Baldur's Gate 3 review: An epic tabletop adventure awaits

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Larian's Baldur’s Gate 3 is one of the most immersive fantasy RPGs of all time, with a story and world you’ll get lost in for countless hours.

The freedom of choice has been translated beautifully from the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop universe, adapting very nicely to a desktop PC experience, and it really does feel like you’re sitting down for an epic adventure where anything can happen with your friends – much in the same way Will and the gang do in the first season of Stranger Things.

Baldur’s Gate 3 opens with an exquisitely detailed CGI cinematic, depicting a Mind Flayer ship aboard a Nautiloid ship putting tadpoles into people's heads by exceedingly uncomfortable means (we don’t want to suffer alone, so we’ll leave it for you to find out for yourself).

The ship descends upon the titular town and begins to wreak havoc, but it comes under attack from assailants mounted upon dragons. It tries to escape through multiple realms, but begins to crash as it is picked apart by the dragons, causing you to be ejected from your pod.

From here, you enter the character creator that allows you to change everything from your race, appearance, class… and even your private bits!

Once you’ve made them, the game begins with the central plot surrounding the Mind Flayer invasion, the tadpole in yours and others’ heads, the powers it grants you and whether you will choose to get rid of it or embrace it.

While the opening prologue does a good job of introducing you to the mechanics, make no mistake – this game can be brutally difficult, especially for newcomers who have never played a game like Baldur’s Gate or other classic RPGs.

You will die and fail dice rolls – a lot. This isn’t a critique per se, as much of the difficulty stems from