Baldur's Gate 3

I don't understand why game developers feel the need to insert misogynistic slurs like "wh**e" in their games. It doesn't make the game better, more mature, edgier, or more immersive. It just makes me think the game is made by misogynists and targeted at incels, and I stop being able to enjoy it. If I weren't past the return period, I would return it.

[EARLY ACCESS REVIEW] So, I usually don't buy Early Access / In Development titles. It's just not a thing I'm keen on. But I'm very glad I did it this time. I've been looking forward to BG3 since I first saw the full HD cinematic trailer (which, by the by, is also the actual game-starting cinematic; the bit immediately after the tadpole enters "your" eye is where you enter character creation). I've got all the graphics dialed to 11 (my computer is, presently, a bit of a beast - Intel i7-10700K processor, 32GB of memory, an NVidia RTX 2070S video card, and the game installed to an M.2-PCIE SST with ~3500MB/sec read and write speeds) .... and it is visually absolutely GORGEOUS. Yes, being very early on in development, there's a lot of missing options - Dragonborn, Gnomes, Bards, Sorcerors, Druids, a LOT of subclasses. But what _IS_ there so far, is pretty solidly well done. I haven't run into any bugs, other than having sound briefly drop out during conversations (briefly, not permanently). There's some polish work to do, on animations during conversations. The tutorial could use a few more "lessons" (like, how to find and disarm traps). But overall? Using what _is_ present, I have been enjoying a _very_ authentic D&D 5E experience, playing my half-drow Warlock (currently level 3).

This is just what I was hoping for when they got around to making another Baldur's gate. I have played all the old classics many times and BG3 brings the franchise up to date. This feels more like a classic Bioware game than it does a Larian game. I am very excited for the full release.

I can't wait to continue my adventure. Fantastic game!

If you expect a perfect gem, hyper-polished with zero bugs and amazing stability. Go away, this is an Early Access game. Not all early access games are stable. If you want an authentic 5e simulator for the Forgotten Realms DnD campaign - just get RollD20 and write your own one. We all know what happens when you are hyper-tied to your setting or system, you get Temple of Elemental Evil. A game so mindbogglingly complex only three DMs that have read and memorized the books can figure out how to actually play it. No, this game is made by Larian, but the setting, the lore, and systems are in service of the game, not the other way around. And while it's a buggy, glitchy and sometimes crash-prone mess. It's a gem and I'd honestly buy it again. But ok, why should you want to play this game? Graphics? Well, it's pretty but it's not some kind of Raytraced marvel that needs RTX 5120. No, where this game wins is story and system: - Do you want to provoke a frog into wiping your party? - Do you want to snipe that frog from a billion light years? - Do you want to interrupt a mating between an Ogre and a Bugbear, with tragic consequences for you? - Do you wish to talk about philosophy with an Undead? Or discuss shape changing with an Ox? - Do you want to have even the stupidest choices matter - like say betting on a chicken race influencing whether you miss or get a quest? - Do you wish to dispel the illusion cast by a witch only to realize, you should have kept it. Then BG3 is the game from you. I played this game for 20hrs, only to realize, I didn't scratch the surface of what it's story brings.