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Baldur’s Gate 3 is an incredible role-playing game experience, a gift for RPG fans and a wonderful introduction to the genre for newcomers. It’s got everything a good RPG needs: memorable characters, exciting, strategic battles, and a textured world to get lost in as your party goes questing across the map. It’s a showcase for just how good RPGs are when they really connect, and fortunately for us, there’s plenty more where that came from.

So, in the event that Baldur’s Gate 3 has inspired you to explore the genre further, here’s a list of games that similarly nail the RPG experience in ways that will leave you itching to get back to the character you’ve created — provided, of course, you didn’t immediately roll a new one to take into Baldur’s Gate 3 all over again.

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[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

About the level of writing I've come to expect from a listicle, but I take particular issue with the fact that they list Pillars of Eternity 1 and 2 as separate items but clump the three Dragon Age games together into one, when the Dragon Age games have much more variation between each game than the POE games do.

[–] johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah that blanket rec for Dragon Age is kind of not great, especially since I don't think 2 in particular is very similar to BG.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I haven't played 3, but yeah I'd agree with that. DA:O is basically the source of the formula used to make BG3

[–] MarcomachtKuchen@feddit.de 12 points 1 year ago

How can one talk about Disco Elysium without mentioning the writing even once

[–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No mention of Pathfinder? I was playing Wrath of the Righteous right before BG3 and it makes BG3 seem so tiny(mechanics wise) in comparison.

[–] GCanuck@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I was disappointed by the lack of Pathfinder. To the point where I think this author isn’t credible.

BG3 is a much prettier game. And by a lot.

But the Pathfinder games are a more immersive adventure.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If not for Planescape being on there I would have assumed they meant only more recent games. No Jade Empire. No KOTOR. Not even Neverwinter Nights or Fallout 1 & 2 or Icewind Dale. Let alone all the classic SSI Goldbox games or even Bard's Tale (the original from the 80's not that shit on Xbox).

[–] Abucketofpuppies@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Disappointed not to see Jade Empire on the list. Some of the best party interactions ever

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 points 1 year ago

Best ending dialogue to a video game ever.

"It's time to punch a mountain... Into space!"

[–] Bademantel@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

They mentioned Divinity: Original Sin 2 which is no surprise. I couldn't be bothered to finish Act 2. It's unforgiving, takes a very long time and becomes a bit stale after a while. I know it wasn't that way for most players. But I fear I'd have the same sentiment with Baldur's Gate 3.