Got to Vermund, the first truly large city, and that’s where fps lives at 45fps on a 3080 on max settings. It’s consistent though and isn’t stuttering so there’s that.
This once again for me seems like too much game. It’s like BG3- exploring and going everywhere is rewarded. However, you can feel overwhelmed with how intricate a cave ends up being. The game doesn’t stop you to just go run south for example all you want as far as I can tell, and with the lack of fast travel and how much things weigh it makes that exploring somewhat a chore.
This is because of the weight system. It sucks in fallout, starfield, elder scrolls, and it sucks even more here. If they had money I could spend to give me 1,000 golden scarabs I’d give them $20 IRL. It’s shit and I fucking hate it.
Combat. The things we see in videos looks cool but the enemies I’ve fought, aside from bosses, are jokes. As a fighter things feel punchy but the combat doesn’t feel satisfying. I’m not sure why. I’m hoping as I try warrior later today it gets better.
Pawn system is great. Trading them in and out etc is right on. Issue? Back to weight. I go throw items on a pawn that isn’t my primary, they die, and goodbye items. “Go revive them using this rare stone” nah I’m good. Keep the items I’ll go recruit a new pawn.
Music. All good tunes. Voice acting all well done. Visuals maxed out I like how it looks. Big ups to seeing goblin eyes glow red in the dark to get a little spooked they are there.
Lastly, story presentation has been done well and better than the original.
All around a 7/10 for me so far.
