I've played Baldur's Gate for many years. Icewind Dale. Planescape: Torment. Temple of Elemental Evil. Those games have made me happy. More recently titles like Dragon Age: Origins. Pillers of Eternity. Divinity: Original Sin. Disco Elysium. This is not Baldur's Gate. Not only is this not Baldur's Gate, this is a game I paid full price for many years ahead of release. What on earth was I thinking???? Save your money. This will be a great game, I'll surmise, but this is not Baldur's Gate, and it does not feel like Baldur's Gate - and if you go in expecting that, you are better off waiting for a sale, which will likely happen within a few months of release. Will likely release at a lower price point than now, regardless. I do not expect the out-dated infinity-engine graphics, but I expect adult, mature themes. I do not expect poor inventory management option, but I do expect the game to treat itself seriouisly, and treat me seriously as a player and being within it. It does not. Good day.
Very quick: Good writing. Great art-style. Cool models. Lackluster actual choices for mission, with usually just one "right" way of approaching, whereas the rest will generally reward you with something clearly sub-par. Either you handicap yourself intentionally, or you end up going the way you're meant to. You can't actually approach in different ways and end up feeling as though you've achieved an actual win-state. That only happens doing the things in the one right way.
I backed this on kickstarter. I played less than an hour total. The game is a cartoony mess with poor controls and utterly horrendous voice-acting. The writing is sub-par, the characters are clearly incredibly shallow and unsympathetic. Generally I have played so little, ever, after being so excited during the kickstarter - now a long time ago. This is like if Darkstone, Icewind Dale and Fable had a son who then watered himself down further by having a child with Kingdom Hearts - an ill-begotten progeny who then starts dating the second half of Lionheart. That progeny is this game. Don't buy this game.
