Title: Gameplay flows like concrete, but some good points too
Product review: I was really looking forward to this game after finishing BG2 and its expansion pack. Unfortunately, it was disapointing.The game had a lot of potential, and did a lot of things right. Character generation is fantastic, and the graphics and soundare pretty good. However, it wasn't enough to make for it's serious defects. The interface is convoluted and difficult. More importantly, combat is turn-based. This makes for very slow gameplay, and it got boring quickly. Also, the story line is pretty weak, and the NPCs are flat and lifeless. To the games defense, it reminded me a little of a modern version of the old RPGs from TSI (like the pools of radiance or dragon lance games). I guess if that's what I was looking for this might have come across better. But after finishing the Baldur's gate games, this came off as needlessly slow and badly executed.
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