Baldur's Gate 3

Now (September 2025) on Patch 8, there are still game breaking bugs that will result in 90hour playthroughs being lost. However I am 60hours into my next playthrough so I would still recommend you play it, but 5 stars are for games that don't wreck 90 hours of "work".

This is a special game. I've played though it a few times since it came out. At first I was skeptical. I liked divinity a lot, but it fizzled at the end for me, and I often prefer an open world. Typical games I love (and actually play): Witcher 2/3, cyberpunk, rd2, skyrim and now BG3. My favorite games tend to be narrative driven open world types of RPGs Most other games I can't get into and it's not for lack of trying. I'm going to attempt to explain why I think this game is special. Why would I add this game to such a short list of amazing games. First, the story and character are great. Second, the world is interesting even if it's not "fully open", but it approximates it reasonably well. Third, it has the features in games from the 90's and 2000's that I dearly miss: Multiplayer lan mode, flexible lobbies, or single player large campaign; its very flexible in how you can consume the experience. I can play with my family- namely my daughter. I don't have to go online and deal with people that are competitive and what to fight me, or if I do I can choose with who. There are no upsells. I bought this game twice so i can play with my daughter, and I never hear from anyone again. That is just perfect. It also works amazing on Linux, which is my platform of choice. I don't remember a game performing this well while looking so good. I just get to enjoy the game in the same way Id enjoy a good book, alone or with a friend, but with out further intervention from a mega corporation. Finally you aren't just buying a "game"; it's a story with incredible replay value. You can take a difference character with different goals and it becomes completely different e.g. outcomes, story, experience, yet it still maintains strong narrative heritage. The sound track is also wonderful I think this game is worth your time in money. Please consider giving it 10 hours or so to get hooked, especially if you don't play this kind of game a lot or play it with a friend.

I am playing more than 900 hours which ofcourse shows my interest. However, I want to warn you that plaing in the mode with one save is a bad idea. Save file can be crashed, you can phase bugs when your allies become your enemies, when your charachter accidently dies because it falls somewhere and so on. Too many things to improve still.

Please add Japanese to supported text language.

For a CRPG the companion characters are soulless and mind numbingly boring. I usually leave them at camp, or kill them when possible and use the hired mercenaries. Overall the dialog writing is just horendous. This game was clearly not made by true gamers like BG 1 and 2. So sad...