Woo hoo! Got it.
I will tell you the battles and fights are great. You cant just click on an enemy and watch your PC mow dowe the baddies. Tactics tactics tactics. Every encounter is dangerous in this world and preset, built with an eye toward killing you.
Its about 100 - 120 hours of gameplay for one of the PC's... but that multiplies a number of times when you start over using a different "origin".
About 60 -70 spells that can be used in combination. Each of 4 schools of magic fature 16 spells that have certain stat requirements like 25 magic or 22 will etc to select. You are NOT restricted to a school. You need to dabble a tab in minor battles to discover spell combinations that work.
Attrbutes handle many things. Willpower effects stamina regeneration and decline while wearing heavy armor in addition to base resistence to physical and mental attacks. Dex and Strength do what they usually do. Magic mostly dictates "mana" for spell caster. fOR EXAM,PLE Its possible to builds three kinds of worrier there... Dex based, Str based or willpower based. A dex based guy will be able to handle the highest two weapon levels and attack faster...stranegth great with hields and two handed weapons...will power is a great jack ofall trades and archery as it will permit him to use "feats" faster and with shorter cool down periods using less stamina.
There are 3 major classes (base classes) and four specialty classes for a total of 16. However to get the subspecialities you may have to pay out gold or bump into an NPC willing to teach you. I paid 15 GP's (trust me thats A LOT of money in this game) to become a Ranger.
(Side note...Rangers very good class). Allows the ability to summon a very competent animal (wolf, bear, spider). These are not the wimpy Beasts of NWN but formidble NPC's that will stay with you until you leave a certain area and stay alive for quite some time in combat even if they are outclassed.
Ok well onward. Dungeons are very interesting and some very large, taking hours to get through. Expect over half a dozen life and death battles along with some very immersive “easy” fights. Most dungeons carry multiple Bosses. In this game if you rush into a battle heedlessly without thinking you’re as good as dead.
Sound and voice acting are all top flight. Plot contains many of the Bioware elements we are used to experiencing including the building of "alliances", the reason for most of the main quests. Controls are easy and an improvment to all the games I've played allowing for the usual "wasd", mouse or a combination approach.
Thats it for now. I little bit more later.
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