I waited until I finished the game until I submitted a review because Larian's final acts often leave me unsatisfied. I enjoyed this game, but there are a couple of things I didn't like. Pros: The game is huge. You can do hours and hours without even touching the main story. The main story is good and has enough twists to keep it interesting. It's great that the final battles rely heavily on ranged attacks (my go to in all RPGs). Cons: There are too many playable characters. I ended up ignoring all except Laezel, Astarion, and Shadowheart. I molded them to my style and I cared about their stories. Nobody else mattered, so I never used any of the other chars. Either don't have all these chars or allow the party to have more than 3 chars to go with the player character. The Level 12 limit is too low. I was easily a level 14 and I didn't even do a lot of the extra storylines. Lots of reviewers complain about the sex. It's pretty avoidable if you know how to read, but it just didn't need to be in the game in the first place. Many, many good RPGs don't have it and never needed it.
The first act was fun, but then you get sent into this "commander" scenario where you have to recruit armies and fight your way to a town. The recruiting takes forever and you have to keep spending and spending to raise enough troops to beat the demons. None of that is anything like the role playing and party building from act 1. The whole party you've put together has nothing to do with any of the commander/army building. It's not what I bought the game for and frankly, it's boring as hell. What a disappointment.
This is a great puzzle game. Great mid-mod atmosphere, no rush gaming (I hate timed puzzles), plot twists, great soundtrack, etc. I highly recommend.
This is a good game with good story line. The graphics are great and the story flows well. My problem with the same is the last act (Arx). It's like it was written by somebody else. The level of difficulty goes way up, the puzzles are a royal pain and the last battle is really really difficult. I wish that last act was more in line with the rest of the game. It would have made for much better memories and 5 stars for a review.
