Baldur's Gate 3 is close to perfect, but the writing is missing one vital thing

Baldur's Gate 3's party is drawn together through the fickle bands of fate. All are infested with mind flayer tadpoles, which will turn them into the eldritch brain eaters eventually. Still, each has a big ego, their own agenda and secrets, and many of them are brash and mean. Throughout the first act, BG3's party members will start to kill each other. Knives at the throat, a dance of blood, the kind of intensity that can blossom into hardened, fierce love. But these moments are all too few. By game's end, the entire party can gather for a feast, toasting each other, celebrating success, with no one left behind. In its move from early access to release, and with each subsequent update, Baldur's Gate 3 lost more of its bite.

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