Also can't really stand Larian non-stop goofiness, it really ruins the story for me. Gale's entrance was already stupid in EA, now is even more ridiculous. Art direction is non-existent, everything is bland and plasticky. The city looks huge, but also very mechanic and artificial.
My last hope is that the reactivity and permutations will make the game worth checking.
Agreed.
I think part of the problem with the aesthetics is the lack of weather - never rains, doesn't even have day/night.
I was wondering if chopping off Gale's hand would mean that he never appears in the game or that he comes looking for the psycho who chopped it off.
Made me laugh when they were trying to say the city was realistic because of all the people talking. A modern city is traffic noise and silent people walking around like zombies with the faces glued to their phones and wearing earbuds.