# Baldur's Gate 3! {finally Released August 3rd, 2023} **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** video-games-e-games\ **Created:** [February 28, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baldurs-gate-3-finally-released-august-3rd-2023/848681 "2020-02-28T23:42:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 40
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2023, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baldurs-gate-3-finally-released-august-3rd-2023/848681/781 "2023-08-23T12:44:09Z")
Well, I’m finally at the end. My save file is sitting at the “are you sure you want to get into this?” warning. I’m going to pop into camp to level up and equip everybody in case the whole party gets to participate in the final battle and then get started. Judging by the way the game has played out so far I expect it’s like another five hours of gameplay. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2023, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baldurs-gate-3-finally-released-august-3rd-2023/848681/782 "2023-08-23T12:48:35Z")
The best part is when they blow-up the entire goblin camp (literally blow it all up). @5:32 in the video. Good times. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2023, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baldurs-gate-3-finally-released-august-3rd-2023/848681/783 "2023-08-23T21:05:46Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > This video won’t stop amusing me. That’s hilarious, but they got the team of halfling barbarians from WOTR. They were called the valhalflings. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2023, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baldurs-gate-3-finally-released-august-3rd-2023/848681/784 "2023-08-23T22:14:39Z")
Random weirdness: A cleric cast Darkness on my party. Shadowheart was trying to get some guys out of the way and used Gust of Wind. The gust cleared the path of Darkness as though it was just smoke. Which is, I suppose, how Larian implemented it. ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baldurs-gate-3-finally-released-august-3rd-2023/848681/785 "2023-08-24T08:04:38Z")
Just started. Its very awesome…kinda like in Dragon Age with party members sniping at each other…be nice if theres an option to tell everyone to STFU cause you’re giving me a headache ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Sponge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dark_sponge/32/121_2.png) [@Dark\_Sponge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Sponge)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baldurs-gate-3-finally-released-august-3rd-2023/848681/786 "2023-08-24T17:38:34Z")
Some of your party members are pretty annoying. Later on you can leave the annoying ones at home. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baldurs-gate-3-finally-released-august-3rd-2023/848681/787 "2023-08-25T02:37:44Z")
For laughs (no spoilers): [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/hQY7cxSleWU/maxresdefault.jpg "Honest Game Trailers | Baldur's Gate 3") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQY7cxSleWU) ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baldurs-gate-3-finally-released-august-3rd-2023/848681/788 "2023-08-25T04:12:48Z")
That spear you get from the owlbear? I lost it. It got stuck on a wall near some steps and the game said “You cant reach this” Oh well. All part of the experience. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baldurs-gate-3-finally-released-august-3rd-2023/848681/789 "2023-08-25T04:18:32Z")
> [@Pavelb1](#): > > Oh well. All part of the experience. I think it is important to understand that in a game like this you must take the bad results when playing with the good results. You can’t have it all good. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baldurs-gate-3-finally-released-august-3rd-2023/848681/790 "2023-08-25T12:16:33Z")
[Patch 1](https://steamcommunity.com/games/1086940/announcements/detail/3669924544085723480?snr=2_9_100003_) is out. Looks like namely a bunch of tweaks and fixes and not much in the way of feature changes or major game balancing. The most significant thing I saw was a (slight?) nerf in Spiritual Weapon tanking. This isn’t to imply that tweaks and fixes are bad, rather that nothing here looks like it’s going to change up your game or play style all that much. You can dive in without reading the million itemized patch notes and be fine. It’s more obvious when you start romancing Gale now and you have easier ‘friend’ options which is nice. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baldurs-gate-3-finally-released-august-3rd-2023/848681/791 "2023-08-25T12:50:28Z")
Something I noticed in the patch notes fixes a nitpick I had recently come across in my play. There is a scene with Gale where the dialogue options with Gale seemed pretty binary. I would have appreciated a middle option and it looks like others did too because the patch added one. ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baldurs-gate-3-finally-released-august-3rd-2023/848681/792 "2023-08-25T17:33:04Z")
Couple of minorish details I noticed that make it a superior game. I watched a video called "What if you let Astarion drain you?" In the video Astarion is biting a woman whereas my character is a male. I could be wrong, but it sure seems like they had the actor read two versions.,He’s just subtly more flirty and fey with my guy, and with the woman he was more straightforward. Also, in DAO, when an immensly important event happened, I would talk to my companions and it was like “What do you want?”…in BG3, after I met Raphael, my comps didnt even have a question mark over their heads, but I instinctively talked to them anyway…and they all had feedback as to what just happened! Awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baldurs-gate-3-finally-released-august-3rd-2023/848681/793 "2023-08-25T18:34:11Z")
I finished the game last night. I’m not completely happy with the choices you have regarding how you solve the final encounter but I won’t even put it in spoilers here. Overall, one of the finest solo gaming experiences of all time. Just masterful execution across the board. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baldurs-gate-3-finally-released-august-3rd-2023/848681/794 "2023-08-25T20:32:40Z")
Didn’t they say there were [17,000 possible endings?](https://www.gamespot.com/articles/baldurs-gate-3-ending-has-17000-variations/1100-6516062/) Maybe you missed one. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baldurs-gate-3-finally-released-august-3rd-2023/848681/795 "2023-08-25T20:53:28Z")
Good to see: > ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baldurs-gate-3-finally-released-august-3rd-2023/848681/796 "2023-08-25T22:45:54Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > I finished the game last night I’m well into Act III and still feel like I might have 3-5 days worth of stuff ahead of me, assuming I want to put a bow on the important things. Stretch it out even longer if I wanted to chase every loose end in my quest journal (I do not). ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baldurs-gate-3-finally-released-august-3rd-2023/848681/797 "2023-08-25T23:05:42Z")
I’ve been playing this game very slowly. I just got my paladin to be an Oathbreaker. I love the storyline there. I really enjoy the fact that this isn’t an online game with events that I feel pressured to complete or face FOMO. I’m taking advantage of that by just playing when I feel like it. It’s great when a game is a game and never feels like a job. (To clarify, it’s “online” in the sense that it connects to servers, and you can do cooperative play with friends, but it’s not online in the MMO sense.) ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baldurs-gate-3-finally-released-august-3rd-2023/848681/798 "2023-08-25T23:19:51Z")
If available….I always play a male Pally and try and be moral and compassionate (during an early mindflayer encounter I thought it was ME being compassionate)…but without being righteous. No “all devils must die”. If not available I pick female sorc in games like this ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baldurs-gate-3-finally-released-august-3rd-2023/848681/799 "2023-08-25T23:47:13Z")
I have not done either of those but I am confident you can do either one. Truly this is the closest a PC game has ever come to actual role playing. Be whoever you want to be. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2023, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baldurs-gate-3-finally-released-august-3rd-2023/848681/800 "2023-08-26T00:27:14Z")
> [@Pavelb1](#): > > I always play a male Pally and try and be moral and compassionate > > If not available I pick female sorc in games like this > [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > I have not done either of those but I am confident you can do either one. Truly this is the closest a PC game has ever come to actual role playing. Even beyond the role-playing, I’d say that hand-on-heart those are quite possibly the two strongest classes mechanically in the game. Not that that is end-all, be-all in BG3, but they’re both very strong damage dealers in particular. They also work very well from a player standpoint since they are both charisma-based, so they make great “faces” for the role-playing side of things. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baldurs-gate-3-finally-released-august-3rd-2023/848681.md?page=39) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baldurs-gate-3-finally-released-august-3rd-2023/848681.md?page=41)