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I remember buying this game off the back of how much I loved the Baldur's Gate games (I and II, at the time), playing it for like 30 minutes and getting so frustrated I just went and replayed Baldur's Gate II again. I'm sure I still have my physical disc somewhere. I probably should give it more of a chance.
I'm not sure how it aged, but i distinctly recall it having "real time combat", that i don't think even the developers tried before shipping. With that turned off, it is barely usable, but even then i recall at the beginning what kind of items you find randomly in the first few hours very much determine how easy the early game will be.
with all that said, it is still worth playing for the story and the npcs though. it was a story crafted with love.
I started it two times and quit soon after battling with awful interface and ridiculous starting difficulty. On the third try, though, I persisted and the game revealed otself to be amazing. It is the first RPG that I immediately restarted after its end to try a completely new character build (I'm usually "been there, done that" for replayability), and it rewarded me with completely new facets of its story. A true gem among cRPGs, try to persist through its starting hours.