>>16435915
I just pirated this and tried it out.
This game definitely caters to all BG1/2 crowd.
Good
-isn't afraid to fuck you up, and you can't be fucked up anyway if you just read tutorials.
-quite a large scope, half a day in and I just became a baron.
-there are timed events and your choices matter, even if a little. For example:
>going after your rival soon rather than later and you witness an ongoing conflict between the kobolds and that other race. Go after your rival later and the conflict isn't there
>Or when some guy requests berries and that you should do it right away, and if it took you so long you're gonna do it again because the berries soured
-a lot of skill checks, be it in accessing hidden areas or dialogue
-companions are just okay. Pillars companions are great in comparison.
-custom companions
-interesting camping bants
-camping feels kind of immersive
-has mods to rotate camera, speed up travel and immediately go to world map
Meh
-overall writing is serviceable to okay.
-inventory management. Maybe it isn't that much of an issue except during quests where you have to put a specific herb in a chest, and you're looking through each Misc. item to see which one it is.
Bad
-loading, it's almost or probably as bad as Pillars 1, and there are a lot of it. From simply going in to check/manage your towns to simply going into houses. It's quite bad.
-lots of companions are annoying: that orc guy, that barbarian girl. The writing with the knight girl revealing she's an atheist was not really good. Eder and Durance did the losing faith thing a lot better.
-speed when travelling. Like I said, it took me almost a whole day just to get to chapter 2. A lot of the time was spent simply travelling, and it's really slow. I think there are mods for this.
Here are the romances
Male
the orc
the tiefling, a 'threesome' with her twin
the elf who likes free sex, and doesn't want exclusivity
the knight girl
threesome with orc and the elf girl
Female
the orc
the cleric/priest
threesome with orc and the elf girl
the elf girl who likes free sex