Baldur’s Gate 3 mesmerized and confounded

“Honorable mention to Baldur’s Gate 3. It could probably take the top spot if I figured out all the systems in the game and understood it better. I recently started the game over after taking a few months off. (we had a baby.)” – LoganTroxell

“Baldur’s Gate III – also partially why I bought a PS5 (which was cheaper than upgrading my old PC to be able to play it); I’m enjoying it but I’m still in Act I because my mostly-non-gamer partner has been playing her file a lot (which is fine, I’m not complaining). Also it’s a lot of fun to see how it compares to D&D proper, though I haven’t played any of the older BGs or many western RPGs” – Platypus Man

“I loved BG3, and I definitely put in way more time with BG3 than anything else, but I guess maybe since I’d been playing the early access on and off for years, I was not blown away by how good it was because I was pretty sure it was gonna be awesome a long time ago.” – Mireille is sensational, like a She-Hulk

“Baldur’s Gate 3 is magical [and] has great story telling. I play it almost exclusively for the story choices. The gameplay is just too difficult.” – Endere772

“Baldur’s Gate 3 was a ton of fun, and I loved how much I could customize my character, but it didn’t run well on my PC and I felt it was a little over-complicated.” – Jake Sapir

“The most memorable and exciting game I played this year is certainly Baldur’s Gate 3; it’s up there in the forever best games, in my opinion.” – Inzoum

“My companions from BG3 continue living on long after I shut the game down” – undue X sum 8

“Of course, BG3 killed it, [and] I think it is deserving of everything it got. It is legit in a league of its own when it comes to trying to compare it to other video games.“ – Isaac Trash

“I lack the time to play games on a regular basis anymore, but when I had time to play, BG3 was almost always loaded up. The level of variety and creativity in the options you choose and how they can impact a story always left me coming back for more and still planning to play routinely in 2024.” – A-Tipsy-Loon