Recent reviews by Wilup

Act 1-2, solid 10/10 with good pacing , artfully weaving between fun and serious tones.
Act 3, is a 8/10 because progression grinds to a crawl with a couple of loose ends getting tied as you make your way into Act 4 which is a 7/10. The final act wraps up at what felt like a brisk power walk you'd use to cross the street when the pedestrian crossing sign started its countdown and you sure as hell aren't going to wait for the next light.

Its a race to drop your opponents respective armor down so you can start stunning and Crowd Controlling (CC) them, whittling their health all the way to zero. Unfortunately, the AI is very much aware that if you have high physical armor that prevents physical stuns like knockdown, your magic armor will be vulnerable and you'll end up skipping your turn because you are frozen like a Popsicle or electrocuted. The heavy focus into CC rears its head at you more frequently at the higher difficulties and later acts when you, and the enemies you fight, have unlocked the final spells and skills.

They are superior in every way compared to Baldurs Gate 3 companions, its not even close. Picture this, if Divinity Original Sin 2 companions are a pizza you'd order from any typical fast food joint, Baldurs Gate 3's ensemble is a piece of toasted bread with some ketchup and good ol' slice of everyones favorite plastic flavored american cheese.

I enjoyed the game at launch, however, after six months I doubt the game will be as good as it was then. The game has a shelf life issue since once you unlock all the cool stratagems the only thing you have to look forward to is an occasional warbond that if you dont spend money on, have to either grind low level missions for the currency or play the game normally and after 40 hours you should have enough for 1 warbond.

There is no end game content or goal to achieve so if you buy this game expect a really great time for the first thirty hours or so then prepare for the game to become alright at best, annoying and fruitless at its worst.

A perfect game to play with friends. If Valve somehow made a third one I wouldn't know how they could possibly improve on the series in a satisfactory way.

A fun game to play every once and a while. Also a good game to binge non-stop and unlock cool items, and then continuing to play because maybe the next run will have a more forgiving item drop or maybe you wont get clipped by fire.

Fear the fire.