Baldur's Gate 3

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8.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 11707 Ratings

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  1. Juswin
    Aug 13, 2023
    0
    Bad graphics, terrible animations, terrible story, stupid ai in combat. I don't get why this game is so hyped it is such a bad indie game.
  2. Alternative4
    Aug 12, 2023
    3
    I loved the 120 hours I put into the game until I reached Act 3 and the actual endings the game offers you. There is a bottlekneck point where the game gives you 3 choices no matter how much you did prior, no matter what decisions you made, no matter what allies you gathered and it sucks. This not even mentioning what seemed to me Act 3 cut content related to Karlach, The Iron Throne andI loved the 120 hours I put into the game until I reached Act 3 and the actual endings the game offers you. There is a bottlekneck point where the game gives you 3 choices no matter how much you did prior, no matter what decisions you made, no matter what allies you gathered and it sucks. This not even mentioning what seemed to me Act 3 cut content related to Karlach, The Iron Throne and the Gnomes in the foundary. Larian is know for this and they have made a sick game that is only 2/3s cooked. Until its fully cooked after a year I can only give it a subpar score.… Expand
  3. ninicp
    Aug 12, 2023
    2
    I tried to like this game, I loved the originals and Neverwinter Nights, but between the story not grabbing me and the combat requiring expert level understanding of the battle system, it's really not a fun game.
  4. Kotbu
    Aug 19, 2023
    0
    Massive sloggfest, and incredibly boring. I hated every single playable character I encountered because they were all irritating and just visually stupid looking. One of the top 5 worst gaming experiences I’ve ever had. It blows my mind that this game is as popular as it is because I would never recommend this game to anyone. I would like to get my money back.
  5. ScootfieId
    Aug 29, 2023
    0
    Lixo completo batalha de turno em 2023 não dá mais ! Fui induzido ao erro ao comprar esse lixo de jogo obrigado mídia de merda.
  6. Gabejoe
    Aug 15, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Baldur's Gate 3, a game that in my opinion is missing a bit of what other open world games offer, tell us a daily challenge that I raised you and say it's time for baldur Gates. At the moment it does not offer something new and attractive. Another normal game for the collection… Expand
  7. ObjectiveGamer1
    Sep 2, 2023
    0
    Might be the most boring combat system ever, if I wanted to roll dice I'd go to Caesars palace
  8. redvalkyrye
    Aug 9, 2023
    6
    For how long this game was in early access, theres no excuse for how bad the character creation is. Really embarrassing to make a dnd roleplaying game then give players no choice in making the character they're roleplaying as. I also don't think they added enough new characters. Theres a couple, but its mostly the same as early access. Who made the decision to cap levels at 12? This makesFor how long this game was in early access, theres no excuse for how bad the character creation is. Really embarrassing to make a dnd roleplaying game then give players no choice in making the character they're roleplaying as. I also don't think they added enough new characters. Theres a couple, but its mostly the same as early access. Who made the decision to cap levels at 12? This makes it challenging to multiclass effectively. I do think the combat system is pretty awesome, I like the different personalities and how they all have issues that the player doesn't necessarily like, it makes them seem more real. I like how choices affect gameplay. But that being said, I dont think this game really compares to dnd and i dont think theres any excuse to overlook things like basic character creation in a 2023 rpg. Skyrim literally did a better job.… Expand
  9. Ratingss
    Aug 28, 2023
    3
    No **** censorship, you can play the whole thing naked.
    But that doesnt make the point n click rng gameplay and camera any less goddamn awful, doesnt make the story any less shallow or the short game any longer, this is the call of duty of crpgs with a 4 hours long main campaign if it wasnt padded with the braindead combat.
    The npcs spamming 10/10 reviews wont even acknowledge that the    No **** censorship, you can play the whole thing naked.
    But that doesnt make the point n click rng gameplay and camera any less goddamn awful, doesnt make the story any less shallow or the short game any longer, this is the call of duty of crpgs with a 4 hours long main campaign if it wasnt padded with the braindead combat.
    The npcs spamming 10/10 reviews wont even acknowledge that the game is full of bugs that break quests    … Expand
  10. Sarinkevin23
    Aug 9, 2023
    2
    "Masterpiece" said someone on metacritic 1 day after launch for a game where you need 100+ hours to finish it
    The game has many problems, from the writing, boring and long gameplay (need to wait for each enemy to do his turn, if you fight 10, have fun ) garbage companions, the only good ones are the ones from old games, but that don't count. Overhype again, like Cyberpunk
  11. AlliMoham23
    Aug 11, 2023
    1
    it's a joke if you compare it to the old games, from the gameplay (5E turn based only) to the dialogue (which is cringe to the core, you'll roll your eyes every 5 minutes, especially the humor) companions that are all the embarrassment, but unfortunately if you play alone, what's the point of playing a game like this? Romance and s44x is only there to lure people into playing the game
    It    it's a joke if you compare it to the old games, from the gameplay (5E turn based only) to the dialogue (which is cringe to the core, you'll roll your eyes every 5 minutes, especially the humor) companions that are all the embarrassment, but unfortunately if you play alone, what's the point of playing a game like this? Romance and s44x is only there to lure people into playing the game
    It doesn't deserve the name Baldur's Gate, but here we are, 97/100 critics, for what?    … Expand
  12. FrankHorrigan83
    Aug 9, 2023
    4
    It's a 4/10 for me. It is not Baldur's Gate rather it is a Divinity Original Sin 3 in a supposed D&D Forgotten Realms setting.
    It should be named anything else than Baldur's Gate, the name was used to draw attention of fans of BG1 and BG2 also IW/IW2 fans along but it's a totally different game.
    Also if it would be named like that I would just simply avoid buying it so probably that was    It's a 4/10 for me. It is not Baldur's Gate rather it is a Divinity Original Sin 3 in a supposed D&D Forgotten Realms setting.
    It should be named anything else than Baldur's Gate, the name was used to draw attention of fans of BG1 and BG2 also IW/IW2 fans along but it's a totally different game.
    Also if it would be named like that I would just simply avoid buying it so probably that was the plan - squeeze some money based on nostalgia.

    The combat is dull, takes too much time, even the simplest encounters are spread to several minutes (yes I know it's based on tabletop D&D which is turn based bla bla bla ...) That supposed "swarm mechanics" is not working as it was advertised.
    Game is totally out of any form of balance - it's more of a D&D based Dark Souls with very heavy emphasis on tactics like a Jagged Alliance game would be.
    You party is mostly on a disadvantage and heavily outnumbered - which is infuriating at lower levels where your mage and cleric are put down like dogs in the 1st 2 turns of combat, the enemies can dash from any distance to your party while your characters can barely do 5 steps.
    Party composition is not the best - if you think about this later on in the game you're very limited to your character and you need to disband one of the interesting characters Larian created cause your party composition will be bad (or you will miss out on some opportunities, fail some crucial dice rolls due to doing ability checks that are not proficient with which results in spamming quick save - quick load which breaks the game feel for me).
    The rewards for completing fights (loot and gear) are in 95% of cases, worthless and pathetic. Most of the items that you find do ot benefit you like you would like it to be - you don't feel your characters gaining power. Still they get the same ass whooping from all directions like before.
    Also in the gameplay what I don't like is that I'm constantly going forwards and forwards and forwards with the main story line. There's no rest, there's no such thing like having a stop, going to a tavern, getting some quests and getting new good gear and decent XP as rewards.
    No. Seems that from Dungeons & Dragons we did not get the dungeons to explore (point of reference would be the BG2 once you leave the 1st dungeon to Athkatla and there's a whole game world waiting for you). During exploration, almost everywhere you go there are OP enemies that outnumber you so again there's something wrong with the game balance (not to mention enemies that roll with 600 or 300HP once you're like 6th or 7th level).
    I don't even want to write about the skills and the dice rolls ... it's infuriating and spamming the quick save/load breaks the feel of the game.

    Advantages are:
    + characters(party members Lae'zel, Shadowheart),
    + graphics & animations,
    + overall optimization,
    + some parts of the world (some are not - no spoilers),
    + a lot of voice interactions (even if an NPC has 1 line of text - it's voice acted),
    + music is quite Ok.

    Most of the stuff is very good but for me the show stopper are the things listed below:
    - boring and dull combat system with not working what was advertised
    - balance of the game (including party composition of 4)
    - rewards, XP and gear is weak
    - no sort of a "sandbox" where you can skip out of the main story and get some better gear and level up (map exploration doesn't count cause you' low level/low HP while enemies are tougher, in higher numbers and you're dead most of the time)
    - it shouldn't be named Baldur's Gate, it's not a sequel - that's a money grab nostalgia tactic    … Expand
  13. Kebunter
    Aug 10, 2023
    1
    The hype of this game its crazy and for what ? A turn based 5E game with garbage writing, companions who are so annoying you want to just throw them off a cliff, but then you remember you're going to lose so much content, so many characters are into the protagonist, i get it, s34x sell, romances who were written by twitter users. "You can play naked, look at him go naked" yeah, funnyThe hype of this game its crazy and for what ? A turn based 5E game with garbage writing, companions who are so annoying you want to just throw them off a cliff, but then you remember you're going to lose so much content, so many characters are into the protagonist, i get it, s34x sell, romances who were written by twitter users. "You can play naked, look at him go naked" yeah, funny jokes, i heard them in high school
    What a man can say, an insult to the old games, doesn't deserve the name "Baldur's Gate"    … Expand
  14. Lenoxkydo
    Aug 9, 2023
    2
    Everything you see about this game on the internet is about sex, if I wanted something like that the last place I would look would be in a medieval era rpg set in d&d, the game doesn't bring anything new about the system, the story it's full of clichés, but the amount of options you have to make it the way you want is the only strong point, unfortunately forcing romance with so many npcsEverything you see about this game on the internet is about sex, if I wanted something like that the last place I would look would be in a medieval era rpg set in d&d, the game doesn't bring anything new about the system, the story it's full of clichés, but the amount of options you have to make it the way you want is the only strong point, unfortunately forcing romance with so many npcs is really forced and makes it lose quality… Expand
  15. SasukeBrochiha
    Aug 10, 2023
    1
    So, I joined in on all the hype, and I'm honestly kind of disappointed.


    Long time D&D lover, but this has just been obnoxiously difficult to play. I've clocked in 28 hours or so in, and I'm just not finding myself having any fun. If I'm spending money on a game, I need to primarily have fun. The designs are amazing, fantastic really, but that's not enough for a video game in 2023.
  16. coltsr2
    Aug 6, 2023
    3
    ok first the positives... 1/ its good looking and the environments really do look amazing.
    2/ i like the cut scenes, though they do get a little ott in places.
    3 character generation menu at first looks cool with very high resolution faces ok the negatives.. 1/ i hate the turn based battles, slow, boring and tedious, coming from someone who loves assassin's creed odyssey and    ok first the positives... 1/ its good looking and the environments really do look amazing.
    2/ i like the cut scenes, though they do get a little ott in places.
    3 character generation menu at first looks cool with very high resolution faces

    ok the negatives.. 1/ i hate the turn based battles, slow, boring and tedious, coming from someone who loves assassin's creed odyssey and origins, this was my first turn based game, i was enticed with all the great reviews, but these slow turn based battles are a complete immersion breaker and real life is not turn based!
    2/ the character generation seems very strange and even pandering to the woke obsessed minority, women with beards looking like disturbing drag queens high on drugs? and what's with the crazy obsession with genitalia size and shape etc, why do we need that? there are dedicated sex games to cater for that nonsense.
    3/ camera controls using limited isometric zoom and rotation in only one axis seems somewhat odd and limiting.
    4/ map exploration is very limited and each section you are in seems very small and is not really open world, its more of a limited follow the preordained paths world.
    5/ last but not least, the actual gameplay seems clunky, almost in the rails..go this one way or the next which all lead to the next level door/opening etc, it all seems very controlled, limiting and preordained. you cant really explore or go off and do whatever mission you like or pursue a different objective...everything is spoon fed to you ..including the cutscenes and next objective....couple all that with a lame, turn based battle system which only serves to add unnecessary hours of tedium and delay in achieving your next preordained objective....spoils the whole experience for me. i realise many will find this game a satisfying slow romp...but to me its put me off turn based games for life! never again. 3 out of 10...its got more issues than most either realise or care to admit.    … Expand
  17. igruprohodil
    Aug 9, 2023
    2
    combat is ruining game for me, too much RNG, i preordered the game and it is not that great,
  18. gman26
    Aug 12, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I wanted to like it, but the rose-colored glasses are off.

    In virtually every way, except for graphics, it is a major step back from Divinity: Original Sin 2. Which would be bad enough if it was named DOS3, but it's also trying to go after Baldur's Gate nostalgia, and for some reason Swen thinks the best way to go about that is to crap all over those great games. Here's why it's bad and not worth your money:

    -janky combat (mixture of Larian jank and 5e, both of which are bad enough, but mixed together are somehow even worse)
    -turn-based combat with 5e is awful. Larian tried to spice things up by giving everyone push actions and inserting other random stuff so you're not just sitting there waiting 5 mins each turn just to auto-attack, but that is just a poor attempt to hide the problem.
    -writing is immature, bad, and destroys immersion. People play/read fantasy as escapism, not to be moralized at by kindergarteners.
    -no real choices: In an rpg you generally get to make somewhat meaningful choices while due to the limitations of computer software you're kept on the theme park ride to an extent. Choices in this game are things like: So-and-so has a magical bomb in his chest from sleeping with the goddess of magic (at lvl1). If you get upset with him proffering gay sex on your first meeting and your character murders him, 2 days later your game world will explode and it's game over.
    -choices have no impact on future acts
    -buggy
    -follows typical larian pattern of only polishing act1 and the game gets worse and worse, until you get to an act3 that is a disaster
    -ending is awful (you have about 3)
    -egregious amount of sex that does nothing to further immerse you in the game world or plot. It's simultaneously less believable than a harem anime and more grotesque than pornography.
    -companions are all un-fun and obnoxious. They're clearly self-inserts by Larian staff, and this tells you a lot about why the game is so trashy. Larian said we'd get better companions after EA since they were only playtesting the worst ones (evil alignments), but this was clearly a lie. What they added in the full-release are cash-grab cameos that (also poorly done) of jaheira, minsc etc. So you're still stuck with the same group of unfun rapey companions unless you go full murder hobo and kill everyone (which is honestly the lesser of two evils here).
    -UI is atrocious. No filtering of items. No text scaling (except for the dialogue that's already voiced, poorly). Clearly a compromise between console UI and PC UI, and bad at both. Larian has had the same UI issues since DOS1 and they're only making it worse (somehow).
    -Combat is somehow worse than a 25 year old game. Larian's combat designer hates normal combat and honestly thinks throwing barrels at things and pushing enemies off ledges is fun. Instead it just turns this into a game of gimmicks, where you can either shoot a chandelier onto the big baddie every encounter and win, or play normally and frustrate yourself.
    -Music is dull and uninspired
    -Dishonest marketing, dishonest sequel, zero respect for the fans, and in every way a step back from a game made 25 years ago.    … Expand
  19. GTAVfanboy
    Aug 11, 2023
    2
    Not sure what to say, other than that i'm simply not impressed. I was expecting way more, after this kind of overhype. It would be decent indie gem, but sadly it has very ancient combat system, it was cool in 1995, but it's just not fun anymore, at least for me.
  20. umpyrack
    Aug 8, 2023
    5
    Es un juego que salió en condiciones, lo que es bastante raro hoy en día, pero tampoco es el santo grial como lo pintan.
  21. starwar
    Aug 10, 2023
    0
    As an avid Dungeons & Dragons fan, it pains me to say that Baldur's Gate 3 falls short of capturing the essence of the beloved tabletop game. The game's narrative lacks the depth and intricacy that we've come to expect from the Baldur's Gate series.
  22. strangel0ve
    Aug 12, 2023
    4
    not fit for the Baldur's Gate title, it's a long X-COM mission with a dumb down interactions, flat characterisations and feels superficial and in consequence fails to deliver on world immersion and environmental clarity sprawling fantasy world ought to have. The genre surely needs improvements in graphics, UI, interactivity, etc... to feel current, but without overarching conception morenot fit for the Baldur's Gate title, it's a long X-COM mission with a dumb down interactions, flat characterisations and feels superficial and in consequence fails to deliver on world immersion and environmental clarity sprawling fantasy world ought to have. The genre surely needs improvements in graphics, UI, interactivity, etc... to feel current, but without overarching conception more appropriate for involved fantasy saga, it feels like rather empty technical exercise.… Expand
  23. Mgcarter91
    Aug 10, 2023
    4
    I was so excited for this, but it just feels like a worse divinity where you need to camp between every battle to recover your spell slots
  24. mehh44
    Aug 11, 2023
    2
    Overall boring indie game, combat is obviously outdated, unless you wanna feel nostalgic and pretend it's 90s again. I personally don't want to do that. Graphics are fine, but nothing amazing, not even comparable to stuff like Cyberpunk 2077.
  25. Ooalaley
    Aug 14, 2023
    0
    Throwing a dice in 2023? Seriously? What's wrong with you people? Why do you prefer random instead of tactics? Thank you for the variability of events, but you can keep this dice for yourself.
  26. Skippy116
    Aug 9, 2023
    0
    Just couldn't get into it, I usually enjoy playing RPGs, but this one just couldn't pull me in, sorry
  27. FighterZ
    Aug 12, 2023
    0
    O jogo é extremamente superestimado, um RPG padrão com uma perspectiva de câmera elevada, gráficos bons mas que deixa certas áreas do cenário escuras e dificultando a visão dos jogadores
  28. Mashley22
    Aug 11, 2023
    1
    Well, i was hyped but the history isn't that great to be honest... Bad camera movement and slow as hell, also i got some bugs too bad, not impressed.
  29. Quills123
    Aug 7, 2023
    1
    the combat was really bad imo, makes me regret ever getting this game.. just my take.
  30. mohammad13
    Aug 10, 2023
    0
    hi, This game is not my taste This game has a bad style, I wish it was first person
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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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