Baldur's Gate 3

So much potential, but ultimately ruined by degenerate DnD rolls mechanics. How can you plan a battle in a tactics based game when all you ultimately do is rely on luck? I totally didn't expect the combat to be the same as Divinity, but I was at least expecting the same level of reliability: in Divinity, misses are rare exceptions, but in BG combat is absolutely random, and this makes it frustrating and irritating. The story, variability in approaches you can take, versatility of stats and perks, in other words, everything about this game except combat and rolls (whose concept is idiotic by default). Guess I'm done with this game for a while, or maybe even until they make combat mechanics more reliable.

I really want Lae'zel to step on my ngl

Installation gets stuck at 92 %. Methods described on https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/articles/12917971348125-Download-stops-at-92-and-other-installation-issues?product=gog didn't work for me either.

Lacks several features that make the first 2 games so great, day and night cycle, isometric perspective and more importantly RTWP, overall quite frustated neither Obsidian or Bioware were in for this project, nothing bad to say about Larian but they are way over their heads here.

For pros, this game looks really good. Really detailed, nice current-level graphics and lighting and all of that... ... But it's gross. The scripted characters range from utterly uncompelling to completely disgusting, such as that warlock with the succubus liking his face I see every other loading screen. It's disgusting enough that it makes me just not want to play. As an exception to the characters generally, I will say that the vampire's romance path actually borders on interesting given what it entails. The woman who replaced Sarevok's deep voice as narrator? It's not Sarevok. This game is somewhat difficult. Baldur's Gate was a fantastic entrance into D&D for someone who had only played JRPGs before, and Baldur's Gate II wasn't too much harder to start with, but this is utterly unforgiving by comparison. One of BG2's few weaknesses was that it started with a long, tedious, uncomfortable dungeon, and it's a mistake this game makes right off the bat in trying to escape the nautiloid. BG1's leaving home into some light woods and to a friendly town was a far more comfortable, gradual foray into a 100+ hour adventure. I'm not into the grit and looting, I enjoy D&D for large and expansive worlds with a variety of climates and goals. The game is over sixty gigabytes. That's a rough download, especially for something as cumbersome to patch as the offline installer is in which you must apply every patch in sequence, and it sometimes still doesn't even work. I've just started using GOG Galaxy, and specifically to see if it keeps this game updated more easily without having to re-download the whole new thing. Finally, of course, is paying full game price for something unfinished. I can't play as an Aasimar, I can't be a cleric unless I declare some pagan deity or at least typing out good old "Jesus", it's just all bleh. So far all I've learned from early access is that this isn't Baldur's Gate. Perhaps some generic new title would suit it better.