Ignore the bad pricing reviews. They dont have a clue. I would have paid considerably more even for the current build.
Its wonderful, and yes there are bugs but thats why we are all here. Find em and squish em. Make Boo proud.
Anyway, I can already tell that Larian has outdone themselves with this creation. It is, quite frankly, wonderous.
Jump in, embrace the adventure.
-Leet
OK, this is first and probably ONLY game I bought (will ever buy) as early access (ea).
So being in Ea i was prepared for a lot of crashes and bugs. I was pleasantly surprised in the level of polish. Sure, content is missing (classes/some quests) but that was expected from the get go.
Larian Studios is one of the studios that seems to deliver what they say, so that's one of the reasons i bought Ea on day 1. I haven't played Divinity games so to me the engine is new and doesn't bother me as some players. All in all I would recommend to anyone BG3, atm it's just act one, with patches coming regularly.
I did experience a few crashes in combat situations, and game seems to hate you saving in mid combat, and some game mechanics didn't transfer well from DnD 5E (eg. ranger Colossus Slayer feature doesn't calculate properly but it is not game breaking) that I am sure will be polished in final build. But I think that's what Ea is for, to find those things.
I am giving it 4/5 purely because it is not yet a full game so I can't speak for the rest of the content that will come out, or I haven't seen yet.
Also because of some aforementioned mechanic that didn't transfer well, but so far I had a very positive experience.
My bf and I both got this game today and no matter what it wont install more than 92% [or download depending on the screen] and there are a ton of others with this issue and no resolution that works. Waste of a day and money. Go try steam or somewhere it actually downloads or installs.
Since picking this up, I've been trying to figure out if I've ever played a better RPG. It's possible I have. It's not very likely, though. Torment (both of them) and KOTOR (both of them) come to mind.