Baldur’s Gate 3 is a game of the year contender - but how does its PC release stack up in terms of visuals and performa…

  • JimmyMcGill@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m loving the game don’t get me wrong but I wouldn’t say that polished is the word that I would describe it with.

    The game is definitely buggy (I believe that playing split screen only makes this more apparent). That being said I don’t know how AAA games are usually shipped because I basically never buy them at launch (except CP2077 which I promptly refunded because that was a complete mess) so if they are usually much worse that is more that the whole industry standard has dropped down massively.

    EA definitely helped but I wonder if Larian made the right choice by releasing it ahead of schedule. Maybe not, they are being praised massively for BG3, which is 100% an amazing game but imo it very much needs a patch or two still.

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      1 year ago

      Folks aren’t ready to accept it but it’s true. I’m loving the game, I really am, and I even recommend it, but it really needs more polish. I guess the bar really is just that low for people. I feel like I’m taking crazy pills seeing everyone saying it’s perfect. A game can be great but still need polish.

      • JustLookingForDigg@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        Agreed, it’s a great game to the point that I’m willing to look past the jankiness, but there are some huge gaps right now. For examples, I have Asterion equipped with a finesse longsword and it seems like the sneak attack animation is missing, the game just hangs for 5 seconds and then computes damage every time.

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      1 year ago

      Definitely buggy as shit, have had several issues straight halt progress, not to mention tons of hiccups with stuff like starting conversation. I’m having a blast and love this game, but it is still in EA as far as I’m concerned

    • bitsplease@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Yeah I’m kind of baffled that I keep hearing about how polished it is - don’t get me wrong, it’s an amazing game and my wife and I have been playing practically every night - but I don’t think a single night has passed yet where we haven’t run into a fairly major bug, and usually a whole shit load of minor ones

      Just last night I went to withers to change my class, when halfway through the dialogue, Li’zael popped up with some random, unprompted dialogue, canceling my class change without refunding my 100g