Baldur's Gate 3

 PlayStation 5
User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 765 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 590 out of 765
  2. Mixed: 23 out of 765
  3. Negative: 152 out of 765

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  1. Baldurfield
    Sep 8, 2023
    1
    Outdated, overrated and overhyped game by people who think that they are fighting against big companies lol. Like seriously, if this game released in 1999, it would have been just as popular as all the other games like this one, in other words....not too popular. These games had decent fanbase on PC, but they were never mainstream level. They weren't even comparable to Age of Empires.Outdated, overrated and overhyped game by people who think that they are fighting against big companies lol. Like seriously, if this game released in 1999, it would have been just as popular as all the other games like this one, in other words....not too popular. These games had decent fanbase on PC, but they were never mainstream level. They weren't even comparable to Age of Empires.

    But now it's 2023 and everyone takes gaming more seriously than religion and bunch of different people are overhyping this game for different reasons. There are diablo fans (haters), there are those who forgot that Final Fantasy hasn't been turn based for 20 years and want new games to be turn based and then there are those who like to go along with hypetrain, without even caring if the game is actually any good.

    Did i like it? No i didn't. In 1999 i might have enjoyed it, but even back then it wouldn't have been nothing special.    … Expand
  2. WEREWOLF07
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    This is tough to write because honestly, Act 1 and 2 make this game THE Game of the Year. Heck, I was ready to put it in my top 5 all time favorite games. I have 100+ hours in this game now and just loved the story and choices and the combat.

    And then Act 3 happened. I started having performance issues, I started having weird glitches were my companions would lose half their bodies and    This is tough to write because honestly, Act 1 and 2 make this game THE Game of the Year. Heck, I was ready to put it in my top 5 all time favorite games. I have 100+ hours in this game now and just loved the story and choices and the combat.

    And then Act 3 happened. I started having performance issues, I started having weird glitches were my companions would lose half their bodies and couldn't fight anymore, I've had 5 different quests completely bug out on me and even a main quest bug out that I can't even complete. Not only that, but the story choices of what is going on - the main bad guys and fights aren't as thought out as things were in the first 2 acts. It is very clear that Act 3 was completely rushed in my opinion to get the release out the door and does not have the same care that Acts 1 and 2 had.

    All of that enjoyment of Acts 1 and 2 to just come up against the frustrations in Act 3 killed my enthusiasm for this game. I know Larian will likely fix these issues as I suspect as more people start finishing the game they will see/hear this criticism - and quite possibly they already know this. But I can't in good faith recommend someone spend 80+ hours in a game and then just run up against game breaking bugs that won't allow them to finish the game they way they want to. That just feels pretty bad.    … Expand
  3. whatthehell55
    Sep 8, 2023
    2
    2023 is finally actually good year for gaming, tons of great games and this is the year when some absolute losers want to overhype game that could have released in 2001 and still wouldn't been special?? i'm hopeful that this is just loud minority.
  4. Gamm0n
    Sep 7, 2023
    1
    The game itself is what I expected gameplay wise But the really poor framerate and choppy way it plays isn't making me want to continue playing. Maybe if they patch it and fast I'll up my score and continue. Feels like a rushed port.
  5. THAC0
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    BG3 in a nutshell when compared to Solasta at the top of my head these things come to mind

    BG3 Has Better Graphics BG3 Has Better Voice Acting BG3 Has better Visual Effects BG3 Released Unfinished (Act3) BG3 Lied about its Endings BG3 Lied about choices mattering BG3 Lied about what BG3 would contain BG3 isnt even faithful to BG1-2 BG3 is unbalanced Shove 30 Feet Victory I win    BG3 in a nutshell when compared to Solasta at the top of my head these things come to mind

    BG3 Has Better Graphics
    BG3 Has Better Voice Acting
    BG3 Has better Visual Effects
    BG3 Released Unfinished (Act3)
    BG3 Lied about its Endings
    BG3 Lied about choices mattering
    BG3 Lied about what BG3 would contain
    BG3 isnt even faithful to BG1-2
    BG3 is unbalanced Shove 30 Feet Victory I win boss fight in 1 action / move
    BG3 glitches out quests far to easy just by talking to a NPC
    BG3 Glitches out by not resting enough
    BG3 Glitches out by resting to much
    BG3 Kills Main Villian in Act 2
    BG3 Companions interaction is **** Astorian will try to kill you when you first meet, none of your companions will try to help thats just
    the tip of the iceberg
    BG3 Romance is **** Legit that guy you never talk to in your game has aparently fallen in love with you and wants to marry you coz Reasons
    BG3 Lacks Basic Gameplay Mechs such as ...
    - Lack of a Day Night Cycle
    - Lack of a Party Formation
    - Lack of infomation given to the party
    - **** control with moving the camera about (it gets stuck on random objects mind you)
    - **** control with inventory and marketing screen management.
    - **** AI Pathfinding
    BG3 Lacks Wall walking or even Hovering in mid air or even flying and ending your turn in mid air unlike Solasta.
    BG3 Character creator is WAY Worse
    BG3 dosnt have a Custom Campaign Maker
    BG3 has a Toxic Fan Base community that will legit use 'it just works' as an excuise

    These things are just at the TOP of my head mind you

    its PAINFULLY obvioius that the fan boys game critics journalist who rated this game 9/10 or higher are 2 lazy to properly do a review, 2 incompetent, or are just 2 curropt to do a proper Review
    Angry Joe in bed with corporate commander confirmed among other things sorry but not sorry wanna stop being f-up by companys? take a stand against Larian/WotC and the journalist who praised this as RPG of the decade or even as a good RPG    … Expand
  6. ching00kit
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    You gonna like it if you like very traditional turn-based RPG, otherwise you are going to be tortured by the rhythm. Storyline is normal. Overall not as outstanding as the hype going on out there. I am not sure since when a rich content equals to a good content, and a large open world equals to a good game element.
  7. BadKarma90
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Dos2 was much better than this crap, it's so annoying on ps5, inventory management is a joke. So many things is wrong with this game I don't want to even start, boring story most important, overhyped game, and I loved BG 1 and worship bg2.
  8. PS-KING
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Jeu complètement raté sur PS5, aucun intérêt, pas de cinématiques et tour par tour pas intéressant.
  9. RealJimRyan
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    So after giving this "game" a real chance for 55 hours it seems like a cutscene gauntlet that is only able to keep most players invested by using awkwardly animated sex scenes as the cheese for degenerates. It seems like the devs had a golden idea not in pure game design but how to catch the attention of people who never interact with real people. Seems kind of a cheap way to try and blowSo after giving this "game" a real chance for 55 hours it seems like a cutscene gauntlet that is only able to keep most players invested by using awkwardly animated sex scenes as the cheese for degenerates. It seems like the devs had a golden idea not in pure game design but how to catch the attention of people who never interact with real people. Seems kind of a cheap way to try and blow up in popularity. People will say they just don't engage with it but everyone knows they're lying. It's such a shame that this is being considered as game of the year by mostly porn addicts. Something like this should be rated AO and not be allowed to be streamed on Twitch since there might be children watching. I honestly think you need psychiatric help if you're in denial that this game is not a cheap way at gaining an audience through promoting deviance. On top of all that the performance is horrid.… Expand
  10. KalasNicoff
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Va fatal, en pc no tiene ningún problema y en Ps5 da pena jugarlo, que decepción
  11. worldcitizen19
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    Ok for starters doesn’t really play that well on ps5. Can’t find where I have to go. Map is terrible. This spoils the great dialogue, audio and fighting. So I find after pre ordering the game I had difficulty getting into the game. There are really good things about the game but it did not get me addicted. I put it down for a week and never felt to pick it up again. I found this havingOk for starters doesn’t really play that well on ps5. Can’t find where I have to go. Map is terrible. This spoils the great dialogue, audio and fighting. So I find after pre ordering the game I had difficulty getting into the game. There are really good things about the game but it did not get me addicted. I put it down for a week and never felt to pick it up again. I found this having way too many technical problems which made the gameplay complicated and confusing. Didn’t really like the way they implemented the wheels. Give it a 4/10. Wasted my money. No immersion. Just could not enjoy this game.… Expand
  12. Audi2018
    Sep 11, 2023
    1
    Really not my type of game, this takes a lot of getting used to. Not for me, think hard before buying its frustrating as hell!!!
  13. Airufino23
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    Juego excelente pero que en ps5 como no tira va a pedales, así que mejor jugad lo en PC que es donde mejor va a ir.
  14. Moielkillo
    Sep 11, 2023
    0
    Obra maestra,pero ps5,la máquina delos chinos no va más, decepción de versión
  15. Ipurua
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    Juego muy mal optimizado para jugar en ps5, es un juego para jugar con teclado y ratón, por mucho que nos quieran convencer los mandos tienen sus limitaciones, en modo calidad no alcanza ni los 30fps estables, estoy harto de que nos engañen con los fps, 4k y el ray tracing...a mentir a vuestra madre.
  16. Kimaralba
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    Horrible, me he dejado los ojos jugando a este juego. Muy mal optimizado para ps5.
  17. Solidsnake123
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    Después de haber jugado al chained echoes y al sea of stars este juego me ha parecido una auténtico timo. Lo peor de todo es que los jugadores se están acostumbrando a juegos mal optimizados y que tienen que ser reparcheados constantemente. Bendito el día en el que jugué a los final fantasy y al chrono trigger.
  18. JUICE__
    Sep 10, 2023
    1
    WAY too overhyped. The start was good, but the quality after that kept declining. not gonna be goty like that tho...
  19. Mrtinwin
    Sep 9, 2023
    0
    This performance is but that legit makes me wana cry. BG3 is a great game but of course the ps5 could not run oh well will be getting higher fps on the xbox sx
  20. Luxurycc
    Sep 9, 2023
    0
    En 2023 y aun con juegos de turnos en ps5??? Solo existe una palabra para definir este juego…… basura!!!!!!!!
  21. Neilacar
    Sep 9, 2023
    0
    Como puede existir juegos tan malos y la gente diga que son buenos solo por que un baboso diga que el juego es bueno….
  22. Willgl
    Sep 9, 2023
    0
    Regalado es caro!!!!! creí que era un juego tipo diablo pero que cosa mas aburrida
  23. Rodriguiinhoos
    Sep 9, 2023
    0
    Pior jogo de rpg que ja joguei fps caindo no muito pra 20 15 ijogavel péssima experiência
  24. Stoffe20
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    The expectation and talks about this game were over the roof and while playing this game did not live up to my expectations :(
  25. Cujo4844
    Sep 10, 2023
    3
    Played this game basically for the exploration and world building just about hate the turn base combat system and if it weren't for that I'd give this game a perfect score it just takes way to long to defeat enemies they really need to add in the setting or something were you can fight like a normal action game.
  26. NexusMc
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    Horrible optimization ps5 can't keep up. Really would like my money back! Asap
  27. Ebonscarab
    Sep 10, 2023
    3
    Made for a PC. The controls are best with mouse and keyboard. Inventory management is a chore. Very similar to Original Sin 2, with a pseudo-Dnd rules (not 5th - more like Pathfinder 2 action economy). Combat is sloooo2 and prone to exploits that haven't been patched. Good cinematics and story, but just watch a Netflix show.

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#1 Best PlayStation 5 Game of 2023
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#11 Most Discussed PlayStation 5 Game of 2023

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Metascore
96

Universal acclaim - based on 37 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 37 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 37
  3. Negative: 0 out of 37
  1. GameMAG
    Dec 24, 2023
    100
    The journey for Larian Studios was a long one, and it's safe to say that Baldur's Gate 3 is truly worthy of all the praise it has received to this point.
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  2. Video Chums
    Nov 29, 2023
    92
    Baldur's Gate 3 is an outstanding achievement in game design, character-based storytelling, and player choice. So, if you've been hesitating to play it like I have then don't be a goof and check it out already; you almost certainly won't regret it.
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  3. PLAY
    Nov 23, 2023
    100
    It is abundantly clear why this massive adventure took six years to develop from every lovingly sharpened plot hook, every subtle quirk of a party member’s lips, and every new arrangement of that gorgeous, central musical motif. Baldur’s Gate 3 is a glorious lightning strike, pairing talent with timing for not just a worthy successor to the series’ crown, but something truly special in its own right. We’ve no doubt we’ll head back down, down, down by the river to adventure anew for years to come. [Issue#33, p.68]
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