I feel… mixed about BG3. Mostly it’s 5e’s fault. The combat is bad. The stats used in game are really stupidly balanced. The game is very easy and full of cluttersome mechanics that don’t matter much. Divinity 2 was way better as an rpg.
The romance has basically no agency and it’s weird that multiple side characters want to fuck you out of nowhere before the person people are identifying as your partner. Frankly the sexual tone of the game is super weird. It’s very tame despite how horny everyone at least for the characters I chose.
The story doesn’t offer you many forks to branch off of. Act 2 is particularly disappointing in this regard.
Act 3 is kind of slog of ticking off boxes and losses the appeal that Act 1 offered imo.
Stopping leveling up at level 12 near the beginning of Act 3 was super lame.
Several character arcs felt extremely underdeveloped (mol, Arabella, zevlor, karlach).
It’s still pretty good though. Good writing and good production values can carry it. Divinity 2 with BG3 production values would have been much better though imo.
The romance has basically no agency and it’s weird that multiple side characters want to fuck you out of nowhere before the person people are identifying as your partner. Frankly the sexual tone of the game is super weird. It’s very tame despite how horny everyone at least for the characters I chose.
The story doesn’t offer you many forks to branch off of. Act 2 is particularly disappointing in this regard.
Act 3 is kind of slog of ticking off boxes and losses the appeal that Act 1 offered imo.
Stopping leveling up at level 12 near the beginning of Act 3 was super lame.
Several character arcs felt extremely underdeveloped (mol, Arabella, zevlor, karlach).
It’s still pretty good though. Good writing and good production values can carry it. Divinity 2 with BG3 production values would have been much better though imo.