If you are wanting to do a COOP run expecting an epic adventure where each player of the 4 feels unique and have their own progression as a character differing from the other 3, possibly diverging in opinions creating extra story paths, and for the game's reactivity to be consistent and take all of that in consideration, forget about it, thats not how the game works, im sorry

I dont reccommend doing a multiplayer run on your first playthrough, expecially if 2+ players, unless you want combat mayhem and story to be largely inconsistent with how your party gets treated and who is considered "the main character" because yes, even if you play coop, one of you has to be the main character, and that ♥♥♥♥ kinda sucks

Another warning for those who want to co-op, do NOT pick an origin character unless you and your buddies know the game from the inside out and know exactly what you are doing

But if your idea of a coop run is to simply go in, kill ♥♥♥♥ and ♥♥♥♥ around, that is 100% okay, but expect a lot of missed quests, and dont expect a good rewarding story

Ignoring this, the single player experience is pretty amazing, all companions have good backstories with twists (i managed to progress all of their stories while the majority of them were sitting at camp, so thats an option) , the combat is good and inherits all of the good 5e mechanics while adapting those that wouldnt fit in a videogame format (this doesnt mean that you will like the combat if you dont like turn based RPGs), the OST had some amazing surprises (house of hope is a 18+ disney movie, probably the best segment in the whole game)

The story? Hard to tell, my experience was very positive as i have played solo, took my time with everything, and vibed with the game, but im pretty sure some folks that are playing in MP will kinda just have the plot slip past them resulting in some unsatisfying ♥♥♥♥, and thats 100% fine, but not much to say about story in that regard

With that said, i think it's possible for a group of 4 people to go through the game blindly and still enjoy the story and get satisfying moments, just not very likely to happen, CEO of larian already explained this better than i can

Graphics 8/10
Sound design & music 9.5/10
Combat and mechanics 8.5/10
Story, 9/10 if you are solo, ?/10 if you are not

Game is not perfect, some companions who were developed in the final stages of the game are lacking in comparison to others, if that issue was fixed, the story would be a 10/10

This is a must play for everyone that has an even remote interest in RPGs.

If you are wanting to do a COOP run expecting an epic adventure where each player of the 4 feels unique and have their own progression as a character differing from the other 3, possibly diverging in opinions creating extra story paths, and for the game's reactivity to be consistent and take all of that in consideration, forget about it, thats not how the game works, im sorry I dont reccommend doing a multiplayer run on your first playthrough, expecially if 2+ players, unless you want combat mayhem and story to be largely inconsistent with how your party gets treated and who is considered "the main character" because yes, even if you play coop, one of you has to be the main character, and that shit kinda sucks Another warning for those who want to co-op, do NOT pick an origin character unless you and your buddies know the game from the inside out and know exactly what you are doing But if your idea of a coop run is to simply go in, kill shit and fuck around, that is 100% okay, but expect a lot of missed quests, and dont expect a good rewarding story Ignoring this, the single player experience is pretty amazing, all companions have good backstories with twists (i managed to progress all of their stories while the majority of them were sitting at camp, so thats an option) , the combat is good and inherits all of the good 5e mechanics while adapting those that wouldnt fit in a videogame format (this doesnt mean that you will like the combat if you dont like turn based RPGs), the OST had some amazing surprises (house of hope is a 18+ disney movie, probably the best segment in the whole game) The story? Hard to tell, my experience was very positive as i have played solo, took my time with everything, and vibed with the game, but im pretty sure some folks that are playing in MP will kinda just have the plot slip past them resulting in some unsatisfying shit, and thats 100% fine, but not much to say about story in that regard With that said, i think it's possible for a group of 4 people to go through the game blindly and still enjoy the story and get satisfying moments, just not very likely to happen, CEO of larian already explained this better than i can Graphics 8/10 Sound design & music 9.5/10 Combat and mechanics 8.5/10 Story, 9/10 if you are solo, ?/10 if you are not Game is not perfect, some companions who were developed in the final stages of the game are lacking in comparison to others, if that issue was fixed, the story would be a 10/10 This is a must play for everyone that has an even remote interest in RPGs.