Is Baldur's Gate 3 the ultimate Dungeons & Dragons video game?

I’ve not played a huge amount of Dungeons & Dragons, but I get why those kids fromStranger Thingswon’t stop banging on about it. It turns out all those librarians in the 90s were right: using your imagination reallyiscool and fun! Indeed, our ability to conjure fiction from the ether is fundamental to the ongoing success of D&D. Making up stories with friends is very much a good time, and if you get to kill a goblin or two in the process? Well. That’s just gravy.

Built upon the foundations of D&D’s fifth edition ruleset,Baldur’s Gate 3attempts to translate the fundamentals of the game into digital form. But how successful is it at doing so? Can a video game - with all the rigidity that comes with the medium - replicate the freedom of a table-top role playing game?

If you’re looking for more Baldur’s Gate 3 videos, make sure to check outone I made for the game’s launchin which I offer my general impressions about this absolutely enormous game. If watching isn’t for you, make sure to check outAlice’s review,Ed’s feature about his psychotic bard Edders SheeranandEdwin’s piece about the noble art of Barrelmancy. There’s loads, basically. We really like this game. Maybe check out ourdedicated game page, if you haven’t already.

I really made myself laugh drawing this. I’m not proud. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun and Liam Richardson age 30 and 11 months.

A really high quality illustration by a very talented artists of a mind flayer being crushed by a burning 7UP vending machine

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