I'm currently playing this game for the first time, just started chapter 4(I didn't bother with varnholds lot dlc).
I don't really have anything else to play right now so I've been going through PFKM pretty slowly. To avoid burnout ect, but seriously what do people see in this game? It's just a shittier version of baldurs gate 1. In fact I think all the optional side content in this game is worse then bg1. There's a lot of waiting around for triggers so usually I fuck off and look for side quests but they're always pointless or boring.
Basically every encounter is a trash mob, there's been maybe 3 encounters where I actually had to think beyond 'use buffs'. The writing and story are fine I guess but nothing to really write home about. I actually like the kingdom management, it's not as time consuming as people made it out to be and I get dopamine from completing tasks/events. By far the worst feature of this game is the world map. So much wasted time walking back and forth and resting. Legitimately terrible.
I'll probably beat it since I have nothing else to play right now(I'm also going slowly, maybe 1-3 hours every 2-3 days), and it's not so terrible I feel the need to quit.I really don't see the big appeal in this game. I'd say it's better then both POE games, to give it some credit.