Everything looks like it's made of plastic. The people. The places. The landscape. The buildings. The attire. It all looks like bad Renaissance cosplay. The animations are horrific for 2022. This looks straight out of 2009. Revealing Minsc with no voice? It isn't Minsc if he isn't voiced by Jim Cummings. If you reveal Minsc, you at least need to include one signature line from him and a squeak from Boo. Seeing him all growly and angry and just bursting out of a mimic is...well, quite honestly, the worst way to reveal him. You show what makes Minsc Minsc first. What made everyone love him in BG1 & 2 so those new to the franchise see what makes him so loved. THEN you show off the berserkery bits.
There's next to no clue as to what the narrative is or what motivates the protagonist. Nothing here to engage the (potential) players. Nothing to tantalize them. Oh sure, Mind Flayers bad...tadpole in the head bad (which reeks as a ripoff of the Spirit-Eater from Neverwinter Nights 2)...but where's the adventure? It's all monologuing and context-less exposition and superhero landings. Those have their place, absolutely, but you do not entice and excite people with exposition and posing. Not at this stage. Not less than a year from release. That's good for the initial announcement and early days to get people talking...but now it's time to show the proper goods.
This feels so much like a trailer for one of those ripoff movies of summer blockbuster films. This is more Transmorphers than Transformers.
Will I buy this? Yes. I've said that from Day 1. I love this franchise and will give the full release (not touching early access and definitely no pre-order) of BG3 more than a fair shot to impress. But I gotta say, just not impressed yet. Not by a long shot.
