it most certainly did not. you may really like it, but it is not a "flawless cut diamond".
the writing is crap. the narrative is stunted. the characters are memes. the combat is repetitive and too reliant on cheese mechanics. the combat is slow and tedious and lacks impressive set battles. the restrictions to ranged combat are arbitrary and clearly a bandaid to some other design flaw they couldn't overcome. the itemization of gear and loot is atrocious and meaningless. the graphics look like they were all wrapped in saran wrap to keep them fresh until opened.
I could go on.
Alot of those things are subjective, I'm sure you realize. I dont like DOS2 either but my point about it being flawless was the amount of polish and perfection they made to "improve" from DOS1. I like the writing and the whacky humor mixed with a serious tone, though. Which is something people seem to absolutly detest, I mean there are no bounds to the absolute hatred people will conjure up whenever the topic of Larian writing comes up. I loved every bit of the story/narrative/tone of DOS1. (Cant speak for DOS2 though because I didnt play enough of it).
Originally Posted by qhristoff
the graphics look like they were all wrapped in saran wrap to keep them fresh until opened.
Nicely put. The ligthing effects, shadows and all that technical stuff can be summed up exactly like that, its "looks like its wrapped in saran wrap".
