Baldur's Gate 3 - out now for PC, PS5 9/6

[Gotmadskillzson]

I am enjoying it. I love RPGs and this appears to be a mighty good one with a party system. The banter among your squad as you explore is what make RPGs great when they have a party system. Character customization is very deep. No stutters or frame rate issues for me at all with my 4090. The graphics are awesome. The combat is alright. Game give me the Dragon Age vibe with the party system and the banter amongst the group.

Diablo 4 was keeping me occupied, but now this will.

[Gotmadskillzson]

Okay so the map following is kind of wonky. I went the wrong way so many times following the map. It is like it is backwards or something. But I figured it out to follow the compass direction instead. What I thought was going left, wasn't going left. Had one freeze so far. During combat, one of my companions couldn't do anything, even though I was pressing the button prompt, nothing was happening.

[KSUowls]

Work and life have gotten in the way of playing this as much as I want to (which would be all the time). I will never be a fan of this kind of combat, but the more I get into it the less I dislike it. The early levels are a struggle as a caster, but things do open up after just a few. I would still rather have combat like in Dragon Age (or literally any other non cRPG), but I don't hate it.

Even though I'm less than thrilled by the combat, I'm ready to crown this game as GOTY, and it isn't close (Starfield has its work cut out for it). The progression, characters, banter, freedom create your own story...it is close to everything that I could possibly want in a RPG title.

On top of that, Larion's (the development company) gamer friendly decisions makes this game deserving of far greater accolades.
-No forced online connection
-Very little in the way of preorder bonus
-No Day1 DLC
-Not just no 'predatory' microtransactions, no microtransactions at all.


Onto the game - Really enjoying sorcerer gameplay, but I am disappointed by how little wild magic enters the game. To be honest, that is probably a good thing as it could potentially be gamebreaking, but it does feel like my sorcerer subclass is not existent for most of my playthrough.

[canes21]

Just about to wrap up Act 1 and I'll say this should be GOTY and I don't see anything beating it. I don't normally play too many games like this, but they've done such a good job I may go and play the Divinity games after this. Hopefully I am not too spoiled with this game to be unable to fully appreciate how good the Divinity games were for when they came out.

[dave360]

I'm 49 years old and have never played a game this good. This isn't just game of the year for me, it's Game of my Lifetime. You folks on PS5 have lots to look forward to in this game. I've never been a fan of turn based stuff and preferred action RPG's. This blows every single one of them out of the water. It's so much fun and the type of game where "5 more minutes" turns into 2 hours. It's an experience for sure. The amount of customization is crazy and there's just so much to do in the world.

[KSUowls]

The number of "If Else" statements in this games code has got to be insane. There are so many interactions that you do, or don't do, that impact things not just immediately but sometimes much later on. I have come across a couple that were not completely thought out, where specific set of actions triggered a scene which did not make sense (because the people had already left). But 99% of everything that I have come across has just left me like "wow, they really thought of everything when it comes to action/inaction and result".

[DocHolliday]

I’m having a hard time to starting. Feels like this with all Larian games to me.

At the point where you need to find a heeler and I’m at a mine and getting rekt by the bad guys.


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[KSUowls]

Quote: Originally Posted by DocHolliday

I’m having a hard time to starting. Feels like this with all Larian games to me. At the point where you need to find a heeler and I’m at a mine and getting rekt by the bad guys. Sent from my iPhone using Operation Sports

hmm a few mine type areas in the early game. What class are you playing? Any environmental items you can use to give you a bonus like a wine barrel that you can set on fire?