1. Mounted Combat (just... awesome) 2. Good plot (I'm only in Chapter 1 tho), and good balance (no level 5 red dragons... so far) 3. NPC companions who are awesome crazy but NOT "Larian" crazy (again only chapter 1) 4. 6 Party!!! with possibility to add custom members (without multiplayer) 5. Turn based AND real time 6. You can select more than 1 party members at the same time 7. Holy Avenger from the beginning, with upgrades as the game progresses (just me, I'm paladin fetishist) 8. Day/Night system (during which you can cook, brew potion, write scrolls) 9. Extreme details in character toons (my personal favorite! long swords on the waist, not on the back, and they got SHEATHS, unused secondaray weaopns do NOT disappear by magic, if you put potions in the belt, it also shows, capes/cloaks, gloves and shoes are all rendered properly...) 10. Infinite ammo, BUT with limited magic arrows that can be toggled on/off
I really wish this game had some more AAA elements like Dragon Age or BG3 (full voice acting, detailed face graphism, etc...)... In that case It would have been CRPG of not the Year but of the Decade easily.