Now that the game has been out for a little while, how do we rate it?
I know these polls are sort of redundant, but my feeling is that option 4 (uneven) best describes D:OS 2. I feel it's a commendable effort to bring back certain old school RPG elements - turn based combat, open quest structure, limited handholding -, but that the game drops the ball in certain key areas, such as itemization, usefulness of certain talents/stats, level scaling and stat inflation.
Certain combat mechanics - the armor system and initiative - are also - generously put - questionable. OTOH we are dealing with a game that imho has a certain freedom and playfulness to it titles like PoE completely lacks. If nothing else, the game is wildly unbalanced in a sort of amusing way, and it can be fun to break it and just go nuts with crazy min-maxed builds, party compostions, teleport spam, pickpocketing everyone, entering areas before you're supposed to be there, etc. The music is also decent and I do enjoy the graphical style. The story at least engages me on a basic level, even though it isn't exactly Mask of the Betrayer.
So, what's the consensus here? Are we having fun? Or is the game only really good for what it signifies (return of old school RPG's) and what it promises?
I know these polls are sort of redundant, but my feeling is that option 4 (uneven) best describes D:OS 2. I feel it's a commendable effort to bring back certain old school RPG elements - turn based combat, open quest structure, limited handholding -, but that the game drops the ball in certain key areas, such as itemization, usefulness of certain talents/stats, level scaling and stat inflation.
Certain combat mechanics - the armor system and initiative - are also - generously put - questionable. OTOH we are dealing with a game that imho has a certain freedom and playfulness to it titles like PoE completely lacks. If nothing else, the game is wildly unbalanced in a sort of amusing way, and it can be fun to break it and just go nuts with crazy min-maxed builds, party compostions, teleport spam, pickpocketing everyone, entering areas before you're supposed to be there, etc. The music is also decent and I do enjoy the graphical style. The story at least engages me on a basic level, even though it isn't exactly Mask of the Betrayer.
So, what's the consensus here? Are we having fun? Or is the game only really good for what it signifies (return of old school RPG's) and what it promises?