A few disgruntled people initially said, and while true a bit, is that need to register with Wube's website. This has been resolved for Steam users and I was against this at first, but, but, but..... That annoyance was a small hindrance to thousands of hours of enjoyment. Registration I think is required to download mods through their mod portal but there are ways can bypass that as people have played the game, with and without mods, without purchasing it. That said, purchase it if enjoy. I have the game on another platform (S***m) and can also download directly from Wube's website a standalone version. The mods are beyond amazing and I've launched 20,000 rockets or so, lost count. I've never truly finished the base game as mods disable achievements (and switched to them early on), but still enjoy the heck out of this game, truly is beyond amazing. The development team behind it is simply amazing for creating such a great game with a low price tag that will easily give the "average" player hundreds of hours of enjoyment. Try the demo and see for yourself. Most people are left wanting more. Disclaimer: I never played the demo.
First Larian Studios, why always a beach opening to your games... REALLY? That aside.. If it wasn't for the name of the game, this would, even in it's early state, be worthy of 5+ stars. That said, it is NOT, in my view, a Baldur's Gate Sequel. There are only references to the city, etc. so far, and really not all that inviting. Can't tell you how many hours have sunk into playing the other Baldur's Gate games, but it was a lot! Thoroughly enjoyable they are. The originals drew me in to the whole D&D experience immediately. After the naming aspect, this is a phenomenal game in true Larian Studio's format, if they could only rename it and change the beach..... There are quite a few very nice face to face conversations (so glad no masks). On the downside this takes more effort and likely reduces work on other aspects, but it is a nice touch and good to see, if not so frequent. Plenty of voiced lines and they are quite varied, also another great Plus. There are a myriad of ways to accomplish certain tasks but not a lot of detail to go with them. This is good and frustrating at the same time. Enjoy the format of the log file, excellent that is. The character faces and visuals are stunning, very much lifelike, or what I imagine it could look like in person, including scars and other facial featuers. They did an amazing job here and with the character animations in the scenes. The companions characters show an immense amount of promise for the final game, quite varied and lively at times. Even though there is not much here that reminds me of the original Baldur's Gate games, the story lines and side quests are generally very immersive and rewarding. The choices in dialog all make sense too, as well as their outcomes. For instance, after dealing High Priestess Gut, went into the caverns below and am doing all sorts of stuff there for at least 16 hours. Very well laid out area, very colorful too. A very solid game, lots of room for growth, recommended
