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Honestly, Shen Huixin can stick her tongue down my throat.

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Baldur's Gate 3 & Divinity Original Sin have proven to me that Larian Studios can make one hell of an RPG. Baldur's Gate 3's early access is very promising, making me ambitious for the games full release. As of right now only the first act of the game is available with most of the gameplay mechanics already implemented, as to be expected the game has a few bugs but nothing game breaking, certainly nothing that will put you off while playing.

Larian has added a table-top game element with a lot of your actions being controlled by the roll of a dice, for example while conversing with an NPC you could be given the option to persuade said NPC to give you more information on your current objective, once this is initiated a dice will appear on screen with a number on it, rolling below this number will fail the persuasion attempt however rolling the exact same number or above will result in a successful persuasion attempt. This mechanic is exceedingly enjoyable since it adds a layer of unpredictably to the outcome of situations.

All of the companions are well written and unique, you are thrown into a party of complete strangers all of which do not trust each other. There is a heavy tension between you and your group as you try to figure out what has happened and survive. If you gain the trust of your companions you can build friendships and eventually romance them.

Baldur's Gate 3 Early Access already has a lot of replay value, there are tons of paths you can take to complete the first act of the game. I'm certain you will miss a lot of side quests and secrets on your first playthrough. Larian has confirmed that the game will have 3 acts in total when it officially releases, they have not confirmed a release date for the game, stating that "It'll be ready when it's ready" in the meantime they intend on adding more playable races and classes to the game. Overall I'm very excited to see where Baldur's Gate 3 goes from here, and I have faith that Larian will do the game justice.

Just wanted to say thank you to all the Epic Game users that beta tested Phoenix Point before it's official release.

This isn't so much of a review but more of a complaint. From what I have played so far I frickin' love it, but I refuse to put anymore time into your game or recommend it to other people for the simple reason that your game lacks the most basic and integral of matchmaking features, no player should have to open Discord and join your server to search for others to play with.

MATCHMAKING needs to be added ASAP or this game can GTFO of my Steam library. That may seem quite harsh but you are advertising your game as a co-op experience with perhaps the most important feature missing, early access is no excuse for this.