Itās been one week since you looked at me Baldurās Gate was released. How are you enjoying the game? What are your general thoughts, impressions, and complaints? Has the game lived up to the hype for you?
Iām really enjoying it, though my sleep schedule is not. The story thus far seems pretty good (Iām still super early in the game), and Iām enjoying the chess-like nature of the battles and the ways you can interact with the environment. All in all Iām happy I bought it, and there is tons of replay potential.
Running a single player campaign and playing a multi-player campaign with friends. Enjoying the shit out of this game. The 1st act I was going into every nook and cranny to find everything I could. After I started the multi-player campaign I realized this is a game Iām going to want to play multiple times (canāt wait for an evil run), so if I miss something, Iāll probably catch it on the next playthrough. Iāve done a big chunk of act 2 I feel though and still havenāt made it to the city which kinda sucks. The inventory system is a little clunky. Those are my only two complaints though. Fucking hell of a game.
For myself, I will say that I have had an absolute blast so far. Itās been so long since Iāve been this obsessed with a game; I canāt remember the last time Iāve sacrificed this much sleep just to squeeze in some more game time. The combat and the different ways you can approach a fight, the different ways you can solve/skip a quest, and the different ways you can respond to companions and NPCs ā all of it has lived up to my high expectations so far.
That said, I do think the game needs a bit more polish. My biggest complaint would be the current system for switching out party members. It is extremely tedious, and the fact that you have to do this just to access a personās inventory exacerbates the issue. My second biggest complaint would be the inventory management; filter tabs and the ability to rename pouches/backpacks would go a long way in fixing this issue. In terms of bugs though, I have encountered very minimal bugs (although I am still only in Act 1).
But none of the flaws so far have dampened my love for this game. Thereās been a hole in my heart since Dragon Age: Origins, and I was a bit skeptical when I saw some people saying that this game is the spiritual successor. But itās true, and this game has indeed filled the hole that DA:O left behind. If Acts 2 and 3 maintain the quality of Act 1 (unfortunately Larian doesnāt have the best track record for this), then this will probably be one of my all time favorite games.
Canāt stop thinking about it every waking moment. I have put off many household chores just to eke a few more minutes of gameplay out. Itās a massive accomplishment of a game with a few bugs, but still an incredible and well deserved achievement for Larian.
I am a little worried because it felt like I had to poke into everything in Act 1 to get enough XP to get to Act 2. Hopefully the outcomes are different enough to make replaying interesting, because I know I want to do several playthroughs.
The XP is my worry too. These long CRPGs burn me out because they require almost 100% completion to get to level parity. Iām still loving BG3, but if the later acts are like Act 1 Iām not sure Iāll make it. The content is all superb, but it seems like I need to do it ALL in order to progress.
The second part there is by far my biggest issue with the game. I donāt find the outcomes THAT different.
Iāve about finished Act 1, so I started a coop playthrough with a friend. Although weāve both been intentionally picking different options the whole time, itās still by and large the same process. Go to the same locations, talk to the same people but have them react to you somewhat differently. Thereās a large number of ways in which the game implies much more can happen than is really possible, and lots of ways you end up getting railroaded back to the same place no matter how much you try to change it up.
Iām only like 3 hours into the game because I keep restarting as I donāt like some small part of the character I created. I think Iām done with that now though.
