I would describe this game as mediocre and there are many reasons for that. There are some things it does amazing and I love and then there are other things with the game that are the worst of the worst and really ruin it leaving me at the balance of it being mediocre.

Firstly. The moment to moment combat is amazing it's really great and is by far the best part of the game and its very engaging and fluid. It's also a complete spectacle. The first time exploration is also extremely good, uncovering the world, dungeons new enemies and things like that for the first time is a lovely experience that I have to give them credit for. It could be very much compared to the game elden ring. Having pawns and naming them and all is cool and you'll have fun with it but you'll come to realize its not as great as it first seems but I'll leave that till to the negatives.

Graphically, the game looks great I have no issue it's very good for the type of game it is.

Now that's where the good ends and the bad starts. I'll start with the subjective bad, the things I didn't personally like but some could. I hate the class system with a passion there's no experimentation, there's absolutely no player expression.. everyone plays a class.. they have the exact same experience and use the exact same skills this makes the game get boring very quickly coupled with the loot system.

Now the loot system. Its crap. The best gear you get from shops at major towns you don't find it. And there is not that much gear at all.. and there is clearly objectively the best gear that you wouldn't bother swapping out or experimenting with because its just a numbers game. Comparing it to a game like Elden Ring for example, it's literally night and day in comparison. Truly terrible... and coupled with the boring class system.. it really is missed potential because it could have easily have been done much better.

The pawn system is the same it looks like it has depth but it doesn't it's shallow as hell. You think it would make massive strategic differences depending on the classes of the pawns in your squad.. but it doesn't literally any combination of anything.. will work as long as you have one mage for healing that's the only strategic choice that makes a difference.

The story is probably one of the worst stories I have ever sat through. It's completely boring and uninteresting. It starts off just alright.. then you get the venworth the main town.. and its just is an absolute slog.. they tried to do a sort of political intrigue thing in the middle... with awful half baked stealth systems and 'poor reasoning' for doing any of it. When the only good part of the game is the combat... and you are taking away from that combat for hours for the terrible story.. it's poor to say the least.

The next is fast travel. The fast travel basically doesn't exist you need limited items to do so and the points you can travel to are highly limited aswell and you think that'd be great with the great exploration but it isn't for the stuff I talk about after this.

Enemy diversity. Its trash.. there are like four types of main enemies you encounter ALL THE TIME. Skeletons, Lizards, Goblins, Bandits... and I mean.. they are just boring after the first 1000 times. And the problem is right all the enemies have set spawn locations across the map. And its always the same enemies on those spawn locations... and with no real fast travel you guessed it.. when you have to back track over already explored areas... and you may have to do this even multiple times... it's such a boring slog... its mind numbing... it's unbelievably bad... and the way the game works.. you can't just run by them like you would in say a dark souls or elden ring... and they have great fast travel its terrible.. I quit the game around 70% through because of this. The bosses aren't much better. They are cool the first time. But then you start seeing your 100th ogre, cyclops dragon... and its just boring.. I think you can count the amount of boss enemies on both of your hands too provided you have all your fingers.

So with the terrible story.. and that enemy diversity and lack of the player expression you really are just left with the combat and the great character creator.. and it isn't enough to keep an adult stimulated mentally at all.

Optimization, it's also shockingly bad. The game looks good but not anything phenominal. I have a 4090 and 7950x and the max frame rate I get hovers around 90 fps on 1440p and it dips down to 30-40 fps in towns. Given the game isn't that graphically impressive compared to say a title like cyberpunk for example where I can easily push 100+ frames everywhere on max settings with extreme ray tracing and all. Its really unforgivable. There isn't that much going on in the game and it doesn't look great and the excuse of the AI requiring that... is just that an excuse. More complex AI from 15 years ago performed better there is not excuse.

So there you go top tier combat, exploration and world. With crap everything else making it completely mundane and mediocre. I can't recommend it at all for 65-70 euro. It's worth 20-30 euro maximum. You can fix some of the things with mods. But the price tag is for a vanilla game and what the developer has made and this just isn't it.

I would describe this game as mediocre and there are many reasons for that. There are some things it does amazing and I love and then there are other things with the game that are the worst of the worst and really ruin it leaving me at the balance of it being mediocre. Firstly. The moment to moment combat is amazing it's really great and is by far the best part of the game and its very engaging and fluid. It's also a complete spectacle. The first time exploration is also extremely good, uncovering the world, dungeons new enemies and things like that for the first time is a lovely experience that I have to give them credit for. It could be very much compared to the game elden ring. Having pawns and naming them and all is cool and you'll have fun with it but you'll come to realize its not as great as it first seems but I'll leave that till to the negatives. Graphically, the game looks great I have no issue it's very good for the type of game it is. Now that's where the good ends and the bad starts. I'll start with the subjective bad, the things I didn't personally like but some could. I hate the class system with a passion there's no experimentation, there's absolutely no player expression.. everyone plays a class.. they have the exact same experience and use the exact same skills this makes the game get boring very quickly coupled with the loot system. Now the loot system. Its crap. The best gear you get from shops at major towns you don't find it. And there is not that much gear at all.. and there is clearly objectively the best gear that you wouldn't bother swapping out or experimenting with because its just a numbers game. Comparing it to a game like Elden Ring for example, it's literally night and day in comparison. Truly terrible... and coupled with the boring class system.. it really is missed potential because it could have easily have been done much better. The pawn system is the same it looks like it has depth but it doesn't it's shallow as hell. You think it would make massive strategic differences depending on the classes of the pawns in your squad.. but it doesn't literally any combination of anything.. will work as long as you have one mage for healing that's the only strategic choice that makes a difference. The story is probably one of the worst stories I have ever sat through. It's completely boring and uninteresting. It starts off just alright.. then you get the venworth the main town.. and its just is an absolute slog.. they tried to do a sort of political intrigue thing in the middle... with awful half baked stealth systems and 'poor reasoning' for doing any of it. When the only good part of the game is the combat... and you are taking away from that combat for hours for the terrible story.. it's poor to say the least. The next is fast travel. The fast travel basically doesn't exist you need limited items to do so and the points you can travel to are highly limited aswell and you think that'd be great with the great exploration but it isn't for the stuff I talk about after this. Enemy diversity. Its trash.. there are like four types of main enemies you encounter ALL THE TIME. Skeletons, Lizards, Goblins, Bandits... and I mean.. they are just boring after the first 1000 times. And the problem is right all the enemies have set spawn locations across the map. And its always the same enemies on those spawn locations... and with no real fast travel you guessed it.. when you have to back track over already explored areas... and you may have to do this even multiple times... it's such a boring slog... its mind numbing... it's unbelievably bad... and the way the game works.. you can't just run by them like you would in say a dark souls or elden ring... and they have great fast travel its terrible.. I quit the game around 70% through because of this. The bosses aren't much better. They are cool the first time. But then you start seeing your 100th ogre, cyclops dragon... and its just boring.. I think you can count the amount of boss enemies on both of your hands too provided you have all your fingers. So with the terrible story.. and that enemy diversity and lack of the player expression you really are just left with the combat and the great character creator.. and it isn't enough to keep an adult stimulated mentally at all. Optimization, it's also shockingly bad. The game looks good but not anything phenominal. I have a 4090 and 7950x and the max frame rate I get hovers around 90 fps on 1440p and it dips down to 30-40 fps in towns. Given the game isn't that graphically impressive compared to say a title like cyberpunk for example where I can easily push 100+ frames everywhere on max settings with extreme ray tracing and all. Its really unforgivable. There isn't that much going on in the game and it doesn't look great and the excuse of the AI requiring that... is just that an excuse. More complex AI from 15 years ago performed better there is not excuse. So there you go top tier combat, exploration and world. With crap everything else making it completely mundane and mediocre. I can't recommend it at all for 65-70 euro. It's worth 20-30 euro maximum. You can fix some of the things with mods. But the price tag is for a vanilla game and what the developer has made and this just isn't it.