I own 411 GoG games, a few dozen games for each console (PS, Xbox), twenty or so on Steam....More than I can ever play. I have to be choosy in where to spend my gaming time, espcially since I'm past my prime. This game is a pleasure with a capital P to play. The top reviewer has it right, it probably shouldn't be, but it is.
The way I enjoy it is hard to explain. Here is how it makes me feel, from the very start: I can imagine it as how I would day dream my hero would act.The world responds like I think my day dream could if I was that imaginative. I can overhear conversations, sometimes very long ones, that carry good information that I could interrupt. It ISN"T about realism like real world stuff (you can do the time honored aggro of mobs and pull them and the others standing there don't mind ). But enough is there it seems like the world is real (even if the interaction with it is game like).
It reminds me a lot of how the first Tomb Raider was, with Laura Croft kicking butt and solving puzzles. The puzzles and quests in this game aren't chores to be completed. They are interesting and fun. Most games I play, have quests that just aren't that interesting or fun, even if I do it for the rewards. These quests are sewn seemlessly into the narrative that makes it so natural I don't even realize it.
**Don't alt-tab out of the game until you save. I save the game then alt-tab to the desk top. 91 percent of the time, I can go right back to gaming. Other times the game has hung and I restart. ** I see this in the big money games like Witcher, so I'm not sure what the complaint is on this game, but the voice acting doesn't match the script 'slightly', sometimes. **I haven't come accross any other bugs. I haven't finished the game yet, so maybe latter on?
Not every person will love this game. I don't know of anything much that everyone can agree on. But in my view, this game has earned its 4.5 verified owners rating.
