After being a fan of DOS2 I'm confident that Larian will polish the 3rd act within a few months and will probably even release a definitive version for free like they've done before.
1. Larian released 3 patches till now. each of them fixing 1000 bugs and performance issues... I don't say that to hightlight how bugged this game were on release but how much work they put to fix every single detail in every scenario that ppl come up with. 2. the more time you spend in the game and build managment the easier BG3 becomes... If you have 200h you can smash this game on highest difficulty. 3. you need to know if you will be able to spend a lot of time in the game, cause it's good and time consuming
I quickly understood that Act 3 would need more work to become really good, and that is why I have totally focused my time earlier in the game, and not stressing about getting to Act 3. I have made loads of characters and played them in all sorts of different ways and it is amazing how deep this game is. The Dark Urge is almost to deep for me. It can be so extremely dark that I have felt very uncomfortable at times. I have already played about 350 hours and I am still in Act 1. I see no reasons at all for stressing to get to the end of this game. And I am sure Act 3 will be amazing as well the day I get there.
I'm in the same boat with Act 3. I finished it on one character because I just needed to see the end, but I have half a dozen other characters that I'm having fun just meandering my way through Act 1 and 2 with, because I just love the world so much. The performance issues in Act 3 were really grating, so I'm waiting for it to get spruced up before I tackle it on any of my other characters.
Aye bro you're a Seahawk fan? I'm subbing straight off that. Nice flag btw I have the same one. This game really is great. It's my first experience with baldur's gate or D&D and I love it.
Another thing about Dark Urge, you aren't locked to being a Dragonborn. You can customize the race to whatever you want much like a custom character. You just cannot switch the background of the Dark Urge. Race, class, abilities, proficiencies, etc can be customized.
Part of the lack of Act 3 reactivity was due to bugs not triggering certain scenes etc. they've also improved the performance. I think the game deserves a second review in about 6 months. It would be great if it were optimised and polished to perfection at launch. But, well, I think they had to release it sometimes. Maybe there were money problems.
I'm glad that you come at this with the Casual Gamer in mind. Because that is what I am. a 50 year old man that has a full life and can't just play games all the time. I have DOS2 as well and I never really was able to get into it. So I need to go back and give it a try. Especially since I'm a Long time D&D Player.
Thank you! Yes, I think online the majority of voices tend to be hardcore gamers, people who sink thousands of hours into games (which is fine don’t get me wrong) and maybe take everything a bit to seriously. But I want to create a fun place for the casual gamers! People who at the end of the day just want something they can sit down and have some fun with here and there. I highly recommend Baldur’s Gate 3. It’s a great game!
The way your decisions influence a playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3 is impressive. Everyone can die, even "essential" characters. And the death of certain characters will influence your quests, options and dialogue later on in the game. Also, there are a lot of different endings to this game. For example, it is actually possible to complete the game in act 2, and skip act 3 entirely...
I have 3 runs going. My friend and i are doing co op first. She is running a single player run on the side. I am running a pc run i have on hold. And 2 ps5 runs one with her, and one on my own. We havent even hit act 2 and already we chat about how different everything is going. This is the first game we have enjoyed so much we play it together and apart. I love the game and she truly enjoys it and devotes her limited time into it. I look foward to act 2 and 3 and ill keep my eyes open for bugs. But so far. Its fantastic. On a side note. Who you think wins it? Lions or seahawks?
That’s awesome. This game is great and it’s even better that you can enjoy it with friends. I’m still working on two different multiplayer campaigns myself. Ooof, if you can’t tell by the flag, I’m hoping my Seahawks! But if I were to bet…the Lions are looking pretty good. But still GO HAWKS!
My first play through clocked in at a bit over 85 hours. I did not really focus too much on side objectives. I like to leave stuff for multiple play through. If you look online, focusing down just the main story can take about 50-70 hours. However being thorough, looks like a play through can take 200+ hours. Amazing what they pulled off here!
Just so people know how big bg3 is, act 1-2 took me 65 hours to finally reach act 3 and I explored everything- or so I thought. And so to my suprise, I still "missed" out on content - found out that there is a fish cove/quest in the underdark through a hidden passage that I missed out on. Oh and goes without saying, by making certain decisions I missed out on content that is locked on diffrent choices. You wont get a game this huge unless you play DQ11, Persona 5, Witcher 3 etc. And to be fair to BG3... if it wasnt named "act 1,2 and 3" you could make the same argument that game, x, y and z is weaker towards the end. games tends to be worse towards the end when they wrap things up. My point is, people would have judged it as a big package like persona 5 or dq 11 yet they are WAY worse towards the end- reskinned enemies, re-using dungeons etc probably because of development time running out.
Level cap is there for a reason. Spells turn less into damage and more into breaking reality. The spells and feats in this game are already simplified compared to the dnd game. There are feats in dnd that aren’t in the game because it would be redundant. Like knowing where north is. Spells like resurrection would just destroy the game as you are resurrecting dead npcs.
Reminds me of Last of Us. Friends say it's the most amazing game they've played. Me not so much. It's very good. But there are flaws I can't get past. Everyone talks about how much freedom and choice you have, but if you have to save before every conversation and fight to get a satisfying result are you really choosing?
That’s a great point. I didn’t even touch on the “save scum” debate. Topic for another video…but in the end, play whatever brings you the most enjoyment.
You definitely are choosing. Youre cherry picking but still your choice. You dont have to save scum or do the best choices you feel will yield the best result. Its a true role playing game. You can play however you want!
@@miguelortiz8350 the game is growing on me. I don't mind making conversation choices and living with the outcomes. It's the making a choice and then rolling a 2 and my choice loses all meaning. I find that immersion breaking to a degree. But the game is solid.
Most triple A games or even games in general nowadays cost more, have far less content, have less quality and polish, and push microtransactions (sometimes to the point where it takes away enjoyment of the game or increases grind). It is definitely worth it.
May contain minor spoilers but I’m going to keep it as vague as possible: I’m playing dark urge and have been having a hard time being an evil character because I feel bad killing the NPCs. Well I decided to just do it and killed an important character and immediately my party was upset with me and following that I had to face the consequences of my actions which got a TON of people killed. Your actions 100% do matter and I love that! (This happened in act 2 I’m still playing through act 3)
They sure do! My next playthrough I want go Dark Urge, I hear it's a ton of fun and wild. Even being a somewhat good character there were decisions I made or even FAILED to make that got a ton of characters killed. So much replayability it's great.
As a dark urge you do not really have to embrace the urges, but instead can struggle against them. I think Alfira might be the only murder you cannot avoid as Durge. While my evil run was okay, it honestly felt far more rewarding when I did the playthrough as the Durge who had this inner conflict, always trying to do right, when it was against her nature. And it leads to a quite amazing scene in Act 3.
I think at the end of my campaign i was like 120 hrs, im on vacation rn and all i can think about is my new fighter/warlock build playthrough i was doing befor i left
Actually disagree with alot of this. I think people look past the couple of very unique things that BG3 does that no other crpg has done. Blending a "Sony style" cinematic story telling with a crpg. The two seperate aspects, CRPG and cinematic story have been done to death. But there is not to my knowledge any game on the market that combined the two. Its a little insane really when you think about the massive amount of extra work this meant. The other unique thing is how your choices are fleshed out. Even Divinity: Original Sin 2 didn't take things as far as this game does. I have friends who played and didn't see half of what I did, and I in turn didn't see some of what they did. Despite spending about 160 hours on the first playthrough. The last thing I strongly disagree with is about Act 3. I think Act 3 is the strongest Act if you take the technical issues out. Most of the best parts of the game occur in Act 3. But because of the extreme non linear nature of Act 3 I suspect people are getting to Act 3 and are burnt out so they are skipping whole amazing pieces. Act 3 is bigger than both 1 and 2 combined I am fairly sure, even with the stuff they clearly cut to finally get the game out the door. There are some story elements of Act 3 that stumble a bit, some because of bugs (some things are still not triggering right according to Larian). I know they wanted the city to feel like it was a real single massive city, but considering that the upper city wasn't really done, I think the game would have been much better served if they had split the city up into zones, allowing for better performance and less code conflict. I don't know the state of Act 3 at launch, I heard it was pretty rough, but I know that by the time I got there, with the system I have, I had very few technical issues aside from a few triggers that I believe didn't fire. I think this is one where in a few months people will come back to the game to do A Dark Urge playthrough or something and hit Act 3 and be blown away by how good it is. And I still think there is a decent chance we do get some upper city content in the definitive/GOTY edition, something Larian traditionally has always done. The one area where I think Act 3 does suffer e bit in the story department is that because its so open, it can FEEL like the story has disappeared. It hasn't. Its still there. In fact you can probably do Act 3 in less than 30 hours if you really want to, and the result would probably feel like a very tight narrative. They also I think fumbled a few endings. The endings in there are great but in a game that is so rich with choice everywhere else, the LACK of choice in some of the endings feels slightly undercooked. Thankfully they are are starting to address that (Karlach being the first example).
Only 70 ir 80 hours? Yikes, you must have missed a ton. Yeah, this game is that bloody big. My first playthrough I was level 12 walking into the start of Act 3. At hour 263, or 150 hours after hitting Act 3 I quit as 150 hours without character progression save a few pieces of gear was just to much. I started another playthrough, intentionally trying to avoid content, not reading every book and note etc. 135 hours into this one and I'm not quite max level yet as I am skipping *A TON* of side activities. I'd previously earned another 219K XP after hitting level 12 which, by Larian's XP table would have put me at level 19. Thats just too much content to keep available and not allow progression for _imo_ and was one of the few design flaws they went with. I know, high level spells are "hard" according to Sven, but they had over 6 years to work this out. It isn't players camping spawn zones to overlevel content, it is following the plotlines that Larian put in by hand. They should have come up with some type of solution beyond _"Yeah, so for the next 60% of the game you are what you are. Cool huh?"_ After that my peaves get really minor. My FPS went from 143 locked at 1440P max settings to 85-143 in the City after Rivington. This is a CPU issue, as I don't see an increase in RAM use the longer I play, though frequent saves and reloads does tank my FPS hard. Lol, I am standing completely still looking at a bland house with muddy textures and am hovering around 85-87, which definitely points to the CPU (5800X w/32GB 3200 cl 14-14-14-14-22...). I assume it is just the sheer number of NPC scripts running amok in the background. Jaheira's kids are bearing up dummies in the yard, the Steel Watch is marching about as I haven't blown the prison yet (man I love that mission); speaking of which, I havent even saved Volo yet. I was doing the clown murders since I didn't finish that one on my first go, but I should prolly get on that while I'm here. Then Jaheira, Counting House, Murders, Prison, House of Hope and I'll probably just finish the game at that point. Bleh, that'd be skipping the Sundry, House of Grief and a ton of other crap though... They may actually have been better off leaving half of Act 3 out and adding it as a full expansion when it was all set in its entirity. The level cap could have been raised for the expansion/DLC and some of the loose threads or quests that end...poorly when compared to the first two could jave been fleshed out. Ei The Toymaker quest where the solution is literally 1 thing. No matter how stealthy you are, how perfect everything goes, it srill comes down to one very explosive solution with one outcome, and then its just over. Anyone who has done it should know what I mean. That said, it's still the best game Ive played in, Id say a solid decade. So many people are telling how much better Wrath of the Righteous is, along with how much more difficult it is bc apparently BG3 is way too easy on Tactitian. I disagree, but I guess I just need to git gud. Or min/max as opposed to role-play a character? Maybe I'll give it a go after Phantom Liberty and Starfield. Is it worth the time? Considering there have been years where I spent over 200 hours on Madden and NBA2Kxx I'm going with absolutely. You can finish in 75 hours or 300 depending on how much you want to do. That's kinda nuts. Of course I also enjoy long games like TW3+expansions, playing Mass Effect 1-3 as one game, DragonAge: Origins, Planescape: Torment etc.. Heh, I liked the first Spider-Man game and that was pretty short, so it's not just about the length, the quality has to be there all the way through. Act 3 had some banger quests (Save Vanra/Hag Support Group and the Astral Carnival for instance) but it also had some duds like the Toymaker. Actually, thats really the only bad one I can think of. Maybe its them just not tyong in quite as well or being as reactive. Or the fact that Acts one and two were so flipping good. Man, that speech from Ketherick is outstanding.
I love the "thinking this game is hard" when the real answer is you likely aren't super well-versed in 5e. Because if you're used to 5e and know it pretty well..... it's very easy. You can get a Sorcadin dealing a good 70 damage with a single hit..... before leaving Act 1.... without Extra Attack.
This is true and that’s what I’ve heard! I’ve played D&D 3 times, and couldn’t even tell you if it was 5e 😂😂 although it was recently so assuming it was. I’m coming from a normal casual player’s perspective when I play BG3
It Rare these days to get your money's worth nevermind getting more then you paid for.... Thanx Baldurs Gate 3-Elden Ring-Zelda Totk. These studios are raising the bar and WE the gamers reap the rewards.
The Ranger is definitely weak. On one of my multiplayer playthroughs I'm trying ranger and I'm falling behind the fighter and paladin I'm with. (Although those are both very strong classes imo). Overall the ranger just doesn't bring enough to the table. I also think the Wizard is pretty weak early on, but in the later levels gets a lot of flexibility because it just knows so many spells. However overall is kind of outclassed by the Sorcerer and Warlock, but is at least super fun to play.
@@TroySturdy -The Ranger class I can agree, depending on your build and how you utilize your kit, it can feel bad or feel decent at best. Like many others, I multiclass ranger with other classes (Currently playing a Gloomstalker 5/ Thief 3 with Sharpshooter Feat and this class deals more damage than a Fighter with Great Weapon Master Feat.) -Paladins have always been very strong. It has the highest burst potential compared to any class purely because of smite and smite not being limited to once per turn like Rogue's Sneak Attack. -As for Wizard, I think it helps a lot to keep in mind that damage is not what wizards specialize in. They are the best at battlefield control. Some of the wizard subclasses take one of the Sorc's metamagic options and allows you to do it as many times as possible, like Evocation or Enchantment. And I don't think a lot of people realize how tanky abjuration is and how useful divination wizards are. -I like that Sorcerer gives you flexibility with metamagic but it feels so limiting. Once all of your Sorc Points are gone, the class feels terrible to play. And I don't know about everyone else but Warlock also feels limiting as well because for majority of the game, you're running around with only 2 spell slots. I guess if you're used to archers and fighters, you like having an option to spam and deal ok damage like Warlock, and you don't care for spell slots.
I think they need to build up act three a little more. Act three is where companion's stories end and, of course, where the game ends. I wish there was more to do to drag it out and continue building the suspense, but you're right - some of the things fall flat. I am hoping that Larian really flushes it out and makes it even more incredible. Act three is where the end is but I don't want the end to be so abrupt. I want more suspense.
Yes I agree! Act 3 just doesn’t do the best job tying everything up, which to be fair is a monumental task because of how complex and great act 1 & 2 are. But in the end they didn’t quite pull it off in a way that feels great. I’m sure Larian will come out with some post release content tho, they already have with Karlach!
I get that this guy has very little experience going in but so did I and on tactician the game is not hard and there’s no class that’s weak. I think he’s just kinda bad 💀 the only one I can think of is maybe warlock on tactician early game because having so few spell slots, low chances to hit/stick spells, and high hp enemies can feel kinda tough but even then you have so many ways to get around those difficulties. That said, some classes are definitely much stronger than others (I’m looking at you way of the open hand monk) in a lot of ways but none are weak.
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Turn based plus dice equals oh fuck no. I hated D&D in the early 80's and nothing has changed. Then you add turn based which I think is trash and you get zero interest from me
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Who else been binging baldur's gate 3 reviews to validate their own love for the game?
Yup
Yup
It’s literally in my thoughts 24/7.
most are paid by larian
After being a fan of DOS2 I'm confident that Larian will polish the 3rd act within a few months and will probably even release a definitive version for free like they've done before.
From what I’ve heard from Larian, I agree! They definitely seem like they respect their players. I’m def hoping for some dlc as well.
1. Larian released 3 patches till now. each of them fixing 1000 bugs and performance issues... I don't say that to hightlight how bugged this game were on release but how much work they put to fix every single detail in every scenario that ppl come up with.
2. the more time you spend in the game and build managment the easier BG3 becomes... If you have 200h you can smash this game on highest difficulty.
3. you need to know if you will be able to spend a lot of time in the game, cause it's good and time consuming
You’re one of those early RUclipsrs that I can tell because of your good content you’re gonna blow up pretty quickly dude . Great job man
Thank you! That means a great deal to hear.
I quickly understood that Act 3 would need more work to become really good, and that is why I have totally focused my time earlier in the game, and not stressing about getting to Act 3.
I have made loads of characters and played them in all sorts of different ways and it is amazing how deep this game is.
The Dark Urge is almost to deep for me.
It can be so extremely dark that I have felt very uncomfortable at times.
I have already played about 350 hours and I am still in Act 1.
I see no reasons at all for stressing to get to the end of this game.
And I am sure Act 3 will be amazing as well the day I get there.
That’s a great call. As long as your enjoying the game, that’s all that matters. I’m confident Act 3 will get better so take your time!
I'm in the same boat with Act 3. I finished it on one character because I just needed to see the end, but I have half a dozen other characters that I'm having fun just meandering my way through Act 1 and 2 with, because I just love the world so much. The performance issues in Act 3 were really grating, so I'm waiting for it to get spruced up before I tackle it on any of my other characters.
Aye bro you're a Seahawk fan? I'm subbing straight off that. Nice flag btw I have the same one.
This game really is great. It's my first experience with baldur's gate or D&D and I love it.
Hell yeah, go Hawks! Appreciate the sub.
It's a great game and there is a lot to love, with or without D&D experience. Enjoy!
Another thing about Dark Urge, you aren't locked to being a Dragonborn. You can customize the race to whatever you want much like a custom character. You just cannot switch the background of the Dark Urge. Race, class, abilities, proficiencies, etc can be customized.
Part of the lack of Act 3 reactivity was due to bugs not triggering certain scenes etc. they've also improved the performance. I think the game deserves a second review in about 6 months.
It would be great if it were optimised and polished to perfection at launch. But, well, I think they had to release it sometimes. Maybe there were money problems.
I'm glad that you come at this with the Casual Gamer in mind. Because that is what I am. a 50 year old man that has a full life and can't just play games all the time. I have DOS2 as well and I never really was able to get into it. So I need to go back and give it a try. Especially since I'm a Long time D&D Player.
Thank you! Yes, I think online the majority of voices tend to be hardcore gamers, people who sink thousands of hours into games (which is fine don’t get me wrong) and maybe take everything a bit to seriously.
But I want to create a fun place for the casual gamers! People who at the end of the day just want something they can sit down and have some fun with here and there.
I highly recommend Baldur’s Gate 3. It’s a great game!
The way your decisions influence a playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3 is impressive. Everyone can die, even "essential" characters. And the death of certain characters will influence your quests, options and dialogue later on in the game.
Also, there are a lot of different endings to this game. For example, it is actually possible to complete the game in act 2, and skip act 3 entirely...
Will they make DLC or more content for BG3?
They’d be stupid not too! take my money!
I have 3 runs going. My friend and i are doing co op first. She is running a single player run on the side. I am running a pc run i have on hold. And 2 ps5 runs one with her, and one on my own. We havent even hit act 2 and already we chat about how different everything is going. This is the first game we have enjoyed so much we play it together and apart. I love the game and she truly enjoys it and devotes her limited time into it. I look foward to act 2 and 3 and ill keep my eyes open for bugs. But so far. Its fantastic. On a side note. Who you think wins it? Lions or seahawks?
That’s awesome. This game is great and it’s even better that you can enjoy it with friends. I’m still working on two different multiplayer campaigns myself.
Ooof, if you can’t tell by the flag, I’m hoping my Seahawks!
But if I were to bet…the Lions are looking pretty good.
But still GO HAWKS!
I'm on my second playthrough, by the time I started act 3 I was 130 hours in. How on earth did you manage to finish this in 70 hours?
My first play through clocked in at a bit over 85 hours. I did not really focus too much on side objectives. I like to leave stuff for multiple play through. If you look online, focusing down just the main story can take about 50-70 hours.
However being thorough, looks like a play through can take 200+ hours. Amazing what they pulled off here!
@@TroySturdyi was very thorough and reloaded to see some different outcomes and I finished my playthrough at 150 or 160 h.
Just so people know how big bg3 is, act 1-2 took me 65 hours to finally reach act 3 and I explored everything- or so I thought. And so to my suprise, I still "missed" out on content - found out that there is a fish cove/quest in the underdark through a hidden passage that I missed out on. Oh and goes without saying, by making certain decisions I missed out on content that is locked on diffrent choices. You wont get a game this huge unless you play DQ11, Persona 5, Witcher 3 etc. And to be fair to BG3... if it wasnt named "act 1,2 and 3" you could make the same argument that game, x, y and z is weaker towards the end. games tends to be worse towards the end when they wrap things up. My point is, people would have judged it as a big package like persona 5 or dq 11 yet they are WAY worse towards the end- reskinned enemies, re-using dungeons etc probably because of development time running out.
Level cap is there for a reason. Spells turn less into damage and more into breaking reality.
The spells and feats in this game are already simplified compared to the dnd game.
There are feats in dnd that aren’t in the game because it would be redundant. Like knowing where north is.
Spells like resurrection would just destroy the game as you are resurrecting dead npcs.
I love all the little easter eggs and items from DO2 in BG3. The mask is particularly awesome.
BG3 made me excited to go back and play DO2!
Reminds me of Last of Us. Friends say it's the most amazing game they've played. Me not so much.
It's very good. But there are flaws I can't get past. Everyone talks about how much freedom and choice you have, but if you have to save before every conversation and fight to get a satisfying result are you really choosing?
That’s a great point. I didn’t even touch on the “save scum” debate. Topic for another video…but in the end, play whatever brings you the most enjoyment.
You definitely are choosing. Youre cherry picking but still your choice. You dont have to save scum or do the best choices you feel will yield the best result. Its a true role playing game. You can play however you want!
@@miguelortiz8350 the game is growing on me. I don't mind making conversation choices and living with the outcomes. It's the making a choice and then rolling a 2 and my choice loses all meaning. I find that immersion breaking to a degree. But the game is solid.
I restarted 8 time just act 1 kept finding new things different paths hidden areas and one my 9th character finaly in act 2 fun great game
Most triple A games or even games in general nowadays cost more, have far less content, have less quality and polish, and push microtransactions (sometimes to the point where it takes away enjoyment of the game or increases grind). It is definitely worth it.
It’s refreshing to have a game that respects your time and gives you content like BG3 does.
May contain minor spoilers but I’m going to keep it as vague as possible:
I’m playing dark urge and have been having a hard time being an evil character because I feel bad killing the NPCs. Well I decided to just do it and killed an important character and immediately my party was upset with me and following that I had to face the consequences of my actions which got a TON of people killed. Your actions 100% do matter and I love that! (This happened in act 2 I’m still playing through act 3)
They sure do! My next playthrough I want go Dark Urge, I hear it's a ton of fun and wild. Even being a somewhat good character there were decisions I made or even FAILED to make that got a ton of characters killed. So much replayability it's great.
As a dark urge you do not really have to embrace the urges, but instead can struggle against them. I think Alfira might be the only murder you cannot avoid as Durge. While my evil run was okay, it honestly felt far more rewarding when I did the playthrough as the Durge who had this inner conflict, always trying to do right, when it was against her nature. And it leads to a quite amazing scene in Act 3.
I think at the end of my campaign i was like 120 hrs, im on vacation rn and all i can think about is my new fighter/warlock build playthrough i was doing befor i left
Actually disagree with alot of this. I think people look past the couple of very unique things that BG3 does that no other crpg has done. Blending a "Sony style" cinematic story telling with a crpg. The two seperate aspects, CRPG and cinematic story have been done to death. But there is not to my knowledge any game on the market that combined the two. Its a little insane really when you think about the massive amount of extra work this meant. The other unique thing is how your choices are fleshed out. Even Divinity: Original Sin 2 didn't take things as far as this game does. I have friends who played and didn't see half of what I did, and I in turn didn't see some of what they did. Despite spending about 160 hours on the first playthrough.
The last thing I strongly disagree with is about Act 3. I think Act 3 is the strongest Act if you take the technical issues out. Most of the best parts of the game occur in Act 3. But because of the extreme non linear nature of Act 3 I suspect people are getting to Act 3 and are burnt out so they are skipping whole amazing pieces. Act 3 is bigger than both 1 and 2 combined I am fairly sure, even with the stuff they clearly cut to finally get the game out the door. There are some story elements of Act 3 that stumble a bit, some because of bugs (some things are still not triggering right according to Larian). I know they wanted the city to feel like it was a real single massive city, but considering that the upper city wasn't really done, I think the game would have been much better served if they had split the city up into zones, allowing for better performance and less code conflict. I don't know the state of Act 3 at launch, I heard it was pretty rough, but I know that by the time I got there, with the system I have, I had very few technical issues aside from a few triggers that I believe didn't fire. I think this is one where in a few months people will come back to the game to do A Dark Urge playthrough or something and hit Act 3 and be blown away by how good it is. And I still think there is a decent chance we do get some upper city content in the definitive/GOTY edition, something Larian traditionally has always done.
The one area where I think Act 3 does suffer e bit in the story department is that because its so open, it can FEEL like the story has disappeared. It hasn't. Its still there. In fact you can probably do Act 3 in less than 30 hours if you really want to, and the result would probably feel like a very tight narrative. They also I think fumbled a few endings. The endings in there are great but in a game that is so rich with choice everywhere else, the LACK of choice in some of the endings feels slightly undercooked. Thankfully they are are starting to address that (Karlach being the first example).
Only 70 ir 80 hours? Yikes, you must have missed a ton.
Yeah, this game is that bloody big. My first playthrough I was level 12 walking into the start of Act 3. At hour 263, or 150 hours after hitting Act 3 I quit as 150 hours without character progression save a few pieces of gear was just to much. I started another playthrough, intentionally trying to avoid content, not reading every book and note etc. 135 hours into this one and I'm not quite max level yet as I am skipping *A TON* of side activities. I'd previously earned another 219K XP after hitting level 12 which, by Larian's XP table would have put me at level 19. Thats just too much content to keep available and not allow progression for _imo_ and was one of the few design flaws they went with. I know, high level spells are "hard" according to Sven, but they had over 6 years to work this out. It isn't players camping spawn zones to overlevel content, it is following the plotlines that Larian put in by hand. They should have come up with some type of solution beyond _"Yeah, so for the next 60% of the game you are what you are. Cool huh?"_ After that my peaves get really minor. My FPS went from 143 locked at 1440P max settings to 85-143 in the City after Rivington. This is a CPU issue, as I don't see an increase in RAM use the longer I play, though frequent saves and reloads does tank my FPS hard. Lol, I am standing completely still looking at a bland house with muddy textures and am hovering around 85-87, which definitely points to the CPU (5800X w/32GB 3200 cl 14-14-14-14-22...). I assume it is just the sheer number of NPC scripts running amok in the background. Jaheira's kids are bearing up dummies in the yard, the Steel Watch is marching about as I haven't blown the prison yet (man I love that mission); speaking of which, I havent even saved Volo yet. I was doing the clown murders since I didn't finish that one on my first go, but I should prolly get on that while I'm here. Then Jaheira, Counting House, Murders, Prison, House of Hope and I'll probably just finish the game at that point. Bleh, that'd be skipping the Sundry, House of Grief and a ton of other crap though...
They may actually have been better off leaving half of Act 3 out and adding it as a full expansion when it was all set in its entirity. The level cap could have been raised for the expansion/DLC and some of the loose threads or quests that end...poorly when compared to the first two could jave been fleshed out. Ei The Toymaker quest where the solution is literally 1 thing. No matter how stealthy you are, how perfect everything goes, it srill comes down to one very explosive solution with one outcome, and then its just over. Anyone who has done it should know what I mean.
That said, it's still the best game Ive played in, Id say a solid decade.
So many people are telling how much better Wrath of the Righteous is, along with how much more difficult it is bc apparently BG3 is way too easy on Tactitian. I disagree, but I guess I just need to git gud. Or min/max as opposed to role-play a character? Maybe I'll give it a go after Phantom Liberty and Starfield.
Is it worth the time? Considering there have been years where I spent over 200 hours on Madden and NBA2Kxx I'm going with absolutely. You can finish in 75 hours or 300 depending on how much you want to do. That's kinda nuts. Of course I also enjoy long games like TW3+expansions, playing Mass Effect 1-3 as one game, DragonAge: Origins, Planescape: Torment etc.. Heh, I liked the first Spider-Man game and that was pretty short, so it's not just about the length, the quality has to be there all the way through. Act 3 had some banger quests (Save Vanra/Hag Support Group and the Astral Carnival for instance) but it also had some duds like the Toymaker. Actually, thats really the only bad one I can think of. Maybe its them just not tyong in quite as well or being as reactive. Or the fact that Acts one and two were so flipping good. Man, that speech from Ketherick is outstanding.
Bg3 is by far the most worthy game that has come out in the past 10 years. This is not game of the year, this is THE game of the decade.
I love the "thinking this game is hard" when the real answer is you likely aren't super well-versed in 5e. Because if you're used to 5e and know it pretty well..... it's very easy. You can get a Sorcadin dealing a good 70 damage with a single hit..... before leaving Act 1.... without Extra Attack.
This is true and that’s what I’ve heard! I’ve played D&D 3 times, and couldn’t even tell you if it was 5e 😂😂 although it was recently so assuming it was. I’m coming from a normal casual player’s perspective when I play BG3
It Rare these days to get your money's worth nevermind getting more then you paid for....
Thanx Baldurs Gate 3-Elden Ring-Zelda Totk. These studios are raising the bar and WE the gamers reap the rewards.
What class do you feel is not good?
The Ranger is definitely weak. On one of my multiplayer playthroughs I'm trying ranger and I'm falling behind the fighter and paladin I'm with. (Although those are both very strong classes imo). Overall the ranger just doesn't bring enough to the table.
I also think the Wizard is pretty weak early on, but in the later levels gets a lot of flexibility because it just knows so many spells. However overall is kind of outclassed by the Sorcerer and Warlock, but is at least super fun to play.
@@TroySturdy -The Ranger class I can agree, depending on your build and how you utilize your kit, it can feel bad or feel decent at best. Like many others, I multiclass ranger with other classes (Currently playing a Gloomstalker 5/ Thief 3 with Sharpshooter Feat and this class deals more damage than a Fighter with Great Weapon Master Feat.)
-Paladins have always been very strong. It has the highest burst potential compared to any class purely because of smite and smite not being limited to once per turn like Rogue's Sneak Attack.
-As for Wizard, I think it helps a lot to keep in mind that damage is not what wizards specialize in. They are the best at battlefield control. Some of the wizard subclasses take one of the Sorc's metamagic options and allows you to do it as many times as possible, like Evocation or Enchantment. And I don't think a lot of people realize how tanky abjuration is and how useful divination wizards are.
-I like that Sorcerer gives you flexibility with metamagic but it feels so limiting. Once all of your Sorc Points are gone, the class feels terrible to play. And I don't know about everyone else but Warlock also feels limiting as well because for majority of the game, you're running around with only 2 spell slots. I guess if you're used to archers and fighters, you like having an option to spam and deal ok damage like Warlock, and you don't care for spell slots.
Baldur's Gate 3 worth it?
Short answer: YES!
Long answer: Most certainly YES!
I'd have to agree!
I think they need to build up act three a little more. Act three is where companion's stories end and, of course, where the game ends. I wish there was more to do to drag it out and continue building the suspense, but you're right - some of the things fall flat. I am hoping that Larian really flushes it out and makes it even more incredible. Act three is where the end is but I don't want the end to be so abrupt. I want more suspense.
Yes I agree! Act 3 just doesn’t do the best job tying everything up, which to be fair is a monumental task because of how complex and great act 1 & 2 are.
But in the end they didn’t quite pull it off in a way that feels great. I’m sure Larian will come out with some post release content tho, they already have with Karlach!
great video thx m8
Thank you for watching!
That Bean Bag looks comfy
For dogs and the occasional passed out friend!
I get that this guy has very little experience going in but so did I and on tactician the game is not hard and there’s no class that’s weak. I think he’s just kinda bad 💀 the only one I can think of is maybe warlock on tactician early game because having so few spell slots, low chances to hit/stick spells, and high hp enemies can feel kinda tough but even then you have so many ways to get around those difficulties. That said, some classes are definitely much stronger than others (I’m looking at you way of the open hand monk) in a lot of ways but none are weak.
I m not play this kind of game but I gonna buy it when release on ps5 for support studio that do right things for Gamer.❤
I respect that! Even if it’s not your kind of game, I highly recommend you give it a shot. It’s so good you still might enjoy it.
Baldur's Gate 3 is certainly a game
The company got damn close to bankruptcy, they had to release.
I trust that they will fix it.
Oh, I thought that might have been the reason, but do you have sources?
@@dominika3762 I don't have a singular source but a lot creators spoke about during the first reviews.
I am very happy that they went beyond expectations for this game.
Who knew that beastiality was a fantastic marketing strategy?
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its very good i just wish it wasnt so buggie
Agreed, it could’ve done with just a bit more time in the oven. Especially Act 3.
Turn based is not for me. Game looks great but I just don't like game play
Yes
TLDW: Yes
Turn based plus dice equals oh fuck no. I hated D&D in the early 80's and nothing has changed. Then you add turn based which I think is trash and you get zero interest from me
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Yes.
Down vote for being c-cox fan
Yes
I’d have to agree