So it's not a Baldur's Gate game. It's Divinity Original Sin 3 wearing a rotting skin of watered down 5th edition D&D version of Forgotten Realms.
Overall I think this game is very well made and executed generic fantasy slop catering to D&D and RPG tourists. It's probably not for you if you grew up with classics like Planescape Torment, Fallout, original Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale or Neverwinter Nights you won't find a worthy successor here. If you don't give a damn about D&D and just look for a fun lighthearted Netflix style interactive fantasy drama you gonna love this game.
I've seen what happened in previous years and that is why I will never preorder or buy a game in early access. That said I've checked the gameplay on YouTube and... well... this feels more like another Original Sin game but in Forgotten Realms. I have mixed feelings about all of this. Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 with all the expansions concentrated on the Bhaalspawn and everything resolved around this. How your character discoveres that he is one of them, how he deals with it, what will happen with you, how your companions and the world interact with you knowing who you are... it was awesome. When you say "Baldur's Gate" you think about this epic journey of one particular Son / Daughet of Bhaal who had to overcome a lot of obstacles to eventualy make one choice at the end.
When I see Baldur's Gate 3 the first thought that comes to my mind is: this is not Baldur's Gate. I don't know why they did this. They could've easily start a new franchise set in Forgotten Realms and that would be fine, however, they decided to slap a BG name to it and since the game does not resemble the beloved series they will face backlash. Right now it seems like they've only used the name to get the attention of people and nothing else.
I mean if the developers wanted so badly to make a game in Forgotten Realms why not use a different name? It seems so cheap to slap a known name into something that doesn't resemble what happened before. To some it may even look disrespectful to the original series and feel like a cash grab and I understand this. I'm also disappointed by this whole situation and in my opion this game should not have been named Baldur's Gate 3. I will not buy it because I feel that another franchise is being brought back from the dead only to be used to gain some benefits from it... and I really don't like that practice.
This game is bad, simple as that. To begin with, I don't understand why its technical requirements are so high if it doesn't differ graphically from DOS 2.
It has one of the worst character scripts I've ever seen, the followers are boring and useless during dialogue and exploration. After ten hours of play they already consider you their bosom friend and everyone wants to sleep with your character.
You have no control over the evolution of your character, the game chooses everything for you. I don't see anything that tells me Dungeons and Dragons anywhere.
The story is very predictable and almost always, the game assumes that you know things that you don't know because, I imagine, you had to carry out the events in a specific order.
A lot of "content" but little quality. I don't understand how it was three years in early access and no one reported these design flaws and inconsistent narratives.
The only good thing was the marketing campaign.
It is okay, but overrated. I guess a lot of people discovered crpgs the first time, so they don't know about better games. The story here in particular moves really slowly, there is a lot of dialogue but little substance to most of it.
