It's really great, but it does suffer from the classic D&D early level issues of 1 hit kills you. After first few levels it's not hard. I do have to say that trap finding is complete horse s**t, due how it works, as in, it's really rare for your rogue to spot a trap before you step into it, even if you are careful with 100 in find traps. Also the path finding is often really bad, and can get stuck inside each other, in addition to just everything else. The music is great, the atmospheric forest ambiance is even better. The companion interactions are a bit non-existent. - The Tales of the Sword Coast: This is a bit weird. Apart from the Durlag's Tower which is a fun dungeon, the part that actually gets its own cut scene cinematic etc. with voice over, when you go this one island, is... really odd, as in the whole "adventure" thing is only like 30 minutes in length. - Siege of Dragonspear: Despite what people say, the Siege of Dragonspear is good. It is linear, but the dungeons, companion interactions and music is great. The story is a bit lacking, as in, it does not really make that much sense, but it does tie in BG1 and BG2 together better than not having it. With that all being said, I would recommend picking up a mod pack, like the Gibberlings 3 - Anthology Tweaks. It's an installer that let's you pick and choose what to put in: https://www.gibberlings3.net/mods/tweaks/tweaks/ You'll probably also need this to make it work: https://github.com/ScottBrooks/modmerge
I'd recommend playing through the Baldur's Gate 1: EE first, before playing this. The game can be challenging at times, but the biggest allure of the game comes from its story rich RPG content. There is a lot to do, a lot to explore, and it has great atmosphere. It is however prone to breaking at times, more so when the EE content is involved so keep several save files at all times. I'd also recommend something like the Gibberlings 3 - Tweaks Anthology pack, that is an installer for a slew of mods of which you can choose and pick what to install: https://www.gibberlings3.net/mods/tweaks/tweaks/ The same installer works for both BG1:EE and BG2:EE, though the BG1:EE most like will need this too: https://github.com/ScottBrooks/modmerge
Imo honest opinion, Neverwinter Nights 2 & its expansions are the best what computer (or console) D&D RPGs have to offer to this day. It's very moddable for one, allowing extra 3rd party content and customizing the game and it's rules to your liking, just like a real table top game would. Even the base OC campaign is good, not exelent, but good. It's long, has lot of content and interesting characters. However, it's the Mask of the Betrayer that makes the game shine. The epic level campaign takes the game on new level with both story and character power. It is excelent. Storm of Zehir and Mysteries of the Westgate are fine. SoZ is better than MotW, mostly due to MotW being quite short and lacking in content. SoZ fails in RPG content, this is not a story of your character, as much as it is a... more kin to a table top session. It is less involved, but it has content, and the content is good. PS. NWN1 is still the definitive classic, and is more stylish, but NWN2 is the superior platform, and MotB is the supreme story out of all.
While the first game was a bit meh, just a straight 17 level long FPS with Serious Sam elements, the sequel is like Borderlands, in every positive meaning. This is a very good game, I can hardly believe the amount of progress the developers took from the first to the second. Oh, and it's 4 player co-op on demand.
In short, it's just meh. The good: The visuals and level design are just gorgeous. The towns look like something I would dream to live in, and the bamboo forests are just plain pure gold. The swordplay elements are nice and fun, and the ability to play exclusively with a sword, is something the original never could do. Music is great, and sound design in general is solid. The Bad: Lo Wang is just ruined, awful beyond words. Instead of being the charming funny pervy old grandpa samurai with pad puns, he has been turned into No-More-Heroes' protagonist's retarded cousin, a snotty comic-book-nerd brat who lives in a *mansion with a bat-cave*. He is just plain plain awful to listen to, but the goddamn mr. vanilla-ghost is even worse, he is even less funny and even after this short of time, he sounds really dated, like, when you are watching some 80's high school teenage movie, makes me wanna punch the screen in. They also ruined the fortune cookie puns, and even added quotes from some random "SUPER-FUNNY-PEOPLE". Also all the combat is for some reason taken from serious sam, you'll have arenas with spawning waves and flying harpies en mass. In short, I would recommend trying it if you can get for like 5-10€/$, it is not worth the full price, sorry.
Just a friendly warning, this game has a hell-of-a-time of getting to work on Windows 7 systems. I tinkered with it, looking for solutions via google for severals days and *NOTHING* worked, I could get even the old Warhammer 40K Chaos Gate to work in few minutes.
