It is further buoyed by an excellent magic system filled with strategic spells to manipulate the battlefield. It all comes together to make one of the best combat systems ever in an RPG.
I'm sorry, has this person even played BaK? It's a tour-de-force as an RPG, but the combat is by far one of the weakest aspects of the game. There's nearly zero advantage to using long-range weapons (e.g. crossbows). If they'd made it so hitting with a bolt have a percentile chance to cause an enemy to limp (temporarily slowed) then that would at least be something. There's almost never a reason to use a crossbow versus a standard attack particularly since this game doesn't have any concept of "attack of opportunity".
Spells like Despair Thy Eyes, Grief of 1000 Nights, Skin of the Dragon are totally broken. Spells that shouldn't affect elementals / undead / etc. work regardless, etc.
The game goes to the trouble of overlaying a grid for precise movement but positioning (with the exception of sticking Owen in a corner to avoid having him be surrounded) is almost irrelevant. There's no flanking, physically longer weapons like polearms, backstabbing, etc etc.
It is further buoyed by an excellent magic system filled with strategic spells to manipulate the battlefield. It all comes together to make one of the best combat systems ever in an RPG.
I'm sorry, has this person even played BaK? It's a tour-de-force as an RPG, but the combat is by far one of the weakest aspects of the game. There's nearly zero advantage to using long-range weapons (e.g. crossbows). If they'd made it so hitting with a bolt have a percentile chance to cause an enemy to limp (temporarily slowed) then that would at least be something. There's almost never a reason to use a crossbow versus a standard attack particularly since this game doesn't have any concept of "attack of opportunity".
Spells like Despair Thy Eyes, Grief of 1000 Nights, Skin of the Dragon are totally broken. Spells that shouldn't affect elementals / undead / etc. work regardless, etc.
The game goes to the trouble of overlaying a grid for precise movement but positioning (with the exception of sticking Owen in a corner to avoid having him be surrounded) is almost irrelevant. There's no flanking, physically longer weapons like polearms, backstabbing, etc etc.