kmh12177: I love the game so much I've played through at least 10 times. Though I'm playing the same areas, the loot in chests is random so you get different things, the different ways to create your characters and later your party is fun as you will have to strategize fights differently, and the different skills you choose add great variety.
Bugs? None. The game came out in 2014, any that were have long been fixed.
You will likely start a game, then while shortly into it and start to understand the fundamentals and usefulness of different character builds, restart the game with better starting characters in mind. It's not a bad thing. Just saying because I did it myself many times once I understood the strengths of certain classes.
Crafting can be tedious but it's worth it imo, especially if you have an archer or a grenade user.
There are many good mods on the Nexus for it, the best being "Epic Encounters" imo. And there is a version you can get with the great changes it makes (back-stabbing rogues become very badass) without increasing the difficulty - also there is a 6 character party version (only if you use the keyboard - can only have the standard 4 character party with a gamepad due to the different interface ...... but there is still a great thing you can do if you get it and stay with 4 characters ... you'll figure it out after playing and learning the game a bit ;)
I would advise to play the game without mods first though, except maybe a faster move speed or something similar that doesn't change things as much as epic encounters does.
If you like turn-based rpg's with amazing strategic ways of beating encounters, this is the best.
The only game I like better in terms of turn-based battle is DnD's "Temple of Elemental Evil", but it is very short and greatly lacks story - unlike D:OS EE.
Wow, that's great to hear! Thanks for the response. I will be sure to check it out without mods first. What's your opinion on the sequel also? I know it's recently released, but how does it compare? Is it buggy or is it a stable release?
(Sorry for assuming you have the sequel and have played already).