A clear upgrade from Kingmaker. Systems and mechanics from the previous game are just overall updated with more features, less junk, and tons of little QoL improvements.

There's still a decent amount of bugs, both minor and major, but very few are game breaking. Some of them are baseline unity issues, such as that classic "being in a menu maxes out your CPU", some of them are issues with the game (Retraining). They need fixing, don't get me wrong.

But it's just a straight upgrade to Kingmaker in almost every regard. Writing, gameplay, UI, Companion stats, etc. etc. There's some serious ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ with some encounter balance (please stop giving bosses permanent pre-buffs, it turns Dispel from a powerful option to a required option you need to dedicate someone's entire build to), but it's not insurmountable.

All-in-all, if you even somewhat liked Kingmaker, you're going really like Wrath. If you didn't like Kingmaker for non-genre/system reasons, I think giving a few weeks or months and picking Wrath up on sale is still a good idea.

A clear upgrade from Kingmaker. Systems and mechanics from the previous game are just overall updated with more features, less junk, and tons of little QoL improvements. There's still a decent amount of bugs, both minor and major, but very few are game breaking. Some of them are baseline unity issues, such as that classic "being in a menu maxes out your CPU", some of them are issues with the game (Retraining). They need fixing, don't get me wrong. But it's just a straight upgrade to Kingmaker in almost every regard. Writing, gameplay, UI, Companion stats, etc. etc. There's some serious fuckiness with some encounter balance (please stop giving bosses permanent pre-buffs, it turns Dispel from a powerful option to a required option you need to dedicate someone's entire build to), but it's not insurmountable. All-in-all, if you even somewhat liked Kingmaker, you're going really like Wrath. If you didn't like Kingmaker for non-genre/system reasons, I think giving a few weeks or months and picking Wrath up on sale is still a good idea.