heh 9.5 is a bit too much..I'm currently lvl 28 and while I admit that the game is fun, its nowhere near perfect. Sidequests are a lot better than in g3 and gameplay is more rpgish although fast fingers won't hurt
In the nutshell this is how I see 2 worlds.
+Varied and fun sidequests (some of them are ofcouse courrier and killing jobs, but few have good backround stories)
+open ended exploring, you can ride from the starting location to the other end of the world if you wish..Although it gets more and more dangerous by every step.
+No awfully ridiculous leveled monsters lists like in oblivion. Wolves are wolves. First times a pack of silver wolves may look like unbeatable, but after gaining some valuable experience you can dispatch packs of wolves in couple of seconds. It feels quite rewarding
+Beautifull and intresting world (deep forests, rivers, lakes, mountains, cozy willages). Its a bit similar to gothic. Although I must admit some parts feel quite empty.
+Diverse and fun spells. I'm playing "pure" mage here (fire/water magic). Magic in 2 worlds is rewarding, but not unbalanced (hard difficulty here). Its quite straight forward though, so don't expect to see anything groundbreaking in this area.
+Combat is more character skill based than it was in gothic 3. although it is possible to kill higher level foes. (For example I managed to kill a cyclop with a long spear at lvl 20, took couple of reloads though
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+/- Voice acting. I'm not even a native speaker, but dear god it sounds akward sometimes. Using old english is a nice touch and I've grown to like the style, but the dialog itself doesn't always make much sense! Also the way actors deliver their lines is disturbing .Many times either with no emotion at all or totally overacting the situation. Occasionally they manage to do decent job though.
+/- Mainquest doesn't feel very intresting. For some reason I'm not even remotely motivated to rescue my own sister...
+/- Locations. To be honest some of the towns feel really fake. The vllages in the north are very good, but when you reach the capitol city, you can really see how unfinished this game is...
-Only three spell slots. You can"fool" the amulet, but then no bonuses are aplied :/ I wonder why devs made it like this if one of the 3 paths is magic...
-towns & npcs routines are nowhere as good as in gothics or oblivion. Everyone is just standing around doing nothing or walking in circles. Some of them are chopping wood, practicing swordmanship or sleeping, but apart from those its basicly like in morrowind. Nothing is happening. There is supposed to be this big war going on, yet everyone is scratching their own ass! Does it sound familiar to you?!
-Player character can't sleep. Yes you are aweke 24/7
-Day lasts forever, the night only few minutes. (is the cycle bugged?)
-Wearing armor doesn't affect the spell casting. In that sense a battle mage can be as powerfull as the pure mage, not good!
-No blocking with 2 handed weapons (retarded)
