rolling 1d5..... it's a 4.5! yes i rolled a 4.5. it landed on its edge. shut up, i'm the gm here.
this was the jankiest, buggiest mfer i've played in a long time (possibly since kingmaker, lol)--and it was the ENHANCED EDITION, at that!--but.... (cue a pillar of light hitting the ground and the Mythic Power song kicking in) i fucking loved it!
what a wonderful, long ride it has been. wa'ah has everything i look for in an rpg: a big playable cast of interesting, intriguing, fun characters of all sorts and some great banter between them, myriad character progression possibilities and an addictive combat system that makes working out builds very rewarding, TONS of smaller side quests and side areas with their own little stories, often mysterious and fascinating and surprising, an epic story with lots of twists and turns and a good amount of player agency and, of course, an incredible soundtrack.
it's far from a perfect game, it has a lot of messy systems and bad ux, not to mention the bugs and the glitches and the jank, and i had to spend some time tweaking it with the fantastic toybox mod to really make it work for me, but it's 100% one of those more-than-the-sum-of-its-parts games, absolutely no doubt about that.
i would be here all evening if i went into all the details with a game as huge as this, so i'm just gonna say that wherever owlcat goes, i'll be there... just maybe not day one, or even year one. wotr is now easily one of my favorite rpgs which, by extension, makes it one of my favorite games because rpgs are My Jam, and it feels really good to feel this way almost a couple decades into this hobby. i absolutely cannot wait to see what the studio does with Rogue Trader.
before that, i have a LOT of rpg favorites to revisit, because boy did this awaken a thirst for more rp-gaming in me. 2023 truly the year of the crpg.
this was the jankiest, buggiest mfer i've played in a long time (possibly since kingmaker, lol)--and it was the ENHANCED EDITION, at that!--but.... (cue a pillar of light hitting the ground and the Mythic Power song kicking in) i fucking loved it!
what a wonderful, long ride it has been. wa'ah has everything i look for in an rpg: a big playable cast of interesting, intriguing, fun characters of all sorts and some great banter between them, myriad character progression possibilities and an addictive combat system that makes working out builds very rewarding, TONS of smaller side quests and side areas with their own little stories, often mysterious and fascinating and surprising, an epic story with lots of twists and turns and a good amount of player agency and, of course, an incredible soundtrack.
it's far from a perfect game, it has a lot of messy systems and bad ux, not to mention the bugs and the glitches and the jank, and i had to spend some time tweaking it with the fantastic toybox mod to really make it work for me, but it's 100% one of those more-than-the-sum-of-its-parts games, absolutely no doubt about that.
i would be here all evening if i went into all the details with a game as huge as this, so i'm just gonna say that wherever owlcat goes, i'll be there... just maybe not day one, or even year one. wotr is now easily one of my favorite rpgs which, by extension, makes it one of my favorite games because rpgs are My Jam, and it feels really good to feel this way almost a couple decades into this hobby. i absolutely cannot wait to see what the studio does with Rogue Trader.
before that, i have a LOT of rpg favorites to revisit, because boy did this awaken a thirst for more rp-gaming in me. 2023 truly the year of the crpg.