Well, I could write plenty about this game. I initially was sceptical, a little afraid of what it might be after Siege of Dragonspear. But, I decided to give it a go. And here's what I found: First, plenty of design attention were put into it. Even the EULA on first run (do read it, enjoy). Music is giving me a little Ultima7 vibes. Interface, while weird inistially, is quite convenient. I can clearly see inspirations of other titles, intentional or not (I'm saying Planescape: Torment, Arcanum...), and in most positive aspect of that. Gameplay is good, combat is fun. Setting is modern D&D, and this IS DIFFERENT from what original Baldurs Gate were - keep that in mind so you won't disappoint yourself. Still, take it as it is (meaning - D&D5), and you'll be fine. Characters - some likeable, some not, but everyone of them... Let's go to meat and soul of this game. Acting. So damn good. Everything is voice acted AND individually animated. And it's not Oblivion acting. It's top f-ing notch theatrical AAA-class acting all the time. I don't want to give spoilers, but dayomn, it really tempts me to describe performances. This is Absolut (he he hee, Larian - see what i did here? :P ) feast of entertainment. Hollywood should learn from those guys. Regarding what other reviews touched on - bugs, well I haven't encounter many (one graphical glitch and small issues with Vulkan, but on DX11 is fine and I should update my drivers). There was recent f-up with saves due to retracting one hotfix, as you will see in reviews, but should be temporary (and Larian, srsly, give option to stay with affected version instead of rolling back), so most likiely when you are reading this it will be no issue. And no, I did not had issues with GOG installation. TL;DR Not D&D3 or 3.5 like classics, but D&D5, great acting, plenty to see. 10/10 from me.
Great game. Fantastic graphics that didn't got old, solid gameplay - especially with few beers and pack of friends in 'hot seats'. And music - damn it is so good. There is a reason this game has cult following.
I think, as a big fan of space sims and flight simulators, that this is closest to perfect that I've seen yet. Sure, not perfect, but still closest. Has it quirks, for me UI for example, but I've spent so much hours (I own this game here, on Steam, and have physical box with DVD) that I've actually forgot what the problem was... If base game itself is not enough - go grab yourself some mods, there are good ones. And, it just got free DLC. In 2021, over 10 years after release.
