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If you liked DOS1 & 2 then this will be up your alley. I feel it falls short of a D&D game from the perspective of a long-time tabletop player. Big thing that got me early on is how the Origin Story and other character creator elements become an impediment to building the character I wanted. For instance, in Pathfinder: Kingmaker I could create an undead bloodline sorcerer with skills in persuasion and perception and nothing allocated in arcana knowledge. In BG3 I see no way to choose perception and persuasion at creation time. Is this a deal breaker? If you want to build a character that is uniquely yours, yes. That character will surely have issues since they have an embarrassing lack of arcane knowledge, but that is what makes the character unique and a challenge to play. Perhaps this will change in later iterations, but I would love to see a no background option for experienced players. The other issue is Larian’s obsession with elemental effects. It set DoS 1 & DoS2 apart from their competition, but the entire “environmental effects are cool” idea is true only when used sparingly. Not DoS2 by any means, you will encounter them enough that it is a common occurrence. I hated the entire idea so I would like a lot less of this, your mileage may vary. The major positives: the story invokes a real sense of urgency. It is hard to do side quests and explore the environment due to the fear that you will become a monster at any moment. The sense of existential dread just oozes from the game. After a few hours in you will begin to lose trust in many of the NPC's that claim they can help you and even your own teammates. I really liked how they set such a dark tone for the story. If you can live with that, then the good points justify the price and early access. My hope is that the later incarnations of the game let you have more flexibility when crafting a character that long time RPG affectionados want.

Everything I've heard and more. Playing crossplay with my friend who is using the Steam version on PC, and I have GOG version on a mac. The crossplay is flawless, 0 bugs so far and no connection issues.

First and foremost: this is not the typical "early access". This is very much an alpha test. At the time I am typing this, some enemies bug out and turn to stretch-out versions of themselves and get stuck under the floor. It's ALPHA lol! Now that the obligatory message is out of the way, let's talk about specifics. For starters, the dice system is rough. I am an actual tabletop roleplayer and game master, even I think this is rough. The way that the challenge number (the called a DC in tabletop, the number you have to beat to succeed) makes very little sense. There are times it looks like it subtracts my skill number from the difficulty to get strange numbers (like 7) and other times it doesn't seem to do that at all unless the starting difficulty of a minor task is 20. None of the math is visible. On top of that, the rolls are brutal, and they can completely derail your game to the point that you don't even know why you're playing a particular kind of character. Advantage? Not a thing, as far as I can tell. Beneficial circumstances? Also not a thing. There is almost no reason to roleplay, it's completely roll-play. Outside of the terrible dice system that forces you to roll for everything under the sun, we have the narrative. Now, some of the concepts are pretty cool. If you'e watched the trailers, you'll see them. But when you are talking to people in game, you might feel a little lost. There are parts of the lore and history that are left unexplained, so it doesn't make sense where you are, why these people are here or there, etc. and it doesn't make sense why they're arguing. It's as if your character is either a newborn who knows nothing, or the game expects you to go read up on about 2000 pages of lore before you play. Animations are solid, when they work. Bugs currently cause them to freeze or fail to activate. Textures/graphics are great. This is definitely a modern version of a game, I'm just not sure it's a roleplay game anymore.

I spent 30 hours to finish the early access. I did most of the side quests. Might have missed one or two. My overall thought is that this early access is mostly a very unenjoyable experience and I wish I never got it. I spent 30 hours on this only because I make contents on YouTube so I did it for my audience. If not for them, I would most likely have stopped playing after about 10 hours. First of all, there are way too many bugs in this early access. You can basically expect a bug in EVERY scene, EVERY situation. I really think Larian should have waited one more month before putting this out and got rid of most bugs first. I thought early access was supposed to give people a good idea of the gameplay and get feedback on that. However, this early access is filled with so many bugs that I think most feedback they get will be about the bugs. Which makes the whole early access kind of pointless IMO. Secondly, it's one thing if the bugs are just visual ones. But there are some game breaking bugs that really hurt the entire experience. For example, one particular character freezes every time it's their turn so I had to quick save/load for them to move again. But when I reload, some of my magical effects I applied on enemies disappear so it makes the game extra difficult. Another bug is where you drop your companion in camp but after you can no longer talk to them or recruit them again. These bugs are just too frustrating to deal with. Thirdly, I think the game difficult is also too hard by default. Even by the end of Act 1, I never felt like my characters are heroes. Every battle feels like I'm taking on a boss fight. This could be down to personal taste but I would prefer easier difficulty to hit that perfect "just right" spot. Overall, there are some parts I enjoyed (story, characters, some gameplay) but I will NOT recommend this early access to anyone. Just wait for the full game when most bugs are fixed. Otherwise prepare for a very frustrating experience.

I have mixed feellings about this Early Acces. I didn't disliked it, I just felt like playing a better version of DOS 2 instead of a unique tabletop experience. For one part, I do like DOS games and this game has done a really god job at making its Divinity engine better, which is great for a DOS game but not quite if the objective was to translate DnD 5e rules into a videogame experience. For the other hand I also love the Baldurs Gate games (all of them) and I have to say that this game isn't representing the dark mood that BG I-II had (at least, not for the moment). I have to say that the feeling of the Baldurs Gate games isn't in this game --but --> the DOS feeling is. I know, that's quite subjective but still, I'll just express my frustration without thinking that much: - The DnD 5e ruleset isn't implemented correctly --> the DOS system is. - The DnD lore exists but it has many inconsistencies, like the Druids being quite indiferent with all the situation in the Grove and the child moment...won't spoil any more. - Many things shouldn't exist in this game, but they do in DOS, for example the barrels. I do love them in DOS but not in a DnD universe. - The way that the storyline structure resembles the same idea as in DOS 2, feels quite convenient. - The jump mechanic is just too exagerated, may work for a DOS but not for a DnD game that wants to respect the ruleset. I'm just disappointed, I thought that this was going to be a true tactical & balanced DnD experience but rather its DOS game skinned in DnD lore. Which isn't that all bad, but not what my expecations where, guess I'll wait and comeback to the game once its trully released and see if anything has changed, though I trully doubt it.