I absolutely could not and would not under any circumstance allow myself to touch early access. I didn't even watch streams or playthroughs of the early access. I need to be able to experience the full and proper game for the first time without having touched early access.
Absolutely. I've never played a EA title. I knew there was no way in hell I wasn't buying Baldur's gate 3 So I just bought it and was pleasantly surprised at how polished it was... IMO
So what has the experience of reading forum discussions without having seen or played the items being discussed been like?