You've got your initiative rolls, your movement speeds, your long and short rests, death saves, and proficiencies. You make a character by picking from different fantastical species (tree elf, rude elf, lizard person, etc) and classes such as monks, druids, and clerics.

If you've played Larian's previous massive fantasy RPGs, and in particular their pair of Divinity: Original Sin games, or indeed Dungeons & Dragons more generally (whose vaunted TRPG ruleset Baldur's Gate 3 is officially adapting), you'll be familiar with the tools you're given for the business of world-saving.

Don't worry, you don't need to remember or have played Baldur's Gate 1 or 2. Through happenstance and literal brainworms, you and the band of strange adventurers you meet in the first act are the only ones who can save the day. But if you're one of the many who haven't, the premise is thus: an ancient evil has, as ancient evil is wont to do, arisen once more to threaten the great walled city of Baldur's Gate, and by extension the surrounds, and by further extension the world and all the deep gnomes, elves and sexy demon wizards therein. It's possible you've already played some of Baldur's Gate 3, with Larian Studios having had their massive fantasy RPG in a successful early access for just under three years.

Reviewed on: Intel Core i5-1340F, 16GB RAM, Nvidia RTX 3060, Windows 11.

Unless there's a sequel in another 20 years. It's the best Dungeons & Dragons game anyone has made, and probably will ever make. Larian's RPG is an incredible world to get lost in, and though it may take you 100 hours, you will want to play again.

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