I grew up reading the BG books, and am fairly familiar with the lore. This game unfortunately is overpriced D:OS3:Gender Identity Ed. I'm genuinely surprised Larian pushed so much modern ideological concepts into the game. It feels more like you are playing Larian Game Designers self inserts. Instead of the ideologies and philosophical concepts in the game reflecting the BG universe, they reflect modern identity sociopolitical philosophy. The consumer is so tired of identity ideology invading every media format. Thankfully the recent societal push back will tell investors we dont want it. Write a thoughtful gay character, and DONT make their sexuality the primary defining attribute of that character. They should be defined by their character.
Meh. I digress. If you are looking for DOS3 with flavors of modern gender ideology, this game is for you.
Upfront, not played and won't play, for the following reasons...
- On news of release, in the first video describing the project, the apparent disdain of the presenter for the combat system of Baldur's Gate 2 (which appears to now be central to the game), considering the market placement of BG2 even now.
- Paying full price up front for an in development game, it may be so common as to not raise eyebrows, but I can't see an upside about that.
- Use of the 5e system, having played 5e since release, it's okay as a starter for someone new to pen and paper RPG's, but there are many holes within it, and far better systems with far less hassle.
So, once this makes actual release/a completed state, it may be a buy, especially if discounted.
Not before.
We took your game and made it turn-based because it's cheaper.
Haha.
I got burned once with the planescape remake, not falling for it again. This isn't a real Baldur's Gate game it doesn't even resemble it
Larian taught me you should *NEVER* buy a game on pre-order, even if you thought you trusted the company.
My rating is unfair to the artists who worked hard and are involved in a wildly abitious and largely sucessful project. What we've seen in the game up to this point is nothing short of impressive, and yet expected from a company with larian's catalogue. That said, unfortunately there are other problems, and I'm not talking about the development time, which I understand had to be long.
Some minor gripes of mine include the launcher they added and the fact they release some information exclusively on the other virtual game store. While I understand GOG might not have the resourses for dev posts, I don't see how this would stop them from posting the same info on twitter to keep everyone on the same page.
What really pissed me off is that the latest patch is somehow unavailable on GOG, and upon asking for clarification on social media... there's no reply. I have no reason to believe that they randomly decided not to upload the patch to this platform this time, but if they don't tell me the problem is not on their end I have no way of knowing whether or not it is.
Finally, according to what was said in the latest patch showcase stream, they're adding radical -left progressive anti-scientific propaganda to their game, n0n-b!nary nonsense, which means larian will be just another sucessful entertainment company slowly sucked dry of all its talent to be replaced with friends who share the same ideology. This was the most telling sign, but it wasn't the first, as they have complained before over white, male and human OC's being the most popular. I've seen this movie before enough times to know the results, and it's a shame fans of the RPG genre will be precluded from the art pieces that could have been in the horizon of the company.
As it stands I wish I had been more patient, as to avoid funding things that go against my values.
