Baldur's Gate 3 Reviews

Baldur's Gate 3 Review Summary

Critic Consensus

Highly immersive storytelling

Complex, tactical combat system

Rich character creation and world design

Baldur's Gate 3 is a complex CRPG that blends deep tactical combat with a vast, open-world role-playing experience. Critics praise its remarkable freedom of choice, rich storytelling, and the impressive recreation of Dungeons & Dragons systems. The game’s expansive world and character depth provide immense replayability, though some critics mention occasional bugs and a steep learning curve for newcomers. Overall, it is a modern RPG masterpiece, offering immersive gameplay that appeals to veterans and new players.

Critic Reviews for Baldur's Gate 3

IGN

Leana Hafer

10 / 10.0

With crunchy, tactical RPG combat, a memorable story with complex characters, highly polished cinematic presentation, and a world that always rewards exploration and creativity, Baldur's Gate 3 is the new high-water mark for CRPGs.

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Eurogamer

Ruth Cassidy

With excellent stagecraft and meticulous detail, Baldur's Gate 3 conjures the illusion of perfect freedom - and then it disappears.

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Game Rant

Shane Robert Moyer

Baldur’s Gate 3 is something special, though. Its complexity is intimidating, but sticking with it and learning has such a high reward threshold that it's hard to not recommend the sequel to even the most casual gamers out there. It has heart, it has style, and it has the multi-year effort of a studio that obviously loves its source material. The mind-blowing size of the game itself and everything contained within is a testament to Larian Studios' dedication to its craft and commitment to bringing something incredible to the gaming public. The blend of the various Dungeon & Dragons systems into the game is almost flawless in its execution, and the math and storytelling combo does a one-two punch on almost every other RPG game out there. High quality and astoundingly fun, Baldur’s Gate 3 may just become the kind of game that old and new fans can agree is something extraordinary.

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PC Gamer

Fraser Brown

97 / 100

Baldur's Gate 3 is an unrivalled RPG that will swallow your life whole.

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TheGamer

Ryan Thomas Bamsey

Baldur’s Gate 3 is a masterpiece. Games like this don’t come along often, experiences that capture the zeitgeist so profoundly as to provoke scurrilous rumours that Larian Studios would come under legal action for making a game considered too good. From narrative to level design, combat to quests, character creation to romance, everything is fine-tuned to provide a gripping experience that provokes wonder and joy.

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GamesRadar+

Ali Jones

Baldur's Gate 3 is the most successful and authentic take on D&D in the tabletop franchise's 50-year history. Its complexity and size might be daunting for novices, but the breadth and depth of Baldur's Gate 3's world make this a once-in-a-generation achievement.

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Game Informer

Josh Broadwell

9.5 / 10.0

Baldur’s Gate 3 is unforgettable and one of the best experiences I’ve had in games. I may have just finished my lengthy first playthrough, but I’m already eager to delve further and push the boundaries of what’s possible in this exceptional world that Larian created.

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