Recent reviews by revsuine

I'm leaving this a thumbs up with some mixed feelings.

It's a great game. The combat system is fun and encourages actual strategising, and the RPG element is great.

It's also an extremely long game, which I would say is overall a good thing because the length is composed of enjoyable gameplay for the most part. There are some frustrating parts but mostly overshadowed by the enjoyability of the rest of the game.

However, I feel like the quality of the game starts dropping after act II, and then the difficulty spike in act IV is absolutely insane. I went from having not much difficulty in classic mode to being locked in the starting area of act IV cause the path forward was blocked by a fight I just found impossible without lowering the difficulty. I think these issues might not have been as big of a deal if the game were shorter, but if you've invested 100+ hours into an RPG, you probably just want to finish it, especially if the quality starts dropping. If it's not enjoyable anymore then I won't feel like trying to grind XP to get past an area (not to mention that literally wasn't an option in my case because all the fights in the area were too hard for me). Sure, maybe a skill issue on my part, but there shouldn't be such a drastic difficulty spike when you enter the final area of the game. It should be far more gradual than that. And normally the final area of a game should be easier given that you should be at your most powerful there, even if the enemies are more powerful.

Recommended to: CRPG fans who are willing to drop many hours on a game

Not recommended to: people with little patience