Baldur's Gate 3

So after more than 20 years, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic has finally been dethroned and I no longer consider it the best game of all time. Firstly, I am a huge fan of BG1 and even more BG2. I have replayed the latter multiple times over the years and I loved it every time. So I was a bit skeptical at first about the switch to purely turn-based combat from real-time with pause. But Larian has absolutely crushed it. This is a masterpiece of a game. I think I could replay it forever if I had all the time in the world. The story is great and well-told and unfolds gradually in a satisfying way. The same can be said for all your companion's side quests. I guarantee that you will start caring even for characters you initially disliked and you will feel the weight of their decisions. The music and sound design perfectly emphasize the atmosphere of the world. The combat and itemization are amazing. The game offers an almost unlimited number of builds. My only complaint about turn-based combat is that sometimes it takes a long time for the enemy to execute all of its moves. Additionally, there were occasional lags when the AI was calculating its next move. But in general, it feels excellent. If you are a veteran of cRPGs or turn-based combat games like X-COM, I would definitely recommend playing the game on the tactician difficulty as otherwise the combat gets very easy quite quickly. And if, like me, you decide to re-play the game, you should absolutely give the honor mode a try! In this mode, you do not get to reload a save, which makes you play much more carefully and often requires quick thinking to navigate challenging situations. While the graphics are not mind-blowing, they effectively convey what needs to be conveyed and maintain a gorgeous aesthetic. Overall, this is a must-play game for literally anyone. And don't just take my word for it, just look up how many different awards it has won.

Welle Can't play myn game because GoG Galaxy is a nightmare. Can't repair it, always have missing files, can't update... I waste my time and money on this game, for nothing. It's a miracle I could play it by the past, but now it's impossible.

Larian Studios should be ashamed to charge anything, not even speaking 60$ for such piece of not working crap. I hope a quick fixes will be released this week, and at least they will reduce the amount of crashes, memory leaks (my machine has 16GB of memory, and I get system message BG3 consumed it ALL) - this is reason for such harsh note. Putting aside quality of code and bugs, the rest is surprisingly promising. Beautiful graphics, interesting interactions (met an Elf rogue, and my warlock argued with him having dagger at throat; other one was with wounded Mind Flayer), rich options menu, pretty nice character creation and development (hadn't seen too much of it sadly, due to constant crashes. I managed to get to lv 2, and have 4 companions). I also find turn-based system way more playable compared to real time mess and stopping time every few seconds in BG 1 and 2, though it'd be nice to have later in the game more available actions. In short - once finished, or severely improved with stability is seems to be a great game. Will it be "true" Baldur's Gate? I think no one should care, as what makes a good RPG is interesting story, main character, companions, locations, combat system, quests and user interface. All of these components so far looks very promising, well can't say about quests yet as y'know, crashes.

BG3 is shaping up to be a good game. As a die hard Divinity Original Sin fan I don’t think it’s fair to call this DOS3. There are similarities, but then again there are major differences in the mechanics. That being said, I see the potential here. It’s worth checking out. I experienced major freezing on the Vulcan driver, but the DX11 seemed to work fine on mid tier hardware. Final thoughts. Support Larian. They always deliver. And in this day and age who gives you LAN, Direct Connect, and a DRM free game. Just sayin

A disclaimer, first: these five stars are not because of the current version, but rather for what this early access foreshadows in my eyes. There's still much work to do to get a complete and stable product, but damn isn't this good already. There are some bugs occurring here and there, and cinematics of dialogues and cameras often need fixes, but keeping in mind that it's still a work in progress, the game is actually really enjoyable already. The sheer amount of content, for an early access, is impressive: dialogues for deads, animals, or unlocked by class, background, or knowledge gained from exploring the world are so many that I could keep playing it forever. Not to talk about the many, more or less subtle ways that the story may progress depending on who's side you'll decide to take, how you'll I'm currently playing two different online games, and multiplayer works pretty nicely as well. I almost reached 50 hours of gameplay in total, and I'm pretty sure the count will be in the hundreds already when the game will be ready for the actual release. There are so many released games that let me down and for which I didn't even reach 5-10 hours that I lost count, and here I am spending tens of hours on an early access. Does this game deserves 5 stars as it's now? No, of course not. But will it, once it's complete and release? I've got no doubts at all about that.