Baldur's Gate 3

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8.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 11707 Ratings

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  1. dzuba
    Sep 9, 2023
    5
    Overhyped.
    Dialogs are super boring, and there are a lot of them. Face animations are awful, unrealistic.
    Books are very poorly written, not much lore in them, if any at all. Combat is super slow (1 "fight" can take 20-40 minutes) and easy. Small maps. The game lasts only because of slow progression, due to a lot of dialogs and slow combat. Predictable main quest plot. Divinity 2 was    Overhyped.
    Dialogs are super boring, and there are a lot of them. Face animations are awful, unrealistic.
    Books are very poorly written, not much lore in them, if any at all.
    Combat is super slow (1 "fight" can take 20-40 minutes) and easy.
    Small maps. The game lasts only because of slow progression, due to a lot of dialogs and slow combat.
    Predictable main quest plot.
    Divinity 2 was more interesting in story and combat system, Bethesda games has way more interesting main story plot.    … Expand
  2. Sants182
    Aug 20, 2023
    5
    Best game of rpg in a long time, maybe the best ever. The quantity of stuff you can do there, and the way you can resolve quests are endless. Lot care and detail everywhere. I hope this can put an standard in the industry, of how a real game should be made.
  3. rockwilder
    Aug 10, 2023
    5
    I just finished the game after 30-40 hours spent with it. I was really enjoying it and I was ready to give BG3 the highest score possible but the ending really soured it for me. I really don't like how there always seems to be a way out of every situation imaginable but in the end you have to just sit and watch your companion die. Also why can't you keep playing after the final boss isI just finished the game after 30-40 hours spent with it. I was really enjoying it and I was ready to give BG3 the highest score possible but the ending really soured it for me. I really don't like how there always seems to be a way out of every situation imaginable but in the end you have to just sit and watch your companion die. Also why can't you keep playing after the final boss is dead? Straight to credits then all you can do is load a save. I was looking forward to completing all the side quests and finding all the secrets but now I won't. 5/10… Expand
  4. Dekas
    Aug 12, 2023
    5
    Best rpg in the last two decades second Best soundtrack album right after divinity original sin 2
  5. Firescoper
    Aug 13, 2023
    7
    I just finished my first playthrough about 5 minutes ago.

    Holy lord, I have spent many many hours of my life playing this game since its release, downloaded the minute it unlocked with my buddies. The journey has been absolutely phenomenal, the narrative superb, the roleplaying outstanding. Had many emotions throughout my first playthrough, laughs, rages (NPC Shoves), and even a few    I just finished my first playthrough about 5 minutes ago.

    Holy lord, I have spent many many hours of my life playing this game since its release, downloaded the minute it unlocked with my buddies. The journey has been absolutely phenomenal, the narrative superb, the roleplaying outstanding. Had many emotions throughout my first playthrough, laughs, rages (NPC Shoves), and even a few tears here and there. It was a great experience and I am so glad I survived till August 3rd to be able to play it, who knows what could've happened. That being said there is one glaring issue, and I mean glaring from a narrative and immersion as well as an overall fulfillment factor.

    No, I don't mean the bugs, or the poor optimization in Act 3 (even 2 sometimes), or even the fact that your companions want to get with you at a moments notice. These things can be fixed quite quickly and will most likely if I had to guess. No, the big issue is that ending.

    Oh my god man. I could look past all of the aforementioned Bs, who cares about it, I'd have even have given it a 10/10 but dude, that ending was pure heartbreak (not to mention buggy as hell, had to reload twice for the menial Shadowheart Romance ending). I don't want to sit here and explain every reason as to why it was bad, just know that whoever reads this you will eventually make it there and you will understand. Its really lame, ties up no loose ends for the most part, no character endings (and I mean truly none, other than what would be obvious like if Gale sacrificed himself, it isn't jack. Not to mention the plethora of plot holes and all of these characters met over the story who didn't get a lick of appreciation, Dame Aylin who??), incredibly rushed, and overall just a total downer on an otherwise, in my opinion, near perfect gaming experience.

    I hope, I hope hope hope, Larian Studios does what they did with Divinity 2 and release and enhanced edition to rectify this man. Like come on man, where is the big party?! Where is the send offs?! I don't even think I can restart knowing how it ends, all of that was for nothing. You could argue "What difference does some slides or a more drawn out ending make????" and if that's how you feel that's alright, but to someone like myself it was an utter disappointment and just overall sad. I can't stop reiterating it, it was so weak man.

    Great game otherwise, Larian give it the DOS2 treatment, please god.    … Expand
  6. Dannylowprice
    Aug 13, 2023
    5
    Without any doubt this is best game I've ever played, at first I was unsure if I was going to like it at all as it was the first game with turn based combat.
    However it only took a short while before i was in love with it.
  7. Skycroos
    Aug 13, 2023
    5
    Baldur's Gate 3 is not a game, it is a love letter written to all RPG enjoyers.

    Larian Studios created a masterpiece, a product of passion and genuine love and care for details. The NPC's are full of colour and character, the locations are full of secrets and beauty, exploration is a reward itself. The world is full of life and beauty, a single interaction may change the outcome of many    Baldur's Gate 3 is not a game, it is a love letter written to all RPG enjoyers.

    Larian Studios created a masterpiece, a product of passion and genuine love and care for details. The NPC's are full of colour and character, the locations are full of secrets and beauty, exploration is a reward itself. The world is full of life and beauty, a single interaction may change the outcome of many quests to come without realizing it, a true experience where the player feels like their choices truly matter.

    A true vanguard against corporate greed and repetetive products, Baldur's Gate 3 is a full experience with no traps for money, players that took part in the open access period have been graciously rewarded by a deluxe digital edition. The only regret that i have over buying this game is that i got a digital copy.

    This should be the new standard for quality.    … Expand
  8. DVDKC
    Sep 4, 2023
    5
    The game is ok but far from being a good game, except the graphism, there are a ton of issue, but i'll explain in french:
    - Jeu truffé de bugs même après de nombreux patch (j'ai connu moins de bugs en jouant au dernier jeu pokémon...), mais bizarrement accepté comme étant une norme pour les joueurs PC...
    - Temps de chargement EXTREMEMENT long même avec un bon PC. - Un tutoriel très mal    The game is ok but far from being a good game, except the graphism, there are a ton of issue, but i'll explain in french:
    - Jeu truffé de bugs même après de nombreux patch (j'ai connu moins de bugs en jouant au dernier jeu pokémon...), mais bizarrement accepté comme étant une norme pour les joueurs PC...
    - Temps de chargement EXTREMEMENT long même avec un bon PC.
    - Un tutoriel très mal foutu, quasi absent, j'ai appris l'usage de la touche "Alt" uniquement grâce à des vidéos après 50h de jeu, par exemple !
    - Les romances claquées au sol, on peut passer tout notre temps avec tel ou tel compagnon, avec une affinité excellente mais il ne se passera rien avec, et pourtant des personnages avec qui on aura quasiment eu aucune interaction vont nous forcer à coucher avec... car oui, soit on a une proposition pour les recaler très violemment, soit toutes les autres seraient même lorsque cela n'est pas dit explicitement des invitations à baiser.
    - On remarque que le second degré et l'ironie est totalement absent du jeu, càd qu'il faut prendre au pied et à la lettre tout ce qui est dit, ça tue l'immersion dans un RPG !
    - La gestion des items est catastrophique, les items mettent parfois du temps à apparaître, le tri automatique est malfoutu, et on ne comprend pas pourquoi ils ne sont pas automatiquement rangés dans les sacs de notre inventaire, on ne sait pas quels items ont de l'importance ou s'ils servent juste à la revente.
    - La gestion de la caméra est au moins aussi catastrophique, notamment lorsque les combats se font sur plusieurs étages...
    - Quant au scénario et lore, il est bon et organique, mais loin d'être extraordinaire pour ne pas dire convenu. En fait c'est du niveau d'une prod netflix, ça se suit.
    - Pas de VF, Zelda TOTK et Starfield en ont, qualité qu'avait un jeu tel que TW3 aussi...
    - C'est un reskin de DOS2 avec un gameplay simplifié + jet de dé (qui selon moi n'est pas toujours pertinent).
    - Ll'exploration est très mal récompensée, surtout quand il s'agit de looter 150 pièces d'or et un vieux parchemin... une manière artificielle d'allonger la durée de vie du jeu en mettant plein de vases/caisses que l'on va vérifier dans l'espoir de trouver un objet un minimum précieux.    … Expand
  9. GamerAnalytics
    Aug 17, 2023
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Baldur's Gate III is a continuation of a 20 years of work of the second game in 2000. They worked a lot in the figures and characters, many possibilities to end the game. Visually i don't like how the graphics are supposed to be.

    The game are great in fight and collecting upgrades for your journey.

    The dialogues between the characters are incredible, done in a very intuitive way.    … Expand
  10. breadnandbutter
    Aug 18, 2023
    7
    Very Fun at the start, but the poor number of possible characters make it not worth it to replay. First playtrough was nice tho
  11. Emilio_guerra
    Aug 18, 2023
    5
    No me gustaron las mecanicas del juego me gusto mas god war ese si es GOD nada le gana sony xbox y nintendo no deberían existir
  12. Wesley4Hero
    Aug 20, 2023
    5
    Amazing story!
    Play Baldur's Gate 3 and watch Dugeon's and Dragons film!
  13. ulisesuy
    Sep 3, 2023
    5
    Tengo más de 200 horas jugando llevo 2 partidas en paralelo. Una con un paladín y otra con un hechicero. Las 2 historias van distintas en varios casos intenté hacer lo mismo pero los dados me llevaron por una nueva historia. El juego es una verdadera obra de arte!!
    Verdadero y puro rol.
  14. KingRico
    Sep 6, 2023
    5
    Instant classic"Baldur's Gate 3 is an enthralling RPG experience that caters perfectly to the desires of fighters at heart. The game's immersive world and captivating storyline seamlessly draw players into a rich fantasy realm, where every decision carries weight. The depth of character customization allows players to truly embody their chosen fighter roles, from tactical strategists toInstant classic"Baldur's Gate 3 is an enthralling RPG experience that caters perfectly to the desires of fighters at heart. The game's immersive world and captivating storyline seamlessly draw players into a rich fantasy realm, where every decision carries weight. The depth of character customization allows players to truly embody their chosen fighter roles, from tactical strategists to fearless warriors. Baldur's Gate 3's attention to detail in both gameplay and storytelling is a testament to its excellence in the RPG genre. Whether you're a seasoned adventurer or new to the realm, this game promises hours of joy and a sense of achievement."… Expand
  15. DoxtraduS
    Sep 7, 2023
    5
    The turn-based combat system destroys all enjoyment of the game. On top of that, the 3rd act is clearly inferior to the previous ones. I also didn't like any of the companions, this hasn't happened to me before in any RPG.
  16. Thanandar
    Sep 7, 2023
    5
    Weakest Baldurs Game in 2 very important for RPG categories , companions and story . Combat is nice exploration is nice too. But you can feel that its name Baldurs Gate just to get some free marketing . Overall good RPG , very medium Baldurs Gate
  17. respwn
    Sep 11, 2023
    7
    It's a good RPG and a true successor of Baldurs Gate and the Divinity Series. The downside of this game is, that there is nothing really new. The story is good, but typical, straight out of Stranger Things you might say. The game is not so good as everyone says though. There are some story branches that are basically dead, not everything you think should work actually works, its quietIt's a good RPG and a true successor of Baldurs Gate and the Divinity Series. The downside of this game is, that there is nothing really new. The story is good, but typical, straight out of Stranger Things you might say. The game is not so good as everyone says though. There are some story branches that are basically dead, not everything you think should work actually works, its quiet limited actually. It has graphic glitches and a simplified game world. There is no replayability but trying other story branches or characters. It's strength is the story when played as intended. It has quiet a lot choices for a story tunnel game, that are interesting. Especially when you decide to leave the path by not doing certain quests at all or killing characters instead of take one of the two to three given choices the game usually allows it, but the story is just over, everyone around it reacts not really realistic.

    It's like Divinity, its like Baldurs Gate I & II. It's not much more, it's just that. Which are amazing games, but a little disappointing for the new 2023 ultimate version of them.    … Expand
  18. Limitless504
    Aug 4, 2023
    6
    A point and click game boring gameplay decent story
    the graphics are good The voice acting is okay and they put the cutscenes in third person instead of them popping up on the screen which is cool. This review is not to bash the game at all, but to give it the things that people seem to be missing about this game definitely the most overrated game this year but this will differ from    A point and click game boring gameplay decent story
    the graphics are good The voice acting is okay and they put the cutscenes in third person instead of them popping up on the screen which is cool. This review is not to bash the game at all, but to give it the things that people seem to be missing about this game definitely the most overrated game this year but this will differ from opinion to opinion some people have different issues from their own experiences just like mine as well as the missing issues from Tears of the Kingdom.    … Expand
  19. Crysknife
    Sep 9, 2023
    5
    Anyone who played the original games is going to notice a lot of issues with the writing, they literally use the same excuse twice for why two human characters are still alive well after they should be dead. The irony is that the returning elves from the previous game look far older than what they're supposed to chronologically. Honestly, the returning characters just feel like needlessAnyone who played the original games is going to notice a lot of issues with the writing, they literally use the same excuse twice for why two human characters are still alive well after they should be dead. The irony is that the returning elves from the previous game look far older than what they're supposed to chronologically. Honestly, the returning characters just feel like needless pandering since they really have no baring on what feels like a completely new story (perhaps they shouldn't have made this a "Baldur's Gate" game considering that refers specifically to the Bhaalspawn trilogy). Then you've got the issue with the ending (I've heard they've patched in new ones since I last played), you've essentially got two generic endings (good/bad) which don't really have any bearing on your characters alignment (neutral/chaotic/lawful) and it honestly was/is about as lazy as the controversial ending of the Mass Effect trilogy. I'm not the only one who noticed the ham-stringed romance (not to mention the bestiality option) that felt rushed and honestly like it was an afterthought, it's literally one of the biggest things the community memes on...

    The gameplay doesn't feel like a CRPG in the Baldur's Gate franchise either and the choice to go for turn based combat was a mistake. The graphics would have been good if the game was made in 2014, the game came out looking dated and having technical issues which still haven't been addressed for higher resolution monitors.

    As it stands I know a lot of people have artificially pushed this game because of the controversy surrounding the bear sex, the console wars (Sony fanboys unironically thought it was an exclusive and the belief that this game broke modern AAA conventions because it's slightly less exploitative then most modern releases (so far no forced DLC or micro-transactions, just ignore their use of pre-order culture/betas which anyone born before 2005 would view as a bad thing).    … Expand
  20. dedcandance
    Sep 10, 2023
    7
    Baldur's Gate has the potential to be nearly as outstanding as KOTOR, but within the context of the DnD
  21. DiogenesTheDawg
    Sep 12, 2023
    7
    Too easy on Tactician mode. I’m not well-versed in BG3’s mechanics or how Larian Studios (LS) has done things with their past games regarding combat; yet, I’m destroying it on Tactician mode. Create Water + Lightning Bolt, much? Hundreds of scrolls and potions in my inventory, much? I can’t imagine how mind-numbingly dull the lower difficulties are.

    The User Interface (UI) is clunky,    Too easy on Tactician mode. I’m not well-versed in BG3’s mechanics or how Larian Studios (LS) has done things with their past games regarding combat; yet, I’m destroying it on Tactician mode. Create Water + Lightning Bolt, much? Hundreds of scrolls and potions in my inventory, much? I can’t imagine how mind-numbingly dull the lower difficulties are.

    The User Interface (UI) is clunky, sometimes unresponsive, and glitchy. You get scrolls and potions up the *ss, but there’s no autostack feature? Are you kidding? I need to take a 10-minute coffee break to sort through all the crap in my inventory. I’ll select a party member’s portrait, hear a click, but it doesn’t switch over. I'll have a character selected in the merchant menu, highlight a weapon from the merchant, and then the weapon will be compared to a weapon from a different party member. Then I’ll re-highlight the same weapon and it'll compare it to my selected party member's weapon. Are you using dice rolls for the UI?

    According to Morte from Planescape: Torment (PT), tieflings are oftentimes addled or have a mean streak through them because they're a mix between a human and a fiend. Fiends are evil creatures from the Lower Planes. All of this was reflected in PT’s world. In BG3, they're just furries. And that goes for the rest of the non-human NPCs except for creatures like goblins and ogres. Different species with different alignments and behaviors is a big deal in the Forgotten Realms, and some of these species don’t like each other. How did you mess that up? You never watched Lord of The Rings? You don’t remember how dwarves and elves didn’t like each other? Tolkien’s work and the Forgotten Realms are two different things, but I’ve made my point.

    Sexually degenerate content. In BG2 and PT there's sexual/romance content, but it was done tastefully. These games relied more on innuendo and colorful language as opposed to hitting the player over the head with, "Hey, wanna go to a secluded area and f***?", after knowing them for only a day. Also, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but most of your customers are straight men. We don’t want h*mosexual NPCs badgering us for sex. It’s weird. The people who post on your forum about romancing Astarion are in the minority, just like they’re a minority in the general population. If you want more money, then you shouldn’t alienate the majority of your customers to chase the fringe.

    Too many female fighters/barbarians and too many females in leadership positions without good reason. Human women in the Forgotten Realms are no different from women in the real world, which means they’re much smaller and weaker than men. Therefore, a regiment of female soldiers in heavy armor wielding great swords looks stupid. It looks as stupid as if there were an all-children regiment of soldiers wearing heavy armor and wielding great swords. I’m not saying there shouldn’t be any because there are always exceptions; however, when I see a group of Flaming Fists it shouldn’t be 50% male and 50% female or 25%/75%, favoring females. Under normal circumstances, no sane civilization would create a 50% male and 50% female military because there’s this thing called chivalry and another thing called biology. Men by nature want to protect women, and women by nature want to be protected by men. That’s chivalry. One woman can have around 15 children in a lifetime by one or many men; the number of children a civilization can produce will only go up if the number of females goes up. That’s biology. Consequently, it makes absolutely no sense for a civilization to send women to the battlefield. Doing so weakens the military and the future of the civilization. As for leadership, in the real world most leaders are men because men have more testosterone. Testosterone makes you bigger, stronger, and more confident, which inspires others to follow. Do you think Ketheric Thule would be as cool as he is if he were a 5’2’’ female with a high-pitched voice? When I see a 5’2’’ female NPC barking out orders to 6’2’’ chads in a voice that she’s obviously trying to deepen through inflection, because she’s aware of her physical inadequacy, I cringe. Only people who have grown up sitting in front of Netflix can take this kind of thing seriously. Stop letting your Human Resource department control your artistic vision.

    Why do many of the dwarves, gnomes, and elves have the facial features of races found in human beings? They're an entirely different species. This feature makes as much sense as having a cat with an African native’s facial features or a human that looks like a duergar. This only makes sense with half-elves, tieflings, and half-orcs because they're mixed with humans who may have looked African, Asian, etc. Elves, dwarves, and gnomes aren’t humans.    … Expand
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Metascore
96

Universal acclaim - based on 112 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 111 out of 112
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 112
  3. Negative: 0 out of 112
  1. Cubed3
    Mar 25, 2024
    90
    With a vast world to explore with varied stories and secrets to discover, Baldur's Gate 3 definitely shines. The cast is largely appealing and voice acting is top notch all-around, even if the storytelling and line delivery is varied in its pace. Character progression is somewhat weak in the opening levels but has a strong foundation for a great buildcraft experience, even if it lacks some on the fly experimentation seen in Larian's past efforts. Despite some performance woes in the later parts of the game and controller hangups, this is a journey worth taking for fans of Dungeons & Dragons or those new to the role playing field.
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  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 22, 2024
    100
    Larian Studios, the creators of the latest installment, have gone to great lengths to make sure they didn't disgrace any of the franchise's building blocks. The love and care is evident in Baldur's Gate 3, though needless to pretend, there aren't a few bricks crumbling here and there in this monument. It's far from a perfect title, but on the whole Baldur's Gate 3 is a brilliant computer RPG that is undoubtedly not to be overlooked. [Issue#329]
  3. RPGamer
    Dec 7, 2023
    100
    Baldur’s Gate III is a title that many would not have thought possible just a few years ago. The game serves to further Larian Studios’s already strong reputation, and the studio deserves massive credit for refusing to panic, taking its time to get things right, and continuing to offer improvements even after launch at an impressive rate. Hopefully, it is able to reap the richly deserved rewards for doing so.
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