Baldur's Gate 3 News

Baldur's Gate 3 so popular it's crashing everything, forums included

Baldur's Gate 3 is my favorite RPG game this year and with good reason. Larian Studios has been hard at work improving the gameplay and much more in Baldur's Gate 3 while preparing for its recent launch out of early access. Not only did the highly anticipated game exceed the developers' expectations, but it surpassed just about every milestone you could imagine. Due to its massive popularity and the sheer influx of new players, Baldur's Gate 3 has managed to crash multiple online platforms including the likes of Steam and Larian Studios' own forums.

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How Baldur's Gate 3's stealth and sneak work

Stealth in Baldur's Gate 3 works like you'd expect if you've snuck around in other games, but a number of things can reveal you if you're not careful. A keen understanding of the RPG's stealth mechanics, stats, and stealth checks will make slipping into the shadows much easier...
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You can get a 'happy' ending in the first minutes of Baldur's Gate 3, sort of

I love a game that allows us to defy the expectations games put on us. In Far Cry 5, for example, you can wait around doing nothing at the start of the game to avoid all of the other events in the game, rolling credits without making a move. And in Baldur's Gate 3, you can make a choice very near the start that ends the adventure before it's really begun—and your character is completely happy about it...
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Of course Baldur's Gate 3 lets you stack dozens of crates and stand on top of them so you can teleport over the wall of a keep

During a Steam broadcast that I can't for the life of me find an archived copy of, Larian Studios founder Swen Vincke and famous dungeon master Matt Mercer demonstrated that, yep, Baldur's Gate 3 is a Larian RPG...
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Be very, very careful with this early Act 2 quest in Baldur's Gate 3

Note: Spoilers for the beginning of Baldur's Gate 3 Act 2 below...
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