With Baldur’s Gate 3, a huge role-playing game with a classic fantasy setting and turn-based combat is coming to Steam on August 3, 2023 (PS5: August 31). In terms of alternative endings and replayability, this could be a real monster.
What is Baldur’s Gate 3 game? Baldur’s Gate 3 is a tactical, turn-based role-playing game in isometric perspective. The series has been around since the 90s and is an official spin-off of the world-renowned pen and paper role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons.
Baldur’s Gate 3 also defines itself shortly before release by naughty bears and its incredible size. The statements of a developer who worked alone on the alternative endings for over 6 months now suggest how huge the title will be.
For an insight into the game, start the trailer for Baldur’s Gate 3:
The developers of Baldur’s Gate 3 show the legendary city
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How big will Baldur’s Gate 3 be? We can’t give you an estimate, but we can give you some hard numbers from an interview with the developers of Baldur’s Gate 3 on the “Fextralife” site.
They also talked to Chrystal Ding there. Ding says she sat alone at different ends of the game for over 6 months and then talks about an unbelievable number:
Fextralife probed and asked how many “real” ends there were. Ends that also differ really big from each other. Ding couldn’t name a specific number, she would have had to think longer about it, which was obviously not possible at the time in the interview.
As a further number that should clarify the extent of the role-playing game, here is the length of the cutscenes:
According to the current information, Fextralife assumes that you can do up to eight rounds of the game without having to do too much twice.
You can watch the full English video with Fextralife’s interview report here:
Baldur’s Gate 3 has been available in Early Access on Steam for some time. But even the developers are now saying: If you only play the game for the full release, it should be much better.
If you are now looking for more information about the release, then have a look here: Baldur’s Gate 3: Key facts about the release in 3 minutes