Act 1 and Act 2 are incredible, but the rest of the game is visibly rushed. I almost dropped it at the Nameless Isle but kept going to see where the story was going. Unfortunately Arx wasn't that good either, it completely lost the magic of the first half of the game and started to become a drag since I feel the game is a bit too long. The final fight was especially trash and badly designed, and it lead to unsatisfying endings. At the end I feel like the game is a bit too long (finished in 75 hours after doing basically everything), the combat especially becomes worse and worse with time: once all your characters have a build you like all fights become slightly repetitive; melee becomes more trash with time until it reaches a point where it's completely useless; and enemies just start to be super tanky guys that one shot you. But overall it's a really good and ambitious game, with a fun combat system that should've been more balanced (physical / magical armour split sucks and melee builds are useless compared to ranged). With a bigger budget and more attention to inconsistencies this would've been better but I appreciate that games like this can still be made in this market and I hope Larian will make another leap in quality with Baldur's Gate 3.

Reviewed on Feb 16, 2023


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