You’re welcome.

And I agree: demos are so few and far between it’s hard to even think about them.

I’m actually curious if any of the reviews talked about the kind of atrocious pop-in this game has - at least in the main castle town you start out in in the demo.

I’m not a “graphics above everything” kinda guy, but when walking through that town you see all kinds of characters pop in at such a short distance it’s jarring - as if it was a 3D Pokemon game (not you, Pokopia, you are perfect).

I tried the demo first on my Switch 2 and saw this behavior. I assumed maybe they had to scale the game back some for the console. But then tried it on PS5 and it was the same.

There is a demo if you are unaware to get a feel for how it plays.

Sounds like a bad PC port or something. That’s unfortunate.

Both games on PlayStation have zero issues with controller input.

Counterpoint to this other guy:

It IS a slow game to get into. And your companion can be stubborn sometimes.

BUT, by the end of the game I really enjoyed it. And it hits some emotional points.

To me it felt like another game from this team. They all have kinda weird control schemes you have to get into your brain, but the games are rewarding if you stick with them.

My least favorite thing about BG3 is every enemy seems to be able to do so many actions and will nail your team from a mile away, yet you have a slim to none chance to hit, and when you hit you do a whopping 2 damage or something.

I finally started having an OK time with the game by messing with the custom settings to make combat more fun. But I have never finished it. Much more fun games keep popping up.

Good luck with that shit.

I feel like Geoff really did a disservice to this game. It might actually could have ramped up some dedicated players as it built out its vision. But Geoff swooping in and saying it’ll be the next, greatest game did it zero favors.

Kingdom Come Deliverance 1 and 2

I had an odd, roundabout way to getting into these games. Last year KCD2 showed up on GOTY lists, and it’s a series I just hadn’t paid any attention to. But over the holiday break, I noticed I had a copy of KCD1 on Epic because they give away free games during the holidays, and I just happened to get it at some point (probably years ago).

So on a whim I downloaded it and tried it out, and damn was it good. Right up my alley. I’m a little sad I played it before this new patch dropped a recently.

So I blasted through KCD1 so I could get into KCD2, and that’s where I am currently, 100 hours into the story and still happily trucking along.

These are some of the best open world RPGs BY FAR. There’s no magic, no dragons, no bullshit. Henry isn’t a superhero. He’s just a guy. But it all feels so good. You want to go down huge dialog trees because it’s all interesting. The only bad part about these games are that you want to play for hours at a time and often can’t because real life exists.

I, on the other hand from the person above, really like both games. I don’t really know why some folks hated Forbidden West. Even if it is a little “worse” than the first game (and I don’t really subscribe to that), that still makes it one of the best action/adventure games out there. I ended up getting the platinum in both games by the end.

[x] Doubt

I feel like that’s any retailer now. Most places online offer free shipping if you hit some threshold.

Yep. That has happened to me, too.

Easy solution: don’t use Amazon.

You lived without it before. You can do it again.