Game is good.
If you like cRPGs, especially Owlcat's previous game Pathfinder: Kingmaker, you'll enjoy this game. Story is excellent. Voice acting, while limited, is solid. Gameplay (turn-based mode, I don't play RTwP) is great. Character customization will hold you back from finishing due to the sheer variety of build options (unless you don't suffer from restartitis). And, while not part of the base game, there's already a plethora of mods available that take the game even further. Sadly, I cannot give the game 5 stars. There are a sizeable number of bugs (though they patch the game regularly), and the game is a bit unbalanced difficulty-wise (expect to struggle at even normal difficulties later on unless you're using mercenaries and are min-maxed, or you've modded/cheated). Final 2 acts (though the last act is barely its own) are somewhat lacking compared with the earlier portions. And the Crusade mode is tedious, but they made it quasi-mandatory (if you want to have a chance to see and get everything, you'll have to play with it on). Despite these gripes, I am only now, after 3 months and over 600 hours, starting to slow down on playing it (I've only actually beaten it twice). With promise of DLCs to come, I only expect it to get better. Well worth the cost and mild frustrations it comes with.
Played through the early access, and with forgiveness for the technical aspects, it was a good experience. It'll only be improved when they release more class and subclass options. I only have two minor gripes. 1: There's a bit of an unofficial "highly recommended" party composition due to the difficulty of the game. Certain characters are almost more trouble than they're worth due to the difficulty, made worse depending on what class you play, all of which would not be an issue except for gripe 2. 2: The need to constantly rest due to being worn down rapidly, namely after the prologue. Healing is at a premium, and you get only a single short rest between long rests. Being that there's an in-universe (but no actual) time limit, you feel pressured not to long rest too often. As far as I can tell, there's no actual penalty for doing so aside from this, though, so it's ultimately more of an inconvenience than an issue. Aside from those gripes, the game is solid. If it weren't for those, I'd give it a 5-star review. Maybe I'll revisit this later on.
