Larian Studios Addresses Issues With Baldur’s Gate Chapter 3

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Baldur’s Gate 3 was an overnight sensation after it proved in reviews that it would be standing as one of the big GOTY contenders of 2023. However, a lot of that mystique has washed away in recent weeks, and as one might say, the chickens have come home to roost.

Not that Larian Studios did anything bad with Baldur’s Gate 3 exactly, but more and more fans are learning that the reviews did not quite paint a full picture of the game. The way it had worked out is, Baldur’s Gate 3 launched on Steam Early Access three years ago, and received a lot of updates and changes within that time.

However, those changes and refinements mainly applied to Chapters 1 and 2 of Baldur’s Gate 3, which is what they have been working on for the better part of those three years. The very latest Chapter 3 didn’t get as much TLC yet, to be basically be perfect.

That’s where the new controversy surrounding Baldur’s Gate 3 comes from. We should note that reviewers also played through that section, and still gave it those glowing review scores. They believed that Larian had done such a good job that they could excuse the state of Chapter 3. But it seems fans are losing patience with Larian today.

The complaints aren’t entirely logical, however. A narrative has come about that Larian had ‘cut content’ from Baldur’s Gate 3, as dataminers found elements that do not appear in the final product.

As reported by Dexerto, Larian addressed these concerns with a new community update, which also lays out the roadmap for the next few months. The studio has a 2^nd patch on the way, that will address many of these concerns.

Now, the ‘cut content’ narrative had grown to include issues that Larian had pointed out were actually bugs, and that they will be fixing