Coming from Divinity 2 to this is such a jaring, awful experience so far. For one thing, I find it laughable that the first combat you experience against the intellect devourers after you land is so insanely hard, I mean I had 3 straight critical misses and they crit me, the variance that the D20 system causes is simply absurd, and unfortunately unlike a real game of D&D there is no DM there to fudge the rolls in order to make the story work from a narrative basis, its completely RNG. I know some people might view this as whining but the reality is if you go into a combat, or perhaps even against a Boss, and you have literally no chance because of chaining critical misses then it takes all of the tension out of the game, it just becomes a slot machine to see if you were able to dodge the cursed run, regardless of how many attempts you make.
I am going into the third attempt against these devourers and I can tell that eventually the RNG will swing my way and it will work out, but it doesn't change that this system is nothing but a liability to the game and DOS2 proved that you don't need it. Just my 2 cents so far.
