I’m playing Baldur’s Gate 3 now on a Linux PC with a controller. I have a PS5 and have DOS on the PS4. Larian Studios does quality games and goes beyond what I expected in quality. The PS5 controller works great with the game.
Except for a couple things I agree. The examine screen is broken at the moment (try viewing a small object in it – no zoom, and everything is drawn weirdly off center with no way to adjust). I also kind of hate the radial menus. But I like most of the rest of controller mode, especially since it makes the UI bigger.
My hope is that the PS5 release being late is why the controller mode just doesn’t yet have the polish of the KBM mode.
Is the game that good? Should I get it?
From what I’ve played of the early access, it’s a pretty amazing game. It’s a lot like the Divinity: OS games, or handles similar to Dragon Age: Origins or Shadowrun. It has a lot of flexibility in how you handle encounters and situations, and the combat is challenging but fun and rewarding. The dialogue is top tier, and rewards paying attention to what’s going on in the world around you.
Much like D&D, anytime you attempt something with a reasonable chance of failure the game rolls for you, and your skills or the things you’ve said/done affect the rolls with modifiers. There’s a lot of exploration across unique locales with a lot of verticality to the environments, and a lot of secrets tucked away. All the side quests play back into the main quest in a satisfying way, and it almost never feels like you’re wasting your time doing something.
Thanks for these details. Does it have an easy mode though? I’m too old to be grinding or trying over and over again.
It does!
But the difficulty is also very fair. I’m going through tactician (the hardest difficulty) on my first playthrough, and enemies don’t have inflated health or anything - they just play smarter. There’s also no grinding in the game.
Oh really? I should move to Tactician then. I hate games that just cheat to make it harder. But better tactics is quite interesting.
As someone who has played through OS 1/2 on Tactician, so far (mid A2) this is the easiest Tactician has been in a Larian game.
It’s very accessible without forcing builds or cheese, but the difficulty is definitely there.
Started on the medium, seems not to bad , there is also an easy.
That’s a very fair question that should be asked sadly. I saw Elden Ring trailers and wanted to buy because I love RPGs. Got it and then found out the only difficulty it has it’s very extreme and I don’t even have patience to pass the beginning.
If there’s no gimmicks, just a fun well made RPG game I’ll consider.
Yup. Same here. Glad not too many developers are like that and give us difficulty options. Looking forward to trying this out once reviews are out.
Still has the shitty camera from DOS2 though. Still waiting for a mod for that. They bother building this world and then wont even let you look around it, so annoying.
Might be something wrong with your settings? I basically play in “over the shoulder” mode nonstop unless traveling and it’s very close to the action
No, its just the limitations they impose and the terrain interaction. DOS2 had a mod that unlocked zoom and tilt, made the game much more enjoyable. Dont know why Larian choose to have it so restricted.
i’m playing via geforce now, and was an early access purchase—i was a huge dos 1/2, bg 1/2?fan. i love crpgs is general. i think the thing to keep in mind is that this is a somewhat niche style of rpg.
bg3 is as close to a perfect crpg as i’ve played. the story is great, the the companions are interesting, the options are nearly endless. it’s just everything you’d want.
that said, this isn’t skyrim, and you don’t get your hand held with the quest tracker. there’s quite a bit going on with quests as well as all the mechanics.
if you don’t have experience with games in this rpg genre and you don’t enjoy reading a wiki from time to time, you might want to watch some youtube first.
overall the game is a masterpiece, but it doesn’t have as broad of an appeal as some other rpgs. if you’re already a crpg fan, then it’s basically christmas and you’ve been very good this year.
If you’re a fan of the genre, series, and D&D, then yes. It’s excellent.
Looking forward to trying this out as it’s a genre I haven’t really tried. But still not sure I get the reason to pre-order.
