Just beat the game. Kept waiting to find out what justified the mixed reviews. The game never crashed on me. There were a handful of bugs -- graphical glitches, weird pauses, and points where my dogs wouldn't attack anything -- but nothing crippling. The graphics were lovely, the sound pleasant (albeit the player character's voice was awful). Control felt reasonably smooth; I used mouse and keyboard. Can't speak for the multiplayer aspect, since my buddy refused to play with me, but I thought it was a fine single player experience. Sure, the quests were a little janky, and the interface was certainly more complicated than the previous games in the series. And, ultimately, I figure that's it. This isn't the first game -- at all. And that's okay with me. Based on what the game is, rather than on what it isn't, it's a fine game. Not a great game -- but neither was the first one. I wouldn't normally have rated this, but I wanted to try to tip the rating towards a more favorable result.

I liked the first one, but the questing hub in this one was a pain to follow. I didnt know what to do or where to go so i lost interest. Sadly game was abandoned. I was hyping it up for others too.