I just finished the game…final thoughts…

All in all, this was a great ride. This is, hands down, one of the best RPG games that I've played in recent years.

Pros:

- Utterly oozes old-school charm
- Huge amount of game content (Steams lists me at 116 hours!!!)
- Great turn-based combat system
- Good character development system
- Great graphics and sound
- Pretty stable (only very sporadic crashes during quick load)
- I encountered no major game-breaking bugs (your mileage may vary)

Cons:

- Desperately needs a SkyUI style UI overhaul for managing inventory
- Due to the non-linear nature of the game, things can be done out of order, causing side quests to become unfinishable
- Currently still missing some RPGWatch Kickstarter content, including my beloved cat, one Curtis Phillip Barlow, by name. The only watch-related stuff I found was a very small sidequest involving the Watch and the Codex, an NPC named Dhruin, and some "of the Watch" items.
- Too much Diablo-esque random loot…needs a lot more hand-placed items, in my opinion
- Some of the puzzles are based on too much trial and error (including some very poor pixel-hunting crap…YUCK!!!)
- ALT key needs to be changed to highlight ALL items on the screen with which you can interact
- Skill book vendors should always stock all of the books they can carry. It is really tedious to constantly reload until you get the ones you want.
- 3 rows of quickbars(30 slots) per character are too few considering the plethora of skills/items
- Some of the side quests are buggy
- It is easy to accidentally "mis-click" on an animating enemy in combat, causing you to walk to them instead of attack
- Backstab positioning can be a bit finicky

Bottom line:

This game was, quite frankly, a joy to play. This is the kind of game that Temple of Elemental Evil aspired to be but failed. I give it my highest recommendation. I can't wait to see what awesome stuff the community comes up with…

9/10

If you have any questions, then ask away…

Awesome, thanks for the breakdown!

I'm way too busy playing classic games (like ToEE) but my next modern game will probably be this one.