Baldur's Gate 3

Unfortunately, this game was made by a studio which fundamentally does not understand (or appreciate) what made the Baldur's Gate games so critically acclaimed. I don't doubt this will be financially successful, in the same way that The Big Bang Theory and Big Brother were.

Bought this game recently, and I haven't really had any problems with it. Sure there are some bugs, but the most I get is my companions skipping ahead of me when walking somewhere. The game works pretty well other than that. For an early access game, that is. I'm enjoying playing it so far

Game of the year

I downloaded Baldur's Gate 3 on my pc and played a bit of it with a friend and was having a blast, but I had to reinsall it beause I got a SSD upgrade. When I go to install it, it caps at 92% and wont go beyond that, which obviously sucks, if they can fix this i'd love to keep playing but cant due to this issue

I've been gaming long enough to remember the original Baldur's Gate from when it was released. It defined what a great RPG was at the time. Larian Studios has captured a lot of that magic, in a scope that will often feel like you've sat down at the table with simply too much to eat. This is good or bad depending on your perspective. I happen to be enjoying it. I'm roughly 70 hours into the game as of this review and that means I've spent less than $1 per hour of fun I've had. That's a successful game for me. For all that time, I think I'm about 50% of the way through Act 2 going by the size of the map. I enjoy exploring every nook and cranny, completing every side quest and storyline. This game absolutely rewards that kind of neurotic hunting. Using the ALT key highlights chests and corpses, but using your eyes shows a whole lot more. Mundane things have less of a chance of something interesting in them, but I find a lot of quest clues, keys, and miscellaneous items inside objects and lying out on the ground that the game wasn't pointing me at with a big "Click Here" box. I have not had the same complaints so many have had about combat being too hard or too cheesy. I've enjoyed it. I don't abuse the heck out of the mechanics and got tired of spending time "dipping" my weapons pretty quickly. Shove is pretty darn overpowered as a free action, but a lot of fun too. Around being at the whim of the RNG - I loved XCOM, and this has nothing on that. It's not quite D&D 5e, which is okay. It's not quite the original Baldur's Gate. It is a great RPG on its own. It's got compelling storylines and characters all over the place. It's dense - every turn brings something to find, someone to help or hinder, or a fight to keep things rolling. It's a very rich RPG experience. I'd like to personally thank Larian Studios, too, for giving me an opportunity to collect hundreds of rotten food items, forks and knives, cups and plates, bones and rags - and sell them at a profit.