Drakensang - Preview @ GamerNode

GamerNode has kicked up a preview of Drakensang based on a trip to the recent Leipzig GC.  The author is Thomas Beekers, who is known for his work at NMA.  Here is a sample:

From the announcement onwards, this game has been marketed as "Baldur's Gate in 3D." The developers have made it clear that this game is not a sequel to the classic series, but another take at the DSA world in a cRPG setting. Fair enough, but the question becomes "how good is their take?"

The tentative answer is "not bad." The game employs the 4th edition DSA ruleset and, after decades of refining, the DSA system is widely known for being well-balanced, intuitive and expansive. The game does not fully exploit this expansiveness, cutting a few skills, but even so it retains an excellent system of combat, magic and miscellaneous skills like smithing and alchemy to exploit.

Thanks, Dark Savant!