Baldur's Gate 3

Gdy dotarłem do tytułowych Wrót Baldura i poznałem nową rodzienę Jaheiry, to nie wiedziałem czy mam się śmiać czy płakać.

I played and loved BG1 and 2. So I went in expecting to hate this game. I read a lot of reviews that say "it doesn't feel like BG..." and so on and so forth.. I disagree. The game is great so far. The vast options you have to approach situations is stellar. It plays and feels like D&D 5e and you are headed for Baldur's Gate. The game looks gorgeous, the acting is good, the mechanics are on point, the pacing is really good. It's a great game. Compared to BG2: Druids grove in BG2 was small. It was an outside area and one cave at the back. Here in BG3 it's much more expansive with the refugees outside, the beach, the outdoor idol and ceremony spot and the caves. The towns in BG2 outside Athkatla (the big city) were all just a few buildings.. not that big. The couple towns you go two (I count the Goblin camp as a town) were big in comparison. SO when the party actually gets to Baldur's Gate city I'm expecting Larian to make it expansive compared to the big city in BG2 and BG1. I am very optimistic and excited to explore it when full release gets here. There are plenty of bugs, but hey, it's early access: I saw a Tiefling tail turn into a big stretchy bungie cord. After I rescued Halsin, he was walking out, and then the spiders that I 'persuaded' decided to attack him since he was neutral. This made Halsin hostile toward my party and I hadn't saved in a while... If I could give one bit of advice to Larian Studios it's this: You have a great product. Sure, listen to the community BUT always keep in mind that this is your game. By trying to please everyone you'll water down your vision and wind up with mediocrity. Stay true to what YOU envision for this game and know that it's YOUR game to make. Make your efforts count and stay true to yourselves, not the masses. Earth shatteringly good games come out of labors of love and vision, not focus groups. Listen to the message boards but don't listen too closely and don't let them steer the ship.

There is a lot of content, a lot! The meta plot is solid and the main cast of villeins is solid with excellent voice actors and most of the companions are likable even if the dev’s shove shadowheart down your throat a bit much. But, It has some serious flaws post act one with railroading and serious deus ex machina shoving of the plot. The camera and jumping is your worst enemy half the time and drives you nuts indoors and many changes made from early access just makes it feel more like a Divinity crossover rather than a baldurs gate game. Also Wizards of the Coast diversity commissar was apparently permanently glued to and omnipresent in the development studio as teaflings, drow, deep gnomes, devils, gith and assimar walk the streets as if it was bloody Tuesday without people batting an eye and you scant can walk a step without stepping on a promiscuous pan/bi/homosexual/furry yapping loudly about their bedroom preferences. In short some characters feel as if they where written with a crude checklist on a Starbucks napkin during a break. The kind of stuff you expect from bad amateur fanfic and ERP rather than Forgotten realms D&D. Faerûn is diverse yes but its not a bloody world spanning fetish giga orgy of a melting pot where neither bugbear on ogre action or plain bear is off the table.

I'm ancient. BG1/2 have been in my top 5 for decades I still actually play with the mod that smashes all 4 chapters together so you can play it seamlessly. I've always loved being part of the stories. I love the old games. I also love the new one. I've played for 11 hours since release and I've been really enjoying it. I picked the mysterious Dark origin story and it's been great navigating thorugh the dialog options and the surprising moments that have occurred, some of which were COMPLETELY unexpected crazy moments, which has really kept me engaged and curious where it's going. I've enjoyed the combat. There was one battle where I seriously did not think I was going to make it. I kept thinking, just re load, you are toast. A few lucky crits later I'd managed to survive and win the day and I was so happy. The character I was helping seemed as surprised as I was that we'd survived and it seemed to just perfectly fit the situation. I can't help but wonder if we'll be able to build our own stories with BG3 someday! What are my big beefs?!? I'm so accustomed to pausing the game with my thumb on the space bar for BG2 I keep finding myself hitting it in BG3 which does nothing.

A potentially great game marred by a ludicrous amount of technical issues. As you play through the first half of the game, you will likely notice this game has considerably more bugs than most, but as the gameplay, visuals and story are quite enticing, and the types of bugs tend to be minor nuisances, you'll likely find the game highly enjoyable. This changes in the second half of the game. Almost every quest is bugged in some way. Major gameplay mechanics might stop working temporarily or permanently. The amount of issues start to take their toll. I kind of want to give the game 4 out of 5 because the first half is so good in spite of the issues, but it just doesn't seem fair to give the most bug-ridden game I have ever played in 30 years of gaming more than a 3. My suggestion is to wait at least a year before buying the game. Might be a 5/5 by then.