ElvenNeko

Do you realise that this is a beta and that they removed all story content including the real companions? Same goes for the combat, There is still lots of bugs and missing features. I'm sure it will improve in the coming months. Maybe you right. Well, at least i hope that you do. Because, first - i saw many betas, and they usually have part of the game, but not anything that will not be in game eventually. For example, beta of divinity contained 2 companions, and they was there in release too. But i do saw many party rpg with nameless-mob-team, one of them was even addon to the neverwinter 2, and i certainly do not want to see this kind of approach again. As for the battle system - well if it is not alpha, and really beta - i doubt that anyone will change it because of few people complain in forums. And that is the most sad thing, because it's the only thing that could actually not let me play this game because of my reflexes (that is why i mostly playing rpg, and avoiding action games). But they could at least add some "infinite slowmotion" option or something like that. Maybe speed slowing button.

The game is currently unplayable for me. And let me explain why... When i just started, i was thinking that i will love this game, because i got enough options to make a really unique character, starting from race, and ending on his background story. Appearence customazations was not enough tho, but i think it's all just the beta problems, so i spend around 15 minutes in customization, reading evey possible option. I was full of hopes of a great adventure, but... Then i started the game. Fist that i saw - is horrible animations, especially - running. It felt like its missing a lot of frames on purpose. Then i saw my "party". And that will be... just bunch of stupid bots that blindly followed me. Really, why people making pary rpg, if whole party is a nameless garbadge without story and personality? They do not even want to speak with me, not talking about joining the conversations. And after that i saw combat. I go to the inn, and started a fight with girl on the second floor to complete first quest, and before i even noticed my whole party was dead, except fighter. They killed each other so fast that i could not even notice it! And the fighter who was left on the battlefield had some enormous regenerations, so he killed all the enemies alone. I was thinking "no, there should be some kind of mistake here, this cannot be the battle system" so i went outside a town and faced some bugs on the road...And it was the same. Battle is so fast that if i would want to control it, i would need to press pause every second. Look, i am not some rts genius, and my reaction is horrible, that's why i like when in bg or nwn all actions was really slow, 1-2 second can pass between one melee hit, and that was ok for me. But this... I cannot control this battle because it ends before i notice that it started. And i shoud give orders to a big party with system like that? Seriously? End i don't even mention horrible animations, it looks like devs decided to save some budget on it. It is so wierd - i was waiting this game since announcment, because i like most of obsidian games because of great stories and the way to tell it. I was thinking that this game can be the game of they year. And then i tried divinity - original sin. I neven liked divinity series, each game was lacking something, but this one i found perfect - beautiful graphics, cool turn-based battle system, great world and physics that makes every battle a challenge, and the most important - it feld like i am back in 10-15 years ago and again playing a great party crpg, but it was also made with all latest technologies, so it felt old and new at a same time, and it was really great. And when i actually tried POE - it felt just old, very old and unfinished. More like fan-made modification then another great obsidian game that i expected. I am sure that this game have a great story and many roleplay options, but with such a horrible gameplay i just cannot enjoy any of it, and i feel very sad about it. They could atleast make combat turn-based too, and it would save the day, but this... this is not feeling like game that i want to play. Suddenly people that never made a game that i would like made best old-fashion rpg of the year, and people who should made the best old-fashion rpg of the year failed so hard. It is so frustrating... WHY?