The way the game thinks you're going to walk is nowhere near the natural terrain path. I'm struggling to get into the mindset of just accepting that whatever happens happens.ДЇurther, while I appreciate the kind of directionless progression and freedom to explore the map and its many flanks at your leisure, there most certainly is an intended combat progression (per enemy levels.higher-level fights can be very punishing) that unfold along a path that is not obvious at all. Which on the one hand is kind of neat, but also frustrating. My natural impulse in RPGs is to do completionist runs, but it's virtually impossible in DOS2 because many NPCs serve multiple quest roles and it's an unreasonable challenge to keep track of the conditions necessary to manage party members and races and quest flags to see absolutely everything. I've accidentally nuked two or three quest lines already because critical NPCs failed a persuasion check, or because of some esoteric feature or quest flag I hadn't considered before walking beyond the point of no return. But that very same latitude presents so many different opportunities for failure that I find I'm constantly walking on eggshells, trying not to trigger X before Y. The latitude it gives you in resolving quests and environmental/exploration stuff is refreshing in a world of quest marker RPGs. I have a massive love-hate relationship with this game. I just finished act 1 after restarting a couple of times midway through the opening area. WHY AM I ALWAYS ON FIRE? AND WHY DOES EVERYONE HATE US NOW? Oh, I clicked on a thing. I keep enveloping our entire party in flames. I also need to learn to control my spells better.

I also got the entire town pissed off at me because I kept misclicking on items and they thought I was trying to steal it, much to Xero's chagrin. We've had multiple points where we tried to fight and failed, only to find that there were other ways around the obstacle. I'm new to all this, so I'm learning as I go.

Xero and I have been slowly slogging our way through Fort Joy trying to figure things out. Having to use an object called the Faceripper to remove the face of an enemy to be able to walk among the living is great, and being able to pick locks with my finger bone makes me smile. I decided to run as Thane, since being undead seems hilarious. Anyone else playing this? I never played the first one, but the absolute freedom to do basically whatever you want with your coop mates made me quite intrigued.

Dos2 a man and his dog