I never played this when it came out, but I like larian and don't love turned based stuff much so I thought I'd check it out. Really good game with a similar size and scope to oblivion with a big world and a huge amount of side quests but with nice style similar to fable. The graphics hold up really well, although you have to install the patch (in the guides) or cap it to 60fps in the menu. Its pretty goofy and not too serious with a lot of humor and jokes that are subtle enough to not be cringe. It starts off kinda slow and character builds actually tend to matter. There's also no level scaling so you have to explore and level up questing or else you will get stomped trying to just b-line through the main quests. It has some jank but most games of this scope tend to and it wasn't that bad. I really do wonder why this is not as well known as something like oblivion, dragon age, fable, dragons dogma, witcher 2 or that era of RPGs. Must have not had a good marketing budget or something. 8/10 recommend full price.

I never played this when it came out, but I like larian and don't love turned based stuff much so I thought I'd check it out. Really good game with a similar size and scope to oblivion with a big world and a huge amount of side quests but with nice style similar to fable. The graphics hold up really well, although you have to install the patch (in the guides) or cap it to 60fps in the menu. Its pretty goofy and not too serious with a lot of humor and jokes that are subtle enough to not be cringe. It starts off kinda slow and character builds actually tend to matter. There's also no level scaling so you have to explore and level up questing or else you will get stomped trying to just b-line through the main quests. It has some jank but most games of this scope tend to and it wasn't that bad. I really do wonder why this is not as well known as something like oblivion, dragon age, fable, dragons dogma, witcher 2 or that era of RPGs. Must have not had a good marketing budget or something. 8/10 recommend full price.