I can't stop playing this. With bugs and everything, I think it's the most enjoyable and the closest you can get to play DnD 5e on tabletop, which is EXACTLY what I wanted. So let me break this down for you: If you are and old fan of BG's saga and miss the good ol' times, this ain't the game for you. If you are a fan of Divinity Original Sin who thinks BG3 is going to be Baldur's Gate with OS mechanics, or Original Sin 3 in a Forgotten Realms setting, forget it. If you are a fan of both BG and OS and look for the perfect mixture between the two, you are going to be utterly disappointed. This game does not mean to be a succesor of any of that, instead it is creating something new and evolving to new times. Larian has taken the DnD 5e ruleset and has implemented (or is implementing) all that in glorious video game format, with gorgeous visuals, great story line, lots of lore friendly hints, incredible narrative, charmingly deep characters, challenging combat, dice rolls, engaging dialogues, awesome npcs and the most satisfying turn based combat I've experienced in a videogame. And why is all of that? Because it really feels like the tabletop experience! Great job, Larian. Hats off to you guys.
Short review: If you love metroidvanias and are eager for a challenge, go grab this, Worth e'ry penny. Long review: If you love metroidvanias this is THE metroidvania you wanted. Rooms are generated procedurally, so are encounters, and, although the map layout is the same in every game (map is going to come in handy, believe me) runs are not. There are times where you are not going to see where the blows are comig from, so you're going to need some skills and handle your resources carefully. The graphics are SO DAMN GOOD. Designs are out of this world. Seriously, gorgeous. Storywise, you are going to need to make some choices that affect not only how your character develops, but the story itself and how it develops around you. It's got this Lovecraftian vibe that makes it wonderful and unfathomable... up to the point that, at the end of the game you may find yourself thinking that you might have rooted for the worng side... This is serious triple A material. Go for it. I've purchased this game three times (gog, ps4 and steam, not counting games), no regrets.
