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Baldur's Gate 3 Review In Progress | MMORPG.com

SystemSystem Member UncommonPosts: 12,599
edited August 2023 in News & Features Discussion

imageBaldur's Gate 3 Review In Progress | MMORPG.com

Baldur's Gate 3 is officially upon us, a month earlier than previously expected. But how does the full, fat experience hold up, and if you've held out buying early access, should you wait even longer to jump into the world of Faerun? Check out our review in progress.

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  • DjijinDjijin Member UncommonPosts: 108
    1st time in many years where I'll be playing a game that isn't an mmorpg. In fact, I'm looking forward to it because today's players are simply not as fun to play along side as they used to be. Times have changed, and people have socially regressed. I'll likely explore single and small coop games again.
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  • RelampagoRelampago Member UncommonPosts: 451
    A seminal moment in gaming.
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  • HyperpsycrowHyperpsycrow Member RarePosts: 954
    edited August 2023
    I would love to play this game but 60 EU for a game that only can be played once and then you never play it anymore..Its just like diablo 4..pay 100 eu or die.

    I see kinguin has it for half price but then it comes on a new steam account rather asa cd key. HaiyaaaA!

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  • NeoyoshiNeoyoshi Member RarePosts: 1,489
    I have no idea how i'm going to be able to play anything else for awhile.  It feels like Christmas and a Birthday 10 times over.
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  • GermzypieGermzypie Member UncommonPosts: 177

    Hyperpsycrow said:

    I would love to play this game but 60 EU for a game that only can be played once and then you never play it anymore..Its just like diablo 4..pay 100 eu or die.



    I see kinguin has it for half price but then it comes on a new steam account rather asa cd key. HaiyaaaA!






    Yeah, do the math. 75 - 100 hours of play time for average play through. Like, under a dollar per hour. Fairly cheap entertainment. Maybe its just me....
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  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 32,936

    Hyperpsycrow said:

    I would love to play this game but 60 EU for a game that only can be played once and then you never play it anymore..Its just like diablo 4..pay 100 eu or die.



    I see kinguin has it for half price but then it comes on a new steam account rather asa cd key. HaiyaaaA!






    Honestly, as long as like the game you could feasibly play it for a long time. Just different characters and different choices.
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  • GrymmoireGrymmoire Member UncommonPosts: 191

    blueturtle13 said:

    I'll get to it one of these days. 
    Work has been bananas lately and I am still slowly plugging along in D4 
    After that I have Aliens Dark Descent
    After that Remnant 2   
    After that I need to finish my early Elex 2 game (probably just restart)

    I would guess Q2 2024 I can pick it up. 



    But some interesting indie mmos will be out by then not to mention Horizon Forbidden West on PC (unless you already played it on a console).

    So many choices, so little gaming time eh!?
    RoinDucktape
  • TalraekkTalraekk Member UncommonPosts: 297
    edited August 2023
    Tried to play. Character creation is beyond stupid. So much so I quit before getting to the game. EA, I could actually create a character. Now, it's like random vs random, X random TRY to make your Dude, random VxVxV/We put money into this?? I sure didn't care for it, in EA, even, but now........ my God....
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  • OG_SolareusOG_Solareus Member RarePosts: 1,041
    One of the few GOTY contenders, I will wait for steam sale..
    F2P or DIE !
  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 32,936
    Talraekk said:
    Tried to play. Character creation is beyond stupid. So much so I quit before getting to the game. EA, I could actually create a character. Now, it's like random vs random, X random TRY to make your Dude, random VxVxV/We put money into this?? I sure didn't care for it, in EA, even, but now........ my God....

    I'm fairly certain you could have just made "some" decision and got on with it.
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    Serph toze kindly has started a walk-through. https://youtu.be/UIelCK-lldo 
  • TalinTalin Member UncommonPosts: 923
    Unlike D4 which is currently built to waste a lot of my time, the first few hours of BG3 have been incredible to me. I intentionally avoided early access and was impressed by the character creator, about if classes/subclasses, races, and customization options. However, that has nothing on the actual game engine, which is amazing. Great cutscenes, strong voice acting, and a tremendous amount of options to approach everything from exploration, interaction, and combat.

    This is going to be an easy 80-100 hour RPG for me as I like meaningful side quests, of which there seem to be plenty. Will be a nice change of scenery frame MMOs and games as a service, all focused in one major quest. By the time I finish I suspect there will be numerous mods to extend, expand, or tweak the gameplay to give more reasons to play again (I believe there are multiple endings as well).

    Looking forward to the full review!
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  • AeanderAeander Member LegendaryPosts: 8,060
    OG_Solareus said:
    One of the few GOTY contenders, I will wait for steam sale..
    There are many GOTY contenders this year. 2023 is one of the GOAT gaming years. 

    That said, BG3 absolutely deserves the win. 
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  • TalinTalin Member UncommonPosts: 923

    Talraekk said:

    Tried to play. Character creation is beyond stupid. So much so I quit before getting to the game. EA, I could actually create a character. Now, it's like random vs random, X random TRY to make your Dude, random VxVxV/We put money into this??
    I sure didn't care for it, in EA, even, but now........ my God....



    Pretty sure it is all you, Character creation was seamless and simple for me.

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  • MadBomber13MadBomber13 Member UncommonPosts: 133
    Talin said:

    Talraekk said:

    Tried to play. Character creation is beyond stupid. So much so I quit before getting to the game. EA, I could actually create a character. Now, it's like random vs random, X random TRY to make your Dude, random VxVxV/We put money into this??
    I sure didn't care for it, in EA, even, but now........ my God....



    Pretty sure it is all you, Character creation was seamless and simple for me.

    I haven't played but bought for my 16 year old daughter and she didn't have any issue with character creation. I love her but she isn't the brightest tool in the shed sometimes and she managed. Just saying... 
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  • Rampage97Rampage97 Newbie CommonPosts: 1
    Talin said:

    Talraekk said:

    Tried to play. Character creation is beyond stupid. So much so I quit before getting to the game. EA, I could actually create a character. Now, it's like random vs random, X random TRY to make your Dude, random VxVxV/We put money into this??
    I sure didn't care for it, in EA, even, but now........ my God....



    Pretty sure it is all you, Character creation was seamless and simple for me.

    I did have some issues but i figured it out in the end. My only issue so far i dont know how long buff potions and most spells last, the T button doesnt really expand on it. But Still this is a great game ill will probably play through 10 times for a 1000 hours of enjoyment 
    Talin
  • ValdemarJValdemarJ Member RarePosts: 1,419
    I'm sure I'll pick it up at some point, but I have a lot to finish playing through over the next several months.

    From the little bit of game play footage I've seen BG3 looks gorgeous. The 4 person party is a nagging concern, so I'm waiting to see how that shakes out in the long term with the D&D community. I also want to hear how tactics, strategy, and character building shakes out after people complete the campaign.
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  • ValdheimValdheim Member RarePosts: 711
    After 23 years and about 15 hours of downloading it's finally on my hard drive!
    Well it finished when I had to leave for work...
    This is going to be a looong work day but also a great weekend! <3
    ValdemarJ
  • lahnmirlahnmir Member LegendaryPosts: 5,053
    edited August 2023

    blueturtle13 said:

    I'll get to it one of these days. 
    Work has been bananas lately and I am still slowly plugging along in D4 
    After that I have Aliens Dark Descent
    After that Remnant 2   
    After that I need to finish my early Elex 2 game (probably just restart)

    I would guess Q2 2024 I can pick it up. 



    I know, the struggle is real. I have D4, Remnant 2, Final Fantasy 16, The Outer Worlds Spacer’s Choice Edition, One Piece Odyssey and FF Crisis Core to play through first…. I guess Christmas next year sounds good for this one. Will get it nevertheless, I have been with Larian since Divine Divinity and they are insanely talented.

    One question though for those playing, is this Divinity OS the Baldurs Gate Edition or is it Baldurs Gate, the Larian edition? And with D:OS Edition I mean the wacky humor and environmental damage overload. I love it but wouldn’t mind it absent in my Baldurs Gate games.

    /Cheers,
    Lahnmir
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  • JakobmillerJakobmiller Member RarePosts: 694
    This is typically not my type of game as I get restless, but I bought it and will give it an honest go. Hopefully even play some Co-op.

    With 3 hours in I'm off to a good start, although not flawless. I've had 2 game-breaking bugs where 1 reset me pretty hard and other one forced me to restart 3 times before I noticed how to work around it. Apart from that, pretty solid.

    F5 is your friend.
  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,427
    edited August 2023
    "The Road Goes Ever On - We've only just begun our journey, receiving our review copy just a few days ago."

    This review is sounding like some sort of Epic Quest. ;)

    Bets on BG3 being GotY anyone?
  • texhnolyzetexhnolyze Member UncommonPosts: 58
    GOAT RPG
  • nate1980nate1980 Member UncommonPosts: 2,074
    edited August 2023

    Hyperpsycrow said:

    I would love to play this game but 60 EU for a game that only can be played once and then you never play it anymore..Its just like diablo 4..pay 100 eu or die.



    I see kinguin has it for half price but then it comes on a new steam account rather asa cd key. HaiyaaaA!






    As long as the game does not have microtransactions, I don't have an issue with the price. Besides, I'm willing to pay $1 for every hour of entertainment a video game will provide, and will wait on sale until it drops to or below that amount. For those curious, I just use the "how long to beat" site to judge this.

    At any rate, I haven't bought it yet either since I just started playing Hogwarts a week ago and I'm enjoying that right now. I'll probably pick BG3 up next if it rates high enough, otherwise I'll just play another game on my list. Either way, I'll end up picking it up eventually. Also, games like this warrant more than one playthrough due to the variety of classes you can play, but also the different choices you can make.

    Best of luck to you either way.
  • KroxMalonKroxMalon Member UncommonPosts: 608

    Hyperpsycrow said:

    I would love to play this game but 60 EU for a game that only can be played once and then you never play it anymore..Its just like diablo 4..pay 100 eu or die.



    I see kinguin has it for half price but then it comes on a new steam account rather asa cd key. HaiyaaaA!






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