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PoE 2 is essentially a 'good enough' game to kill some time if you like RPGs, and I respect the crowdfunding effort and perserverence in which Obsidian is trying to continue this style of games.

However I think there are many improvements that could be made to this game formula in the way Obsidian does it which currently make me not want to play the game.

I. This game does not respect the player's time.
Over the course of my 11 hours, I spent an unreasonable amount of time in loading screens. Even when moving it to an SSD the amount of transitions for everything is just surreal for a modern game. At every step of the game you are loading, loading, loading. Loading into the tiny house or inn, then loading back into the town. Loading to the town map. Loading to the island map. Loading when you want to level each character. It's simply too much time wasting.

II. The UI is not as helpful as it could be.
Just glancing over the 'Enhanced UI' mod on the Workshop revealed to me what I was missing in the game. A lot more use of colour formatting, highlights and overall a better experience. Divinity Original Sin 2 did this aspect much better.

III. The combat is very subpar compared to other titles on the market.
The real-time combat 'works' as intended, but it's not nearly as satisfying audiovisually as say, DOS II combat. All the abilities lack the sound, the punch and the flash. There's none, or very minimal interaction with terrain or interaction between different abilities.
The turn-based combat is better than the real-time one, but shares the same issues with combat 'satisfaction'. Also I'm not at all a big fan of the way movement points are separated from the action points.

Where the game shined the most for me was the ship management, ship combat and crew interaction but it wasn't enough to pull me in considering the issues.

I was going to write a very elaborate review on why I am giving this a negative rating followed by hundreds of beta matches. Considering I have not been able to log into Multiplayer for the entire day I don't really want to waste any more time.

Tl;dr

Multiplayer's in a terrible bad state right now and I would gladly change my review and support the game further if we could have the MP fanbase stop being shafted on a daily basis.

Update 26/11/2020:

The game still sucks xx

Game of the Year 2019

In the words of the great philosopher Germaine, this game is 'HARDCORE TO THE MEGA'. It's actually everything RPGs should be when it comes to writing, interaction, characters and world building. It's bold and it knows it doesn't need combat to provide an exciting 30 hour experience. Incremental progress, yeah!

The Squad squad squad recommends this game.

Good successor to the series, hopefully land vehicles arrive at some point.

Charming little game with great humour.

Excellent game with a very interesting and moving story.

Poorly crafted RPG with too much walking, and not enough content. The combat and some of the bosses might be slightly redeeming, but it still doesn't justify just how lackluster the rest of the game is.

Boring characters, quests, storyline and mechanics.

Very deep.

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