Baldur's Gate 3

The 3 atack gnolls in Act 1 made me quitt. It's just ridiculous. I don't want to cheese my way around such things. Thne all these surface effects that Larian likes so much. I rather play BG 2 again than this.

amazing game engine, decent implementation of dnd 5 (im still not a fan of it), mid campaign, very poor writing and vision of fearun. Good thing "unlocked" toolset is available, hopefully we will get fan-made campaigns soon that we, crpg enjoyers, deserve.

I've heard nothing but praise, but am already finding the gameplay, UI, etc incredibly frustrating. Icons are too small, manipulating the map and party is a chore, tutorials disappear too fast to be useful at all, 2 hours in and I had to quit cuz it all was making my skin itch. If it's a me problem, then so be it. But it's still a problem that drives me away.

Ideas for a good game are there but are marred by Gygaxian levels of unforgiving encounter design, poor UX (enjoy constantly triggering attacks of opportunity and then attacking into thin air because you accidentally slipped your cursor one pixel to left before clicking) and downright mechanical problems. I stopped playing when my party clipped through the bottom of an elevator and took nearly lethal fall damage because the game engine bugged out. People have been early-access-playing this game since 2020 and it honestly still feels like a seriously undercooked late alpha both in terms of basic game mechanics and technical polish, the latter so much so that it at times feels like the game is trying to intentionally prank you with nonsense, like an off-brand-Dragon-Age version of Goat Simulator. I don't see myself returning to BG3 for quite some time, if at all.

Everyone who knows even just a little bit about gaming knows about BG3 by now. There's not much to add... Games like this one come by once in a decade and belong in the game pantheon alongside the best of the best. The player base, the modding scene and the love of Larian for their games will keep this one alive for a long, long time. Maybe it's going to stick around for longer than Skyrim even, although I'm sure with less of a money making scheme and being replubished every few years or so. Baldur's Gate 3 is a rare jewel and everyone who's into RPGs should give this one a try, even just to experience a part of the story, because admittedly, it has a very long playtime if you aim to complete the campaign.