Baldur's Gate 3 is in Early Access as of today! What that means is: 6 of the 12 base character classes from the PHB, 1 of the 3 planned Acts for the story, and bugs aplenty. But it's the first attempt at making a D&D video game with the 5th edition ruleset--really, any proper ruleset since 3rd, since there inexplicably never was a 4e-based game.
And it works pretty well. If you've played 5e before, virtually everything you expect to be there from the classes and the rules you know is there. (One weird exception: if there's a way to take the Dodge action on your turn, I couldn't find it. Maybe that'll get implemented with the Monk class, which is still MIA.) From a story perspective, it starts pretty strong, with your hapless level 1 PC trapped aboard a damaged Illithid nautiloid, in Hell. Things settle down a little bit after that, but if you're going to open a D&D story, that's a much better way to do it than starting everybody off at an inn.
Since this is from Larian, makers of Divinity 2, there's plenty of environmental stuff and weird edge case interaction to mess with or take advantage of. I'm pretty bad at that, since I got ruined in one of the first real encounters after the nautiloid crashed. But I'll stick with it, despite the tragic lack of a Bard class here on day 1.
And it works pretty well. If you've played 5e before, virtually everything you expect to be there from the classes and the rules you know is there. (One weird exception: if there's a way to take the Dodge action on your turn, I couldn't find it. Maybe that'll get implemented with the Monk class, which is still MIA.) From a story perspective, it starts pretty strong, with your hapless level 1 PC trapped aboard a damaged Illithid nautiloid, in Hell. Things settle down a little bit after that, but if you're going to open a D&D story, that's a much better way to do it than starting everybody off at an inn.
Since this is from Larian, makers of Divinity 2, there's plenty of environmental stuff and weird edge case interaction to mess with or take advantage of. I'm pretty bad at that, since I got ruined in one of the first real encounters after the nautiloid crashed. But I'll stick with it, despite the tragic lack of a Bard class here on day 1.