About 7-8 hours in so far, the writing is simply amazing. I thought Witcher 3, Wasteland 2 and Pillars had great writing of the modern rpgs, but this is even better than those as far as quality of writing goes. Dialogue is addicting, a bunch of interesting characters, an amazing look to the game world and wonderful atmosphere. It really makes it seem like you are in this new universe/world. It is like a more mature, modern take on Torment universe.
The only issues I can see so far is that the combat could be a better (although this playthrough I am doing as little combat as possible, going more for intelligence, slick tongue and a science geek sort of deal). I also think there could be a bit more variety in the types of people/creatures about, but then again there are a ton of cool mechanical creatures and a ton of interesting, unique humanoids around. And of course it is hard not thinking about a certain talking skull from the previous game :)
The setting and story is fantastic and as a huge fan of Planscape Torment, this is really a dream come true. If you like Science Fiction, roleplaying games, the old Torment game or interesting, wierd game worlds, pick this up ASAP. This game makes me want to watch Westworld season 1 again instead of make me want to watch Game Of Thrones or Lord of The Rings like alot of rpgs these days. What a good time to be a fan of rpgs and science/space, with Torment out now and being good, and the new Mass Effect right around the corner.
How does it compare to other modern crpgs? While not as good combat wise as say Divinity, Pillars or Wasteland 2 for me, the writing is even better than the already well written Witcher 3, Wasteland 2 and Pillars Of Eternity. You can also spend most the game not fighting much at all if you want (This playthrough I have only had one fight so far, where as in the early access builds I was trying fighting and magic characters). It is great to have another rpg again that gives you that option to play JUST how you want! I wanted to do this one like I did Planscape Torment many years ago, with as little fighting as possible and using dialogue and conversations over fighting most the time.
Anyways, just my two cents after playing a bunch last night and today, Inexile has done a wonderful job on this, it is atleast as good as Wasteland 2 for me if not better in many ways so far (art design is better and writing is better, but the combat isn't quite as good, although you do have many more chances to finish missions in a non violent way).
Solid 9/10 for me so far, more story focused but less combat oriented than Divinity or Pillars.
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