I've seen what happened in previous years and that is why I will never preorder or buy a game in early access. That said I've checked the gameplay on YouTube and... well... this feels more like another Original Sin game but in Forgotten Realms. I have mixed feelings about all of this. Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 with all the expansions concentrated on the Bhaalspawn and everything resolved around this. How your character discoveres that he is one of them, how he deals with it, what will happen with you, how your companions and the world interact with you knowing who you are... it was awesome. When you say "Baldur's Gate" you think about this epic journey of one particular Son / Daughet of Bhaal who had to overcome a lot of obstacles to eventualy make one choice at the end. When I see Baldur's Gate 3 the first thought that comes to my mind is: this is not Baldur's Gate. I don't know why they did this. They could've easily start a new franchise set in Forgotten Realms and that would be fine, however, they decided to slap a BG name to it and since the game does not resemble the beloved series they will face backlash. Right now it seems like they've only used the name to get the attention of people and nothing else. I mean if the developers wanted so badly to make a game in Forgotten Realms why not use a different name? It seems so cheap to slap a known name into something that doesn't resemble what happened before. To some it may even look disrespectful to the original series and feel like a cash grab and I understand this. I'm also disappointed by this whole situation and in my opion this game should not have been named Baldur's Gate 3. I will not buy it because I feel that another franchise is being brought back from the dead only to be used to gain some benefits from it... and I really don't like that practice.
Unlce Mandy convinced me to try this game... and now me and my friend are playing it till 3AM... or 4AM... or 5AM. Let's just do one more thing and this and that and suddenly "oh shit, it's this late" happens. This game just gives a lot of fun. Whether you succeed in making something work, researching something new, or start to wreck aliens with your tank, there is always something that makes you go "that's cool". Also the graphics are great. There are nice tiny details when, for example, after a while I noticed that a lake near our base is green due to pollution. When it comes to music it reminds me of System Shock 2 sometimes. What else I can say? If you want something that will give you a lot of fun and eat your entire free time then go for it!
Bought it, wanted to play with my friend and crossplay doesn't work. I hoped that I can play this game with him like we did with Diablo 2 but nope, not with this one. And from what I've read in the internets, devs don't give a crap about this issue so if you want to play with your friends who has a Steam version go buy this game there... and if you both want to buy it and play it decide which platform you want to go for, otherwise no coop for you.
May this game be blessed with our shekles.
