I did not have my good time hat on when I started, but now--60 hours in--I think it's my favorite game in the series. I didn't love it right away, but the game's itemization, combat, exploration, factions, and--at this point--aesthetic have all won me over. Thus far, it's not the best written of the games, and I don't love any of the characters to the same degree that I've loved prior characters in the franchise (I'd still easily put this cast above Inquisition's)--but even those aspects of the game are better than early reviews led me to believe. I was certain I was going to hate this game, and now I just feel embarrassed by how much I misjudged it. Easily my favorite RPG that I've played this year.

I did not have my good time hat on when I started, but now--60 hours in--I think it's my favorite game in the series. I didn't love it right away, but the game's itemization, combat, exploration, factions, and--at this point--aesthetic have all won me over. Thus far, it's not the best written of the games, and I don't love any of the characters to the same degree that I've loved prior characters in the franchise (I'd still easily put this cast above Inquisition's)--but even those aspects of the game are better than early reviews led me to believe. I was certain I was going to hate this game, and now I just feel embarrassed by how much I misjudged it. Easily my favorite RPG that I've played this year.