[aberrant80]

if ur a hardcore dungeon crawler or hack-and-slasher then i suppose u can try it out. but if u don't really like those 2 kinds of games, i suggest u skip it. i had to play other games in between just to cut down on the monotonous and routinely gameplay. pretty boring sometimes. and there's not really much u can do with individual party members, considering none of them can move more than a dozen steps from the rest of the party, making scouts, backstabs, invisibility and surprise attacks impossible. and note: u can't surprise attack, u have to let the game decide if u've managed to surprise the enemy. cumbersome interface, totally limited selection of charater visuals and character development. not to mention dull background music, pointless money, and unnecessary or shallow dialogue. much more too, don't feel like typing anymore.

as for the patches, not too important, i'm halfway thru the game and still ok so far. just make sure u DON'T save (autosave included) while any of your characters are invisible or blinking. and keep backups of the save and roster folders somewhere else, so any save game crashes can be restored by overwriting with the backup.

but since i'm a hardcore Forgotten Realms fan, i'm sticking with the game to the end.