Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - General I Played 3-4 hours EA & this game has completely blown me away

Drow will not work for the same reason, just so you know.

I thought so, since they are elves.

It's hard to play as a non-elf though, especially since half-orc isn't in the game. I had no idea that could happen.

The Byzantine paths through the game is one of it's best features, but it's very difficult to organise all the paths such that the dialogue always makes sense. I hope the rest of the game remains as convoluted.

Super glad the target audience wasn’t little kids like NWN II

Yes, we've upgraded to horny teens instead

I was also blown away the first ~10 hours of my first playthrough - it IS hard not to be - graphics, voice acting... Also the whole prologue is a cool, non-cookie-cutter-fantasy experience, at least that first time.

Then, the more I played, the more major flaws became apparent. Most of that involves the combat mechanics - and also annoyances like party controls, inventory management and some story/dialogues/"romances" silliness - but mostly the combat.

And then I couldn't even bring myself to finish my druid playthrough when the new patch came... Those flaws/annoyances (again, mostly combat encounters) seemed to annoy me the more and more I played - not a good sign when you intend to do a full/completionist 100+ hours playthrough (when the game is out).

I think I'll just leave the EA for now and wait for the full release. I really hope it turns out to be at least an 8/10 game in my book, but I'm very skeptical at this point as Larian has yet to even acknowledge my (and definitely not just my) gripes with the game, let alone do something about them. But everyone will be romanceable, THAT'S the most important thing for Larian and their target audience, it seems...

exactly