Baldur’s Gate 3 Early Access First Impressions: Should you get BG3 Early Access? The much-awaited Early Access for Baldur’s Gate 3 is finally here, and with it many will be looking to know: Should I get early access? What are your first impressions of Baldur’s Gate 3? How does the game compare to Divinity Original Sin, Baldur’s Gate and other D&D content? In this Baldur’s Gate 3 Gameplay & Hands-On First Impressions article we’ll be answering just that.

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Timestamps
0:00 – Baldur’s Gate 3 Early Access Impressions
0:49 – Is it Baldur’s Gate?
2:30 – How is Baldur’s Gate 3 Gameplay
7:02 -Should You Get the Early Access?

The most discussed topic leading to Early Access, was whether Baldur’s Gate 3 is indeed a Baldur’s Gate game, or if the influence of Divinity games overshadows the franchise. A lot of this discussion was centered around two topics: One, the UI and graphics, two, Real Time with Pause vs Turn-based. Let’s discuss the UI and graphics first.

The gameplay of Baldur’s Gate 3 can be easily divided between exploration and combat. Your first hour (or five) will be spent creating a character just to your liking, and you can dwell into the many races, sub-races, classes and sub-class options that make D&D incredibly fun. The character creator as well has gotten a face lift, and you’ll notice that it by doesn’t resemble Divinity any longer. Since the game does not show you progression for your Class when making your character, we have put together Class progression lines on the Wiki, so make sure to check that out if you want to think ahead when making your character.

Lastly we come to the big question: Is Early Access for you? This one will largely depend on your interest in providing developers with feedback so that they tailor the game to the community’s liking. Early Access will be full of bugs and issues, you will likely “spoil” yourself of story aspects and characters and tricks and not get to see a payoff until much later, and you will be doing testing for unpolished or unbalanced combat and mechanics. Many of the game’s features are not even in yet, such as Multiclassing, so you’ll likely have a much different experience than you will at launch.

That said, I wake up every day earlier than usual and eager to get to my computer to play more, because I don’t care about the bugs or unbalancing, the world of Baldur’s Gate 3 is simply calling me in and demanding that I explore it some more. I find myself very interested in the books I pick up, the companions I meet, their ideas and approval. I am eager to see what the next character level brings around and how the combat experience evolves over time. Despite it’s flaws, BG 3 is a compelling play, and it won’t take you long to realize this.

If you are a hardcore player that is invested in this being the game of your dreams, then I wholly recommend that you do get Early Access and participate in giving Larian as much feedback as you can regarding how you enjoy it or not, what bugs you find, and things you’d like to see. If you are a more casual player and rather enjoy a finished product, then I suggest you stay away and save yourself for the awesome final package that will surely come.

If you decided to jump into the game, or are curious about its mechanics, make sure to check out our Character Creation Guide, as well as our look at Races and Classes of BG3, all made with in-game information, as not everything follows what you expect from D&D to the letter. We’ll have more content up on the channel, we’ll be live on twitch of course, and there’s always the Wiki filling up with Companion and Quest information!

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