[EARLY ACCESS REVIEW] So, I usually don't buy Early Access / In Development titles. It's just not a thing I'm keen on. But I'm very glad I did it this time. I've been looking forward to BG3 since I first saw the full HD cinematic trailer (which, by the by, is also the actual game-starting cinematic; the bit immediately after the tadpole enters "your" eye is where you enter character creation). I've got all the graphics dialed to 11 (my computer is, presently, a bit of a beast - Intel i7-10700K processor, 32GB of memory, an NVidia RTX 2070S video card, and the game installed to an M.2-PCIE SST with ~3500MB/sec read and write speeds) .... and it is visually absolutely GORGEOUS. Yes, being very early on in development, there's a lot of missing options - Dragonborn, Gnomes, Bards, Sorcerors, Druids, a LOT of subclasses. But what _IS_ there so far, is pretty solidly well done. I haven't run into any bugs, other than having sound briefly drop out during conversations (briefly, not permanently). There's some polish work to do, on animations during conversations. The tutorial could use a few more "lessons" (like, how to find and disarm traps). But overall? Using what _is_ present, I have been enjoying a _very_ authentic D&D 5E experience, playing my half-drow Warlock (currently level 3).
