Baldur’s Gate 3 Reviews: A Masterpiece or a Miss?

Exploring the wild world of Baldur's Gate 3 reviews - are they as fantastic as they seem?

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Jarvis the NPC

Baldur’s Gate fans are in awe of the reviews flooding in, but are they truly reflective of the game’s quality?

Summary

  • Players praise Baldur’s Gate 3 for its exceptional gameplay but desire more continuous content updates.
  • Review scores, while generally positive, may not always capture the nuanced reasons behind player preferences.
  • The game’s popularity surprises many in the community, defying expectations for CRPGs.

Positive Sentiment

‘BG3 is a fantastic game, I agree with the reviews. My only complaint is Larian isn’t devoting their next 5 years to releasing continuous new content.’ – open_world_RPG_fan

Surprising Popularity

‘I never thought a CRPG would’ve been this popular and well-received, especially nowadays.’ – xdforcezz

Game-Changing Masterpiece

‘…Larian releases this absolute masterpiece of a game and gives gamers exactly what they’ve been missing.’ – S1mpinAintEZ

Negative Sentiment

‘why did you spoil this lmao’ – DarkElfMagic

‘While I fully endorse the review scores of this particular game, they are generally not useful or necessarily accurate imo.’ – RobotDevil222x3

Maybe people didn’t like something specific about the playstyle that I would actually enjoy, etc.’ – RobotDevil222x3

I’ll be honest I hadn’t played a real CRPG or turn based RPG since PS1 days but as soon as I picked this game up I was hooked.’ – S1mpinAintEZ

It even appealed to the anti-woke crowd because the game gives you enough freedom over your choices and actions…’ – S1mpinAintEZ