I don't know why those hateful reviews pop, the game is not super beautiful or high end, but it is quite fun, and there are some great mods out there. At the price it is now (-75%), I totally recommend it. Ps : I wish I was a game developer, but I'm not, and I'm probably not a "fanboy" since 1)I'm a girl and 2) I'm just a player who enjoys playing fun games in medieval settings where I can still play an heroine :)
Solasta is just magical - once you manage to enter the fact that it's not "hollywood" beautiful, it is just awesome - gameplay is amazing, creating character is full fun, story gets actually quite catchy to the point I ended up really caring about the characters and the world around despite the game not wanting to compete with story-driven games like BG3 etc... Totally recommended !