The early acces game is practically barebones and im sure it will need some rebalancing and lore correction, but its a vote of trust with larian games. For people saying it doesnt feel like a baldurs gate game, well I got news for you, you are suffering from nostalgia old man! (I already played 1 and 2, icewind dale, and even neverwinter)
Crashed 10 times in 1 hour of gameplay, you have to quick save every 2 minutes because of this.
Disappearing UI, graphical glitches, it's just not a finished game. Looks like an early alpha to me.
Modern RPGs leave nothing to imagination anymore, they assume their audience has no imagination and just needs pointless busywork and cutscenes to keep them engaged.
While the graphics of this game are modern and considered "good graphics" they are however very ugly. Everything has sharp edges and obtuse angles, it just looks like a visual mess. Even the dated graphics of the originals are pleasing to the eye.
The character models are also very bland mannequin looking designs that lip sink through generic voice acting. There are no "AYeya its me Imoen" types of memorable voice acting.
This is nothing more then a flashy cash grab using a famous IP to fuel the hype train
*Purchased in early access in 2021 based on my enjoyment of Divinity: OS and Divinity 2 and due to the Bhaalspawn Saga from BGI and BGII being my absolute favorite story from across the video game world in my experience.
*Disappointed that there will be no expansion or DLC and that our level cap will never progress beyond 12.
*No Developer Console present. I have always enjoyed this feature in large, sprawling, CRPG epics, and this was a regular feature in many of the Infinity Engine games.
*There is no Character Export which makes hopping into the games of various friends more than a little annoying. Eventually I just gave up trying to play with anyone, as they always wanted to start a new game, and after the 10th one of these I just decided to play by myself. Would also have been worthwhile to allow the Player to access the character generator outside of a campaign.
*Disappointed that my favorite character creation options were not available, but this is undoubtedly due to Larian simply not having more development resources or interest in continuing to add more D&D content to the game which makes me feel that frankly they should not have been entrusted with this IP.
*The story, characters, and romances overwhelmingly reflect a departure from classic epic fantasy relying instead on an attempt to prioritize appealing to everyone (or as many people as possible) and so sacrifice some players for other players.
*The tie-ins to BG I and II feel hollow and superficial.
*The game does not feel like a Forgotten Realms game to me, and this was another reason for my purchase and excitement. It feels like a bait and switch with an enormous number of features that I am disappointed in, but no recourse for me, the consumer, whatsoever except to never purchase from Larian or WotC again. I will also never purchase a game in 'early access' again. You can have my money when you have a completed product. If the developers and publishers treat me with respect then I will reciprocate.