Characters/companions: The characters are amazing, some of the more deep and believable ones I have seen in a video game. Masterfully done, for the most part, I will get to why. Maybe the best.
Story: Story is great up until act 3.
Combat: Honestly , even though I was in the tactical/pause camp. I honestly enjoyed the combat more than I thought I would, however, I both enjoyed and didnt enjoy it at times. I will get to that.
Level design: Amazing mostly etc temple of shar, baldurs gate city, camps
Voice acting: Great. 99% of the time.
Spell effects/vocals: Great, spell chants, effects, everything.
Cinematics : Great, etc, bhaals entrance, myrkuls entrance, intro cinematic
Characters/companions: Companions too few and too similar - Gale and Wyll under the control of Strong Woman; Shadowheart, Lae'zel and Karlach under the control of Strong Woman. Astarion limp lettuce. Leaving aside the cameo characters from BG1 and 2, many of the characters are just bizarre constructions for the sake of a bizarre construction (three of the Thorm family for example)
Story: Overly complicated and convoluted.
Did we really need three dead gods plus all the other gods plus the elder brain plus the Netherese hoodoo-voodoo plus Avernus plus vampires.
Level design: Nothing special. Hinterlands flat with same climate; Shadow-Cursed lands flat with same climate, and with interiors mostly having either dark almost monochrome or the purple/magenta light of the Gauntlet dungeon. Not done Act 3.
Voice acting: Nothing special. Par for the course. Some noticeable repeats such as Lump and Yurgir.
Spell effects: Not something I take much notice of unless it forces itself into my attention
Cinematics: Far too many and most of them far too long.
Graphics: Average
Writing poor: Far too many modern words and phrases, e.g. 'good to know' and 'motherfucker'.
