Baldur's Gate 3

I could write two thousand characters about Larian's unbelievable success in translating a pen and paper RPG, in which players actions are limited only by their imagination, to a computer game. I could write two thousand characters on the world, the characters, the interactivity, the feeling of playing in a party. I could even write two thousand characters on the character creation, the races, the skills, the spells, the combat, the effects, the music. Instead, I'll just draw your attention to one simple fact: This is the game that other developers didn't want Larian to make. Developers who have to answer to publishers, so crunch and run their talented employees into the ground. Publishers who have to appease shareholders, so insist their games are filled with cosmetics and skins obtainable through microtransactions. Larian don't need to sell you a battle pass. They don't need to add Rambo as a playable character, drawing you out of the experience. They certainly don't need to sell you fifteen different types of hat, or fuggin' BLUE. After two decades of scraping by, they managed to build D:OS. They improved upon their formula with the sequel. And now, finally, they master their art and reap the financial rewards they deserve. A studio at the top of their game, creating something they love, working to their own deadline. On this day, a new definitive fantasy CRPG is born. Baldur's Gate III isn't just a worthy sequel in a fantastic and beloved series, it's the greatest party based role playing game that's ever been made.

Over the years I have learned not to follow titles but the team of developers instead. Baldur's Gate was made by a team of gamers for gamers competent people that care about what they do for a living. Check out Divinity Original Sin I and II if you want more quality gaming from the same team that made Bladur's Gate III.

BG3 has everything modern pozzed game has but it gives you OPTIONS of how you will play it. I would never give it a GOTY award cos it's not as based as I would like it to be, BUT it's still worth a playthrough or two. Good: *Writers were amazing! Much more improved compared to previous Larian titles. *Voice acting for the most part is amazing, but you will notice DEI hire, who is not up to par, easily. *Graphics 10/10. Best optimized game and with 10/10 graphics too! Please play it on OLED screen for maximum effect! *Combat is AMAZING! Best turn based combat in GAMING so far! Note: previous Larian games had too many annoying things that ruined decent TB combat. Bad: *pandering to journos with WOKE nonsense. No sexy female clothing, no sexy armors. Females carry greatswords, warhammers and battleaxes etc. etc. *really pay attention who is voicing some of the characters.... for example, Flaming Fist elf lady is terrible. I had to read through chat history to understood what she was saying! *launcher crashes often, way too often. Maybe it's cos I play using "Vulcan" technology but how is it my fault? Anyway £49 on sale. No regrets. Not gonna refund it like i did with Pillars of Eternity 2.

Baldur's Gate 3

Played in early access for years and I am still surprised by the characters and decisons you can make. Many seem trivial until many hours in. Game does pretty well tutorializing everything and the power progression is challenging but feels fair