Just beat the game as a Morally Golden Paladin, I will try and avoid spoilers but be warned I'm not gonna try that hard.
Character Creator: 4/10
I feel like this is an important element in any game, and the fact that I had the choice for 3 different kinds of peepees… but no facial or breast sliders was lame. Also when making a human the default race is black which I thought was funny. The default for a dwarf though is South American which I feel is accurate.
Story: 8.5/10
I enjoyed the story and the absolute, I feel like the first act was a bit weak, second act was better, and 3rd act was best which is unusual for a Larian game. Also a weird thing in the second act is that you have the chance to
I liked a lot of the twists and I like the fact that you would have to play the game multiple times to truly get how each character feels. I think that overall the story is well enough made that my decisions feel important.
Gameplay 8/10:
I like that they fixed a lot of the bad mechanics from DND in this game. Since I'm married to a woman under 200 lbs it is safe to say that I don't play DND regularly but I am familiar with how some classes are broken and some are strong. The Druids still feel a bit over powered compared to other classes but overall I feel like everyone brings something useful. Except wizards and sorcerers, I don't understand why there are 2 separate classes for them and I can't seem to get the gumption to care.
I feel like the fights are balanced rather well in the mid game, but by end game I felt like most of it was far too easy. The only challenge was at the end and if you have a cleric
I did not play tactician mode since I'm above a 6/10 in looks so I can't speak to it..
Characters 6/10:
I'm gonna break this into 2 sections, the romance and their personalities.
Personalities:
I really think the game punishes you too much for playing a bad guy, though you can keep most of the best characters so it's not too bad. I do have some gripes with some of their stories.
Shadowheart:
Lae'zel:
Gale:
Karlach:
Astarion: Actually a good companion despite being
Wyll:
Spoilers:
Romance
So I didn't care about this one too much but your options as a good guy are diesel demon woman, frog woman, or actual woman. They may as well have thrown in some trans women too because your options suck.
Performance 5/10
I have a 3090 TI and the game runs like butt. Lots of hiccups and lots of the character menu disappearing requiring me to reload the game. I'm glad they spent so much time making it so that I can gang bang an elf… but can't progress without a restart because of game loading
Overall: 9.5/10
Despite all my complaints and seemingly non-sensical scoring it all was super fun too me. I liked the game, it flowed well and I will definitely play it for a while. I like it more than DOS2 and it will hold my attention until I hop on Starfield. It is weirdly enough one of my favorite games in a while despite some of the hiccups.
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I'm still playing, it's fun (I wouldn't go as high as you on scoring but it's a decent game despite genuine flaws). I'm doing my first playthrough as Astarion and I just now in Act 2 finally got a tender, very romantic night of lovemaking with Gale who out of nowhere came on to me and declared he's in love with me.
While I feel this is very sudden leap ahead in our relationship (up until now it's been Just Good Friends) he did get over his ex, the goddess of magic Mystra, really fast in order to get into my pants, so I guess suck it, goddess?
Lae'zel has been hitting on everybody all game long and I've been running away from her because she's coming on way too strong (plus I don't fancy her) and by this point I'm kinda concerned about the dog in our camp. Also, apparently, the story thinks I've been in a romance with Karlach up till now (er, no?) and I just broke her heart by dumping her for Gale. Which I would feel more guilty about but I never even touched her, your honour, so this love story is all in her imagination.
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Gale was under the impression we were in a relationship and I had to dump him pretty publicly for him to get the message
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