Just because I found it in almost equal parts hilarious and depressing... here's a guy I just crossed on another forum asking people for help after buying into Early Access just today and being absolutely baffled at how bad the game controls:
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Maybe someone can point me in the right direction:
I've struggling some to get used to how the game systems work. Like I have yet to find a groove in the most basic things - even moving around and controlling the camera seems like I'm fighting something.
When I search for videos or guides I'm met with countless guides on how DnD works, and thats not the issue. I know how armor class and rolls work, etc. What I'm struggling with is the game itself. Is there no camera free look? You can only rotate but not look up/down? You can't select the whole party? Just one person and the others follow? Even breaking the "group chain" still had people following me when I tried to stealth. Can you even just plain pause the game? I couldn't find the option.
I know the game offers an incredible amount of freedom, but that does me no good when I don't understand how people are going about it. Enemies will dash, but does dashing have a drawback? Should everyone be dashing? I can get put to sleep from miles away but would love to know how to avoid stuff like that. And so on and so on.
Are there any good video guides out there for how to manipulate and familiarize oneself with the actual game engine Larian has made here, and not with the DnD side?
...so whoever is curious can see the following bunch of replies (four different people) who tried to explain to him in different ways that yeah, the system in place sucks, but you can get used to it with some adjustment. What a striking first impression, eh.
That aside, in the various threads dedicated to the game that popped in the last weeks, a sizable chunk of the comments were about impatience to get controller support to not have to deal with the current controls (which is not going to be a complete solution, but let people dream).
Party control in Baldur's Gate 3 is a complete mess that begs to be addressed. SAY NO TO THE TOILET CHAIN
