Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - General What do you think? Looking for opinions.

1. What do you think of BG3?

GOTY, BG3 is evolving not RPGs only, but stale AAA gaming in general.

2. Did you play from early access or did you wait until full release?

Had 1 EA playthrough back when it just released, then waited until full version.

3. What did you find the most enjoyable?

General Gameplay. It is just very satisfying for me. DnD 5E ruleset. Exploration. Freedom and player agency to do things as I like, with different outcomes depending on choices (and dice rolls). Race / class based choices and reactions. Companions are fun. VA is phenomenal, visuals are great, HDR is done well. Environmental sound design / effects are very good, 3D audio implementation is very well done and as a result - the game has Atmosphere, which is a huge achievement in modern-day gaming. Dark Souls-like maps full of interconnected passageways, the world feels alive and makes sense, makes you WANT to explore, because it's interesting and rewarding. Encounter design - every battle feels unique and hand-crafted.

4. What about the least enjoyable?

I'm playing on PS5, so - Camera / gamepad implementation, performance issues, general UI and inventory management are plain bad. The main story. Cringe "plot twists", especially concerning our "protector". Baddies fall short of BG2 antagonists, cats and pigeons in this game are more charismatic than big bads. No idea how they managed to fail with baddies when companions are so good. Party banter is non existent. Music is mostly annoying, sometimes not, and very rarely enjoyable. There are only 2 tracks I liked.

5. What would you like to see added? Any DLC, tweaks or extra features?

I'd love to have 1 addition sublcass for each class, and another big "Act 1 - like" map to explore, with level cap increase to 14-15? There are no proper dungeon crawls in a DND game - so something like Spellhold would be great.

6. Do you use any mods? If so which and why?

No mods on PS5, but I would definitely use some QoL and simple cosmetic mods.

7. Do you play any other kind of D&D, Baldurs Gate or Forgotten Realm games/campaigns?

Played ALL of DND computer RPGs released after 1998. Favorites - BG2, IWD2, NWN2.