Greg Prescott

Bought it, played solidly for a week then sporadically for 2 more, and now have uninstalled it. It's a game geared toward making you spend as much time as possible playing it. I realised after a week that being an adult with a job and kids I couldn't dedicate enough time to it to make meaningful progress - the grind is just too much. Sad, because the core gameplay loop is pretty good, but the main goal of the game seems to be to make you spend more time playing it. I'm playing BG3 now and having a lot more fun.

It's a solid 3.5 stars. Faithful translation of 5e rules to a CRPG. Combat and pacing (with the exception of the crimson spiders) is pretty good. BUT The voice acting is 2/5, and the script writing is scraping through for a 1 star. The animations only add to the lack of immersion - it hasthe progression of D&D, but none of the immersion. I just didn'd care about anyone, or believe the story. They seemed to be heding their bets between witcher style (you're Geralt), and true table top style (you are who you choose to be), and they nailed the worst of both worlds.

Well cast, and fairly faithful to the books.