This is one of those games where every character you build will have a totally different game experience. If you make a dwarven technologist, a half elven gunslinger, a half ogre...mindless brute...the dialogue, and sometimes the path you have to take is wildly different. Add to that the largest world map I've ever seen. Its ridiculous how much there is to explore. If I wanted to badmouth it, the combat takes all of the worst things from the Fallout 1 and 2 and runs with them. Real time play is totally uncontrolled, turn based is brain bendingly slow (with a lot of creatures on the map, a turn can take 5 minutes) so fast turn based is basically your option. And so it feels a little clunky in combat. However, there are so many combat styles (grenadier, fisticuffs, tesla rifle, drain life, throw a lightning bolt, you name it) that its hard to care. The best thing about the game is the details. Its a victorian world with magic and tech in opposition, and every little thing, from the fantastic music, to the schematic components used for a tech character (combine dr phavis blood pills with a petticoat to make regenerating armor, that kind of stuff) really add to the immersion. Highly recommended. .
