the purpose of RPG imho. Still rather have it then not. Lets hope it gets patched and balanced! Its a good game so far. No regrets so far.
