Baldur's Gate 3

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8.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 11707 Ratings

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  1. billyboyfan1
    Aug 14, 2023
    10
    best game ive ever played. game of the year easily. on a world of its own.
  2. RedForce
    Aug 14, 2023
    10
    One of the best games of 2023 for sure. Amazing story, gameplay and graphics.
  3. Akloz
    Aug 14, 2023
    10
    Gorgeous. Time flies while playing.
    Larian Studios deserves much love. Ty guys
  4. kurodakanbei
    Aug 14, 2023
    10
    Definitely a masterpiece of this decade. For the Larian Studio, it is the most significant landmark it has placed so far. For the game Baldur's Gate, it is a legend following a legend, setting a new standard for all the RPG games. For the whole D&D franchise, it is a carnival for all the players.
  5. TheChad
    Aug 14, 2023
    10
    One of the best games, not of the year but ever. Goes toe to toe with ToTK and FF16, we will see what starfield has to offer but so far this is an easy goty for BG3.
  6. benst
    Aug 16, 2023
    10
    This game has blown me away, the story and gameplay is incredible. An absolutely deserved 10/10.
  7. xkllm
    Aug 14, 2023
    10
    The best and quite simply most groundbreaking story RPG of all time. Baldurs Gate 3 transcends the medium of "story telling within a video game" by redefining what was previously thought possible. A game which reimagines the landscape of RPGs and will forever live on as a testament to how truly impactful the label "genre defining" can measure. A game that brings you on a rollercoaster ofThe best and quite simply most groundbreaking story RPG of all time. Baldurs Gate 3 transcends the medium of "story telling within a video game" by redefining what was previously thought possible. A game which reimagines the landscape of RPGs and will forever live on as a testament to how truly impactful the label "genre defining" can measure. A game that brings you on a rollercoaster of captivation and emotion. The best game of this decade, words cannot symbolize truly how important and impactful the release of this game was.… Expand
  8. BaronBart
    Aug 14, 2023
    10
    From the set pieces, to the map unique camp site- this game is gorgeous.

    The characters are compelling (for a DnD story). The enemy design and mechanics are novel, building on the rock solid basis of the 5e rule set. The music is sublime. Accenting perfectly the keynote moments of the game. Out side of a few quality of life quibbles- that are rapidly being patched out- this game is    From the set pieces, to the map unique camp site- this game is gorgeous.

    The characters are compelling (for a DnD story). The enemy design and mechanics are novel, building on the rock solid basis of the 5e rule set.

    The music is sublime. Accenting perfectly the keynote moments of the game.

    Out side of a few quality of life quibbles- that are rapidly being patched out- this game is perfect.

    I have laughed, I have teared up. I have agonized over dialogues and chooses like never before. I have groaned at the tactical challenge of the combats.

    A standing ovation is well deserved. The best gaming experience since Skyrim.    … Expand
  9. Azgoth
    Aug 16, 2023
    10
    I've played over 300 hours in early access, Larian has worked really hard to deliver an excellent game.
    The best game of the year so far.
  10. Sxpxs
    Aug 14, 2023
    10
    The perfect CRPG D&D experience.
    A refreshing wind, especially compared to the generic games which you normally get from of the current gaming industry.
  11. Nugrahaardi53
    Aug 14, 2023
    10
    This game is easily game of the decade just like the witcher 3. If you like dragon age origins and divinity original sin 2, then this game is definitely for you
  12. Spiff72
    Aug 14, 2023
    10
    I totally loved the first two Baldur's Gate, and BG3 is no disappointment it is the best game I have ever played, by far. So amazed by the contents and what I can do in the game. Just fantastic, fun and entertaining. All choices in the game has consequences, good or bad witch add a new layer to the experience.
  13. ReyArthur
    Aug 14, 2023
    10
    Melhor RPG que eu ja joguei na vida, e olha que é o primeiro rpg que eu jogo de turnos.
  14. MidnightRide
    Aug 14, 2023
    10
    I don't even know what DnD is and I have never in my life touched a turn-based, and I honestly cringed when I saw the layout of the game from videos but something pushed me to give it a chance and I swear to you it changed my life. I judged it too hard because now I love everything about it. THIS IS AND SHOULD BE The game of the year. It may not be everyone's cup of tea but it sooo worthI don't even know what DnD is and I have never in my life touched a turn-based, and I honestly cringed when I saw the layout of the game from videos but something pushed me to give it a chance and I swear to you it changed my life. I judged it too hard because now I love everything about it. THIS IS AND SHOULD BE The game of the year. It may not be everyone's cup of tea but it sooo worth it if you are the type who likes to chill and forge your own path, trust me. It reminds me of Dragon Age, and it has been so long since I had such a unique experience in RPG. You will be overwhelmed with the decisions and the freedom offered to you but in a great way.… Expand
  15. War90
    Aug 14, 2023
    10
    The game is fantastic, it's a proper finished game with 0 micro transactions other than a digital deluxe package. The game doesn't hold your hand at all and you are forced to explore the world and path your own story like a real dnd game. Don't believe the 0/10 reviews because they are probably reveiw bombers trying to unfairly drop the overall score
  16. iherga
    Aug 14, 2023
    10
    Espectacular, impresionante. Es una obra de arte. Se trata de un juego RPG que combin todo lo que se necesita para pasar hora y hora con amigos
  17. Lunake
    Aug 14, 2023
    10
    Voice acting, graphics, branching story, NPC's organic movements even in dialogue, game mechanics, and simply everything you can think of - this game takes the cake. It's mind-blowing. And it's complete, free of bugs, and free of all the modern game industry ****

    This game made me enjoy playing a video game, and wanting to go back to it, again.
  18. Philipioss
    Aug 14, 2023
    10
    I completed this game it was amazing go buy it and support it i havent gamed like this ij years this is game is the light in a age of money grabbing **** games
  19. Fencer308
    Aug 14, 2023
    10
    Baldur's Gate 3 is the best game of the year.

    The Good: -Interesting and varied combat encounters, with good pacing, and excellent balance -Quests are all actually meaningful. No one asks you to collect 10 bear asses for their stew. The quests are all heists, or vengeance plots, or rescue missions, or finding out more about your companions' pasts or whatever. It's brilliant. -Though    Baldur's Gate 3 is the best game of the year.

    The Good:
    -Interesting and varied combat encounters, with good pacing, and excellent balance
    -Quests are all actually meaningful. No one asks you to collect 10 bear asses for their stew. The quests are all heists, or vengeance plots, or rescue missions, or finding out more about your companions' pasts or whatever. It's brilliant.
    -Though the characters are mostly archetypes of standard RPG tropes, the excellent voice acting and presentation, as well as the reveal of backstory through quests makes for characters that you grow to care about over time.
    -The overarching story is interesting and meaningful, with an immediate hook for all the potential party members to have a good reason to band together. It starts with smaller stakes and ramps up to something really powerful.
    -Choices are startlingly consequential, from the beginning of the game all the way through the end.

    The Bad:
    -There's a lot of Larian DNA in this, which is mostly good, but also their penchant for strewing the area with 5,000 crates for you to open that are mostly empty or have a single rotten tomato or a broken net or whatever in them is annoying. You'd choose to skip them, only every once in a while they've got actually important items in them, so you spend a lot of time opening crates.
    -The trap sections in this game are truly tedious. I don't mind traps in a game, but they could limit it to one or two per area. Making me walk down a corridor or through a cellar, disarming 30 traps, gets very tedious very quickly, and it's very common.
    -They make some truly bizarre choices in terms of mechanics. For example, why in the world do they make me select what ability score I'm hexing every time I reapply hex? And why do the icons for this move around so that the only ability score I care about - strength - moves around in the prompt every time I cast it? And why is it that all 6 of those options in the prompt use icons that are so similar you have to peer at them to find the one you want each time? The game is full of things like this.
    -It's not always very clear when there's a time pressure on you to do something before some massively consequential event happens and NPCs you care about die.

    The Ugly:
    -The game still has quite a few bugs, some of which result in you dying or locking yourself out of something. I've started saving every 5 minutes or so and save scumming if need be to deal with it. This is still the first week of release though, so I imagine a lot will be ironed out.
    -Some of the mechanics don't work as advertised. For example, Great Weapon Master says you have to be wielding a Heavy weapon to use it, but I'm able to use it with a trident.
    -Reactions seem terribly broken. It's hard to know when or how they will or won't work, even when going into the Reactions menu and setting them to always ask.

    Despite the few bad/ugly bits, I'm going to rate this a 10/10, because it's still far and away the best cRPG I've ever played, and the best game I've played this year at all.    … Expand
  20. Mithdaverant
    Aug 14, 2023
    10
    One of the best games I have ever played. I am old, and old school. I have played all previous Baldurs’s Gate, Icewind Dale, Planescape Torment, Elder Scrolls, Neverwinter Nights saga, Dragon Age Origins saga, Mass Effect Saga… I love CRPGS, Arpgs… and Baldurs Gate 3 is so detailed, with so many options, a polished game, a finished game, no DLCs or micro transactions… Buy it, it is a mustOne of the best games I have ever played. I am old, and old school. I have played all previous Baldurs’s Gate, Icewind Dale, Planescape Torment, Elder Scrolls, Neverwinter Nights saga, Dragon Age Origins saga, Mass Effect Saga… I love CRPGS, Arpgs… and Baldurs Gate 3 is so detailed, with so many options, a polished game, a finished game, no DLCs or micro transactions… Buy it, it is a must have. Support it, so the AAA developers get the message. Every time yo buy or boycott, you are sending a message and showing your power. Use it well.… Expand
  21. Daxgrot
    Aug 14, 2023
    10
    una sensación de exploración y descubrimiento que no había sentido en mucho tiempo. La inmensidad del juego contribuye a que en la actualidad no abundan las guías ni los recursos en línea, evocando la nostalgia de una época en la que el internet no existía y la información se compartía de manera oral, como anécdotas de nuestras tardes de juego
  22. JamesNova
    Aug 14, 2023
    10
    This game truly is a masterpiece, it's complete and rich of content, you can do almost everything in this game, it's so alive and full of choices and thousands of spells too, u always discover a new thing in this game, not only this game's lore is so big but you don't need to play the previous ones to understand this, so it's very welcoming for newcomers, very fun, amazing gameplay and soThis game truly is a masterpiece, it's complete and rich of content, you can do almost everything in this game, it's so alive and full of choices and thousands of spells too, u always discover a new thing in this game, not only this game's lore is so big but you don't need to play the previous ones to understand this, so it's very welcoming for newcomers, very fun, amazing gameplay and so rich of dialogues with more than 7k possible endings! This is a true rpg right there, complete in its release, create your own story and character and full of possibilities! The map is big, rich and full of things to do too It's not empty at all.… Expand
  23. tonac13
    Aug 14, 2023
    10
    Definitely the best invested 60USD nearly 4 years ago...From early access, the game matured into a ultimate masterpiece. Story, Music, Gameplay, GFX and beyond everything, INSANE QUALITY delivered without multicorporative greed and microtransactions. Larian proves, once again, that they are worth every single second of Your time. Anytime again, Larian! Thank You for this fantastic experience!
  24. nightfhang
    Aug 14, 2023
    10
    Made a meta critic account just for this game, 10/10 game of the decade. Could use more mindflayers tho
  25. smorty
    Aug 14, 2023
    10
    This game ruined my vacation, planned to go home to my parents, get some rest from the city. Now I can't wait to get back to try and make my Wizard Monk work somehow...
    Been following the game for a few years now and I don't think the timing could have been better. Smack in the middle of the whole D&D hype that's been going on recently.
    My only negative experience thus far was in combat    This game ruined my vacation, planned to go home to my parents, get some rest from the city. Now I can't wait to get back to try and make my Wizard Monk work somehow...
    Been following the game for a few years now and I don't think the timing could have been better. Smack in the middle of the whole D&D hype that's been going on recently.
    My only negative experience thus far was in combat when some enemies take a bit long to do anything, but that could be due to my PC's poor performance, 11/10 game.    … Expand
  26. Luge
    Aug 14, 2023
    10
    Literally created my account here in order to tell you guys that you can - without a doubt - trust the hype about Baldur’s Gate 3. Go ahead and buy it.

    As somebody who really really dislikes turn-based combat I was really worried that I might also dislike this game but boy was I wrong. It is everything that I wanted from a CRPG. It kinda reminds me of the old Elder Scrolls days where you    Literally created my account here in order to tell you guys that you can - without a doubt - trust the hype about Baldur’s Gate 3. Go ahead and buy it.

    As somebody who really really dislikes turn-based combat I was really worried that I might also dislike this game but boy was I wrong. It is everything that I wanted from a CRPG. It kinda reminds me of the old Elder Scrolls days where you can literally do whatever you want and make it have impact on your gameplay. It’s so immersive, the characters are written amazingly and I just look forward to playing it over and over again. I really, really love this game and I hope that Larian gets all the awards there are for this masterpiece.    … Expand
  27. Ruttie_xoxo
    Aug 14, 2023
    10
    AAA in the sense that this Anomaly is Awesome and Addictive! :) Definiteley deserves to become Game of the year 2023.
  28. eregistrum
    Aug 14, 2023
    10
    Without a doubt the best game I've purchased in several years. Larian nailed it on pacing and balance. The graphics are nice and the cut scenes are fun but the meat of the game is when you're immersed in what's happening and the results of what you've just done. That's where I'm having the most fun. No microtransactions, loot boxes or other MegaCorp greed to distract from a seriously wellWithout a doubt the best game I've purchased in several years. Larian nailed it on pacing and balance. The graphics are nice and the cut scenes are fun but the meat of the game is when you're immersed in what's happening and the results of what you've just done. That's where I'm having the most fun. No microtransactions, loot boxes or other MegaCorp greed to distract from a seriously well designed and written game. Best purchase in ages!… Expand
  29. Gustafssonz
    Aug 14, 2023
    10
    It's the best CRPG I've played for a long time. The same no-lifer feeling I have for this game make me actually take breaks because I don't want this game to ever end. I scout every corner of the world and i'm still at Act 1. I'm even thinking of rerolling a new party only to NOT progress further in the risk of ending it too quickly. This game, together with the others like The DivinityIt's the best CRPG I've played for a long time. The same no-lifer feeling I have for this game make me actually take breaks because I don't want this game to ever end. I scout every corner of the world and i'm still at Act 1. I'm even thinking of rerolling a new party only to NOT progress further in the risk of ending it too quickly. This game, together with the others like The Divinity Orignal sins 2 is the best games i've no-lifed. And i'm still not done with Original Sins 2.… Expand
  30. chromedome
    Aug 14, 2023
    10
    This is my first CRPG and I've never played DnD, so I wasn't sure what to expect... It has blown my expectations out of the water! The story has been awesome so far (I'm in act 1 still with about 35 hours played), and the freedom this game gives the player has made it even more interesting. Props to Larian Studios for coming out with this absolute banger. If you are considering getting itThis is my first CRPG and I've never played DnD, so I wasn't sure what to expect... It has blown my expectations out of the water! The story has been awesome so far (I'm in act 1 still with about 35 hours played), and the freedom this game gives the player has made it even more interesting. Props to Larian Studios for coming out with this absolute banger. If you are considering getting it but have never played a CRPG, just get it.… Expand
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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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