Game is an 8 or a 9 until Act 2-3, then nosedives into a 7. Act 1 was obsessively polished after years in EA then they dropped the ball and cut a ton of content which left Act 2 and especially Act 3 with plot threads that just go nowhere. Game feels unfinished narratively, and now they've abandoned it. Also, massive pacing issues when you get to Act 3, as your character gets pulled in 6 different directions and all urgency evaporates as it's so disjointed.


Voice acting and mocap are some of the best I've ever seen.
Reactivity is the best I've ever seen in a 3D rpg
Gameplay is a big step down from DoS2

Definitely the best CRPG since DA:O but they made so many poor decisions late into development that it will only ever be a flawed gem.

None of the people who gave this game awards or 10/10 reviews actually progressed to Act 3 or finished the game.

I doubt anyone from the Xenoblade threads will enter here, but there's a thing I found funny about Xenoblade 3 and Baldur's Gate 3. They both have the same problem or quirk where it seems like they put way more time into the characterization and personality of the female party members than the male ones.
>best CRPG since DA:O
Everytime I think about replaying Origins, I rememeber I don't enjoy about half the game.

>>3789437
origins had bad gameplay, I'm really just evaluating based on the story, characters, worldbuilding etc

>None of the people who gave this game awards or 10/10 reviews actually progressed to Act 3 or finished the game.
or maybe people just have different opinions than you do, ever think of that one lil' pup? for example - you think DA:O is a good game, i think it's horribly overrated and large parts of it are genuinely unfun. see how that worked?

>>3788370 (OP)
nosedives from an 8 to a 7 doesn't sound that bad desu

>>3789437
women have more personality than men, this is just realism.

>>3788370 (OP)
>8 or a 9 until Act 2-3
6/10 to be accurate
>then nosedives into a 7
5/10 to be accurate

>>3789458
>evaluating based on the story, characters, worldbuilding
The world? Just an American Renaissance fair LARPfest with Greenwood's sexual fetishes mixed in. In other words, garbage. The characters? Poorly written slop with unrealistic romances. The story? Shitty 50's scifi movie tier garbage.

>>3792638
Guess that's why the best comedians are women, oh wait.

>>3788370 (OP)
i only saw act 1 and thought it was shit

larian is garbage

>>3788370 (OP)
The only satisfying way to play this game is as a murderhobo because of the overinflation of magic items combined with how shitty the story is; also the fact that the combat is the only aspect designed well enough to prolong engagement.
>go to the grove
>kill everyone there
>same mechanical reward as solving all their tiefling bullshit
>insufferable chungus mommy leaves if you didn’t kill her already
>mary sue nigger leaves if you didn’t kill him already
>arrogant pseud self insert wizard fag leaves if you didn’t kill him/maim him earlier

>>3788370 (OP)
Baldur's Gate 3 is an easy 10/10 RPG

Samefag necrobump more

Its true that act 3 is the weakest but I'm just tired of people nitpicking the hell out of this game. Its still better than anything out there for its type of RPG

>>3788370 (OP)
You're just regurgitating the same thing that's been posted on here dozens of times by the same schizo.

Cut/dropped content is rarely ever actually noticed by people playing the game in question.

Best proof? Here's a list of officially confirmed cut content from BG2:
>Cyric's involvement reduced to a short cameo in ToB. He was supposed to be the one silently aiding the Bhaalspawn in Bg2 ("He has shown me how to make it vulnerable" from Imoen was in relation to him).
>Aerie's romance (considered unfinished).
>Viconia's romance (considered unfinished).
>Haer'Dalis and Valygar romances (cut completely).
>Aerie's and Minsc's personal quests.
>The larger Amaunator storyline (right now we have two completely unrelated, large quests that heavily feature him).
>The Illithid plotline (bits and pieces remaining).
>The three traitors (there were supposed to be three potential ones, and at New Game one would be chosen as "it"; instead only Yoshimo remained).
>Suldanessellar was supposed to be a full city, rather than a glorified battle arena.
>The same with the Sahuagin City; it even had an actual name.

There was more, but here are just the larger chunk. The Project Lead outright said they should've stopped at the point you leave Spellhold, finish up the content, and leave the rest for BG3.

>>3793108
>>The three traitors (there were supposed to be three potential ones, and at New Game one would be chosen as "it"; instead only Yoshimo remained).
that would have been soulful

>>3793109
Yes, I remember from my e-mail correspondence with one of the BioWare guys back in the days that one of them would be Nalia, which is why she shares the same class, and even somewhat resembles, Imoen - if she were "it" on a given playthrough, she would've been revealed a failed clone of Imoen.

>>3793110
>>3793108
>cont.

Oh, right, I remembered a few others:
>Imoen was supposed to die either after the Prologue or at Spellhold.
>Bodhi and Irenicus weren't at all related; this one was stitched on when the decision was made to spare Imoen, since now someone had to take her soul, as well.
>Bodhi was romanceable. That's why the godawful novelisation features it, since it was based on an earlier draft of the game's script.

>>3789437
Astarion wasn't so bad when I realize he hates gur and (((gnomes)))

>>3792715
think you might legitimately be schizophrenic
>>3793097
it's better in many things but not in others. DA:O has a better story. DOS2 has better gameplay
>>3793108
AI post mixing info from BG3 and BG2

>>3793135
Nah BG3 gameplay is definitely superior to DOS2
As for DAO its story is nothing to write home about either, its just that it takes itself seriously and has this dark fantasy tone, but it is not impressive at the end of the day.

DAO problem is that its quest design is bad, the side quests are just a bunch of fetch quests that are meaningless and fail to overlap or give an actual attachment to the main adventure, they are an afterthought.
DAO is a story game and the end result is not much better while its significantly worse in other aspects.
Character interaction, dialogue and reactivity is better in BG3 (overall) because DAO whole reactivity and interaction and dialogue is fully served for the story and not for the whole game.
Basically what im trying to say is that DAO does what Telltale game do with its story and the end result isn't something impressive, meanwhile BG3 attempts that same philosophy and applies it to the whole game.

>>3793135
>DA:O has a better story than BG3
you can't be serious lel

>>3793151
Its debatable, BG3 story is not top of the line stuff. If there is anything a game like DAO can do better its the main story (plot) but its probably up for debate because i never once saw a compelling argument for why DAO story is so good, so until someone does that (regardless of BG3) then its up for debate.

One thing I appreciate about BG3 is how it gives you in-game and recognised opportunities to kill off the party members you don't like:
>decapitate karlach
>stake astarion
>let shadowheart kill laezel
>leave gale to die in a portal
And many more...

>>3793178
What is the equivalent of that in Dragon Age?

The crèche part lacks a lot of dialogue options already.
I'm not Vlaakith's bitch but I don't trust that whore telling me to eat tadpoles. And my only option is to admit I (a paladin) am afraid of an undead frog, that's annoying.

>>3793135
>schizophrenic
Maybe you should look up what that word means before using it.

>>3793143
brevity is the soul of wit, consider that for your next post
cutting through the word salad, either the story is good or it isn't. DA:O has a great story, BG3's story sucks. if you just want to evaluate the story just as a series of mini-story vignettes cause the main plot sucks and is riddled with cut content holes, better off comparing BG3 to ME2
>>3793151
name games with better stories
>>3793214
what does da:o have to do with 1950's sci-fi and american renaissance? go seek therapy, not joking

>>3793192
>didn't eat a single tadpole
>didn't use its powers once except the first to open Shadowheart's pod before I knew it ate my brain
>spent the entire act 1 resisting the temptation to use it
>options are "fuck yes I love the tadpole!" and "[LIE] No I don't like it"
The game can't start so well and drop the ball so hard later, it's even worse than starting weak...

>>3793300
are you asking me to name games with a better story than DA:O? i think the better question would be to ask which games have a worse story than DA:O, the list would be a lot shorter.