Baldur's Gate 3

TL;DR: it's just an exceptionally very well game. BG3 feels as if it was made with lots of care and love. Thoroughly designed and tested. Playing on Tactician I'm shocked to see how well the difficult is balanced: forcing me to consider all the help I can get in battles, constantly inspecting enemy strengths and weaknesses, adjusting equipment, etc. One of the few things that could be improved is music. There are scenes where it's perfect, but generally it's not anything exceptional. It's a game that can swallow you for weeks, game that has it's own style. Strongly recommend!

I own the game on Steam and I just cannot get enough of it. My wife and I play everyday when we come home from work. It has bugs for sure, but the quality of the game is something else. Act three could have been a game all on its own. This is a game development team that actually has respect for its players. I am so excited for offical mod support and DLC. Everyone that I have recommended this game to have become hooked. Highly recommended. Critiques of the game though: you need an above average PC to play it comfortably especially in Act 3, not sure why it is this way but Act III with a 5600xt on 1440p gets me like 30-40 fps. I recently upgraded my GPU so it is better now but without a better GPU you will run into some issues. I feel like magic items can really make you stuck in a build and without transmog you might end up looking a bit ugly in terms of outfit. I also wish the multiplayer allowed you to bring more companions, as my wife and I are always having to switch out companions for story related stuff. I also wish I wasn't always looking for gold, you really are just hungry for money all the time untill halfway of Act III. I also wish they included the upper city in Act III, they mention it so many times, and it seems that a solution to one of the character's issue is in the upper city but we cannot go there.

I highly recommend the game, it's fantastic! and when you play with friends it's even better

I guess it's cool, if you never (or rarely) played (good) pen'n'paper DnD. However, if you happen to be a veteran, well... Try not to cross reference with lore or rules or how things work in the pen'n'paper. It has little to nothing to do with Baldur's Gate...or DnD for that matter. No idea what, why and how this game was hyped, but, well, the bar has never been lower.

The game's combat mechanics are too simplified. The character classes are too streamlined. I liked making my own builds, choosing stats, perks, masteries, and skills. The DnD influences are there because of other BG games, heritage, not because it's better. From reading the forums of different platforms, the concensous of most is that the game isn't DnD enough, and needs to conform to 5e rules more. That reason is why I refunded the game, as I don't see it changing to a progression and combat system I would enjoy. There's just too many voices wanting the opposite of DOS type of systems. One of the most complained mechanics is the ground surfaces, a staple of DOS interactive combat. If you are like me, don't get this game, as the complexity is gone, for more simple and faster combat. If you are a DnD fan, or don't mind a move away from DOS mechanics, then maybe try it.