This game was experience to play during co-op, me and my friend had a rough start adjusting to the new armor system which i think is the only major problem i have with this game. Instead of a stat check on bodybuilding/willpower like in DOS1 you now have armor and every piece comes with basically a shield that absorbs damage till its depleted in which case you must use spells and potions to restore armor to prevent health damage while in combat. Some skills and weapons however do ignore this armor gimmick but honestly its my only problem, it feels like they wanted to the battles to go faster by making you have your mage hit enemies with low magic armor so you can cc them because once your out of armor your open to cc effects which sounds fine, but since this game has smarter ai most battles go one sided real fast and especially if you running a mixed damage team.
That being said this problem is non-existent towards the mid and endgame where you should just basically destroying everything in your path with your overpowered source skills. The characters in this game were a treat, I really liked a lot of them and i regret making a custom character and not playing as Fane because besides Sebille and Lohse, He's definitely a favorite of mine. The music is different from DOS1 due the composer passing away before this game came out, however whilst different it does a good job and I really enjoyed it along with the dynamic music that changes depending on who got the killing blow in combat and whatever their instrument they picked in character creation.
The new spells/abilities in this game were really fun and honestly its amazing that you can freely respec in this game vs DOS1, Summoner was fun for a bit but the casting animations can take forever. Source skills are a nice addition while they definitely do break the game's balance and some people might not ever use them due to source points being quite rare till a certain point, I did like the idea of them and would like to see it come back should Larian ever make a DOS3.
The story has a darker tone in the beginning in comparison to DOS1 but still manages to keep some of its comedy but its noticeable toned down a bit more.
Overall, I just really like this game a lot and despite not liking the armor system, its really hard for me to choose between this and DOS1. I look forward to replaying it again sometime.
That being said this problem is non-existent towards the mid and endgame where you should just basically destroying everything in your path with your overpowered source skills. The characters in this game were a treat, I really liked a lot of them and i regret making a custom character and not playing as Fane because besides Sebille and Lohse, He's definitely a favorite of mine. The music is different from DOS1 due the composer passing away before this game came out, however whilst different it does a good job and I really enjoyed it along with the dynamic music that changes depending on who got the killing blow in combat and whatever their instrument they picked in character creation.
The new spells/abilities in this game were really fun and honestly its amazing that you can freely respec in this game vs DOS1, Summoner was fun for a bit but the casting animations can take forever. Source skills are a nice addition while they definitely do break the game's balance and some people might not ever use them due to source points being quite rare till a certain point, I did like the idea of them and would like to see it come back should Larian ever make a DOS3.
The story has a darker tone in the beginning in comparison to DOS1 but still manages to keep some of its comedy but its noticeable toned down a bit more.
Overall, I just really like this game a lot and despite not liking the armor system, its really hard for me to choose between this and DOS1. I look forward to replaying it again sometime.