While it is not obvious at the beginning, the Larian account is entirely optional. You need to click the "getting started button", then you can check "do not ask next time" option and click "skip" button. Regarding the game itself, I have very mixed feeling. It is obviously a labor of love and passion. Maybe a little bit rough on the edges. And it is great, epic cRPG. Tons of NPCs, each with unique dialogue. Large, living locations. But it just does not work for me. When each NPC has a name and their own dialogue line, you do not really know if this NPC is important or not. It is indeed immersive. But not wanting to miss something important, I need to talk to every NPC in the location. And this feels like chore. I mean, it could work for me if the locations would be smaller. The starting island is very fun for me – it has the righ scope for that kind of gameplay. But later it is very easy to simply get lost. I was playing Divinity Original Sin 2 twice or thrice already, and always got tired (mind, tired – not bored) around 1/3 of the second act. I am going to give it another chance; in fact, I did install Divinity again yesterday. Recently I finished Pillars of Eternity II. I feel that while Divinity Original Sin 2 is better cRPG, PoE 2 is just more fun to play... I love old school isometric RPGs, but I wonder if this type of world building would be more fun to play if the game would be in 3rd or 1st person.
