I was also blown away the first ~10 hours of my first playthrough - it IS hard not to be - graphics, voice acting... Also the whole prologue is a cool, non-cookie-cutter-fantasy experience, at least that first time.
Then, the more I played, the more major flaws became apparent. Most of that involves the combat mechanics - and also annoyances like party controls, inventory management and some story/dialogues/"romances" silliness - but mostly the combat.
And then I couldn't even bring myself to finish my druid playthrough when the new patch came...
Those flaws/annoyances (again, mostly combat encounters) seemed to annoy me the more and more I played - not a good sign when you intend to do a full/completionist 100+ hours playthrough (when the game is out).
I think I'll just leave the EA for now and wait for the full release. I really hope it turns out to be at least an 8/10 game in my book, but I'm very skeptical at this point as Larian has yet to even acknowledge my (and definitely not just my) gripes with the game, let alone do something about them. But everyone will be romanceable, THAT'S the most important thing for Larian and their target audience, it seems...
Super glad the target audience wasn’t little kids like NWN II
Yes, we've upgraded to horny teens instead
exactly
