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The game is the successor Baldur's Gate II deserves, it is really well-designed. Features great graphics (although that is nothing a good RPG needs as much as maybe a shooter would) and a completely new world.
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I borrowed this game off my friend, so I didn't know what to expect. The story is reasonably engaging, but not as good as Mass Effect, as is the combat. The turnbased combat takes some time to get used to but you can choose not to use it! Graphically the game isn't the best ever, but you can ignore the graphics and just focus on the game.
Here are my ratings:
Characters- 8/10
Story- 9/10
Dialogue- 8/10
Combat- 9/10
Graphics- 8/10
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i absolutel love this game, it is very rare that i am not on it, trying out different tactics and stratergies for the bosses :)
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I was exited when i bought this game as most people would be. The first time i bought this game it came with liquid and scratch's on the disc, so i sent it back for a new one. when i started to play this game i was exited when creating my character and thinking 'wow what a cool game'...
Until i started the gameplay...
some of you may not agree with me but i found this game to be very slow. when i considered buying the game i thought, ok there is alot of talking but oh well the action makes up for it, but no, the talking goes on and on and on. when moving around i found the game to be extremely laggy and jumpy in combat and just running around the area.
I have not yet tried it on the ps3 or the xbox and dont plan on it after my experience with boredom from the talking and laggy movement in all places.
Im not to sure if theres any difference on the ps3 or xbox compared to the pc version, its ment to be worse than the pc (i dont see how that could be possible).
The graffics arent as they seem to be, after creating your character and entering the world, you just feel like your back to runescape...literally, and my laptop isnt that bad when it comes to gaming and graffics.
I hope my review has helped you,
Thankyou.
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Overall not a bad game, especially for the £11 I paid for it. I'd have been a bit miffed if I'd played full price, but first, the good points :
- The story is quite engaging, with a decent variety of missions
- The characters are reasonably interesting. Kate Mulgrew and Claudia Black as witches is nothing less than a stroke of casting genius - someone should get a medal for that.
- Seems to have replayability since your choice of character dictates the initial story.
- Nice interface, pretty straightforward to control 4 characters at once.
- A good range of interesting monsters to fight, far more than in Oblivion for example.
- It has great big dragons.
The bad points :
- Combat can be frustratingly difficult and often seems to depend on luck. Sometimes I have to replay fights many times and when I win I'm not sure why. To beat bosses I usually have to put difficulty down to easy. Now I expect dragons to be nigh-on impossible to kill, but not every boss. Maybe I should just change my selection of party memebers...
- Can be waaay too much combat sometimes, starts to feel like a slog through rather than actually being fun.
- Graphics engine is abysmall. Looks OK, but needs ridiculous amounts of computing power for what it is. You certainly don't get the gorgeous vistas of Oblivion, yet to play the computer will insist on setting ALL FANS TO MAXIMUM POWER !!
- Not enough of the smaller dragons. I like dragons, that's why I bought the game. So I'd like some more please.