I don't really know how to write reviews so I'll make this quick. The game looks quite well even with all this talk of downgrades and parity and whatnot. One of the gripes I have is the combat system. The game plays like it was designed for 1vs1 combat, yet enemies, large groups at least, constantly swarm and attack the player and potentially stun-lock you to death, especially on higher difficulties. Here the game could have proffited from a more free-flow combat system like in the Batman games or Middle-Earth in this case. Alchemy has been made more 'complicated' as different potions/oils/bombs now require specific ingredients instead of 'generic' chemicals making gathering a bit of a chore since the placement of plants is rather random and not following any logic whatsoever. Additionally, there's no personal stash to offload to, slowly degrading your carrying capacity. Unless you sell those crafting mats for 1 gold apiece, degradingly grinding for cash, since merchants fall over themselves to cheat you out of money when buying/selling.
