To start off it's NOT a hardcore, super difficult, extremely long game for D&D experts. I didn't play D&D anytime as a board game and in pc games I'm not sure (possibly two games were D&D - Pathfinder and Trials of fire, but I didn't really think about it) so for me BG 3 was from beginning to end something very original and fresh (if anything can be in times of copying everything). And I must say that first act was very good, great size, superb diversity, lots of secrets and difficulty just right for learning and feeling challenge. I didn't play early access so it's a really good job of ea players to polish this act. Afterwards I was expecting super large act 2, everywhere there were articles and interviews stating that act 2 is the biggest and game is for 200h, simply put my expectations were sky high. And? Act 2 felt smaller than act 1 (playing same way, checking everything it took me 5 hours less to "clean" it). What's more important, in act 2 there's much less density and diversity of locations, graveyard atmosphere and lots of time takers (long corridors, not important rooms, first part of map has around ten fights overally and none really important). That's why anyone reading this review should know that I'm a little surprised and possibly biased against this game. To put it shortly: -Acting is great, voice acting and immersion superb. From storytelling point of view it's a GOTY (although many books and notes are still empty, just with "[]"). -RPG elements and D&D part of the game is also best possible. All these actions and small parts of the game like dice rolls, developing your hero, interacting with every element of environment and some puzzles really make this game a memorable experience. -No bugs, beautiful places, views and creatures/people made with artism. -Really lots of nice moments, emotions and every road leads to BG., BUT! It's not a really hard game, I didn't feel satisfaction too often. Brothel feeling all the time. Graphics not overwhelming.
Game is big, around 25 side missions, main story 20+h long, many interesting places and great overall feeling. Its a game that has above average quality, nothing spectacular, nothing that will blow your mind, but its a great blend of many valuable solutions and well thought content. Fully recommended
I'm in 3rd act in my first playthrough (classic diff) with red prince. Almost 60 hours for me to get to this moment, game is hard and demands concentration all the time, but obviously its a nice challenge. Buy it if you have lots of time and strong will
Game is going well on my laptop (i5 9300h, gtx 1650, 16 gb ram, ssd), no lags, 40 fps set in menu, hd resolution, average graphics setting. Obviously I didn't complete it yet, but during my first hours I found little bugs and problems, nothing important. Game is very interesting, slow-paced, gives time to think and great freedom of choices. Many levels of difficulty, you can have aiming help. Tutorial, and generally prologue is user friendly. I've heard, that its a game for 40 hours, but it doesn't get boring after some time in game. Really many interesting things to uncover even after final credits, maybe second run? Sometime its almost relaxing. Gl&Hf
