
Obviously, your playtime for the first act will vary based on how many fights you get into and how thoroughly you explore. Unsurprisingly, the Early Access version has a level cap: after an increase in December 2022, your characters can only progress up to level 5. The first act clocks in at over 20 hours' worth of content. The titular city of Baldur's Gate doesn't appear on-screen in the first act, sadly, but there's plenty to play through besides. The first act includes a chunk of the Forgotten Realms' Sword Coast, the Underdark beneath it, an ancient fortress called Grymforge, and a brief jaunt through Hell. "We'll stay true to our roots," says Larian founder Sven Vincke, "so we'll give players lots of systems and lots of agency to use these systems and try to accomplish what you need to on your personal adventure and your party's adventure." The game is heavily systems-driven, with a combat system Larian has based off the D&D 5e ruleset. Like in Larian's Divinity Original Sin 2, your primary character will start the game as either an "origin character"-developer-authored characters with unique backgrounds and special story and dialogue hooks-or make your own fully-custom character from scratch. True to the series, Baldur's Gate 3 is the classic party-based RPG affair: You'll gather and manage a squad of archetypal fantasy heroes, exploring their histories as you chase down your own main quest. Adventure! Baldur's 3 gameplay How does Baldur's Gate 3 play?įor a longer read, check out our Baldur's Gate 3 early access review (opens in new tab). We even get some co-op gameplay: Watch in delight as a tiefling throws someone off a roof in splitscreen. And there's plenty of gameplay footage besides. Need a moody necromancer general, who's sealed a dark pact in purusit of vengeance? He's here, too. Before gracing us with an actual date for BG3's release, the trailer serves as a high-fantasy highlight reel. Larian brought this latest reveal trailer to Sony's February 2023 State of Play. In February 2023, Larian solidified those plans by announcing the official date in August.

It got a firm-ish August release window announced at The Game Awards 2022, after which Larian founder Swen Vincke said he's "reasonably confident" about the timeframe.
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Baldur's Gate 3 release date What's the Baldur's Gate 3 release date?īaldur’s Gate 3 will leave Early Access for a full release on August 31, 2023. Here's everything we know about Baldur's Gate 3. Aside from the mind flayer tadpole, of course. Anything you'd want to know about Baldur's Gate 3 classes, characters, and mechanics is compiled below, so there'll be nothing holding you back once we reach the August release date. We've been writing our own Baldur's Gate 3 player handbook since its Early Access launch. If you've got a high fantasy itch, whatever class or character race you prefer, chances are there's something to scratch it here. Larian's landed on a winning combination, pairing their penchant for densely-detailed playable worlds with bespoke, D&D 5e-inspired combat and roleplaying systems.



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