finally picked up this game 14 years (lmao) after buying it and overall i would say it isn't a terrible time. being completely ignorant of the series, i went and looked at gameplay of the previous entries to see why this game was more divisive and it's very easy to see why : this is a finely sanded down version of the previous entries, that is more interested in telling a story than providing more classical ARPG gameplay and loot.

is it bad? i don't think so. the game has its merits (full voice acting amongst other things) and i think it relatively holds up well, but most people would be bored if they wanted to play this looking for a more core ARPG experience. not very hard to understand why as of writing this it's sitting at mixed on Steam in terms of reviews.

still leaving it as a positive recommendation, but i do not think 15 years later it will rock anyone's socks off

finally picked up this game 14 years (lmao) after buying it and overall i would say it isn't a terrible time. being completely ignorant of the series, i went and looked at gameplay of the previous entries to see why this game was more divisive and it's very easy to see why : this is a finely sanded down version of the previous entries, that is more interested in telling a story than providing more classical ARPG gameplay and loot. is it bad? i don't think so. the game has its merits (full voice acting amongst other things) and i think it relatively holds up well, but most people would be bored if they wanted to play this looking for a more core ARPG experience. not very hard to understand why as of writing this it's sitting at mixed on Steam in terms of reviews. still leaving it as a positive recommendation, but i do not think 15 years later it will rock anyone's socks off