I'm an avid player of rpg's and have played nearly all of the usual ones over the last 20 years. My taste generally agrees with most other GOG'ers: SWKOTOR, Baldur's Gate 2, King's Bounty Legend are among my favorites, etc. I loved this game from start to finish. Just finished it on "ironman" (not really ironman, thank goodness, it just means you can only save in towns), hardcore. I first got a party about 1/3 through the game, around to lvl 23, on the middle difficulty, then read over the character guide on the internet and switched over to the highest difficulty, and it was completely doable, pretty much every fight was won without reloading, which means that at least the middle difficulty should be good for most anybody who is paying attention and takes maybe a few hours to first play around and familiarize themselves with what is going on. I read one person say that the story was generic, which is odd to me. They must not have finished the game, because the story develops in a very original fashion, unless I've missed all of the games and books with this particular story. The story isn't all that important; the game is immersive for other reasons, but the story strikes me as highly unique. This game has a terrific feature that is somewhat invisible unless you know to look for it; one that sucks when otherwise good games get it wrong. The resources in this game all matter constantly throughout the game. Otherwise good games get this wrong and people wonder why they lose interest. Still points, perm ability boosts, potions and scrolls, gold, experience-gaining, and equipment all really matter the whole time. You feel (correctly, pretty much) that you'd better be as strong as you can be, because the enemies are strong, but then when you do build your party and equipment well, then you can handle challenges and win without reloading or getting lucky (but not where it is at all boring). Very fun. totally recommended. From the ending, I expect a sequel.
