I've played this game about three years ago in early access. About 25 hours overall. Now an additionaly 3 hours or so after release and I will never touch it again. Everything I didn't care for three years ago is still in the game: Bad UI and GUI, boringly slow combat, skill checks that for some god damned reason need to take upwards of 10 seconds to roll (I know I can skip it, but that should have been a toggleable option, not something I have to do every time), companions that I dislike immediately. A story setup that seems utterly bonkers for a relatively low level adventure. I also dislike the voice casting immensly. Everything feels overacted. Especially the narrator and Astarion, who you still don't get to kill immediately after he put a knife to your throat (because Larian really wants you to take him into your party, no matter how little sense it makes, he's an origin character, don't you know). However: If you enjoyed DOS 1 + 2, you are absolutely in luck, because that is exactly what this game feels like. It's a sequel to DOS 1+2 in all but in setting. And not a sequel to BG 1+2 in all but in setting. In short: If this is the future of RPGs I don't want any part in it. This is the last Larian title I'll ever get, their idea of what makes a good CRPG experience simply does not aling with mine. If I could have given a zero star rating I would have.
