I don’t have enough superlatives for it. I’m > 300 hours in between three characters, and I’m still finding new stuff to do. Even at full price, worth every penny. Also an amazing co-op experience - played through the whole campaign with a friend, we both agreed it’s probably one of the best games we’ve ever played, period.
It’s also the first game of this genre that I’ve played, off the back of this I also picked up BG1 & 2, and Neverwinter Nights, which I’m excited to try out to see what I missed out on back in the day.
Absolutely! The voice acting, humor, and ability to make wildly different choices that have different outcomes make the game extremely replay friendly because you can do completely different things on subsequent play throughs.
That said, it is a turn based game based on the Dungeons and Dragons rules with a lot of environmental effects sprinkled in and a lot of cut scenes so if you don’t like those things in your game it might not be fun for you. I recommend watching some game play vids if you don’t generally play that kind of game to get an idea of what it plays like, and keep in mind that when you reach whatever scenes/fights you watch they will play out depending on what you choose when you play. You might not even come across whatever you watch unless it is part of the main story line!
It also is a pretty lengthy game which is good because there is so much that can be done, but is also not something you can knock out in 40 hours if you want to finish the game’s main story line. Noting that since it matters to some people.
Depends, if you’re into dnd then you’ll love it. It can be a lot of info since it’s based on 5e rules of DND. But even still it’s an amazing experience with all the choices you can do in the game, I sank 300 hours into it within the first two months easy and bg3 wasn’t on my radar at all until release day. By far the best role playing you can get in a video game (that I’ve played)
I’m just about to finish Act 1, amd this type of RPG isn’t my usual thing. It is a great game, with far more choices than any action RPG I’ve played, by far. But it’s also absolutely the buggiest game I’ve ever played, especially on Playstation. Seriously, there’s big and small bugs at nearly every turn. It’s unbelievable.
There really aren’t many bugs in this game (especially in Act 1). It has LOTS of interacting systems that may have unexpected effects if one is not paying attention to them, possibly?
You know this isn’t comparable to an aRPG I hope. It’s more comparable to DnD on a computer, so a cRPG. They really have minimal in common besides leveling up and finding gear, though aRPGs make you grind for gear, a cRPG will let you find it through various means. It’s a story game more than killing things game, some of the best outcomes happen when you don’t kill. I don’t play on PlayStation so can’t comment on the bugs but haven’t found many in my many hours on PC even through beta.
Is the game actually this amazing? I was thinking of checking it out once it’s significantly on sale, but just curious.
It’s the best game ever made in its genre. If you don’t like that genre you won’t like the game though.
I don’t have enough superlatives for it. I’m > 300 hours in between three characters, and I’m still finding new stuff to do. Even at full price, worth every penny. Also an amazing co-op experience - played through the whole campaign with a friend, we both agreed it’s probably one of the best games we’ve ever played, period.
It’s also the first game of this genre that I’ve played, off the back of this I also picked up BG1 & 2, and Neverwinter Nights, which I’m excited to try out to see what I missed out on back in the day.
I recommend South Park Stick of Truth, as well.
It probably will be the best game that comes out this decade.
You get to fuck a bear
If you go to the right bar you can do that anyway.
Absolutely! The voice acting, humor, and ability to make wildly different choices that have different outcomes make the game extremely replay friendly because you can do completely different things on subsequent play throughs.
That said, it is a turn based game based on the Dungeons and Dragons rules with a lot of environmental effects sprinkled in and a lot of cut scenes so if you don’t like those things in your game it might not be fun for you. I recommend watching some game play vids if you don’t generally play that kind of game to get an idea of what it plays like, and keep in mind that when you reach whatever scenes/fights you watch they will play out depending on what you choose when you play. You might not even come across whatever you watch unless it is part of the main story line!
It also is a pretty lengthy game which is good because there is so much that can be done, but is also not something you can knock out in 40 hours if you want to finish the game’s main story line. Noting that since it matters to some people.
IMO it’s pretty dang great, closest I’ve ever seen to a TTRPG in video game form
Depends, if you’re into dnd then you’ll love it. It can be a lot of info since it’s based on 5e rules of DND. But even still it’s an amazing experience with all the choices you can do in the game, I sank 300 hours into it within the first two months easy and bg3 wasn’t on my radar at all until release day. By far the best role playing you can get in a video game (that I’ve played)
I’m just about to finish Act 1, amd this type of RPG isn’t my usual thing. It is a great game, with far more choices than any action RPG I’ve played, by far. But it’s also absolutely the buggiest game I’ve ever played, especially on Playstation. Seriously, there’s big and small bugs at nearly every turn. It’s unbelievable.
There really aren’t many bugs in this game (especially in Act 1). It has LOTS of interacting systems that may have unexpected effects if one is not paying attention to them, possibly?
You know this isn’t comparable to an aRPG I hope. It’s more comparable to DnD on a computer, so a cRPG. They really have minimal in common besides leveling up and finding gear, though aRPGs make you grind for gear, a cRPG will let you find it through various means. It’s a story game more than killing things game, some of the best outcomes happen when you don’t kill. I don’t play on PlayStation so can’t comment on the bugs but haven’t found many in my many hours on PC even through beta.