FML, Starfield comes out just a week after Baldur's Gate 3

pcgamer.com:

The good news is that we finally have a proper launch date for Starfield(opens in new tab): It'll be here on September 6. The bad news, for RPG fans (and possibly Larian Studios), is that date puts it exactly, and only, one week after the release of the long-awaited, and highly anticipated, Baldur's Gate 3(opens in new tab), which is set to arrive on August 31.

That presents gamers with a dilemma: Can you power through a full-scale Larian RPG in a week? We all play at our own pace and I wouldn't presume to speak for anyone else, but let's be honest with ourselves here: That is not enough time. Not even close. 

That leads smoothly and easily into the next question: Do you really want to start up a game the size of Baldur's Gate and then put it on hold for the weeks or months that Starfield is going to eat up? Because—and again, let's consider the situation frankly and dispassionately—are you really going to remember what the hell you were doing halfway through chapter 2 of BG3 after you've spent a few months banging around inside Starfield?

For myself, that's also a no: A long break in the midst of a beefy story like I assume Baldur's Gate 3 is going to serve up only means I'm going to end up restarting rather than returning, so I'd rather wait until I can commit myself to it properly.

Of course, Baldur's Gate 3 isn't your only problem. The Pinocchio soulslike Lies of P(opens in new tab) is also coming in August—a specific date hasn't been set at this point, but the month has—and so is the gorgeous retro-RPG Sea of Stars(opens in new tab). They may not represent the same degree of tough choices for most gamers, given their more niche genre appeal, but the timing could be bad news for the games themselves: It's a foregone