Its a Larian game so its not really a game you play for an Epic story or proper Fantasy combat. It feels more like a puzzle combat game with some story attached to it. While the story has an interesting shape, I just cannot treat it seriously. The good guys are all good, the bad guys are so evil for sake of being evil they quickly cross border into a parody land.

The combat balance is awful, especially at the beginning. Almost every fight is an ambush fight where enemies will conveniently place themselves in strategically superior position which forces you to cheese mechanics to counter encounter cheese.

I don't quite remember any game I played recently where I feel so much like the AI was cheating and playing by other rules than you are. They almost always get turns before you, they will often get two turns between yours. Bosses always start first with some cheap crowd control AOE move forcing you to either look up guides on strategy or run in and quick load to actually position your team for an encounter that feels fair.

Its a Larian game so its not really a game you play for an Epic story or proper Fantasy combat. It feels more like a puzzle combat game with some story attached to it. While the story has an interesting shape, I just cannot treat it seriously. The good guys are all good, the bad guys are so evil for sake of being evil they quickly cross border into a parody land. The combat balance is awful, especially at the beginning. Almost every fight is an ambush fight where enemies will conveniently place themselves in strategically superior position which forces you to cheese mechanics to counter encounter cheese. I don't quite remember any game I played recently where I feel so much like the AI was cheating and playing by other rules than you are. They almost always get turns before you, they will often get two turns between yours. Bosses always start first with some cheap crowd control AOE move forcing you to either look up guides on strategy or run in and quick load to actually position your team for an encounter that feels fair.