I play this game in early access and ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hated it. I've been playing DND for years. I know the system in and out.

With the full release it's gotten alot better! in some aspects I find the game highly enjoyable but I still find myself getting insanely frustrated at some of Larians decisions. they completely disrespect the DND ruleset routinely and don't fathom the concept of its design. Combat encounters are ♥♥♥♥♥♥, like a first time 12 year old dungeon master who wants big fights with monster enemies. But this just ends up with horrible action economy. enemies that have health pools, save abilities, spells, items and to hits that they shouldnt have.

It's not uncommon to lose fights in a single turn as a single enemy decimates your party with insanely high DPR with multi-attack. If you've ever been a DM you would know that throwing 8+ enemies at the players is a recipe for death even if they enemies arent individually strong. if you've ever made a "dark party" which is enemies with player levels like the player party then you'd know that the fights are very swingy and unbalanced. Larian is happy to throw insane amounts of enemies at you. its happy to give every single enemy player levels and it's happy to take a goblin and three times it health.

Game balance aside though the initial encounters with almost all the companions are rough. they are very rude even while actively saving their life. but they use to be much worse in early access. it's easier now to get past the ♥♥♥♥ stage and start to enjoy the characters and they can be very endearing characters. the whole intro to the game is rough but it warms up.

Overall despite its linearity and over the top nature (which is subjective wether you like the grandiosity of it all, I do not) I think the story is great. the world is beautiful and feels lived in. theres alot of amazing and memorable moments to find and have and the game is brimming with delectable secrets. it's just every once in a while you'll run into some horrible frustration that sucks out all joy.

For me those frustrating moments too easily over shadow the good aspects of the game and I don't want to contribute to the overwhelming fanfare of this game. cause while it has alot of good attributes and i'm overjoyed to see dnd 5e represented (although butchered in some aspects) it is not a perfect game and it shouldn't be touted as such.

Baldur's gate 3 is flawed. galling is that it's issues could so easily be prevented if the game designers actually ever sat down and tried to understand 5e balance or didn't feel the need to infuse DOS 2 genes into it. I would still recommend the game though. just maybe at it's easiest difficulty and going in with no expectations for balanced combat.

I play this game in early access and Fucking hated it. I've been playing DND for years. I know the system in and out. With the full release it's gotten alot better! in some aspects I find the game highly enjoyable but I still find myself getting insanely frustrated at some of Larians decisions. they completely disrespect the DND ruleset routinely and don't fathom the concept of its design. Combat encounters are fucked, like a first time 12 year old dungeon master who wants big fights with monster enemies. But this just ends up with horrible action economy. enemies that have health pools, save abilities, spells, items and to hits that they shouldnt have. It's not uncommon to lose fights in a single turn as a single enemy decimates your party with insanely high DPR with multi-attack. If you've ever been a DM you would know that throwing 8+ enemies at the players is a recipe for death even if they enemies arent individually strong. if you've ever made a "dark party" which is enemies with player levels like the player party then you'd know that the fights are very swingy and unbalanced. Larian is happy to throw insane amounts of enemies at you. its happy to give every single enemy player levels and it's happy to take a goblin and three times it health. Game balance aside though the initial encounters with almost all the companions are rough. they are very rude even while actively saving their life. but they use to be much worse in early access. it's easier now to get past the shit stage and start to enjoy the characters and they can be very endearing characters. the whole intro to the game is rough but it warms up. Overall despite its linearity and over the top nature (which is subjective wether you like the grandiosity of it all, I do not) I think the story is great. the world is beautiful and feels lived in. theres alot of amazing and memorable moments to find and have and the game is brimming with delectable secrets. it's just every once in a while you'll run into some horrible frustration that sucks out all joy. For me those frustrating moments too easily over shadow the good aspects of the game and I don't want to contribute to the overwhelming fanfare of this game. cause while it has alot of good attributes and i'm overjoyed to see dnd 5e represented (although butchered in some aspects) it is not a perfect game and it shouldn't be touted as such. Baldur's gate 3 is flawed. galling is that it's issues could so easily be prevented if the game designers actually ever sat down and tried to understand 5e balance or didn't feel the need to infuse DOS 2 genes into it. I would still recommend the game though. just maybe at it's easiest difficulty and going in with no expectations for balanced combat.