gamerdad I finally bought it. Heck, it’s been on my wish list since it released a couple years back, but what with not working much and knowing it would likely consume me, I held off and waited for a good sale.

A mediocre sale was the next best bet.

It took two hours to install, what it being 100GB or so, but then there it was and I loaded up the game for the first time and sat there wondering which of the many paths to take. Character? Difficulty? Just a couple of the more obvious choices before the game-proper even began.

I recalled from playing Divinity Original Sin 2 that Larian games have a lot of threaded narratives and the game you get can change a bit based on early choices. I guess that’s what makes it replayable, huh?

There was no sense in dawdling tho, so I just jumped in and started. I can’t even really tell you what I picked besides mostly sticking with the default options. When I get some in-game time on the clock maybe I’ll know better for a second play thru. But for now, vanilla it is.

To be sure, a couple hours into it I’m far from an expert able to write with any depth on what I see is obviously enormous depth in this game. I’ve kept my ear to the ground these last couple years, reading write ups and listening to podcasts, so I have a share of third hand info that not only helped me make the decision to buy it and play it, but helped avoid some of that first wave overwhelmingness that I suspect wild come to anyone just jumping in completely cold.

Stay tuned.