Baldur’s Gate 3 Is a large role-playing game. So big, in fact, that the cutscene runtime alone will keep you entertained for over 170 hours.
That’s three times more movie dialogue than the three Lord of the Rings novels combined, and compared to a long-running series like Game of Thrones, which runs just 70 hours and 14 minutes.
With so many cutscenes, it’s a TV show in itself. I mean, The Simpsons has been on the air for 30 years, and even though it’s only 30 minutes long, if you watch the entire episode in one sitting, that’s 271 hours. The same goes for South Park — if our calculations are correct, watching 26 seasons in a row will shave 162.5 hours off your time. But what a fun time it’s going to be, right?
According to Larian Studios, cutscenes aren’t the game’s only bright spot. It also has a library of over 600 spells and actions.
Speaking of action, the team decided to release the game on PC on August 3rd four weeks early. That’s great news; PlayStation 5 players will have to wait a while, though.
Originally scheduled for August 31st, the PS5 version has been pushed back to September 6th so the team can ensure it runs at a smooth 60 FPS.
Baldur’s Gate 3 has both single player and co-op multiplayer elements, allowing you to create one or more characters and form a party with AI characters. Every decision you make may change your story, as the people of Faerûn record your actions, chart your adventures, and make their own judgments. As such, expect the decisions you make in the game to have far-reaching consequences.
Decisions also affect your relationships with fellow campers, and you can romance almost any camp companion. Also, depending on how you interact with them, you may see different romantic scenes with several characters during replays.
Relationships in the game, just like in real life, will develop and prosper, or sour and wither, so plan to put in some effort.
Also, unlike previous games in the series, the game features turn-based combat, similar to Larian’s Divinity: Original Sin and Divinity: Original Sin 2; however, the combat is based on Dungeons and Dragons “Rules of the fifth edition.