Baldur's Gate 3

Larian taught me you should *NEVER* buy a game on pre-order, even if you thought you trusted the company. My rating is unfair to the artists who worked hard and are involved in a wildly abitious and largely sucessful project. What we've seen in the game up to this point is nothing short of impressive, and yet expected from a company with larian's catalogue. That said, unfortunately there are other problems, and I'm not talking about the development time, which I understand had to be long. Some minor gripes of mine include the launcher they added and the fact they release some information exclusively on the other virtual game store. While I understand GOG might not have the resourses for dev posts, I don't see how this would stop them from posting the same info on twitter to keep everyone on the same page. What really pissed me off is that the latest patch is somehow unavailable on GOG, and upon asking for clarification on social media... there's no reply. I have no reason to believe that they randomly decided not to upload the patch to this platform this time, but if they don't tell me the problem is not on their end I have no way of knowing whether or not it is. Finally, according to what was said in the latest patch showcase stream, they're adding radical -left progressive anti-scientific propaganda to their game, n0n-b!nary nonsense, which means larian will be just another sucessful entertainment company slowly sucked dry of all its talent to be replaced with friends who share the same ideology. This was the most telling sign, but it wasn't the first, as they have complained before over white, male and human OC's being the most popular. I've seen this movie before enough times to know the results, and it's a shame fans of the RPG genre will be precluded from the art pieces that could have been in the horizon of the company. As it stands I wish I had been more patient, as to avoid funding things that go against my values.

global launch is a complete mess and fail. nobody said mac os version will come later than pc version. nobody says where are offline install files 4 hours after the global release. nobody says that game still cannot be played even after downloading via gog galaxy.

I was going to get this game, until I saw the revew on the second review page, about the bear.... So I have some dignity left I wont buy this. And I was going to. But this is getting out of hand. Them and their bear can shove it.

I played BG1 and 2 since the 80's, still revert back to them very regularly as they are and still remain pure magic. Devs then took the time to make sure players had the best of time playing their games, there was passion and ambition. I also liked DOS1 and 2 a fair bit, even considering turn based combat is not really my thing, growing up with BG RTWP system. That being said, I think Larian abused the name and reputation of BG for their own benefit, it is like they polished some cheap dented copper and are trying to sell it as gold. This game has nothing to do with BG, nothing. Hijacking the name of the city and adding some iconic characters from the original does NOT make it BG. Not every panda can Kung Fu just because it is a panda. If you're a BG fan you'll be very dissapointed by this DOS-clone claiming to be something it cannot deliver. Larians decision to take away the players choice to play RTWP is one I cannot condone and until they acknowledge their mistake and laziness I will never again play this horrific mismatch of promise and delivery... The disguise of Larian being a rising star in the gaming community now suddenly avails an old and sad one trick pony that can no longer pull their weight.

I cannot give this game a game-play review, as I will not buy it until it is out of early-access. It has been in development for a very long time, and too many company's take advantage of excited gamer's that cannot wait to play their game. As stated in the title, I would love to buy this game, but I cannot give anyone support until they have completed the project. This is like buying a car that is only partially built, it maybe be drive able, but will not be fun if your driving it in the rain without roof or windshield. I will give it a 3 out of 5, only because I love the looks, style, and potential of this game.