Recent reviews by Cirtul

Best singleplayer game I've played since Witcher Hearts of Stone in 2k15 10/10

+ Voice Acting is one of the best I witnessed in any game I ever played
+ Music is great, you can clearly see that there was a lot of talent and effort put into it. Soundtracks are not only good but they are also incorporated into a game in a way that fits mood of certain quests or fights.
+ Characters are written in a believable way. Their background, traits, sometimes even quirks or phobias. Especially your companions are not linear and, the more you dig in, the more you realize they are different than you initially thought.
+ Dialogue is just next level in comparison to most RPGs I played. Easily comparable to Mass Effect or Cyberpunk main story dialogues.
+ Game is beautiful. Overall graphics as well as how much effort was put into detail of every location you visit and every weapon/armor/enemy design you encounter.
+ Can't really describe this point properly. It's just there are certain quests/moments in the game that, to me, are simply a masterpiece.

-/+ Personally I preferred combat/abilities from DOS2 but I guess here we have a DND system that is just different and some people like it some don't. Definitely I can't say it was bad or I didn't enjoy fights and certain builds I could try out on my characters.

- I encountered some bugs in ACT3 (I played since release). However, none of them was game breaking or forced me to reload. Nowadays, so often games are released in such bad state that it kind of feels unfair to me that I even point out those few minor issues I saw.

+ Economy is more user friendly, simpler and easier to understand than in Victoria II.

- Game becomes unplayable after year 1890. Lag is just too huge, game freezes when you create new trade routes. For first 60 years it is all good tho. The question is whether you are okay with playing 60 years instead of 100.
- War is broken. Random fronts pop up, AI leaves their fronts not covered etc.
- AI doesn't build up its oil industry despite having resources ( I think it is going to be partially adressed in next patch with foreign investment)

Overall the game is not yet a full product and if it won't be significantly optimized in terms of late game lag then it will never be a full product. Not worth buying right now.