Baldur's Gate 3

Baldur's Gate I and II were two of my favorite games. Some moments I have experienced so far that I could only dream about when playing those games: **Mild Spoilers** 1. Dropping a stone block onto bandits, killing them instantly. The block also smashes through the floor of the ruins creating an opening I can jump down into, bypassing a locked door and taking the next group of enemies by surprise (though in hindsight, maybe the noise should have alerted them) 2. Actually being able to use stealth and sneak attacks to take out sentry goblins without alerting enemies 3. Using Jump and Feather Fall spells to scale massive cliffs and discover alternate paths into and around the enemy camps 4. Starting a fight by throwing a barrel of whiskey down two stories onto the burning brazier in front of the goblin high priestess 5. Soloing a boss fight with my rogue: First with a backstab and then using Misty Step to escape up into the rafters. Then raining arrows down from the rafters and using Hide as a bonus action to remain out of sight and undamaged

To add some context , i am not a old baldurs gate player, nor a table player, i buyed because is a larian's game and i like their work, and AD & D universe is much rich, in fact i play neverwinter mmo, and played neverwinter nights 2 + mask of betrayer. I sense larian wanted to make a AD & D game, while TWOK wanted to profit from the name of the franchise, and older gamers want a baldurs gate game in the essence. About mechanics, if the game was rtwp i would not had buyed, even if some gamers like the style it is not for me, the only rtwp game i buyed until today is pillars of eternity, because the story and characters were too good to not try. And if i remember in a table game people take turns and play dice, so a digital turn based game it is not wrong. For a early version is working better than some games who are very broken even in the final version, of course loading of textures and some animations are with problems, but in beta stage this is expected. I admit there is a lot of influence from divinity way in the game and this will alienate a lot of AD&D players, what can hurt the sales in the final version, feedback of players can still make a lot of difference here.

I'm not a veteran of the games series of baldurs gate so my review is solely based in what I experience in the game. For a newcomer to the series I will said that the system of combat is very fun and award the creativity of the player but we must remember that this is computer game and not table in the house of your friends so it will have there limitation like we can't solve every problem trying to flirt a demon or god with your bard. What we must hope for is the developers add every possibility way of solving one obstacles and what bring each path. About the history the premise is quite curious and make you wonder what will happen next. It's quite charming the fact that you don't depend of number of the armor or weapon surely help but is not the determinant factor of winning a encounter talking about encounter the combat sometimes gets slow I hope they will improve it in future patch. Well let's go to my least favorite aspect of the game the party members of course these part is completely subjective but I hate them especially Shadowheart don't trust that witch, Gale is a insufferable narcissist, Will is complete hypocrite, Astarion is Astarion I can endure his things... And for the last and most surprising Lae'zel I actually like her she is like a grumpy friend that I like to be around I know some of them were change to be less a pain like shadowheart (which i still think have a stick in the ass) and they were worse from what I heard... But like a said before this part is completely subjective. Beside that there are technical problems the usual from a early access like a corpse flying to the heaven or in the romance scenes have the body of your lover get through yours I mean literally his arm get through your face you can't avoid to laugh. And so far is good I expect some improvement give it four star for now... I not expecting a perfect game but at least I expect a game worth of my money so do not disappoint me developers.

Cannot wait to play the full released game! Fantastic D&D true atmosphere, a touch of Divinity Original Sin 2 amazing Larian's game design mechanics...cinematic and graphic worth of a film!

I would like to write this review on Steam because more people will see it there. Maybe if I buy it again in the future (it's worth appreciating the effort of Studio Larian and their approach to game development). A great game that I hope will provide me with fun for more than one playthrough.