Had a great time with IWD1 right up until severed hand, which feels like a slap in the face. Shadow orcs and shadow skeletons, seriously? This is a glorified palette swap, the only way it could be more egregious is if the enemies were bright red instead of shaded.
Currently my save has been sitting untouched for weeks. I'm not sure whether its worth continuing, because up until this point I would've given it a glowing review, particularly the lower levels of the dragon's eye where i refused to abuse rest and the encounters and lack of resupply forced me to utilize a great variety of tactics to overcome, in complete contrast to what people usually meme about the infinity engine's simple combat. At one point I was using my ranger like a tactical shooter, having to pie off corners to engage yuan ti elite rangers one at a time and then having to fall back to the rest of my men to ambush the melees with the few crowd control spells we had left. Fantastic. Then, all of the sudden, I get the dogshit that is severed hand, complete nosedive in pacing and quality.
Worth continuing or have I met the peak of this game?