In my entire playthough of Baldurs Gate 3 i never once encounterd dodgy voice acting. This includes animal voices. Its an incredible achievement

Other devs hates Baldur's Gate 3 because it reveal how incompetent they are.

Baldur’s Gate 3 definitely reminded me of my love for video games again. Genuinely thought I was getting too old for them, but I now understand games have just been dog shit for the last decade.

bg3 fills me with a child-like excitement I haven't felt in years, didn't know playing a game could make me feel this way anymore

The fact Nintendo got Tears of the kingdom to work on a cellphone chip, but third party AAA developers cant get their smaller game to work on a 3090 shows that AAA studios don't have the talent they used to.

As always, thanks for watching and the support. Love seeing your takes on this topic.

Also important to note that with the FF14 Endwalker release, Yoshi-P released a public statement detailing why the problems were happening, and immediately took full blame and asked for forgiveness from the players. He did this without shifting the blame around or making excuses. Humility and not treating customers like they're morons, it isn't hard.

Baulder's Gate 3 is what I thought all videogames were going towards as a kid just thinking about it got me excited like Christmas Eve at 6 years old. Boy was I wrong.

For the past few months of playing wow I thought I've become too old or lost interest in playing videogames because I would always fall asleep while playing it. But when I started playing Baldur's Gate 3 I find myself playing for hours not realizing I've been playing all night till 5 in the morning.

I also find it hilarious that BG3 sells for $10 less than the "new standard AAA price". I.e. the $60 price we were used to

Eldenring was like someone blowing a foghorn to wake you up. Baldur's gate 3 was like someone giving you a hard slap across your face then dunking your head in cold water just to wake up from the complacency and this count for the consumer, the developers and the publishers.

Midway through act 3 with 130 hours and the game exceeded all my expectations. Its got good plot, gameplay, visuals, and TONS of content/volume. I havent enjoyed an rpg fantasy game this much since Dragon Age Origins maybe. Just amazing and i cant wait to see what playing another class feels like and making different choices in a new playthrough.

Ive never played a Larian game. Ive dont like turn-based combat. Ive never played D&D. I bought Baldurs Gate 3 due to peer pressure and its the only game ive played since I bought it. It is insanely good and astonishes me every way I turn.

Let me put it this way. BG3 sucked me into the story and my characters in less than 30 minutes. The world around me and the people I talked to offered me stories and problems to solve that actually made me consider my morals and the different implications of each outcome. Full world exploration wasn’t shoved in my face, but was heavily encouraged from the interactions I had had by just going off the beaten path even just a little bit. Quests and battles aren’t easy, and actually make you think about the best way to solve them, until you get the hang of the game and start looking tactically at not only your characters but also the environment. The game assumes you’re not a idiot and knows not to waste your time by constantly giving you character progression and interesting problems, and if none of those things interest you, don’t do them. You can miss companions completely if you don’t care, or you could find more than you bargained for by just looking a little bit. It’s a great game. The only one I’ve even wanted to play over the last 2 weeks, and tbh newer games are nowhere on my radar. I could keep going. The music. The voice acting. It’s all great. Spend the money. You deserve this game.

BG3 is the first game, in a very long time, that made me laugh so hard I actually choked on my own spit, cry so hard I needed to grab the tissues, and scream out loud multiple times as well as feel like the world melted away and didn't matter so much. It has it's bugs, for sure, but because of the care they obviously put into it and the vast scope as well as the rate they're rolling out the patches and hotfixes and listening to their fanbase without crumbling under us--this game is truly a masterpiece and the experience as a whole has felt like a once-in-a-lifetime thing. Larian has earned our trust; I hope other companies have learned from their model. Put the game out into Early Access, let the players that want to help you through the early stages and beta it for a price, give them a say and "make them feel important" and then release it in a way more polished state than many games are coming out in these days. Were there some sections that were hinky? Oh yeah, Act 3 has some sections that were buggy. But we are forgiving because Larian was so upfront and transparent with us.

I love how the people who made BG3 actually look like the people who would play it. They look just like my Warhammer group. Bungie used to look like that.

I remember as a kid my teacher explained to me the whole 'currency of goodwill' thing. When I was late on a paper and had a good excuse, it didn't matter because I had been late so many times and always had an excuse. While I was upset because this time I really couldn't help it - it didn't matter because I had already used up all that goodwill on my homework before. It's the same way here, if a studio keeps putting out unfinished trash . . . no one is going to care when they have a legitimate reason for a delay or poor performance.

The best apology is No Man's Sky apology, where they went completely dark and turned the game into an absolute gem.

Baldur's gate is so good that it is one of my favorite games atm. I am not a fan AT ALL of turn based games and yet i havent had this much fun since the xbox360 days with Halo. Best part is i have maybe only spent like 80 hours into the game for over the past month but it feels like i have played it so much more than i thought i did and i am only in my first playthrough together with my girlfriend. We are constantly talking about how we gonna do things next time in our other runs. It feels like forever i was this interested in a game and that i enjoyed co op this much as well and this is a game that is quite the opposite of my favorite genres.

Man Baldur's Gate 3 and Sea of Stars renewed my faith in games. I haven't had this much fun playing RPG's in a very long time.

As an HVAC installer. I can only imagine what would happen if I complained and got upset because a customer was upset that after installation, their AC or heat didn’t work better than their old system…

The thing is companies had smaller budgets, less people, and less time but they still made fully developed great games. Now with better technology, easier to use tools, and infinite budget by comparison they can't make a complete fun game.

The fact there’s so many different outcomes to situations, makes this so replayable and immersive. I absolutely love this one. 💞✌😊👍

I really love games in general that you could EASILY tell they were made with love. HiFi Rush, Elden Ring, Resident Evil, It Takes Two, Hollow Knight, Omori, Yakuza 0, Dave the Diver, and more Are all games where i could personally feel like the devs put work towards making the experience wonderful for their fans. Even if they may not compete with the sheer perfection of BG3, they were able to build a solid community. And that, i believe, is what is more important in gaming.

BG3 had a Hotfix that went live and then rolled back in the middle of people's play sessions, making all post hotfix progress unloadable. BG3 is so fucking good that no one complained because we knew Larian would fix it (they did) AND because the game is so choice-heavy Hotfix 4 gave me a reason to try out different paths. The trust Larian has is crazy and well-deserved.

The reason why the big gaming companies want to criticize elden Ring and baldur's gate 3, is because it proves that they're being lazy with their game development, and they're afraid that if they don't speak out on it they're going to get exposed and they won't be able to be lazy anymore. I've just resolved myself for not buying anything unless it's a souls game or a small not AAA title.

I bought the early access to BG3 and thoroughly enjoyed it and looked forward to the full game. The voice actors were great. I had never heard of the guy that did Raphael’s voice. He completely sold that character and outside of Astarion I think he was the best voice in the game.

I played two hours of Baldur’s Gate 3 and when I had to get off and get ready for bed and laying in bed I think I had my first sensation of a nicotine addiction I was itching to get back on. I almost called in just to get back on. I’ve never played a DND game or even had the slightest experience with it and I was in love just like that. I’ve never felt like this about a game for a long time and can’t wait to edit the clips and share my first REAL DND experience from someone who’s barley wipe the steam off the glass to look inside.

I'm waiting on a dev to come out and just say what we all know to be the case: "We don't make good games because our corporate overlords and their investor buddies won't allow us to. Games aren't about having fun anymore they're just another avenue to make the most money whilst doing the least amount of work possible. *IF* you have fun playing our trash then that's just an added unintended bonus for you, but that's not the design." Edit: primarily AAA devs not so much indie and AA studios.

asmon has spent so much time reacting to baldur's gate 3 content that if he spent that time playing the game on stream he might have gotten halfway through act 1 by now.

Baldurs gate 3 is the first game in awhile I’ve truly been addicted again and putting in man hours on it.

As much as these aaa devs want us to pity their working conditions, interviews from the larian guys seems to show that they love their job and have huge pride in their product.... and it shows.

"Audience doesn't care oh that day it was raining so the shot wasn't good. Audience walk into cinema - good movie, bad movie, that's it." - Jackie Chan

Here is a very simple question for AAA studios. "Can you make a game as good as BG3?" If the answer is "Yes." my next question would be: "Well, then why you don't do so?" If their answer is "No." my next question would be: "Then why should I give you 70 bucks?"

Games dont have to be as good as bg3 or fromsoft games they just need to be honest with people. Remnant 2 was a small team, game had some bugs but they charged 40 for the game soni doesnt get judged as harshly.

being nearly 600 hours into BG3 and have yet to see it all, I can only say that I've waited years for such a replayable, fun game that is worth the pricetag! If only other Devs would invest this much time and effort into bringing a good game, instead of microtransactions.

I didnt think id like baldurs gate 3, i fell for the hype. It deserved the hype, i cant believe how good gameplay is. Ive never really enjoyed conversation gameplay, but thia game friggin nails it. Its shocking. The amount of stuff in this game is mind boggling.

Petition to make asmongold play Baldurs Gate

UI matters quite a bit. It can turn a good fun game into a chore if you have bad UI. Bad UI will also take away from immersion. Those details listed around 14m are important, and can make a huge difference.

It was such a wake up call that Asmon keeps playing cruddy games.

Asmon would have played the game already if it wasn't called Balder's Gape 3

Im almost 300 hours into this game, on my second playthrough. Making a point to be extra thorough this time and experience as much as possible, and yet im STILL missing a good amount of content. Theres just so much to this game

I just wanted to point out something that is very important to consider here and mainly focusing on the fact that at least we should still care about the processes. Around 7:30, Asmon starts going off about how videogames are made, and the video also talks about we should "JUST" care about the end product. I think it is also important to understand the work that is being done and the processes around it. You can't just say you only care about the product because you hear the same complaints after the fact the product is launched. The companies who really care about their client base tempers this expectation by showing you that they care, that they meticulously ensure that the standards are being met, and the mission/vision is still aligned down to the very lowest role in the company. I've been in healthcare for a decade now, I understand this is a totally different field but hear me out. We follow a LEAN concept where we avoid "defects" from ever reaching the client. There's a whole thing about "continuous improvement process", the "toyota way" etc, but I don't want to go off on that. It focuses on VALUE, but sustained process of delivering VALUE. Now lives are what we're talking about here and I get that healthcare is more critical in this field. But apply that same concept here in gaming, aren't lives also being affected here? You spent X exuberant hours playing a game, and then you complain that a certain game sucks. Now can you get that amount of time back? I think we have to start treating creating videogames with the same amount of dedication and care in making them. We should also start recognizing and putting these developers as the benchmark, who continues to deliver games and treats previous experiences. Putting previous projects in a PDSA cycle and continues to improve year in year out. This is why we keep seeing the same mistakes, the weird "silo'ed" work, as if the other teams within that company has not already resolved the issues that others are facing. Bottomline, we have to care about the process, we have to care about who we support. Do you just buy a product just as a finished product and not care about the process? Global warming, overly processed foods, carcinogens come to mind when we just blindly want a "product" and not care about how it was made.

The difference on the debacle for FF14 is, Yoshi-P came out, was humble and said what the issues were and how they were gonna deal with it to "get where it needed to be". and to add on that, Yoshi-P is very open about the vision and "what were gonna do" otherwise, so FF has gotten a lot of "good will" in the playerbases eyes, did some stuff suck? yes. did some players quit? yes. were some players mad? yes. Yoshi-P still went out, took the blame as the "I am in charge, this is my fault" he may have pointed at different factors, but he still took the blame. I don't see Kotick doing that, Blizzard went and put 3 nervous guys to break the news on the "no PvE" (shut it, I know they released something of the sort, but it wasn't IT). Yoshi-P went out there knowing, this would affect images of him, but did it anyhow, Kotick is sitting and (sorry for the expression) wiping his ass with 100$ bills and couldn't give 2 fucks about whom or what has been affected.

It's insane to me that these "AAA" game companies argue that it takes millions of dollars to make a game and they need to pay their thousands of workers, when a single guy in his mum's basement can pump out a hit title that returns millions times over in profit. I would rather the companies go back to taking 2-3 years to make a game, make it quality, from developers who LOVE the product they are making and creating a vision they have in their heads, rather than turning out another Call of Doody every year at a higher price tag with less content.

The last act of BG3 gets a pass because it's not quite as... fucking incredible as acts 1 and 2. Going down from a 10 to an 8 out of 10 for your last act isn't shitting the bed or fumbling the ball at the last minute. It's still great and the more you engaged with extra nonsense through the first 2 the more there is for you in the 3rd, rewarding the invenstment of your time.

Baulders Gate has given me a joy that i havent felt since Dragon Age Origins and Mass Effect 1 and 2. Its given me a world to sink my teeth into and explore every nook and cranny that the world has to offer

At the time of the video it hadn’t happened but Larian actually just dropped a bunch of “epilogue” content to help flesh out the last act a bit more

Man 5:25 - 8:12 is ABSOLUTELY spot on. In NO WAY is it the consumers problem how hard game dev is, or their deadlines, etc.

I didn't want to play baldurs gate 3 because of the turn base mechanics and because I am not a fan of fantasy. But after playing for 100+ hours now it's the best game I've ever played. Nothing comes close to this, this game is an evolution 10 steps forward.

I generally agree that recognizing an actor in a game is jarring, but you can never go wrong with casting J. K. Simmons

One (not the only) aspect to take away from Larian's success is they are privately owned and the owner and leadership are making the games they do, because they wanna make good fun games. Most (if not all) of those big and bigger + publicly owned companies...well, specifically their leadership/bosses/owners make games to make money first and good game second. Viewed in this way, it explains the microtransactions and other predatory monetization mechanics being built into the game design.

BG3 is the best game I have played in many years. Just so much passion and thought put into this game.

It’s very simple: when devs (the people, not the studios) are empowered to make the decisions, we get good games. When business execs make the decisions, we get Diablo Immortal

"its a flip of the coin both sides are tails" *used car salesan smirk* i laughed so hard the milk i was drinking came out of my nose so true

This is simple, the companies aren't willing to sacrifice their standards on pricing if we have financial issues, so it's only fair that we aren't willing to sacrifice our standards on quality because of their production issues.

My boi Asmogold will still farm the Baldurs gate views to the end of time.

i dont think ive ever been this addicted to a game since a LONG long time , 450 hours of Baldurs Gate and still replaying it

The one thing I can't stand about Baldur's Gate 3 is the action bar. Its so messy, all the time. If you switch abilities tied to equipment or spell slots you have to re-order them whenever a change happens unless you can stand the chaos of your melee action being anywhere instead of in one place. The rest of the UI is alright honestly.

Why is BG3 so good? It's simple. NEVER, not ONCE in my 500 hours of Baldurs Gate 3 have I felt like I'm fetching a macguffin. NOT ONCE. Each quest is a story, a real engaging story, with history, relevance, and impact. That's why it's fun to play.

I’ve never even played a CRPG before. BG3 was my first one and I’ve played for over 120 hours because they got me to care about the characters, my decisions in the game and the repercussions that came from it. I’ve rarely experienced that in a video game.

THRY ACTUALLY FIXED THE ACT 3 , AND IT WAS THE MOST FASTEST DEPLOYED PATCH OF ALL TIMES

mannnn i love the CEO of that Studio awesome guy

It is not a wake up call, it was a reminder of what games were.

I think that a lot AAA game developers have to answer to shareholders and they in turn crank out games too quickly. It's all about turning over year over year and it's BS for us gamers

As a UI producer in the business for 10 years, I can tell you 100% that the UI doesn't matter to 'certain people' as much as it does to players. Plain and simple is that you only notice bad UI.

There's a lot of interesting points here that haven't been get stressed enough. A lot of companies (gaming or otherwise) strive to create an emotional connection with the user, but as a whole, the connection is only one-way. So, whenever a company makes a move toward something more anti-consumer, they have a lot of people quick to defend them. It is very rare to see the emotional tie shared back toward the user, and when it is, it usually seems like it is done to try to repair a trust that was broken so they don't lose all of their customers (e.g. something like No Man's Sky, which has been coming up with constant, substantial free updates since 2016, including stuff like a free VR version, compared to other companies that tack it on and charge full price).

"Stop making dogshit!" **Sips Dr. Pepper** **Extensively elaborates** **Ends video**

I have bought it on console on its release. I have now put damn near 38 hours into it and man the story, A. The gameplay, A. Side quests and things to do, A. Amount of bugs, B+. Fun and creativity, A

BG3 has me no longer playing WoW which I have played for easily 12+ years. I recognize that I have been playing WoW solely based on the sunk cost fallacy. I no longer played the game cause I wanted to, I felt that I had to. BG3 was extremely eye opening to me on what an amazing game SHOULD feel like. I have laughed, stayed up late and have been extremely invested Something I haven't felt since WoW first release, or even back when Heroes of Might and Magic 2 & 3 came out (showing my age here a little lol). It's been so nice to play a game that is fully fleshed out, and not paying premium for bones of a game expecting DLCs to complete the game.

I am extremely picky about the games I play now. If companies cannot provide a great game out of the box, I will decline. The problem for me is now many AAA companies have lost my trust. I will hold my money for something more deserving. Imbecile companies expecting otherwise are just a waste of my time.

The wake up call was common sense. I'm annoyed it took until Baldur's gate 3 for it to hit the sheep, but hopefully it sticks. Then maybe I can start enjoying games again for fun and not just be stuck with watered down distractions that want to pound my puckerfish for every cent I have.

IMO, the way I can tell Bg3 is a fundamentally good game is down to the fact I hate turn based games, yet tried it due to the reviews and friends suggesting it and I'm fucking addicted, best game I've played since ER

"I'll gladly give you a videogame on Tuesday if you pay for it today" - AAA devs

That whole video was pure truth and knowledge. I only care about the product. Period. Honestly, i couldn't care less even if for the entire production of the game, crunch 24/7 was the norm.

Bethesda had the currency before losing it all for Fallout 76

Asmons point about apologies was spot on. Because the apologies that hit home are the studios that apologize with ACTIONS. Words are cheap .. Everyone understands that sometimes bad decisions are made. And need to be unmade. But these days AAA every bad decision is sitting on 10 more bad decisions and they are afraid if they fix one bad decision you'll ask them to fix them all and the shareholders won't like that no siree!

BG3 last act isn't even that bad anymore. Sure needs some performance improvements, but they have been delivering on that and they have more coming up.

As a 31 year old dude who's been gaming since i could hold anything i can tell you this: Playing BG3 was a similar experience as it was playing world of warcraft for the first time. Nothing was what you'd expect, everything had to be figured out through either reading the tooltips or playing the game. It was amazing! Ever since mists of pandaria launched/ended i've been wondering if i outgrew video games. I'm glad BG3 proved me wrong in that regard. I'm not too old for video games, and i also haven't seen all there is meaning that anything newly released just feels bland and dull. Developers just suck lately. It's all a massive cash grab and no one cares about delivering a finished and actually enjoyable product. Halo infinite was in development for 10+ years. I call bullshit on them working on it for that long. I mean look at manor lords. Saying your game has been in development for that long just creates a hype. Because it took that long it has to be good, right? GTAV has been running for over 10 years where people can buy 8 milion (wich basicly means fuck all) for 80 euro's. It's complete bullshit.

"The UI doesn't really matter" starfield: let me show you why that's false

I worked in a ramen shop where the servers were mad at me because they weren't being tipped enough despite the fact that they only had two fryers lol and I was just thinking surely they know the boss is who controls the tips and their SALARY. As you said if the job is not for you then don't blame others

Balders Gate 3 was a fantastic game, beginning to end. It had its issues, but it could be overlooked simply because it was a great experience that made me care about the characters and story. ER and TOTK were fantastic too. Give Nintendo credit, when they put out a game, it is ready to go.

BG3 was the best 60$ I spent in recent memory

A great take. I'm a huge fan of CD Projekt Red, they earned enough "currency" from me on the Witcher 3 that when Cyber Punk came out I was like: Yeah okay this is not good. It has potential but its current state to me is not worth what i Pre Ordered for. But I trust their intentions and their competency to eventually get it right and the game is a lot better today than it is at launch. Will I pre order from them again? Probably not, they lost some currency on the state of CP 2077 at launch vs what they advertised. If Witcher 4 isn't good they'll lose even more or if its good they'll earn some back. The Currency analogy is just spot on. The other thing that irks me is they act like Gamers are completely ignorant of how games are made. If that was the case you wouldn't hear the phrase "and can you believe this was made by X (a small) number of people? That statement right there says: " My value proposition was met so well that I can't believe this didn't cost more to make, or wasn't expecting it for some other reason". It means the game had features, style, or some other factor that was done to the complete satisfaction of the user. If you know Lean Six Sigma (a project management and efficiency course I imagine many project managers at game companies have taken) they call those "delighters" or: A "delighter is a feature, also called latent requirements, that is not basic and expected but desirable and unexpected". It's not our job as the consumer to know this stuff but my point is that these big companies have people who's job it is to know and understand these concepts. If you don't scale well from the small company that delighted us and end up being the multi million/billion dollar company that dissatisfies us, that's not our failure as the consumer. Instead of trying to denigrate Larian you should be celebrating their success and taking inspiration. I heard the (former) CEO of the company I work for say something to the extent of we should celebrate the success of our competition because it should inspire us and drive us to do better. He said that is what drives innovation, "It's not about being right, its about getting it right."

BG3 vs most modern AAA games = Making the best possible game that can be made for players to enjoy VS making somewhat good enough game and advertise it enough for developers to sell. Of corse it goes much deeper.

Baldurs Gate 3, Sea Of Stars, Armored Core, MK1, and Spider-Man 2 are the only games I have an interest in for the foreseeable future. Baldurs Gate 3 is the most fun I have had playing a game since Dragon Age Orgins. Lastly, yes, Act 3 isn't as good as the first 2, but Larian has gone out of the way to patch and make Act 3 better. Baldurs Gate 3 is my GOTY.

I’ve never once in my life wanted to play a turned based ga besides Valkyrie profile two, EVER I just spend 9 consecutive hours having the most fun I’ve had in gaming in the past 3-4 years in this game alone.

Mans woked up and said "WE HAVE BEEN SCHMECKLE DWARFED!!!"

Act 3 was really good... i just got so overwhelmed with the city of Baldur's Gate that I just went ahead and plowed through the game at that point

People forget that other AAA devolopers that used to make good games are owned by publishers like EA and Activision that push the worst aspect of gaming into each of these companies and wear down the employees. This isnt an excuse for how it is, i hate modern gaming. But a company like Larian is running their team in a way that has good pacing and makes sense for their team to make a good game and i hope that never changes.

I'm glad people like Asmongold amplifying voices like this with their reaction/reply videos. originally this video had 250k views, thanks to this channel it bumped up to a million.

i think the main reason for having ingame currencies isn't to obfuscate how much money is spent (though that is probably a reason). i think the main reason is so that they can do the thing where a skin or something costs 500 of that currency and you can only buy it in incements of 200, 400, 1100 and so on and make each individual point cheaper if you buy them in bulk. that way you'd have to buy at least 600 and the last 200 are more expensive per point compared to the last 100 you'd have missing if a 500 option existed. additionally, now that you had to buy 600, you'll have 100 left sitting around and since people see that as wasted they are more inclined to buy something else with those points, even if they have to spend extra money to do so.

I really love this game! I love how challenging it is and the storyline is epic!! I’m new to the dnd universe and it took me 5hours and eventually my bf’s help to defeat a simple minion. My bf laughed because all I needed was a cleric buff. I hope the developers continue to make amazing dnd campaigns like this.

Flying an airplane is really hard, so next time just drop us at the mid point, and pick us up 6 months later for the rest of the trip.

Your 'care' is a consumption of goodwill. Once that resource is consumed, nobody will even pretend to care

BG3 doesn't come to Japan until the 21st of DECEMBER. Meanwhile, all my friends have already played it. Feelsbadman

Tavern brawler berserker is actually the most fun I've had with games in a while. It just *feels good*. I'm not too too far in (cleaning up act 1 still) but just ran into an enemy who feared my entire team... Disarmed? No problem. Throw the closest object to Knockdown the big baddy right into my nature cleric's field of thorns

As a software engineer I would love to work at this fantasy corp where devs actually get to make decisions about anything - you’re told “we want exactly this, now build it “

My three favorite games were made with crazy time and/or budget issues. Pathologic (og and 2), Fallout New Vegas, and BG3. Budget and time are used as a scapegoat, when priorities are the real problem. A playthrough of Pathologic is only about 25 hours and the animation is pretty ugly, but the storytelling is phenomenal. Smaller games with a tight story and clear focus are loved for years and years. Gamers aren't stupid. We know laziness and greed when we play it.

I've only played like 4 hours of BG3 so far, but it's been great 👍. The voice acting is just right, like they really actually care about the situation. The characters are interesting enough that it made me want to talk to just about everyone (unlike Starfield, which fails to captivate interest 99% of the time). Even the combat is cool. The UI is mostly intuitive, so it's easy to figure it out and fun to explore. The almost runescape-esque backpack system brings back a welcome bit of nostalgia and works well enough. The story is interesting, and there's a lot of funny things that happen. While it's a turn-by-turn combat game, it still feels like there's always something to do and think about. There's a real challenge to the fights, and sometimes you're going to want to save/reload failed rolls or fights. The great thing is, you're not blocked from doing it. You can save at just about any point in time, so if you're worried about f*ing something up, just save right there and then. The artistic style is very cool, and the graphics are pretty good 👍, which is a cherry on top.