Baldur's Gate 3 - A Masterclass in Gaming. | Baldur's Gate 3 Review
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- Опубліковано 11 чер 2024
- This game is my go to game for a long time now. If you are thinking of getting it, you should definitely cop it. It's worth it.
Baldur's Gate 3 is a game by Larian Studios and was released on August 3rd, 2023 for PC, and September 6th, 2023.
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I just got the game and there is so much stuff it’s overwhelming in a good way!
It is massive amounts of content its awesome.
Every time I see a review or a stream of this game I see something new lol.
GOTY is selling it short imo, its a fucking masterpiece and in my head it sits next to something like Nier: Automata.
TBH I didn't like Nier Automata as much. Idk why :(
I love wandering into places I wish I had better sense than to wander into.😅
Yeah it is always fun to walk into something you're not supposed to because then you have to explain yourself out or fight your way out, both are great options.
Lol, I think I’m doing something wrong. I entered act 2 - where I am right now - after about 90 hours. But I’ve been trying to really learn the dnd part, I’ve been looting and exploring EVERYTHING. I’m constantly afraid to get tired of it, but as of 100+ hours there is ZERO fatigue. Except for my physical body, lol. It’s just soo good. Feels like l’m back in the nineties playing BG1 for the first time. I love it!
Great review man! Spot on! 👍
Thanks! And yeah there is just SO MUCH in the game so I totally understand how you're at 90 hours in act 2. You are playing the game well imo.
Nah you're doing something very right! I finished my first playthrough at around 200 hours. So have fun with the rest!
@@NeverNatter that’s reassuring to hear! 😁
Having a blast with it. I played the original games way back along with the Icewind Dale games and as time went by, I lost interest in the genre and got more into story based shooters and RTS games. It didn't take any time at all for me to connect with BG3. Incerdible game so far
I bought this game in early access like 3 years ago.
I got to play early access for a couple of days before my PC died, so I was stuck waiting agonzing years before it finally dropped on XBox, and I've been loving it!
Bro when I found out the bad ending for Karlach I legitimately felt nauseated and dizzy. This, to me, says two things. Firstly, the game has such well-developed characters that seeing something that grotesque and horrid happening to them physically affected me. The game made me care about the characters that much, and that's genuinely impressive to me. The second thing is how diverse and impactful all your decisions can be and are. I'm not at all surprised at the 17,000 possible endings and that statistic alone should show everyone how unprecedented this game is.
Yeah this game is amazing. I would agree with you for the ending for Karlach. Funny enough, a day or 2 after I wrote this review, they released a patch to give her a better ending. Which is nice to see they are listening to community feedback, but I was a little bummed I didnt get to see that ending. But thats what second playthroughs are for I guess.
Didnt they add a new ending for karlach in patch 2?
@@princelasdoce1702 supposedly yes they added more to her epilogue or more possible endings, but I haven't experienced them myself yet.
why dont you choose the better ending for karlach ?
Great review brother...cant wait to play!
Absolutely amazing game. Finished my first playthrough with 170 hs of gameplay and loved every minute of it. I love this game and I wish Larian comes up with expansions or something like that. Of course i will do another playthrough in a different style to appreciate other things. GOTY
Couldn't agree more! This game is amazing.
I never found DND interesting ever, but I was tempted to play this since I never used my pc since I bought it kind of, and omg this game is just jaw dropping man. I’m enjoying it so much and I was kinda upset because I thought they didn’t have controller support for it but they did and now my gameplay feels 10 times better
I personally played with M+KB and I preferred that, but the controller support is amazing. Makes the game very playable and even helps if you have a steam deck or something similar. As for getting the hang of DnD, imo this game does a great job of blending DnD with video games in a way that makes it accessible to a lot of people. Super easy to get into.
D&D, and TTRPG's in general are basically only as good as the group. And part of this is that running the game is many hats - world building, game design (focus on encounter design), but also narrative description and knowing how much detail to give - and when to pause to wait for a prompt as to what direction to go in.
In many ways - Baldur's Gate 3 is absolutely a phenomenal representation of how to approach the game - and not just when running your single character, but also when running a game yourself.
Overall, i have a feeling a LOT of peoples D&D games are going to get better in the next year or so as a result of BG3 being out.
Missed a perfect opportunity for a terrible pun:
Should read: "A multiclass in gaming."
Absolutely LOVED this review man! Fantastic. Earned a new sub immediately. Keep up the great work brother!!!
Awesome, thank you!
This is amazing. Although I may not play the game because it's not really my thing, I enjoyed learning about it
This review is great, it truely is a game that just keeps on giving, nothing is ever boring in the entire duration of the game (im in act two, and was a dipshit that missed Will, Karlach, Scratch, and the cub), every thing in it is so well fleshed out. Hell i already have a short list of how i want to play my next run, and the one after that, and after that.
Thank you and same! I can't wait to try more goofy fun stuff.
@6:13 Now I'm wondering whether or not there's a throwable anvil in the game. Huge missed opportunity if there isn't. Oh well, I guess we'll just have to make do with throwing the corpses of dead children.
If no anvil, just grab a chest. Free loot AND damage.
While it is huge, I love the fact that every quest and side quest feels so complete. There are so many side quest that I actually felt like their conclusion and story were so well thought out. In most games a side quest often feels disjointed and unconnected to the game. This game is different, completing a side quest I felt like it added to my characters story and the story of the world.
And side quests are not copy paste, they look different, feel different ARE different
Even savescumming won't give you all the content in one go because some of the effects of your choices won't materialize until tens of hours later
I totally agree with this review. I personally would even buy this game for $200. Compared with other current games, it would totally justify such a price tag, where other games with a fraction of that content currently sell for $70 or even $100. And what does Larian sell its Masterpiece? $60 -- a steal.
Just bought it four days ago & now there's this 23GB patch...feels like I need to start over...fuck it, I'm starting over! 😁
Its my 2nd favorite game of this decade so far only behind Elden Ring. And you know a game is amazing when people trying to degrade the game point out the tiniest flaw and stretch it out like its some major problem lol
I actually just thought about comparing it after seeing your comment. Both are fantastic games but yh, Elden ring is better. Glad we have both
@@menopally yeah true. I just think Elden Ring is going to be very hard to top. My only critique would be that as amazing as the locations in this game are, I was surprised that the caves are not interesting at all. If the caves had the same care put into them as the rest of the game, Elden Ring would literally be perfect.
The game is good when it is actually playable.
How do you do it in only 76 hours? I know I have to check everything, load previous saves and redo some parts of the quests and character conversation. But I had 140h!!! How, how do people do it in kess in 100h?
Id rather lose money than time. I can get money, but you can never get your time back. This game is amazing, and im sure ill spend at least another 100 hours in it.
U finished the game in 70 hours? I’m not lying I have 80 hours and I’m just now ending act 1
how tf do you manage to finish BG3 is just under 80 hours??
i was almost 100 hours in when i arrived in the third act..
Honestly I was surprised myself. And I do not think I missed any content either like I would reload saves and stuff if a certain situation called for a certain companion and all that, so every companion got their ending. I also did almost all of the optional bosses too, as well as a lot of the side quests too. I am genuinely baffled.
Right? Act 1 itself is about 2 weeks worth of game lol.
Tap dances in 110 hours and I THINK I'm close to the end of act 3? P sure I've got another 15 or so hours left. Idk how folks have done this game in under 80 hours I salute them regardless
I was on the fence about it but I think I'll go for it after watching your vid.
Definitely recommend it! Hope you enjoy!
I hated D&D in the early 80's and nothing has changed my hatred of it. Wouldn't touch it if it was free so there is no fence sitting
I’m shocked anyone could finish this game in less than 100 hours of playing a completionist run. I have 185 hours on my save file for my first run (but actually closer to 200 hours with save scumming)
Yeah so turn based anything and then you add dice means I will never touch it. And every game you mentioned are also shit I'd never touch
I was on the fence about it bc it turn base and ver been into turn base games but I’ll be giveing it a try tho and my game of the year still so far is hogwarts legacy
It is a great game! The turn base is super easy to pick up and pretty intuitive to be honest.
What's great about turn based is it gives you times to think of Creative/Broken combos but alot of games don't give that moment. BG3 is brimming with creative solutions for all of the combat and non-combat scenarios and the more you know the games mechanics the more enjoyment you get.
Hit credits at 70 hours? You missed far too much content to have a valid opinion
I watched this video.
BG3 is great but has a lot of flaws. Terrible AI and the companions interactions with a custom character are lazily written as regardless of our sex and race; they react the same. Custom character animations are also all the same, so how a tall, muscular human male walks and reacts is exactly how a tiny Halfing female walks and reacts. Many scenes between you and other characters honestly can get really awkward and the dialogue choices can trap you into 3 lines of flirting and 1 just walking away. Act 3 has many bugs still ... I think Larian did a good job but the game absolutely has some glaring weak spots.
I don't know how you define spoilers but for me 50h gameplay is some kind spoiler.
why bother with your review.when you posted your bias on the title ?
Act 1 is sadly where 70% of the polish went. The remaining 30% have been spent on Act 2 and by the time the gamebreakers turn up you're hooked hard. Doesn't change the pain from encountering those bugs, and some of the story options are just plain intolerable.
It's a great game, especially with mods, but definitely no 10/10... If BG3 is that, then gaming as a whole is done...
You just see it wrong. Act 1 is more polished, because it was played already by so many people. So they had time to fix the problems.
BG3 has so many options, that one company alone can not find all the problems with simply testing. But Larian has a history of fixing all problems -- also in Act 3. Just take some time. They already reacted very rapidly to the most pressing things in record time (1-2 weeks). Other companies are not able to fix game breaking problems in months! See the difference?
BG3 is definitively 11/10. It hit the ball out of the park.
@@What_do_I_Think why is it wrong to correctly give this game a 9/10? Just because literally every other studio seems hellbent on churning out -10/10 titles doesn't change the fact, that this game could've used more polish in the last two acts.
@@Argosh You just don't want to understand? I did not criticize a 9/10, but your reasoning. Such a complex game with a non-linear story is much more difficult to flesh out than many other AAA titles which do not have such complex story lines -- but most of the times a linear story-path. The testing is much more complex. You just accuse Larian of selectively leaving out Act 3, but this is not the case. It is just much more difficult to polish a piece of game, that was not player tested! It will be player tested and Larian -- like in its other games -- will bring out a perfect version of the game, free of charge for all previous buyers.
@@Argosh Just to add this: I would give it a 11/10, because every measurement is made respecting the direct competition, not some imaginary wishing.
@@What_do_I_Think ah, yes, the "pile of stinking garbage is the new normal" argument. Luckily that's nonsense because there is a historical context. I measure games against the quality we got previously. That makes most AAA games absolute garbage and not even worth looking at as games anymore. While it also makes BG3 a quite good game just skipping perfection courtesy of them aiming for a level of complexity that makes it too hard.
Very good game with really crappy ending./ Plus the rather late change of major concept (Emperor instead of Daisy) damaged the coherency of the plot in a great extent.
What? It's just a plot twist
Slow confusing and boring. Definitely not a game for everyone. Research before buying
Biased commentary, maybe a paid one. Research before believing!
Wow, if this game is confusing then maybe you should play Mario Kart or somethibg similar. Tons of less confusing games