This is a really cool RPG that I unfortunately will be stepping away from and play again on PC.
Baldur’s Gate 3 is an interesting and unique experience. I most definitely can see the appeal to this game but I won’t lie to anyone and more importantly to myself that I wasn’t exactly having the time of my life with this RPG. I want to start off with the dice rolling system. And I’m going going to be straight forward and say that I absolutely hated this system. I really just couldn’t enjoy this game having to rely A LOT on luck. I get the design of this game is supposed to resemble a board game but for a video game I just don’t feel like it worked all that well. Most of the time I felt like the odds were purposely against me and really couldn’t stand it. That especially went for combat since it felt like I struggled to make progress. For choices, it overall wasn’t a big deal but man I would honestly stop playing sometimes just because I got so frustrated. Combat itself isn’t that bad but I feel like the dice rolling system is just a big takeaway for fun for me. Other than that what I did love about combat is the way you can approach combat. I went with a wizard build and I loved all the of magic I could use. And of course the many characters you meet along your journey all have a build of their own in which you should most definitely take advantage of. For instance you can take advantage of environmental hazards like using explosive barrels or destroying the support of a wooden platform to drop enemies to take fall damage. Baldur’s Gate 3 handles combat very well a deserves recognition for it especially for the anyone that loves it with the only downside being that you have to be lucky. Other than that I truly love the rest of this game. Exploration is truly special in Baldur’s Gate 3. You explore some incredible dungeons and caves with VARIOUS different paths. You find all sorts of really cool loot and and secrets that you can obviously miss. Baldur’s Gate 3 SCREAMS “use the the best of what you got” and I appreciate that. I also just love the amount of detail in these environments. I feel like it could’ve been very basic but I the developers were passionate at making this world believable and stunning. And the art style is amazing. I love all the art you can see in loading screens and cutscenes. And easily one of the best aspects of this game are the choices you can make. Each and every last choice feels VERY significant. I never felt like there wasn’t a choice that didn’t matter, and better yet your actions matter as well. It really does feel like there’s endless possibilities and that gives LOTS of replay value for this game. I also just love the side quests, they were so great that they didn’t really feel like side quests because they fit in so well with the main story.
The story is very epic. It has a slow and basic start but when you get to Act 2 the story insanely good. I love all the characters that you meet. You can get along with them if you so choose which also make this RPG incredible. I love how your choices can give your serious consequences that can break the relationships you make with characters. Better yet you can actually use character and leave them for dead. I’m amazed by that since there were characters that I couldn’t get on my team simply because I didn’t know better. Baldur’s Gate 3 does great on have realism with it story telling. And of course you can get romantic with a lot of these characters which I definitely recommend. The story and writing for each character is fantastic and I never really got bored. And that’s all I can really say for the time being since I didn’t finish the story.
Larian Studios deserves all the love and praise they get for Baldur’s Gate 3. I wouldn’t even be surprised if they win GOTY with this one and I can accept that. But honestly I just couldn’t have and even better time due to the fact that I struggled a lot and got pretty stressed during combat especially since it can take time. I’m sure people can say it’s a skill issue and perhaps that’s true. But nonetheless my point is just couldn’t always have the fun the way I wanted and it got to a point where just felt like I wasn’t getting anywhere. I felt like I lost a lot of time and time is just not something I have the liberty of nowadays. For the time being, I will be letting go of this game and come back to replay later, which is shocking to me because I almost NEVER shelve games. I will one day rewrite this review once I have the time to replay and will restart the game once I get a better PC.
Baldur’s Gate 3 is an interesting and unique experience. I most definitely can see the appeal to this game but I won’t lie to anyone and more importantly to myself that I wasn’t exactly having the time of my life with this RPG. I want to start off with the dice rolling system. And I’m going going to be straight forward and say that I absolutely hated this system. I really just couldn’t enjoy this game having to rely A LOT on luck. I get the design of this game is supposed to resemble a board game but for a video game I just don’t feel like it worked all that well. Most of the time I felt like the odds were purposely against me and really couldn’t stand it. That especially went for combat since it felt like I struggled to make progress. For choices, it overall wasn’t a big deal but man I would honestly stop playing sometimes just because I got so frustrated. Combat itself isn’t that bad but I feel like the dice rolling system is just a big takeaway for fun for me. Other than that what I did love about combat is the way you can approach combat. I went with a wizard build and I loved all the of magic I could use. And of course the many characters you meet along your journey all have a build of their own in which you should most definitely take advantage of. For instance you can take advantage of environmental hazards like using explosive barrels or destroying the support of a wooden platform to drop enemies to take fall damage. Baldur’s Gate 3 handles combat very well a deserves recognition for it especially for the anyone that loves it with the only downside being that you have to be lucky. Other than that I truly love the rest of this game. Exploration is truly special in Baldur’s Gate 3. You explore some incredible dungeons and caves with VARIOUS different paths. You find all sorts of really cool loot and and secrets that you can obviously miss. Baldur’s Gate 3 SCREAMS “use the the best of what you got” and I appreciate that. I also just love the amount of detail in these environments. I feel like it could’ve been very basic but I the developers were passionate at making this world believable and stunning. And the art style is amazing. I love all the art you can see in loading screens and cutscenes. And easily one of the best aspects of this game are the choices you can make. Each and every last choice feels VERY significant. I never felt like there wasn’t a choice that didn’t matter, and better yet your actions matter as well. It really does feel like there’s endless possibilities and that gives LOTS of replay value for this game. I also just love the side quests, they were so great that they didn’t really feel like side quests because they fit in so well with the main story.
The story is very epic. It has a slow and basic start but when you get to Act 2 the story insanely good. I love all the characters that you meet. You can get along with them if you so choose which also make this RPG incredible. I love how your choices can give your serious consequences that can break the relationships you make with characters. Better yet you can actually use character and leave them for dead. I’m amazed by that since there were characters that I couldn’t get on my team simply because I didn’t know better. Baldur’s Gate 3 does great on have realism with it story telling. And of course you can get romantic with a lot of these characters which I definitely recommend. The story and writing for each character is fantastic and I never really got bored. And that’s all I can really say for the time being since I didn’t finish the story.
Larian Studios deserves all the love and praise they get for Baldur’s Gate 3. I wouldn’t even be surprised if they win GOTY with this one and I can accept that. But honestly I just couldn’t have and even better time due to the fact that I struggled a lot and got pretty stressed during combat especially since it can take time. I’m sure people can say it’s a skill issue and perhaps that’s true. But nonetheless my point is just couldn’t always have the fun the way I wanted and it got to a point where just felt like I wasn’t getting anywhere. I felt like I lost a lot of time and time is just not something I have the liberty of nowadays. For the time being, I will be letting go of this game and come back to replay later, which is shocking to me because I almost NEVER shelve games. I will one day rewrite this review once I have the time to replay and will restart the game once I get a better PC.