At the end of the journey I find myself with the same opinion now that I had after finishing the prequel: The game isn’t bad, but you should wait to play it until after a major patch or two has been released.
Once again there’s a collection of bugs that range from the baffling (how did no one notice that reputations maxed out after only a couple choices?) to the more insidious (save import inconsistencies and quest-step completion order conflictions) which can really ruin your day… particularly if you’re any flavor of completionist. However, at least those issues can be fixed in theory; a more permanent problem is the abundance of quests that force you to run back and forth between city districts.
The character selection though is pretty solid, there’s quite a range of unique equipment (although heavy on sabers and I don’t think I ever found an estoc), zipping around the world map is remarkably engrossing, and there’s a fairly large amount of character banter. Another thing worth noting is that the game can at times get remarkably sexual. While the first PoE had Hiravias, in here not only are both Serafen and Tekēhu overflowing with innuendo, but there’s also fully-nude models present in the bathhouse location along with Ondra’s fertility-deity-like vignette portrait (the content isn’t ill-fitting mind you; just surprising).
When all’s said and done, while I did enjoy myself for the most part, just as with PoE I I’m likely not going to touch this game again until the eventual/potential expansion is released.