They should add a new category in Steam: Way Too Early Access.

I am super grateful to all of the early access players who have been helping with the development of BG3. For me, it's one of those games that I want to savor at full release. Thank goodness for WotR to keep me tided over until then.

I played EA early on an took a break from it for a long time, but came back and played again when Bard got released. One thing that I really appreciate is how many different ways you can do the same quests and the different dialogue etc that was created for that. It can really make every playthrough slightly different depending on how you handle each situation. It really gets tiring though only having a level cap of 4, it would have really boosted the game if it had even been upped to 5 just to give people a taste of the fun to come - Fireball, extra attack - maybe next patch? I think it's looking great though, hope it releases early next year

I would buy it if it wasn't a $60 early access game. I don't pay full price to be a beta tester

I simply don't expect the missing races to be added in EA at this point. If I had to take a bet I'd say we are are getting a "class patch" before Christmas holidays, then they'll attempt to do a "focused sprint" for the last stretch of development with no more EA updates, trying to get it done for a proper release by late spring.

I forgot this game existed. I forgot this game existed like a year ago, and I’ll forget it existed again long before it’s released. Idk how much press it’ll get once it’s “finished” after all this time. Frankly, I expect that, if I ever play it, it’ll be because somebody mentions it like three years from now and I happen to be reminded when there’s a sale on. 🤷

I'll wait for as long as it takes. The early access was epic and I hope the rest of the game is just as deep and interesting

Been staying away from early acces so far - but oh Boy, is it getting more and more difficult 😀 Even though i think Larian should use the time needed, i still Hope for an early 2023 release 😂

Good to know that it will be coming out next year (most likely). I played the early access but only a short while after it released. Haven't been keeping up with news since so this video was actually pretty helpful.

just found your channel randomly a few days ago, loving it :)

I’ll take a slow release rather then a rushed product, and larain has a solid track record. This should be a great game, fingers crossed that it all goes right.

I'm here waiting for the finished release. Who's with me?!

I actually haven't played much in this second year. I got the EA and played a Druid and did a good amount of the content and that was enough for me. I don't particularly love redoing content most of the time, I rarely replay games lately, so I didn't want to burn myself out. It all looked and felt great though so I'm still excited for the full launch.

I'm so sad that this game is still in EA. I've been holding off playing it at all until it was finished, which I thought would have happened by this point. I guess I'll just play DoS 2 again in the meantime.

I started BG3 in August this year as multiplayer. We had bad experience with a lot of bugs. We stoped playing after maybe 4 hours. In fights we coudnt do anything with our characters, not even skipping the turn or move the character arround. But both of us are ready to try it again.

I haven't played the game since patch 4 or so and I can tell you the progress the developers achived is HUGE! I can't stop playing this brilliant beuty! I love it! 😍

This channel deserves way more views. Keep up the great videos.🙏🙏

I was gifted this on Steam when it first came out in early access but I’ve been holding off til it’s fully released! The struggle is REAL.

For those really wanting to wet your BG whistle might I suggest a heavily modded playthrough of all of the old BG games. Im playing through a modded run..the games are interconnected via mods, its a massive time sink of love questing and loot as far as the eyes can see. Highly recommend and by the time your done BG3 may be done I suspect ill still be playing my playthrough when BG3 releases but im slow.

I'm looking forward to BG3 I've just started DOS2 w/ a group and its a such a stark difference in experience. I've not played much BG3 since the initial early access, as I don't want to burn my self out on it... but I can't wait

Two years is a helluva long time for early access

I think they slowed down for the year is because the content of Act 1 and the general gameplay features are in good shape and they are focusing on things that will open up on full release.

This is finally the game that’s pushing me to upgrade my hard drive. I only have a small SSD that can only ever squeeze ~100 GB of games, and unfortunately the game is absolutely unplayable on my HDD. Completely understandable but simultaneously wild how much space this game needs. Hope the full game doesn’t grow much more.

Do you stream your games that you’re reviewing or any sort of gameplay videos like on a second channel?

Great video! Thanks for uploading your thoughts !!!

Time and time again we’ve seen the consequences of a rushed release. Luckily it seems the story is really solid so it’s not like the devs will have to change anything foundational. My hope is that the time they’ve taken is worth it in the end.

I am 36 yr old, and i have to admit that i never ever played Baldur's gate series. It was right after i fell in love with D:OS's series so much, that i really wanted to play more games from Larian studios. And when i heard that they are making BG III, i started having interest in that game more and more. The absolut interest and desire to play BG III came to its peak after i've spent days in listetining their soundtrack for the game, which reminded me alot of the sweet soundtrack from D:OS 2. The soundtrack is fantastic and i could almost play the game in my head. So, what have i decided to do while waiting for the game? Well, here comes your beautiful channel, Mortismal. I watched your reviews of the BG's Enhanched Editions and... here i am, installed the first game and started to play it in order to get familiar to the story, when BG III finally comes out. So, thank you a lot for your reviews. Your expirience with the games, the manner, the tone, the style in which you present your videos, makes great influence. Keep up the good work, man!

Hi Mortismal, thanks for the update. That's funny, I just got it this morning.

I myself echo your concern about the "after act 1" of the game not being polished enough. Also I'd like to see/test out a reaction system before launch. Because many classes in 5e, such as the Bard, rely on abilities that use reaction to function. So a system that can use those abilities plus spells such as shield and other spells would be very welcome to test before launch. As the year has been very disappointing (to me) in regards to what has been added to the game I'm not hopeful they will add a decent enough reaction system to the game.

I played this game for a good 50+ hours when it came out. I'm trying to wait for the full release before I dive in again.

Can't wait for this game. My gf, her family, and I do weekly divinity sessions. I'm something akin to a dm. Can't wait to play Baldur's Gate 3 together, especially since BG1 is one of my favorite RPGs.

I'm surprised that you did not mention the closed beta for Acts 1, 2, & 3 that anyone can join in if they can get access to a Larian studio facility.

They have done/are doing a playtest for after Act 1 recently. Sven also said in the last panel that they were entering the "polish" phase soon, so it sounds like next year, and even early next year, isn't that much of a stretch.

From what i understand QA and professional testers generally do find most game bugs, even a short period. The bugs don't get fixed before release. QA and testers are trying to get better conditions in their job. I'm not trying to a "well actually" guy, just trying to give them credit

Do we know if it'll be on oastxgen consoles or....only the new ones/PC?

Ive replayed the BG and all the other Infinity Engine/ Bioware CRPGs over and over since the original game came out. Can't wait for this one, refuse to play early access anymore. Hopefully the last act isn't full of bugs like you mentioned. Loved the Original Sin games and definitely know what you mean. Great channel man, love your content. keep it up.

Great vid! I feel like they gotta release in the next year. People forget. Momentum gets lost. They need to release at a market peak.

The next Panel from Hell is out in December, release date is still slated for 2023. We're so close now!

Does anyone know if EA saves will port to the full release at this point? I'm trying to figure out if it's worth reinstalling and starting a campaign, I loved the first act but I'm not trying to spoil the whole intro by overplaying it.

Two big things I am nervous about for BG3's full release (minor essay incoming): 1. Similar to what you mentioned, but more story focused- I'm worried that the next acts of the game are going to feel sparser or less compelling. DO2 felt like that to me, where the first area was so vast and had little secrets packed in every corner, and the rest of it felt less interesting to me. I'm really worried companion storylines might drop off or the plot becomes less tight-knit and compelling. 2. I'm a bit worried that the overall playtime is going to be significantly less than what I'd expect for a CRPG due to them insisting on doing all of the cutscenes, etc. Ties back to my first point- I feel worried that the EA of this game is a little too good to be true. I have this fear that the playtime after the EA section is going to be shorter. Ideally I would hope that it'd be twice the length of the EA playtime, but I am not sure if that's just shooting myself in the foot hoping for something like that. My worries are all completely founded on the fact that I LOVE what they have given us so far, so much that I suspect it might end up my all-time favorite CRPG by the end of things. I really love the companions, the visuals, the gameplay, and not to mention all of the little secrets and mechanics. A little gripe here, I'm not sure if it's unpopular: I really hate that they've focused so much on making all of the companions playable. I think it's a waste of resources. I think it's a cool idea, and I get that they did it before, but I and many others are not only totally fine with playing our own characters but most actually prefer it from my understanding. I get that it adds depth and replayability, but I think it's going to take away from them developing the friendships/romances/rivalries between the MC and their companions. I just remember back how in Dragon Age Inquisition, Bioware wasn't even going to have Cullen and Solas as romance options, but they added them later on because they had a little extra time. But due to that they were only able to make the romances extremely restricted based on MC race, which even though that bugged a lot of people, Cullen and Solas ended up two of the most popular romance options in the game. I'm just thinking that if even Bioware felt overextended doing the romances for that game, that Larian's gotta be feeling a little overwhelmed having to record/animate every single permutation of interactions between Gale+Astarion, Shadowheart+Gale, MC voice 1+ Laezel... etc etc I play CRPGs for the story, and in particular companions are a big draw to me, so I am very nervous about them being bungled post Early Access, because I suspect Larian has bitten off more than they can chew with this decision. And that's the end of my essay!

At least there's the expectation that the next patch will be announced soon and release possibly in November. There's been a lot of updates pushed into the steam files/database as far as I've read.

I have 1000hrs in the BG3 EA and I still can't wait to play this damn game

I'm looking forward to release to finally play this. My only concern is my inability to play spellcasters, since I hoard their spell slots like items in any other rpg. I might need them more later!

I played the first 1-2 weeks of early access release and uninstalled. I enjoyed it despite some expected bugs. I might just keep waiting until full release to try again.

Haven't touched it much since I haven't wanted to spoil that first impression! That first time you start a great is a great feeling.

Very pertinent comments. I just realized that their second year ea update is even slower than the first!

I'd forgotten about how long it's been on Early Access (EA), it's not as if I don't have other games to play. The game is big too, last I checked, it was near the 100 GB mark.

Waiting, waiting

I'm looking forward to the full release! Would be happy to have it in the first half of next year, but if it takes a bit more time I don't mind either. I've got enough to do (both work-wise and in terms of other games to play) to keep me busy either way. And while I'm not doing a run in EA at the moment, I've had fun trying out the various versions of the game over the last few patches. (I think I've gotten in a bit more than 100 hours by now.)

They’ve got to do something about file size. The nearly 100GB install size is rough to give up on my limited nvme 😅

I’ve lived through DayZ early release. 2 years is amazing.

I am extremely excited for the full game ( haven't played since patch 4 ) and im mostly optimistic

Man 2023's looking stacked

I haven't played early access at all. I am going to be waiting for release. My guess for the slower release of updates is that once they got the game closer to what they wanted it to be mechanically that they have been more focused on adding content primarily.

I am very curious how they will handle high level stuff, coz things get very crazy! Balancing encounters will be pain I can imagine, but if anyone can do it, its Larian! I will remain optimistic

My brother bought this for me as a birthday gift when it launched in EA. I've been waiting for official release to play it after the little bit I did play on release. Maybe next year 🤷‍♂️

I am excited!

I do not understand the dislike for Arx in D:OS2. I really liked it. Mind you: I played through D:OS2 about three times after it was released and consistently held Arx in high regard. I have not played the DE yet so not sure as to what has changed.

Havent played it yet. I’m hanging out for the full release. Take as long as they need and bring a perfect game. Balusters gate was the first rpg I ever played and it holds a special place in my gamer history

Love that when you talk to somebody you get a close up to the characters and NPCS. Make the game way more imersive and hope others big budget CRPGS copy this. im waiting for final release but is hard because BG3 looks phenomenal. Cant wait to play it.

This reminds me (in DOS 2) of the battle against freakin fire sludges and oil sludges while trying to save a dude, before the definitive edition that fight was kinda broke, the sludges kept spawning forever until ur pc explodes. I didn saved the dude back then and the sludges got into the town and slaughter everyonde in that region of the map (that became impossible to reach with so much fire, mobs and lag) XD

I don't know if i buy the game now, or i should wait a little more. How many hours of campaign is available now?

They said they want to keep some content for the actual release. Meaning we might no get all classes/races in early access which also means we really don't know how far they are with development.

Honestly, I kinda wish my first experience in DOS2 was with the definitive edition instead of the original release, so I can't bring myself to play the EA version of BG3. I'm definitely in the "release it when it's ready" camp.

Honestly I could wait two more years (although I realize the developers themselves probably don't want to work on it another two years). I realize a game that has multiple outcomes to so many situations takes a long time to complete.

Watching this Baldur's Gate 3 playlist in honor of the game upcoming launch!

Waiting for release to buy and then probably not really play for a bit to get things all "smoothed out" ... Plus i worry it week make be want a new PC to enjoy it in maxed out settings

Very interesting. Your videos always help, and you cover the games I love

this is my most anticipated game of the decade. I'm very excited.

If you look at the general rates of how much of a game everyone actually gets through, MOST people that buy a game never even see the second half. It makes sense from a sales perspective to neglect the late stages, because a) you already have the money, and b) the people getting there are probably into it enough that they let some things slide.

Replaying Divinity original sin 1 and 2 (since those are amazing games) modded with buddies in anticipation of this full release. Doing wonders to prevent me from caving in

I waiting to see how they translate level 5 and onward into characters.

Im a D&D fan but I can easily wait for the full release and without paying for early access. I mean, there are dozens of other games and books to keep me busy. For example... Right now Im playing again Baldur's gate 2 with mods.

I bought the early access version and only have played it for a bit. I love what I have seen so far but hate to spend all the time on a game in early access for me not being able to finish it. I knew I would like it so jumped on board.

I couldn't play once I got off the ship.. the camera movement and panning etc is just too clunky. Also left alt is supposed to highlight intractable objects but It didn't highlight everything. I found a lot of intractable objects that wouldn't highlight. But main thing is rhe camera movement..just found it real hard to navigate the map/areas

I’m a little worried tbh. Divinity original sin 2 is one of my favorite games, but I was expecting BG3 to be more polished by now. I’m guessing 2+ more years til it’s ready.

Looking forward to when the final release is out so I can play it.

This looks so awesome

2 years in development? Man you kids have it good. M&B2 releasing this year after it was announced in 2012 :D

I’m waiting… luckily have a large backlog of games to play :)

Haven't played since the sorc update because I want to wait for the full release. However... I feel rather disappointed about the time this is lingering in early access. Sure, they should use as much time as necessary, but it always feels kinda weird to pay for something and having to wait. Oh and I totally hear you on the late parts of divinity... I hope it will not be like this.

I am looking forward for the 1.0 version.

I realy hope they add the horizon walker ranger or hexblade warlock subclasses

Still waiting for full release despite having the game since launch as a Christmas gift. Not worried about how long it takes, but I do hope they get the last half right and will wait longer to play it if it needs to be fixed like DoS2

I don't doubt when/if it releases BG3 definitive edition will be a great game if you like DOS2 (I do), but I'm afraid what the almost AAA budget/scope of this game will mean for the future of Larian, either : -it's a huge success and they run the risk of becoming another CDPR after witcher 3 -it's less of a success than expected and Larian taking a big financial hit, meaning having to lay off a ton of people and killing the passion of the devs

Early access game at a full game price. Good move.

I'm still as excited to play this when it reaches full release as I was when I first seen the reveal trailer 3 years ago. It was a bit of a bummer to have to wait so long but at the same time I'm personally good with Larian taking all the time they need to do the game right. I realllly hope we get a Drizzt cameo though :P

Bought this when it first came out and haven't touched it since. I'm starting to wonder if it's ever going to release.

Quick question: How well does BG3 handle line of sight in combat? Asking because D:OS2 was incredibly, gamebreakingly bad handling LOS on 3D terrain leading to AI constantly trowing attacks through cover, ignoring smokescreens and hitting you in melee combat on a ledge 3 times their size. Is BG3 fixed in that regard or is LOS simply not a real factor in battle so that you ignore it anyway?

Well said. This is why I don't jump on day 1 for a new game. It generally helps to wait a few years after release for a "definitive edition" that tries to smooth out majority of the bugs and issues. I am glad you acknowledged the issues with DOS 1. Even DOS 2 seems to have a rough second half despite it being the definitive edition.

i wanted to play in EA but this was when they only had the first act so i decided to wait but man i didn't think we would be 2 years into EA and still going

I literally watched your 1 year video yesterday and bought the game half an hour ago 😅

Bought it when it released and my daughter played it all the way through. When I realized it was still early access and that we weren't going to get it officially "released" until 2023? No way, man. Not stepping into all that. I'll wait.

I do understand why the updates get slower. The more the game gets developed the more content do they need to check/overhaul with every update. It also shows that they are pretty much done with the content that is available in early access so they develope and polish stuff in later chapters. I honestly would be more worried if they would still pump out EA update after update. That also gives me hope for the lategame. They probably learned from DoS 2 that they need to triplecheck everything without the early access tests.

As excited as I am for this game, I gotta try my best to curb my expectations because progress has been concerningly slow... I hope they made much more than what they're showing us and they're keeping it as a surprise, because if this is all they were able to do in over a year I just don't see how this game can come out in 2023.

Does anybody know what they gonna do map wise? More like Div 1/2 one map per chapter OR BG 1/2 multiple explorable semi openworld maps?

I’m looking forward to this game even though I keep reading about people calling BG3 just Divinity Original Sin 2 with a BG3 skin

Ive been waiting for this game to be fully released, must. not. falter.

I winder how long it will be. Idk how they can maintain this level of production with a very long plot.

Havent touched the game as I was waiting for full release...teh fact that it's been 2 years is kind of insane. Was expecting to wait a year tops.