Baldur's Gate 3

Played a few hours. Feeling deflated. Game is utterly beautiful. Character creation is fantastic. Clean interface, highly polished. In-game graphics also stunning. But I quit in frustration with the horrendous camera control. The final straw was when we were fighting and my view somehow zoomed way out and got stuck on another level we hadn't explored yet, watching two higher level monsters duking it out. Could not for the life of me zoom back down to our actual battlefield, somehow seemed to randomly do it after a couple of minutes of flicking around through roofs and ceilings and floors. I have every confidence that Larian will get this right and do the game justice. That's what they do. But I wish I had not bought it yet. On the up side, I won't have to pay for it again (at least, not for the base game). This game has such a deep connection to me as a habitual BG1 and BG2 player: since they both launched they have ALWAYS been installed on my PCs and regularly played. I'm also a seasoned D&D (BECMI-AD&D-5E) player. So I've been waiting a long time for BG3 like so many others. I just should have waited longer. It's not about the money, I'd have ended up spending that anyway, it's about not casting a shadow on the experience I've been waiting so long for. It will be months before I play this again. I'm not going to have my BG3 experience ruined by frustration at bugs. I only have myself to blame I guess, but I can't help thinking: if I was at Larian and I had played this extensively, for many more hours than the 4 or so I've put into it, I would have delayed again rather than let it go to Early Access in this half beautifully polished have rough as guts dichotomy of a release. To end on a positive note: I know I will eventually increase my rating to 5 stars, I have confidence in Larian fixing this and it will be a magnificent game in time. I will wait patiently.

I love BG1/BG2 and DOS2, but i don't like BG3 at all. I'am forcing myself to play as main story and gameplay doesn't work for me at all.

Miss! Miss! Miss! Critical Miss!

This game will offer very exciting adventure for many hours especially to those who are completionists like myself. The graphics are amazing, the flexibility for strategy in fights is limitless, and the choices and dialogues are astounding in their variety. I hoe the game will reference the prior ones for nostalgia sake. One thing I do not like that they said they will do is make it so that all races start with the same ability score bonuses +2/+1. I am not at all interested in the same character class re-skinned as different races. Having the system the way it was i.e humans getting +1 to all ability scores etc. had a layer of uniqueness that just now won't be there. So Larian, it is my hope that you read reviews on this site. you've done a phenomenal job on this gaem exceeding many expectations, but after 3 years of early access of people playing WITHOUT this +2/+1 to all race stats system, that you wouldn't just suddenly change it as you are saying you will. Age of Wonders 4 did this and I absolutely hate that it did. Please leave it be as we have had it for 3 years.

This game is just.. Wauw.. There is so much to do, so many ways to play the game.. Just early access has been an amazing experience, and I can't wait to play the full release of the game!