Baldur’s Gate 3, larian studio amazing new Dungeons & Dragons game, has taken up quite a bit of my free time since its launch earlier this month. Even I, who waited half a year to play it, thought it was a little extreme. So shout out to the utterly free people who have obviously done everything and dusted themselves off in the time I spent getting at most halfway there.
Apparently 368 people completed this new CRPG on its opening weekend, according to a number of compelling new player stats released by Larian to mark the occasion. Baldur’s Gate 3Successful launch of. There’s a lot of interesting stuff here, including a player his class and character breakdown. His 93% of players chose to: make your own character Instead of playing one of the pre-configured Origin companions, call out to your fellow paladin. We’ll also share details about how those players have interacted with Paladins. game dating system (Astarion breaks hearts across Faerun) and with its novel, physics-focused approach, D&D Combat (pro tip for many fans who push people off ledges: Repel Eldritch Blast).
But what intrigued me the most was the first statistic Larian highlighted. Just under 370 managed to complete the playthrough. Baldur’s Gate 3 by the end of the launch weekend.it is do not have A lot of people are playing—the game is breaking concurrent player records on Steam with almost a million people playing it at once—but it’s not really do not have a lot of people too.and because it’s wild Baldur’s Gate 3 Probably much longer than others actual D&D table top campaignlet alone video games.
In the last 11 days or so since the game was released, I managed to put in 80 hours (yes, I know, I know) and I’m just starting to finish the second act Baldur’s Gate 3, I thought it was a little early.But this is a match Larian wins 170 hours of cutsceneswhich triples the size of the script. Lord of the Ring Trilogy. Obviously, in a game about choices and outcomes, there’s no way to be sure of that. all That’s the point of one playthrough. There are so many ways to navigate the situation and only the ones you choose will be displayed.But still, it length game. I don’t know how these people got through it over the course of a few days. Sure, even if you skip the cutscenes, there’s still plenty of the actual game itself to play, as well as combat encounters and puzzles to navigate. And I already spend more time on this game than most.
At this point, I’m pretty sure more people have joined the 368 heroes in the week since release, but I plan to continue the detour as I continue my own adventures beyond the Forgotten Realms. think.
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