So played this for a while (just up to first boss), and finished bound by fire before. It is an improvement over bound, however a fair few issues remain. First, and probably the worst part is the UI, want to fire your gun, you can’t switch to ranged, you have to pause and select it to fire once, in fact the whole UI is a real pain. There are various oddities, have to stop completely to use potion, try to run to side and jump back, camera feels like it clips the ground creating judder etc. Lip syncing is laughable, quests are ok, but basically choose a side. Combat is ok, a dodge to side would be useful. Skill sets are nothing more than +xx damage in your chosen field, so the role play part of it is again pretty limited, although slightly more deep than bound.
Your are forced to take companions as well, I don’t know when this became a thing, but it is really annoying, Npcs are always bland, annoying, and get in the way. Option to play solo should always be present. It really is nothing like DA: Origins which some tout. Yes, maybe something like Inquisition (but then that was a very average single player mmo).
Overall it’s got potential and is better than bound, but still no more than 2.5 or 3 out of 5. Maybe it will get better as more areas open. Needs a fair bit patched really, would rather play risen 2 or 3 which I quite like this, with the theme as well.
***update:
After some more hours in I increase my rating a bit. Turn off vsync if you get the juddering. Companions are a real pain throughout. Control is still a bit janky. There is however a lot of content, quite open world feeling and lots to see. 3.5 stars possibly up to 4 depending on story progression. Well worth getting on gog, so vote here:
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