Quite a serious and lore-dense title. Unlike Divinity: Original Sin 2 from the same genre, this one's far more complex when it comes to gameplay, lore and strategy. It appears to be aimed more towards veterans of the party-based RPG category as shown in its intricate demand of viable chemistry between characters, their abilities, their classes and their gear. These are its pros and cons, really. If you want a challenge, then go for it.

The game punishes you with the fact that every enemy, experience source and loot is finite. You level up by journeying around the deadfire, finding approprate encounters for you to level-up through in order to take on greater encounters with greater rewards. For inexperienced players, this can become a tedious chore of going back and forth between islands to try repeatedly at different levels to beat the same enemies.

I'd highly recommend you to play Divinity: Original Sin 2 first, naturally I'm biased as it's a favourite of mine in the genre, then consider whether you felt challenged or not in that game. If you'd still be looking for a greater challenge with a more complexed-everything, then I'd suggest you to pick up Deadfire. It has its flaws. It has a few mild bugs. And it'll definitely make you frustrated. It's a great game.