Agree with most of this. It's absolutely DOS3 set in Forgotten Realms. Anyone that thinks otherwise never played DOS1/2 or is just delusional.
The biggest irritant for me personally is that after 3 years of EA there are still a bunch of common sense broken shit, that was reported on day 1 of EA, that has yet to be fixed. Like Solasta which is made by like 15-20 dudes does some things way better than this game, that is inexcusable.
Yeah, it is DoS3 without :
- the armor system
- the turn economy
- the surface spam
- the setting
- the lore
- the tone
- the basic cutscenes
Sure dude, also they are both turn based. So they MUST be the same!
Indeed so. You notice some similarities in the encounter and location design, but overall I'd say this game does feel like a worthy successor to the old classic, and then some.
Some of the OP's complaints are still valid though. The inventory system feels really basic after games like the Pathfinder games or Pillars of Eternity 2, and it's a huge annoyance that you can't access the inventory of companions in your camp while you're there.
