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Baldur’s Gate 3 Needs to Be Played Solo First and Foremost
03.08.2023 - 19:07 / wccftech.com
Baldur's Gate 3 is out now on PC via Steam and GOG. Even writing these words feels a bit surreal for someone who played the sacred original titles when they came out. They were a revelation at the time and opened the heart's way to a lifelong passion for the Dungeons and Dragons roleplaying game and the Faerûn setting.
While there were a few spin-offs, the third installment in the mainline series remained but a dream for over twenty years, much like similarly beloved franchises like Shenmue or Half-Life. Whereas Valve fans are still waiting for Half-Life 3 and SEGA fans ultimately got Shenmue III as a decent but not quite great game, after 17 hours of hands-on with the final build of Baldur's Gate 3, I'm positive that Larian is poised to deliver on the enormous hype. I fully agree with Francesco's review-in-progress assessment that if this game can maintain the level of quality seen in the first Act for all of its massive scope, it could easily get the throne of best cRPG ever.
I'm here to share with you a couple of things straight from my experience, though. Firstly, as listed in our five beginner tips, quicksave is your best friend in Baldur's Gate 3, even more so if you choose a high difficulty setting. It's easy to be absorbed in the wonderful rendition of Faerûn crafted by Larian and forget to hit that save button, but that will only lead you into complex situations that can easily get out of hand. You'll only be able to avoid an unwanted outcome if you save as much as possible, ideally every five minutes or so. Remember that you can do so at any time, even during combat or in the middle of a dialogue, so just do it and reject any misguided feeling of guilt.
Secondly, as mentioned in the headline, it is my firm belief that you should not play this game in co-op, at least not for your first playthrough. Yes, the game supports multiplayer from the get-go, but Baldur's Gate 3 shines brightest in the reactivity of the game world and your companion NPCs, not to mention the wonderful storylines, all of which are inevitably dampened if you don't play solo.
Let's put aside any intentional mayhem that another player could inflict on you in the midst of a session. Even the most well-meaning friends will never be able to take the reins of a character like Karlach or Gale and play them as the creators of this game wrote them. I don't want someone's version of Karlach, I want Karlach as Larian intended her to be, and I can only have that when playing solo.
If that wasn't enough to convince you, there's still the harsh truth that no game's story can survive contact with a group of players all doing their own thing, laughing, asking how to do this and that, not to mention potentially putting music on or talking to
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