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Small-Scale Question Sunday for December 17, 2023

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I couldn’t get an answer if I should buy Baldur’s Gate 3 last week.

It's easily Larians best modern game so far and probably their best game (although a small amount of people might prefer divine divinity) and I'd say a good game in general. It is still a Larian game though and if you don't enjoy those then it might not be a slam dunk for you even if it is a big improvement from their previous efforts.

The writing is still pretty poor (although a few segments are actually good this time), the world building is bad and the game is extremely easy beyond like level 3-5 on even the hardest difficulty. It has a fair bit of woke adjacent stuff as well but I didn't find it that obnoxious and it never felt preachy.

What it does exceptionally well is reactivity and crafting small set pieces with a ton of different viable solutions to them. This is legitimately a ton of fun and I don't know anyone that didn't appreciate it.

If you're considering to play it only because it's a continuation of baldur's gate then prepare to be disappointed. This is much more DoS 3 than it is BG3.