Once upon a time, the dream of a role-playing game like Baldur’s Gate 3 on consoles was exactly that: a dream. Really meaty games like, well, Baldur’s Gate 2 were effectively in a genre defined by their incompatibility with consoles, the so-called CRPG, or computer role-playing game. Those days are gone. We now bask in the glow of a new era full of former CRPG expats migrating to consoles, and the PlayStation 5 version of Baldur’s Gate 3 is the latest and greatest of them. Finally, you can flirt your way across Faerûn from your living room.
My Baldur’s Gate 3 perfectionism is killing me
17.08.2023 - 19:47 / theverge.com
By Adi Robertson, a senior tech and policy editor focused on VR, online platforms, and free expression. Adi has covered video games, biohacking, and more for The Verge since 2011.
Baldur’s Gate 3 has garnered accolades for its flexibility — it feels like you can ally with or betray virtually anyone, including your own party members. I’ve seen it compared to old-school RPGs like Planescape: Torment, “play it your way” immersive sims, and of course, its source material, tabletop Dungeons & Dragons.
After clocking roughly 40 hours in Faerûn, there’s a simultaneously delightful and maddening tension to the open-endedness of Baldur’s Gate 3. On one hand, it pushes me to invest in the high stakes of its narrative, where a single misstep’s personal and universal consequences can feel disastrous. On the other, my most viscerally satisfying encounters have come from abandoning perfectionism and rolling with the punches. I love how badly I can screw things up in this game. But I can’t stand to let the mistakes stick.
I started Baldur’s Gate 3 because of all the weird, silly ways I saw people solving problems; my gateway drug was watching somebody stack 45 crates to sneak over a rampart. (I’m not even talking about the infamous bear-druid romance.) The crates reminded me of my beloved Deus Ex and Thief, where every challenge is a little puzzle box with a complex set of mechanics. The catch is, these games tend to reward methodical, nonviolent mastery. When you can charm, climb, lock-pick, or crate-stack your way through any problem, actually fighting can just feel like a moment of failure.
I love how badly I can screw things up in this game, but I can’t let the mistakes stick
Perfecting the best solution in every encounter, it turned out, was the least fun way to play Baldur’s Gate 3. Thanks to its tabletop roots, there’s a fair bit of luck involved in any gambit; you can buff your stats as high as reasonably possible and still fail skill checks. And unlike many RPGs, Larian Studios rarely feels like it’s punishingyou for choosing violence in major plot points. The game has relatively little low-stakes combat grinding, so attacking characters that matter is one of the quickest paths toward earning experience and getting gear. You won’t necessarily tank entire faction allegiances with a single dustup, and if you do, there’s almost always somebody else to turn to. It’s a harsh realm out there. What’s a few fireballs between reluctant allies?
Some of my favorite Baldur’s Gate 3 moments have involved not simply getting into a fight, but getting outin the messiest fashion possible. Sure, I could find the perfect way to dispatch a set of goblin leaders, finding out each one’s weakness and leading them one by one into
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