Good medieval sandbox with great cast and story, the save feature can be a bit annoying if you have to reload to an older save 30-1 hour before, so bring plenty of save items to be prepared.
I couldn't really enjoy this the first time around. If you make a mistake early on with your character build, the game is a pain to progress through. Side quests are almost mandatory early on for the experience, and there is no originality or diversity in class customization; deviation from a specific combat style can hurt you earlier than you think. The story is not impressive, yet the side quests seem to be more interesting due to their lack of black and white decisions and the presentation of their choices. You have more involvement in the side quests than you do in the main quest, since after you gain your dragon abilities there is not much reward afterwards. The ending to the storyline had to be expanded upon in an expansion pack due to public disappointment with its outcome, which only serves to make the ending more bland in a generic victory sort of way. The protagonist is a happenstance hero and the villain shows up in numerous cut-scenes in front of the protagonist to give additional monologues. Never did I feel involved or interested in any major story character, even the story's wizard ally looks like a young guy with a white beard glued on in a Halloween costume. You feel really crippled at the beginning of the game, especially movement wise, and before you can fly as a dragon you have to do a lot of travel in areas that will become empty when you defeat all of the enemies. There are obvious invisible barriers around certain objects like trees where you would expect to stand closer to the object. There are a lot of little irritants to be had when playing Divinity 2, but I don't blame Larian for their first major foray from an isometric series to 3-D environments. I wouldn't recommend this game unless you are willing to spend time on it. It did not feel immersive or enjoyable enough to get past the flaws of this game after spending 40 hours of my time. I do not want to cast aspersions onto this game, but it needs to be said by at least one reviewer.
