I will for sure check out BG3 again at a later date, but these early days didn't bring me much joy. (I also wanted to get a refund early because I believe time spent is a factor on getting a refund.)
As is the case with a lot of games these days, it's better to wait to play big games like these. I'm glad I waited for Pillars of Eternity II to get a turn-based mode for example. I know it'll take plenty of time to polish a massive game like this. Yes, I understand the concept of early access, and if this were another game besides a sequel to Baldur's Gate I'd maybe been able to chill out and wait until a final release. But my curiosity got the better of me and here we are.
Yes, my own tabletop games skew towards powerful characters (especially for one-offs) with plenty of house rules that are about saving time and getting to the fun. I'm not out looking for CR 9 million battles and ways to TPK my adventurers and force them to take their 1 HP at level up (the Infinity Engine games had an option to take max HP at level up anyway). I'm out to have fun and tell stories and create cool moments. So that's why there's house rules, yours will be different than mine and that's all gravy. I would just be curious to see how far we could push it with options in the game itself without having to rely on mods.
Thanks to anyone that read my jabbering. Again, good luck to Larian. Besides, I still haven't read or played Descent Into Avernus...
