After reading all the negative reviews I had doubts whether I should get this game or not, but after buying it AND completing it (on the medium/"Darkest" difficulty), I have no regrets, and feel that most of the reviews seem unfair, really (or pehaps outdated?) And I don't mean to say that the game is perfectly "fair" - you will fall victim to a series of unlucky RNG rolls many times, and your heroes will die as a result, but the game *literally* tells you in the opening screen that you should be expecting it. Yes, some of the enemies can occasionally land crits for 100% of a hero's HP, and then kill them before you can react, but It's all about minimising the chances of such scenarios happening, and if things go bad, in most cases you have a choice to either push your luck or retreat before any of your heroes die. I can't help but clarify at least one point: one of the reviews dismisses the camping mechanic as useless because of the chance of your group getting ambushed - and, sure, if they get ambushed, you can very well end up worse off than before you struck camp, but several classes have camping skills that prevent ambushes. 100% chance. No RNG involved there, you use the skill and your group is safe. It is a slow game that requires a lot of planning and takes many hours to complete. It can feel grindy because you need to keep recruiting new heroes in order to sufficiently upgrade everyone as they level up, so be ready for that, but there are so many classes and so many possible synergies that you can keep trying new things rather than repeat the same thing over and over again (the skill and combat system is brilliant in its complexity, it can definitely be overwhelming at first though) Biggest cons for me? I found skill progression on higher levels disappointing (cost vs effects of most of the upgrades feels ridiculous), and I feel that heroes' progression in general could have been made smoother and more interesting. But seriously, it's a great game.
