Truly a mystery how someone can compare Early Access of BG3 unfavourably with BG1 and BG2.
I played the hell out of Baldur's Gate when it came out in 1998. Bought BG2 on release day in September of 2000 and sunk many 100s of hours into it. Throne of Bhall was no different. I eventually used Gatekeeper and Shadowkeeper to change the rules of AD&D that I didn't like and had a blast.
However these games are almost unplayable today. The horrific graphics, clunky interface and arbitrary limitations of AD&D just don't hold up. There's a reason that less than 10% of folks who have paid for Enhanced additions of either BG1 and BG2 on Steam have actually finished the game.
Early Access of BG3 has great graphics, interesting NPCs and is hinting at a terrific story. The turn base combat and nature of their systemic design makes this feel more like D&D than any game I've ever played.
I've already sunk over 480 hours into early access. Larian, even at this early stage of development, has surpassed my expectations with this worthy installment in the BG franchise.
