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Absolutely amazing game which is a worthy continuation of legendary BG1 and BG2 which i loved and play as a young teenager. I just finished my first playthrough and I have enjoyed it all the way through. Game is huge. I have tried to visit every corner and finish every quest and it took me 220 hours to do it. But it never gets boring. Main story is amazing and you are really making it your own based on decisions you take during playthrough. Sidequests are entertaining and engaging. There was not a moment when I felt like doing chores. I have two things which I would prefer differently though...: 1. Lack of party members and small party - only 4 party members give you very little space for experimenting and varying your set up. 2. Max level is only level 12 which doesn't give you access to most powerful and interresting spells and skills. Also, as a veteran of genre, which I probably am as I played many D&D type games, I made a mistake of picking balanced difficulty. Well, it was really easy. Only one "hard" fight in game was Raphael, but still fell on first try. And for example dragon Ansur didn't even get a turn. Strategical element of game was kind of non-existent due to it being so easy. And things like buffing are totally useless on balanced difficulty. Also kind of non-existent in game. Concentration during most of buffing spells I didn't really like neither, but ok, it is what it is. But none of my complaints are game breaking or preventing people from fully enoying beautiful and engaging story. It really does not have competition in this genre regarding quality of visuals and voice acting. Also, lower difficulty and simplified rules are great for people with no experience in genre. It is really easy to get into playing BG3 even if you have no clue what D&D is about. I see here some negative reviews regarding story or lack of tutorial - even probably written by same person under different accounts. Well, it is absolute BS. If someone says that story is missing, then it is absolute delusional idiot. And if you can't figure out how to play this in like 1 hour tops, then stay away from any game which requires at least slight use of brain forever. King of the genre stays for me convincingly Pathfinder: WoTR. And in terms of game mechanics I also prefer other games, like for example Pillars of Eternity, Neverwinter nights or even Divinity Original Sin. But in terms of perfect storytelling, Baldur's Gate 3 has no equal and it is absolutely worth playing. I will play definitely again, although I will pump my difficullty up.

I decided to write my first comment ever I about any game after reading all these negative reviews. I played all games in series and none came even close to HoMM 3. All after that were very dissappointing. Until now. First bad things... I play game with patch 1.6 and yes, there are bugs. I have encountered especially inventory issues and missing creatures in a fight mode (there is workaround for that). I don't like longer loading times either and cutscenes are really poor for this age. But that is about it... So far I have finished two campaigns - Haven and Necro and played two single scenarios. I love this game... It is hugely entertaining and addictive. Finally I feel desire to discover and conquer like I haven't felt for a long time. I love castle buildings and structure. I love hero development. I even love campaign stories eventhough I don't care much about those. I think in-game graphic is very good and gameplay perfect. I am enjoying every moment spent with the game and surely will play it for a long time. So I would say, if You like HoMM 3definitely go for this one. I see that absolute majority of negative revies are from very early released game and from my current experience i must say yes, there are issues which shouldn't be, but perfect gameplay makes up for every single one of them. And who gives a **** about poor cutscenes??? This is not what this game is about... I f you are a fan of cinematic intros and that is important for you, then this game is not for you :D. Go to cinema and watch movie... You probably don't play chess either as there is no cinematics and sounds... But if you like challenges and great turn based strategy games you will most likely love this if you forgive few bugs. This is definitely best game in series since part 3 and is all about great gameplay.