Through preordained fate or pure chance, 2023 will go down as one of the best years ever when it comes to the quality and quantity of games released throughout the year. Most of these games were likely originally targeting 2022 or even earlier, but the global pandemic threw everyone's plans in the air and forced us to wait until 2023. As they say, though, good things come to those who can wait.
With the notable exceptions of Redfall and Forspoken, every major triple-A game launched this year more or less delivered on its promises, earning either critical or commercial success (usually both). RPG fans were especially thrilled with games like Baldur's Gate 3, Starfield, and Diablo IV, although action/adventure and fighting genre fans were equally overwhelmed by the amazing titles published in 2023.
Wccftech's Best Games of 2023 lists: Shooter, Fighting, RPG, Action, Indie, Adventure, Horror, Sports & Racing, Platform, Expansion/DLC, Strategy/Sim, Multiplayer
The winner of most Game of the Year awards so far, Larian's latest work proved beyond any doubt that there is a sizable crowd looking for triple-A cRPGs with high-quality polish and voiceover. Francesco De Meo wrote in his review:
Before release, Baldur's Gate 3 promised to be an extremely good cRPG, but Larian Studios exceeded all expectations by creating one of the best games of the past five years. The huge amount of possibilities given to the player, combined with excellent story and characters, solid turn-based combat and tons of replayability, make the journey to save your characters from the mind flayers' tadpoles one that has to be experienced by all those who have even just a remote interest in role-playing games.
Following the smashing success of Breath of the
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