Baldur's Gate 3

This is the first time I've paid such a high price for a video game (I usually don't pay more than $25-$35 as a rule) and one of the very few times I've bought a game OFF sale. Yet it was completely worth the cost for me, so I don't regret it. There's so much variety and numerous options on hand for dealing with situations. Characters have many variations to their reactions and demeanor depending on your words and actions and people will remember what you've done, not conveniently forget. Nobody has plot armor so you can kill whoever you want for whatever reason you want as long as you're willing to deal with the consequences (except one character but it makes logical sense that you can't kill them). Some of the precious few other games which compare to this one in terms of similar gameworld depth would be Dragon Age Origins and Planescape Torment.

I've played Baldur's gate 1 and 2 and the expansions (2+the expansion was my favorite game for a long time) and while this game has a different feel to it, it is just as amazing. The story is great, your choices affect future outcomes, you can play it many times and still not see all the content, there's relatively no major bugs as long as you don't use too many mods or try playing saves from a modded older version with a newer modded version (in which case you can encounter some pretty weird bugs), the graphics look amazing while not being too demanding on your computer (I have a ryzen 5600x, a radeon 6600 and 32GB ram and can play just fine at 1440p using fsr (before fsr 2 was added in one of the patches fsr 1 did look pretty bad, but fsr 2 looks fine) while still looking good and having decent fps).... obviously with a faster computer it would look better and run faster but you don't need some crazy expensive gpu/cpu to play it). Now it does have some flaws too and the review wouldn't be complete without mentioning them: - the evil play-through isn't as well done as the good/neutral and you do miss out on many quests (and thus experience, items and characters) + you can't be that evil - act 3 does feel incomplete and unfortunately the developers have decided to leave it that way and not make a dlc which would make it complete and tie up all lose ends, add some content for what happens after and raise the level cap - your level is capped at 12 which is annoying compared to bg2 + tob where you could get to 30+, especially considering you're supposed to be this epic hero fighting for the fate of Faerun. Imo it should go at least to 20. There are a few mods that unlock higher levels, I've only tried one which sets the level cap for all classes combined to 20, while each single class can still only go to lvl 12. It works pretty well and doesn't introduce any major bugs. - your camp clothes are pretty limited until act 3

Crashes every PC. Do not buy this shit

Dragon Age Origins, Star Wars KOTOR, Mass Effect, Skyrim, and Neverwinter Nights walked into a bar. Somehow 8 months later this game appeared in our world. This game lacks any creativity, originally, or anything revolutionary. It is just a generic obsolete turned based 'RPG' with no choices and graphics straight out of 2003. The controls are incredibly clunky leading to non stop fighting the camera, doing things you don't want to like stealing or attack the wrong person or attacking the ground. Not to mention it's a pain to use the camera during combat. Or even talking to your companions when you meant to move forward. The plot is so generic and unroginal you're the chosen one and must save the world from a great evil. The end. Lame. Companions are all generic and boring as well. They're also just knock offs of older Bioware companions like Morrigan, Ash, Miranda, Liara, Jacob, etc. I got to the goblin camp after hours of frustration then gave up. It is one of the most overrated garbage games of all time alongside The Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077, Elden Ring, Animal Crossing New Horizons, The Last of Us, DOOM, HALO, and more. If you want a generic clunky top down PS2 point and click obsolete turn based combat game with nothing going for it. Then get the game. Not even worth a GOG Giveaway. Instant regret, want my money back. The normies keep proving that if a game is being mindlessly praised like Baldur's Gate 3. It's truly a bad game that only Sheep will love.

It looks like someone is trying to do a Divinity Original Sin game, that is running on the D&D 5th Ed rules and is full of the Dragon Age style cutscenes ... I do have a very mixed feelings from this. It is not bad, even in this state, it is very fun, but I hope that I will be able to continue with the party I have already, because I do not have any intention to play anything here for the 2nd time. I usually don't enjoy the combat in the RPG and I like when it can be solved in the different way, but here I just want to hack & slash through everything, because almost everybody here is annoying. Ou and the combat and rules mechanics are the best part of this game so far. It can improve, it is just early access, I played for 8th hours and there is a long way ahead.