Baldur's Gate 3

It is okay, but overrated. I guess a lot of people discovered crpgs the first time, so they don't know about better games. The story here in particular moves really slowly, there is a lot of dialogue but little substance to most of it.

I'm a huge fan of D&D, BG1 and BG2, as well as Larian's Divinity series. I was very excited to play BG3, and I tried hard to love this game, but at the end of the day, I found myself slogging away and just not having fun... The combat is just ok - the new Action / Bonus Action system is far less flexible that Original Sin's Action Point system. Becomes quite frustrating as you have all these spells and actions you just can't use. The gear is lame. Everything has pretty much the same stats. Very little true variation. The differences in classes don't mean much. Very little real differentiation - I can pick locks and defuse traps with my mage. Who needs a Rogue? I returned it for a refund.

The game is definitely worth the time and the asking price. It is: + Visually stunning, yet performant! + Great character design; everything one wishes for. + Filled content to the brim; a lot of voiced dialogs. + Provides narrative feedback on the play progression. + The combat, even for fighter, includes many ways to play out an engagement; it doesn't feel grindy. + Most of the characters are not flat absolutes and morally gray instead - far more convincing. + Well-balanced difficulty level up until the last fight that's easier than optional ones. + Refreshing multi-level environment design makes the terrain traversal more of decision making than a choir. Yet, there are a few letdowns: - 4 person party - works with 5e, yet feels majorly limiting in comparison with the actual BG game or the modern Pathfinder WOTR. Not great for what a cRPGs came to be built around. - 5e's dumbed down/casual (yet balanced) feats don't allow for fun builds. Ah, 3.5e... - 12 level cap - feels very-very limiting, yet appropriate for the storyline. - Bugs. Hell a lot of bugs. - Inventory management is tedious. - The writing picks up in the 2nd act on, yet still goes no where near wow side (IMHO, not Larian's forte). - No option for real-time combat. Waiting out turns can get real tedious, I'd jsut kill of the small stuff to make the turns end faster. - Cleric class spell list is boring. All in all, it's definitely worth the time and is enjoyable. Yet, if you want a BG3 experience instead of the casual one of DOS, go with Pathfinder WOTR instead.

From my experience of playing all the other BGs( 1 & 2 multiple times) I can tell you this is not BG unfortunately. The game has its own merits, but the grindy searching for objects to sell and talking animal quests make this game Divnity 3. The spells have been simplified, A lot of them were just removed. "Fly doesn't let you fly you can just get to vertical positions faster so it is not fly, you don't float and enemies can't get to you. At the moment I am waiting for some more patches and maybe I will complete it but I haven't finished ACT 1 cause its a slog.

Overoll as a BG title the game is dissapoiting . I dont think Larian delivered game worth this name . In most aspects is more DOS 2 than BG2( graphics, 4 characters party , orgin characters etc. shouts dos 2 )- But thats my opinion . Performance/balance wise i have mix feelings . Act 1 - i honestly cant think about any issus i had there -3y in early acces and massive support from community is a big part of why is so polished But Act 3 is different story .From the begining it was lacking in quality and after 4 big patches i feel thers more bugs than on release ( specially annoying freezing of you party ).- no early acces And i point that because A lot of ppl praising Larian for being better than other developers . But for me they are up to todays standarts unfortunately -games are realest with to many bugs and isssues. Lets point some goods : -overalll good story with 1or 2 supprises - music - voice acting Overoll i think game was over hyped by Larian and some other ppl and for me unfortunately they didnt delivered .