NO SPOILERS review.

Part of early access for years, 412 hrs of playtime and I nominated that game for the "Game of the year" award, because frankly, none other came even close this year. However, I am now writing the review I wish I could have read before engaging in BG3.

There's a lot of pros to list: the fights, the voice over, the freedom of respec, it's pretty, it's well done in pretty much every aspect, but the story is not one.

The game boasts of about 2000 possible endings and sadly, in 2 playthroughs, amounting to 400 hrs in total, I just never went into act 3 (final act) because the story was cornering me into fighting the guys I wanted to support. I just enjoyed the Tactician difficulty fights and I read a lot, if not all, of the books I could find.

This is my list of specific and personal cons. The first one being the reason I'll never finish the game and can not recommend it. I do however concede it's this year's overall best game.

• You can not play a sensible evil character or even a neutral selfish one. There's too few options for that and even less content. You're bound to be good (either Lawful, Neutral or Chaotic) or straight up madman Chaotic evil (there's a whole dedicated arc for that). Trying to be Lawful or Neutral evil has NO upside whatsoever, it's downright detrimental in every aspect. The bad guys turn against you, your companions leave, and you're cut short of content.
  
• Sneaking is for everybody. If you enjoy playing the white knight in heavy shining armor who fights for the widows and orphans but also like to rob their chests clean before accepting their quests, you're covered.
  
• Dialogues in multiplayer are very simple: The player that clicks on the NPC first gets to pick the dialogue options. Divinity: Original Sin had it right with the rock paper scissor mini game. (you get a headstart if you're big on charisma)
  
• You will find yourself hopping from asteroids to asteroids in space. I came here for dragons, giant spiders, and undeads.
  
• You will pick a hair color, skin tone etc. then playthrough the intro part in a weird pinkish light until you wake up on the beach in natural light and realize the character creation color is nothing like it is in game.
  
• Respeccing is almost free and this is fantastic. Unless you're a paladin that broke their oath (trying to not be 'the good guy' and role playing the warlock dual spec). The first time it cost me 1/3 of my gold. The second time, it was twice as much.

NO SPOILERS review. Part of early access for years, 412 hrs of playtime and I nominated that game for the "Game of the year" award, because frankly, none other came even close this year. However, I am now writing the review I wish I could have read before engaging in BG3. There's a lot of pros to list: the fights, the voice over, the freedom of respec, it's pretty, it's well done in pretty much every aspect, but the story is not one. The game boasts of about 2000 possible endings and sadly, in 2 playthroughs, amounting to 400 hrs in total, I just never went into act 3 (final act) because the story was cornering me into fighting the guys I wanted to support. I just enjoyed the Tactician difficulty fights and I read a lot, if not all, of the books I could find. This is my list of specific and personal cons. The first one being the reason I'll never finish the game and can not recommend it. I do however concede it's this year's overall best game. [list] [*] You can not play a sensible evil character or even a neutral selfish one. There's too few options for that and even less content. You're bound to be good (either Lawful, Neutral or Chaotic) or straight up madman Chaotic evil (there's a whole dedicated arc for that). Trying to be Lawful or Neutral evil has NO upside whatsoever, it's downright detrimental in every aspect. The bad guys turn against you, your companions leave, and you're cut short of content. [*] Sneaking is for everybody. If you enjoy playing the white knight in heavy shining armor who fights for the widows and orphans but also like to rob their chests clean before accepting their quests, you're covered. [*] Dialogues in multiplayer are very simple: The player that clicks on the NPC first gets to pick the dialogue options. Divinity: Original Sin had it right with the rock paper scissor mini game. (you get a headstart if you're big on charisma) [*] You will find yourself hopping from asteroids to asteroids in space. I came here for dragons, giant spiders, and undeads. [*] You will pick a hair color, skin tone etc. then playthrough the intro part in a weird pinkish light until you wake up on the beach in natural light and realize the character creation color is nothing like it is in game. [*]Respeccing is almost free and this is fantastic. Unless you're a paladin that broke their oath (trying to not be 'the good guy' and role playing the warlock dual spec). The first time it cost me 1/3 of my gold. The second time, it was twice as much. [/list]