Your Baldur’s Gate 3 companions need never miss a conversation again

is full of memorable lines from a cast of talented voice actors. The passion and emotions put into the dialogue can make it fun to bring into real-life conversations, especially with others who've experienced an adventure through Faerûn. However, many lines from are difficult to fit into everyday life short of falling into specific circumstances that make them relevant.

There are many evil characters in , but some of the villains that are encountered by the player and their party are extremely vile, so much so that they even defy evil playthroughs. While not all of them are exactly antagonists and some can even be recruited, these evil characters are composed of terrible deeds and lines of thought, from crude violence and murder to blatant racism and a desire for domination. Evil playthroughs in are common, with custom characters leaning into less righteous actions.

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With a game as massive as there is no way everything can be seen and experienced in one playthrough. But when starting a second or third character, sometimes it can be difficult to choose which class and subclass to try next. With all 12 classes from the and multiple subclasses to choose from, which are the ones that deserve a look?

Baldur's Gate 3 has plenty of ways in which players who are creative or determined enough can ease their way past some of the game's toughest fights. We've already seen people turn bosses into cats, stuff their pockets full of flowers, ambush them with a dead child, and sneak past them with invisbility. They all require a moderate amount of preparation to pull off, but not as much as Reddit user MissQueeney's method of taking down the final boss.

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does an admirable job accounting for player creativity and experimentation, but certain possibilities are blocked off by limitations that can be immersion-breaking and lead to some head-scratching moments. The task of emulating the experimentation of tabletop is a challenging one, as the lack of a dungeon master that can respond naturally to improvisation means that the game has to account for a surplus of scenarios ahead of time. Many of 's biggest failures to manage this are all tied to the same mechanic that feels like it has a uniquely incomplete implementation.

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There are many purported cures for the tadpole parasites that plague the party in , and one of those is the bard Volo's experimental surgery. Players are liable to first meet Volo in the Emerald Grove, where he's interviewing a druid in Wild Shape about the recent goblin-tiefling conflicts. He twists their words to craft an exaggerated account of their recent battle, before disappearing from the grove. As it turns out, Volo's been kidnapped by goblins and forced to perform odes to their leader Dror Ragzlin. The party needs to rescue him if they want to see more of the blustering bard.

is full of difficult challenges, not the least of which are its wide variety of puzzles. Whether they're related to opening doors, completing quests, or just getting a little extra loot, punishing trials often stand between the party and whatever it is they want. While these are most often combat challenges, in battles against bloodthirsty goblins or well-equipped Flaming Fists, sometimes these obstacles challenge brain instead of brawn.

I might have a personal soft spot for Baldur's Gate 1, but it's impossible to deny that Baldur's Gate 2 is far more influential. It's tectonic: a game that codified a model of RPG making whose influence is still felt today, and it's in large part down to how it handled its companion characters. 

Commander Zhalk is the tutorial boss of . Defeating him is entirely optional, but it does yield great rewards. This includes enough experience points to reach level 2 and one of the best greatswords for most of the main story.