D:OS2 hit me harder in terms of it sucking. POE2 was POE2, after the catastrophe that was POE I expected it to suck so when I did try it then at least I knew what to expect. D:OS2 was being praised and beloved by all corners at the time of release so I was genuinely excited to play something that was widely seen as great.
Boy oh boy... D:OS2 made me feel like a young and beautiful Serbian girl that was promised a lavish modeling life in America by someone named Andre and after the first photoshoot I was suddenly chloroform'd into unconsciousness and the next thing I knew I was being anally raped by four burly beer gutted Austrians somewhere in northern Italy. Holy fuck did it come in and pillage me of all my good faith. You read all these great things about it and you start doing double takes and wonder if you maybe downloaded the wrong game but no you didn't you are definitely playing the game that everyone else is playing.
Like I'm no master game designer, but I think it's kind of hard to pace yourself when within the first ten hours you let me kill an ice dragon chilling on the beach and then return to your regular scheduled monster manual tour of low level skeletons. The itemization system is also very interesting if you're into studying retardation.
God, D:OS2 sucked. Even the companions you get were just unlikable trash. Some gangly malnourished elf girl that plays into the whole "I'm a cool badass that regained her power" image. I hated her the most. The lizardman was a fag too and trust me, I like my Argonians and Reptiles of the gaming world. Insufferable. The only companion I did like was the ranger mercenary guy, but oh wait, he just took my bro conversation the wrong way and asks if I want to fuck. Yeah, I think I'll just play through IWD again.
Kingmaker restored my faith. If we use the analogy above, Kingmaker is if your father was Arnold in Commando and has come to save you single handedly from D:OS2's rape trafficking ring with extreme force. Fuck D:OS2.