Tonight I completed playing Baldur’s Gate 3. I started playing shortly after it came out in pre-release in October 2020. The game consists of three acts and only the first act was in the pre-release. The complete release came out in August 2023, I start a playthrough as a monk (a character class unavailable until then). And I’ve just completed.
It is an enormous, complex, beautiful game—probably the closest to playing a tabletop game of Dungeons and Dragons that a video game can be but with all of the advantages of a video game. Art, music, voice actors. The credits are enormous.
The first act is probably the most fully realized followed by the second act followed by the third. During pre-release I played through the first act at least a half dozen times, each time as a member of e different character class. I know from long experience that I am best suited by character to play as a bard, a rogue, or a monk. I also found playing as a sorcerer fun.
Tomorrow if I have the time I plan to play the final battle again (I saved just before the start of the battle), using a different strategy. Then I’ll start a new playthrough. I’m not sure what character class I’ll choose.
If you like role playing games, I highly recommend Baldur’s Gate 3 if you have a device capable of playing it and an Internet connection fast and stable enough to download it.
It’s available for PC, mac, Playstation, and XBox.
That’s good to hear. I got some Steam cards and a picture of the game for Christmas from my family. Not much of a gamer, but just finished Dragon Age Inquisition, which I started about eight years ago, then stopped and restarted last year. I don’t think I have the graphics card for this game though, but haven’t researched my upgrade options or whether I should just buy a new PC.
I have really wanted to get this game, but I’ve had some bad experiences with turn-based strategy recently. Mostly that’s because of me and my OCD.
I loved BG2 back in the day. I remember in my early days here on the blog we talked about it a few times. It seems like this is a worthy successor. It’s only a matter of time before I get it.
It’s better than a worthy successor. It’s the standard by which RPGs will be judged for the foreseeable future.