This game has its shines and flaws, but the worst thing is that companions, which are essential part of the game, are terribly faggoty. How come, that playing as a man, though, hard, even brute, my companions no matter the gender, trying to flirt with me and have some "romantic relationship". It is awful, terrible, and completely broke my game experience. Good game is about immersion, and when I immerse into a game where some guy tries to approach me in improper way, I wish to punch him in the face, no talking some stupid punch lines, like I don't have balls to stand for myself. Terrrible, terrible game design from that perspective. It really hurts game experience for normal people. I wish I haven't played the game for so long till I realize that all the time, everywhere those companions are going to give such a shity dialogues - otherwise I would ask for a refund.
All new Tier 1 games these days are $60 at first. BG is going to be a great addition to the genre. Not sure why people are complaining about the $60 and early access. If you don't want it, then wait for the full release or a sale.
How much fun can we expect for $71.40, the price I paid for this game? Well, that depends on where and how would you spend that money. If we would be at Playstation Store, $71.40 would be the price of an average new AAA title. When we take risks by trying an in-development product, that might be just bad, most publishers reward that behavior. Here we don't see that. But we see an AAA sequel to a game we loved.
The looks and the charm are gone, while there are other games that still use hand-painted games. So something that defined Baldur's Gate series is gone, we have new look, new feel, new style, new story. The brand name is used by a modern 5th edition D&D game, and a lot of things changed. So far it looks like a good game, like many other AAA titles. And if new AAA games are your thing, and you are willing to take risks by buying early, it is OK. Beautiful, like many other games, with "handcrafted stories" like many others. It has the potential to be a celebrated masterpiece like The Last of Us 2 was, and it has the potential to become a disaster like The Last of Us 2 was, maybe depending on your preferences. Early access and preorder is always a risk, and here we aren't rewarded for taking that. The publisher doesn't care much about it. So on Playstation Store, we wouldn't expect much more for $71.40 than what BG3 can offer.
But we aren't on Playstation Store, we have GOG, with plenty of old masterpieces, plenty of cheap indie masterpieces, and most of the people here have a backlog of games we bought and want to play. And some old masterpieces (like Neverwinter Nights) are there and we still play with them. And here it isn't an OK offer, as there are much better ways to spend $71.40 on games here. Here we can expect much more for $71.40, and there are better games on GOG, at much lower price. We can buy BG3, try it, find it is in development, decide to play something else, and add it to our endless backlog of games where we will get very little fun from it.
Dont pay attention to the reviews, a good chunk is just spaztic baldurs gate fans crying about how they cant watch their game play itself anymore. Maybe its time to take off those nostalgia glasses and admit that the original baldurs gate 1 and 2 were not that great and just let a competent studio take a crack at it.
The game is taking good shape, i have very high expectations for Larian with what there is on offer
