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After nearly 140 hours into the game, having finished all three acts I have to say a couple of things. Act 1 is about as long as Act 2 and Act 3 combined, with Act 2 being the shortest, yet in my opinion the strongest of the acts as you actually get to see the main antagonists. This also brings about one of my major gripes with the game which is the lack of proper setup of the main bad guys you are supposed to want to beat. The writing is very hit- and miss, which leads to some scenes being quite interesting and fun, and others sorely lacking. With that also comes the fact that every single companion has something very unique and rare stuck to them, without mentioning spoilers, these all in some regards really cancel each other out, making none feel very special.

In addition to the lacking companions and failure of proper setups the romances feel very awkard and poorly crafted, which is also compounded by the fact that dialogues happen based on events that which never transpired in your playthrough. Companions react and talk to you about things that simply never played out making it quite immersion breaking for many reasons.

Further compounding these issues is the poor optimization, especially in Act 3, and major memory leaks from saving and loading the games. There are also no consequences for killing and stealing from every NPC you meet, even your companions who are kind hearted don't bat an eyelid when you pillage through entire swathes of innocents (versus BG 1 and 2 where they would react to your deeds and interact with these choices.)

However, on the upside the voice acting is easily 10/10, and the gameplay about a 7/10 due to major path finding issues and UI issues which at times screws over entire fights, leading to reloads. The writing on the other hand is perhaps a 5/10, with moments of splendour and moments of 'what in the....' reactions to silly and outright stupid replies, or lack of possibly replies. And with the bugs and glitches, I'd give it a fair 6/10. With that being said, my last ending game cinematic ended in every character t-posing or freezing, just like it did in the first opening 'fall' cinematic.

Gun go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, sword go swooooosh

One of the very few times the hype ever lives up to reality. Everything is dialed in from combat to the incredible attention to detail. Only downside is poor optimization, which will probably be fixed.

A great game but with some of the worst pathfinding in the fighting, but well worth checking out during a sale.

vroom

Car go brum brum

4 hours intro and I don't even know how to make coffee properly.

Customs office fined me 2000, bad experience, not recommended.

Yes

With mods this game becomes epic, but never been able to enjoy it without mods.