I spent over 200 hours between my tav and durge playthroughs...yea I have no idea how I am supposed to rate and review this game.
For starters, even with two fully completed playthroughs, I only feel like I've seen 70% of the game's content at best and honestly I don't feel confident I can write about a game and I haven't even seen everything. Maybe it's imposter symptom but compared to the dude that doing a 100% review of BG3, I just don't feel like I'm up for the task to do it right.
Also honestly, a part of me wants to give it a 10/10 and hail it as one of the greatest games that I've played. This is exactly what I wanted in an RPG. Various classes (that you can multiclass with) and races to choose from, tons of excellent dialogue with NPCs, so many story choices that dramatically impact yourself, your companions, the world, and the main story, and how those variations masterfully interweave with each other. The storylines of my two playthroughs are night and day because of how much you can differentiate a playthrough. As far as executing a freeform adventurous concept that only exists in TTRPGs, BG3 is the game that comes the closest to it and it does it extremely well.
But also...I think a 10/10 is honestly a bit too high and deep down I feel like it's perhaps a 9/10 game. After all, I just have so many frustrations with the combat (especially during my first playthrough) that can feel cheap at times, with bugs ranging from random objects floating during cutscenes (which is funny) to money you put in your inventory disappearing to quests just straight up not working at all. Not to mention I can't help but feel like there is still a sense of incompleteness with the endings and some of the companions that can join your party. Plus...I think the dice just really hates me and my luck at times. BG3 does so well but I just had so many tiny irritating issues during my experience, that idk if I can just ignore all of that and still give it a 10/10
Regardless, the game is legitimately amazing at least, and from my point of view, it took what Dragon Age Origins (a game that helped me get into RPGs) set out to do almost 15 years ago and amplified it 10x more. In any case, the game earns its praise at the very least and it's going to be a huge influence on the progression of RPGs for future games.
For starters, even with two fully completed playthroughs, I only feel like I've seen 70% of the game's content at best and honestly I don't feel confident I can write about a game and I haven't even seen everything. Maybe it's imposter symptom but compared to the dude that doing a 100% review of BG3, I just don't feel like I'm up for the task to do it right.
Also honestly, a part of me wants to give it a 10/10 and hail it as one of the greatest games that I've played. This is exactly what I wanted in an RPG. Various classes (that you can multiclass with) and races to choose from, tons of excellent dialogue with NPCs, so many story choices that dramatically impact yourself, your companions, the world, and the main story, and how those variations masterfully interweave with each other. The storylines of my two playthroughs are night and day because of how much you can differentiate a playthrough. As far as executing a freeform adventurous concept that only exists in TTRPGs, BG3 is the game that comes the closest to it and it does it extremely well.
But also...I think a 10/10 is honestly a bit too high and deep down I feel like it's perhaps a 9/10 game. After all, I just have so many frustrations with the combat (especially during my first playthrough) that can feel cheap at times, with bugs ranging from random objects floating during cutscenes (which is funny) to money you put in your inventory disappearing to quests just straight up not working at all. Not to mention I can't help but feel like there is still a sense of incompleteness with the endings and some of the companions that can join your party. Plus...I think the dice just really hates me and my luck at times. BG3 does so well but I just had so many tiny irritating issues during my experience, that idk if I can just ignore all of that and still give it a 10/10
Regardless, the game is legitimately amazing at least, and from my point of view, it took what Dragon Age Origins (a game that helped me get into RPGs) set out to do almost 15 years ago and amplified it 10x more. In any case, the game earns its praise at the very least and it's going to be a huge influence on the progression of RPGs for future games.