Baldur's Gate 3
It's awesome, go buy it.
I took the day off when it came out, which is usually never a good thing to do because most games have bugs or issues at launch. The 120 gig game took about 30 minutes to download and I had no bugs or any other issues. Good job Larian.
The game does a good job of explaining everything so if you aren't familiar with D&D you don't have to be. It's a very accessible game and a good starting game if you've never played a CRPG before. It has a story mode if you just want to experience the story without the combat being difficult.
The story has been interesting so far and there are a ton of difficult choices to make that can alter your story dramatically. You can save scum your way through the game to always get the best outcome but what is the fun in that?
The combat is turn based and on the normal difficulty setting I've had to try some battles multiple times, but nothing has been frustrating. It's easy to switch out your companions so you can try a different strategy. Also any companion not in your party still levels up so every character is around the same level.
I'm playing with a controller and they've done a great job making that control scheme work on a game like this. It's a totally different UI than the Keyboard\Mouse setup and you can switch between them at any time.
The only gripe I have is that everything is voiced except for the main character, but some may like that as it could add to the roleplaying aspect.
The game is in the top 10 of Steam concurrent player list with over 800k users and it releases on the PS5 in September so it seems to be a massive success and I'm happy for the developer.
Benq 4550i 4K projector
I accidentally bought this projector about a month ago. I was browsing the Benq site and was curious if they charged sales tax so I went through the process and was thinking I'd get to the payment confirmation page and exit out. The payment confirmation page turned out to be a purchase confirmation page and the Benq site doesn't allow you to cancel your order.
My older projector, Sony 40es, is a 1080p projector and the input lag was a bit high at around 30ms so I never really used it much for gaming. So far with the Benq I haven't turned on my TV in two weeks.
The Benq uses an LED light that is rated for 20,000 to 30,000 hours so no need to worry about replacing lamps every year. It's also a very bright projector so it does HDR content reasonably well.
It is factory calibrated and the colors are very accurate and I could tell immediately in movies as the skin tone was so much better than my Sony.
It can only do 4K/60, but that's fine for me and the input lag is not noticeable so FPS games feel great.
It also has 3D support which is still a top feature for me. Fury Road in 3D is awesome.
The only negative is that the fan could be a bit quieter. It's not that loud, but when there is a quiet scene in a movie you can hear it running.
The ultimate viewing experience is still my OLED TV with true blacks, but I've been having a blast playing Baldur's Gate 3 on a 132 inch screen.
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