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I'm just about to finish Act 1, amd this type of RPG isn't my usual thing. It is a great game, with far more choices than any action RPG I've played, by far. But it's also absolutely the buggiest game I've ever played, especially on Playstation. Seriously, there's big and small bugs at nearly every turn. It's unbelievable.
You know this isn't comparable to an aRPG I hope. It's more comparable to DnD on a computer, so a cRPG. They really have minimal in common besides leveling up and finding gear, though aRPGs make you grind for gear, a cRPG will let you find it through various means. It's a story game more than killing things game, some of the best outcomes happen when you don't kill. I don't play on PlayStation so can't comment on the bugs but haven't found many in my many hours on PC even through beta.
Yes? Of course I understand that. My point was really about how fucking riddled with bugs it is. Which it is.
But it's still a fantastic game regardless, that I can barely put down.
Getting downvoted for sharing your personal experience. What a classic.
I loved most of the game but I also experienced a TON of bugs. Although for me Act 1 was pretty much fine and the bugs slowly ramped up as I went through the game. I can give some of them a pass for how big the game is, but for others it is baffling they released the game in such a state.
Just look at the dozens of patches that have come out for it. Those wouldn't exist if the game was actually polished before it launched.
I'm still in act 1.
Some things I've experienced:
Select an ability like dash, dash is never activated, I never use it, but resources are gone anyway, and pressing back does nothing. Turn is negated.
Sometimes ranged attacks have required movement for no apparent reason, also negating a turn.
Poison traps in Ethel's house don't seem to explode with fireball, but they're deactivated anyway. The Last one, some poison never dispersed, making it impossible to pass without taking damage.
Save the dude in the burning house, and then it just goes to turn-based mode. I forget about that toggle, and we're fucking going a few feet at a time out of a burning room. After 5 reloads and me screaming at TV, I just let him die.
Those are the big ones, but there's been so many small things, not to mention the terrible communication when things you have deactivate your spells.
Or why sometimes bonus actions are available and sometimes not. I still have no idea.
Or why I can be up on a ledge, bad guy is facing away from me on lower ground, and somehow they still have the advantage. That one seems to be a low character level thing though.
There really aren’t many bugs in this game (especially in Act 1). It has LOTS of interacting systems that may have unexpected effects if one is not paying attention to them, possibly?
Ok, buddy. So which interacting system makes poison traps not explode when you hit it directly with a fireball, or on occasion, when you just select dash and not even use it, it somehow immediately deactivates and then no other abilities are available, so essentially that turn is wasted? This has happened a lot. Or for some reason ranged attacks require movement for a target directly in front of you with nothing in-between, so again, wasted turn.
I'd still absolutely recommend it. It's a fantastic game. But if I were CDPR, I'd be kinda pissed.
lol, the game wasn’t even made by CDPR. If you want a truly buggy game, play Cyberpunk 2077
...yes. that's what I'm referring to. And they've since fixed pretty much all those bugs because of public backlash, when I've seen nothing like that over BG3. That's what I'd be pissed about.