Baldur's Gate 3

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Baldur’s Gate 3 is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons, where your choices shape a tale of fellowship and betrayal, survival and sacrifice, and the lure of absolute power. (Website)

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One week after the release, how are you enjoying the game? Is it everything you hoped it would be? (lemm.ee)

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It's been one week since ~~you looked at me~~ Baldur's Gate was released. How are you enjoying the game? What are your general thoughts, impressions, and complaints? Has the game lived up to the hype for you?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I'm surprisingly into the character building and turn based combat. I was never a big D&D fan, but I really enjoy this system.

I will say, I think I've been spoiled on roguelikes and open world games, because when I heard about "endless replayability" I expected quite a bit more. If you savescum to try out different options for ways to resolve quests, you don't really need to ever play more than one character it seems. This may change later on in Act 2.

The game is surprisingly linear, but not linear, in sort of a weird way that's hard to describe. You can go wherever you want, and explore all the nooks and crannies, but you're essentially in a level-gated box. I'm loving the story so it's not really an issue, but it definitely doesn't feel as personal and unique as your first playthrough of a Bethesda game, for example.