Baldur's Gate 3

Raised as a usability problem by 9 people on Hacker News over 3 years (2023–2025), in 7 threads.

People raised many different problems with Baldur's Gate 3, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.

Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.

The newest 10 complaints

Forced combat blocks story progress with no way to skip it2025-12-08
Controller UI feels weird and counterintuitive compared to mouse-driven desktop UI2025-09-24
Quest journal is too vague, and puzzles need non-obvious cheesing to skip2024-09-12
Confusing interface with too many options and unclear guidance on what to do2023-12-08
Battles need many successful swings and save scumming is required to progress2023-12-08
Long waits between turns before characters can act again2023-12-08
Dice-rolling animation is unskippable, so players must sit through it2023-09-26
Found the game too complicated and gave up after a few hours2023-09-20
Camera controls feel different and hard to get used to2023-08-06
Play option is de-emphasized, so the user must hunt for it while an upgrade ad dominates2023-08-06