Way too complex for my taste. Here I thought I would be able to create a team and enjoy watching games, unfortunately I couldn't find how to watch full games, only some of the actions.
Now I am so excited to get out of the Act 1 comfort zone and live the whole adventure a hundred times over, with so very different characters and so many different choices. I used to be a power gamer optimising all stats and all, but BG3 has had me rediscover a more enjoyable way to experience D&D. Sure, the game UI is modern, this is very detailed 3D and no longer far above isometric paintings, D&D is now 5th edition... that's a lot to take in. But please, "It is not a valid BG experience because it is not a valid experience" is just not a valid argument either. So let's be reasonable. This is the same studio working on it who did the D:OS and D:OS2 games, with their own tools as usual, only with better skilled people and upgraded techniques and knowledge and toolings. The important thing is that they are good at making those games, so let's enjoy what they managed to do to support our D&D fancies. They did really good, no less than we've come to expect from their talented teams. The settings are familiar (a bit after BG time, same region as BG, same races, religions, ...), but the story is all new to me. The only thing I find is "too much" is the fact that all main characters (potential companions) have such incredible stories that it feels hardly acceptable that your party is made only of such extra-ordinary people. Also, I regret that the music theme be so different from that of the BG games in style. That, for sure, is too close to D:OS and too far away from BG. However I like it. It just doesn't feel BG-ish. Well, to sum up I'd say the game is reeeeally great, you should really role-play it to enjoy the stories instead of going all power-user in it. Note: many bugs encountered, even though non-blocking. This will improve with patches for sure, but I must say the amount of those I encountered was unpleasant since Mr Larian's Head shortened the wait before release saying it was ready for pc... I naively thought most bugs had been squashed. Have FUN !
"Get three alternative outfits and coats of arms for Amicia and Hugo." Just what it reads in the description. Won't add or change anything to the adventure. Cosmetic. If you don't like cosmetic, don't buy this one.
