I came into this game as a fan of pathfinder, dnd 3.5, divinity original sin series, pillars of eternity, and many other similar titles, but this was my first game based on 5e.

Overall I enjoyed the game and its systems, and if you like turn based fantasy you would probably enjoy 95% of your experience in this title! I especially loved watching the cutscenes with the 4 voice acted companions you created with different personalities bicker with one another.

The few gripes I have are these:
If you don't already know 5e the game does a very poor job of explaining many elements, with some tooltips completely missing basic information such as range or radius of spells altogether.
"legendary actions". Basically, bosses will take extra turns, and during those turns, the bosses aren't punished for things like "standing in a wall of fire" because it isn't technically their normal turn yet. I was told by others this is not how legendary actions are used in pen and paper and was an incomplete interpretation of the mechanic.

That said, the rest of the journey was an enjoyable one, overall I'd give it an 8/10 for its game type.

I came into this game as a fan of pathfinder, dnd 3.5, divinity original sin series, pillars of eternity, and many other similar titles, but this was my first game based on 5e. Overall I enjoyed the game and its systems, and if you like turn based fantasy you would probably enjoy 95% of your experience in this title! I especially loved watching the cutscenes with the 4 voice acted companions you created with different personalities bicker with one another. The few gripes I have are these: If you don't already know 5e the game does a very poor job of explaining many elements, with some tooltips completely missing basic information such as range or radius of spells altogether. "legendary actions". Basically, bosses will take extra turns, and during those turns, the bosses aren't punished for things like "standing in a wall of fire" because it isn't technically their normal turn yet. I was told by others this is not how legendary actions are used in pen and paper and was an incomplete interpretation of the mechanic. That said, the rest of the journey was an enjoyable one, overall I'd give it an 8/10 for its game type.