Super fun gameplay, atrocious writing.
Amazing gameplay (if you don't care about balance too much), fun exploration, *excellent* encounter design. This alone makes BG3 worth playing.
Sadly, the overall experience is dragged down by simply unfinished Act 3 and sometimes truly awful writing.
Main plot storylines are mangled into a horrible mess by late rewrites.
Larian did everything to fight, maim, warp and undermine the main gimmick of the plot (illithid tadpole). It's fascinating to watch. And headache inducing.
I'm giving it 3 stars, it will probably rise to 4 stars with the Finished Edition.
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