Hi All!
Forgive the blunt title; I'm genuinely not here to start an argument, just to give my feedback on ADOM II.
I'm a 10+ year very spoiled ADOM player and have spent hundreds if not thousands of hours on ADOM, love the game to bits and still play from time to time. I've had a few attempts at getting into ADOM II but just get frustrated with the scale of the levels. It also seems to take quite a bit longer to level your character which I'm not fond of either, but the dungeon levels are the major killer for me. Even wandering around Terinyo annoys the blazes out of me because it's so darn big. For me - and I appreciate not everyone will be of the same opinion - the great appeal of ADOM was the bite-sized nature of the action. You level quickly, the levels are screen-sized, most of the quests are likewise nice and small in scope. If I wanted to play a sprawling epic, I'd play Skyrim (incidentally, I dislike Skyrim too!)
ADOM was great for me not in spite of, but because of limitations such as small, screen-sized levels. I fear I'll never love ADOM II the same because of the increased scale. I'm quite sure many of you will disagree and that Thomas has his vision, but for me at least, I see an inferior game from the start.
Best Regards,
Kevin