I always thought of this game as a sort of cross between the Elder Scrolls series & Fable.
A massive, sprawling open world with an absolute myriad of things to do and a fairly simple-yet-deep class/levelling system - but much more like Fable's cartoonish-fantasy look & feel than the impressive-but-depressing realism of Tamriel from the Elder Scrolls.

And now they've added a 'Very Hard' difficulty, which is honestly reason enough to buy this remaster!
If you're like me - an avid RPG fan who likes to complete every side quest & uncover every corner of the map before moving on to the next location - you'll probably know that in modern RPG games, being a completionist tends to leave you 'overlevelled'. That is, more powerful than the developers expected the average player to be, having the consequence of removing any challenge from encounters that are supposed to be difficult-but-achievable for the average player - which also detracts from the fun you could be having.
(Sure, there's a different kind of satisfaction that comes from steamrolling everything as a result of the hard work you put in, but it gets old - it's nothing like the high that comes from overcoming a difficult challenge.)
Admittedly, I'm still very early into this version of the game, and never quite finished the original despite many many hours sunk into it - but I've heard praises sung about the adjusted level scaling in the new (Very Hard) difficulty option that was added in the remaster, and I'm loving it so far.

Not that this new difficulty option was even my reason for buying a game, which I already owned, for the second time - I didn't even know it existed until I started playing! - it's also just a criminally-underrated, fantastic, huge game that you should definitely try out if you enjoy fantasy RPGs with big open worlds & neat class systems!
(...and, unlike new Bethesda games, actually tends to go on sale for a great price every now and then ;) )


Might even update this review at a later date if I actually end up finishing the game this time, haha.

this game is impressive, and i like it

The setting for this game is beautiful. Also, it is quite fun to level one's character up as far as skills and armor. The biggest drawback is that it takes a long time, but that is probably a very good thing for folks who like to level up characters in a rich story.