Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - General Thoughts after year away from EA

After playing through the OC of NWN 2 after years away from the game, I got the itch to go back to BG3. Overall I can tell the game has made quite a bit of progress. I am providing the good, the bad, and the ugly of the game below:

The Good:

- Facial animations are greatly improved and do a better job of capturing emotion.

- Enemy turns seem to go quicker than before.

- Shadowheart isn’t so much of a raging bitch anymore.

- The UI is considerably better.

- AI seems a bit better.

- More classes to try out.

- More realism: better resting mechanic, no healing from food, barrels are still useful but you can only carry a small number. Shoving and pushing seem better balanced. Thank you Larian for making these changes.


The Bad:

- The camera is just awful atm. I actually think it is worse than in NWN2, which is saying a lot. Areas like Dror Ragzin are difficult to navigate because you can’t see the top rafters. This makes using abilities like misty step impossible because of the camera view. I also feel like we need to be able to zoom out more so we can use the camera center lock efficiently. I know we can use the keyboard to shift the camera, but it is combersome.

- There is a noticeable lag time between ending one characters turn before the next turn. It seems unnecessary and it adds up over a long battle.

- Still wish there was a day/night cycle and random monster encounters to add variability to the game, but I recognize this is personal preference.

The Ugly:

The romances are still awful. In the the scene with the Tieflings after saving Halsin, Astarian is like hey let’s go bump uglies. Being a straight dude that plays my character the way I would in that situation, I have three options to say no. Two are basically absolutely not or I’d rather do an animal and the third is maybe another time. Declining his sexual advances costs influence. How about the more polite answer of, I would like to keep our relationship as professional or friends. Also, why am I being propositioned by companions when I have not made any overtures toward them. Honestly I have a brain eating parasite in my brain and I am covered in goblin gore and wounds. I have f-all interest in engaging in carnal activities with anyone. Stop trying to shoehorn me into a romance.