The whole process of playing the game is a cumbersome chore, and I don't care enough to get past the intro. I sure do miss Neverwinter Nights and the driver camera that followed behind your character, with WASD movement. Combat is also terribly slow. Once again, I'd rather just load up NWN. I'm beyond the point of refund, and don't expet I'll revisit with the current game mechanics. What a shame.
So many people are on here complaining "But this RPG lets people make choices *I* wouldn't make!" like prudish, puritanical piss babies. It's a game full of murder and they're freaking out over a little imaginary sex.
I've even seen reviews by people who ADMIT they haven't played the game. Piss. Babies.
I HAVE played the game and I found it to be quite good. It's not in the style of the old BG games, but it has all the narrative depth they had and maybe even more. I cannot get over how even in early access this game has recorded lines of dialogue for almost every potential corpse in the game, so that those of us who gain access to the "speak with dead" spell can use it. That alone should be an indicator of what level of detail we're talking about here.
The combat is turn based, not the old real-time-with-pause of the predecessor games. I was skeptical about this change at first but have learned to enjoy the new version in its own right. The combat is challenging, but suitably tactical moves can turn the tide. There's nothing quite like throwing a goblin off a roof onto another goblin, damaging/killing both.
The long and the short of it is that this is a solid game, with a very detailed world, that neatly captures the essence of D&D 5e, in much the same way that the original two BG games were entwined with aD&D 2e.
For those who are coming directly from the old games, remember; The higher the AC, the better this time!
Despite several small imperfections, on which the team works tirelessly and which do not spoil the experience, it is one of the most beautiful and fun games ever played.
This game is incredibly fun and well made. Any game this dense will likely have bugs. And this game does, on occasion. But Larian is quick to fix them. I myself have not come across any that are game breaking. I have well over 300 hours with multiple play throughs into this game. Tons of replayability and different ways the story can go. It really seems people are nitpicking this game to death, on GOG. Which is kind of sad.
I have played alot of crpgs since the 80ies and this game is just a masterpiece and it will be a classic to be remembered for the next decades to come.
