Recent reviews by Phantom

The game is very fun and generally plays well. Thank you very much Sony/PSN for removing the stupid requirement of having a online account.

My main complaint is Arrowhead (not Sony) continually nerfs weapons as a reaction to their high usage rates. These nerfs are simply treating the symptom of high usage, and not the underlying symptom of the weapon usage (which is the amount of heavy armor and the lack of viable weapons to deal with it on higher difficulties).

The game is fun, now that the early launch woe's are fixed. The heists are fun, hampered a bit by the required repetition (since there aren't many heists yet). The infamy system has been greatly improved, so that regardless of completion style, weapons used, or difficulty IP is awarded. I think there's still many improvements to the game that could be made (buffs to health, so that med packs are at least semi-viable for example), but the team is progressing in the right direction, with the fresh heists and new skill tree.

TLDR:
If you are looking for a complete game with wonderful music, great mechanics and an outstanding RPG story this is an excellent game for you.



BG3 is an excellent game, with lots of depth. I've spent nearly all of my time still in Act 1, and I'm still finding new things to do. This game is a complete game. Once you buy the game, you get a complete, full experience. There isn't a battle-pass, season-pass, yearly-pass, etc. The sheer amount of details that the Developers took into consideration when making this game is astonishing.

The mechanics and gameplay itself are excellent. The game requires some strategy and thinking, where you need to account for all your opponents and allies.

The Soundtrack and atmosphere of this game are incredible. The battle music, idle music, ambient sounds are awe-inspiring.

The environment and world feel alive. The routines/actions of the NPCs are diverse, including arguments, fighting, training, or commenting on player actions

This is an incredible fantasy 4x game.

I will preface this review by saying that I haven't encountered any bugs, on PC (i7-9750H @ 2.6, 2070 MaxQ, 64 GB RAM, Win 10, Medium Settings, a normal 80+ FPS).

This game is excellent and I do not regret pre-ordering it. The graphics and the cinematics are incredible, some of the best I've seen. The combat is interesting and I'm still learning all the spells and ways to use it, but its been super fun. The details in Hogwarts, Hogsmeade, and other locations are incredible, I've barely scratched the surface of all the different puzzles and locations to visit.

The brooms are really cool (although I do wish Quidditch was a thing *Modders Please*) and are pretty cool to fly. The ability to change the appearance of gear while keeping the stats is a very nice feature. The spell system, allowing for up to 16 spells to be used is great, keeping combat interesting, although certainly not Soulsborne difficulty (if people were hoping for that).

Some minor complaints would be that climbing terrain on foot is sometimes impossible due to invisible walls or grapple mechanics not working. Some of the invisible walls in the castle, like the ones on the stairs can be somewhat annoying, but they've also prevented me from dying several times. Lastly, I wish you could fly your broom into Hogsmeade, the barriar preventing traversal sucks.

All in all, I'd 100% recommend this game if you've enjoyed other Open-World or RPG games. Some people have apparently had problems running the game on PC, but I've encountered no bugs, glitches, or PC problems. I've not gotten FPS drops or stuttering like some people I've seen reporting on Reddit.

I'd give this my vote for Game of the Year, its that incredible.

It's an idle clicker game. You click the cookie, buy buildings and upgrades which increase the amount of cookies you get per second. It never ends.

I miss playing this game. This is the only game I know that is a third person shooter, with a cartoonish artstyle and incredibly complex weapon customization.

You explore space and get rich or die trying,

Really great way to simulate the development of society. And its fun nuking people.

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