Right now in it's current state, I can't give this game anything beyond a 4/10 on an objective scale, but subjectively it is very near a 10/10. As you said they have a great framework to craft this decade's best RPG, but let's be honest, the game should have stayed in EA for another year or two. I can understand the artistic choice to rewrite the story (throwing Daisy away and introcuing the Emperor instead) but it caused some fundamental plot holes that shouldn't even let the game happen (f.e. - Durge is a canonic Netherstone holder yet once Orin takes control, there is never a moment of the Brain being loose for some duration and is never acknowledged as a giant turning point in the Absolute plot, something that both Ketheric and Orin would have exploited as Gortash was on rails working with Durge), and it also caused a ripple effect with the rest of the game just lacking either a lot of polish or straight up being poorly crafted (Act3 mainly). I've written a couple posts of my own (mostly concerning Durge but also the larger plot overall) and commented under several posts in hopes of getting Larian's attention, because while they definitely deserve the commercial success as a company, they do not deserve the critical praise as of right now.
Also please fix your bloody inventory system please Larian. Just take a note out of Dragon Age Origins.
Ridiculous opinion
