Baldur’s Gate 3: An Exciting Start for Larian’s RPG

Introduction

As our testing continues, players from all around the world have embarked on the adventure with an Illithid larva stuck behind their eyeballs. The objective? Discover how to remove it or alternatively, utilize the offered skills. Either way, it is crucial to avoid turning into a Mind Flayer at all costs. The approach to achieving this largely depends on each individual. Baldur’s Gate III is not only a role-playing game but also a game that incorporates the Dungeons & Dragon 5.1 Official Rules, featuring dice rolls to determine outcomes.

Endless Possibilities

In other words, players can choose from over ten classes, associated subclasses and specializations, as well as over 400 spells. The gameplay experience will vary based on your progress. You have the freedom to attack anything that moves, engage in conversations, use powers, or interact with the environment. In short, expect each experience to be unique. Players often compare their paths and many have taken completely different routes and explored distinct areas. Even in cases where they have visited the same locations, their experiences have unfolded differently. If this sounds intimidating, rest assured that Baldur’s Gate 3 provides ample tools for novices to find their place.

Romances in Baldur’s Gate 3: Certain Boundaries Enforced by Larian

Larian has provided numerous descriptive materials, assistance, and tutorials, which are clear and easy to access through our columns, YouTube, Twitch, and social media. However, one aspect of the game garners more interest than others, namely romances. Romances are an almost obligatory feature in Western role-playing games, and players have many questions: which characters can be involved in relationships, how to initiate and develop these relationships, how many options are available, and whether non-playable characters can form relationships.

Limitations on Romances

We won’t divulge any details about the first two questions, but we do have answers regarding the third one, as well as an understanding of the system’s limitations. Larian foresaw that players would have inquiries, so they provided some information just before the game’s release. Apart from being able to disregard this aspect and end a relationship at any time, Larian outlined three main limitations concerning romances, particularly regarding the original characters, those already designed by Larian.

When starting the game, players can choose one of these pre-designed characters or create and customize their own. If you opt for the latter, none of the original characters, who have become non-playable characters in the process, will be able to initiate romances. So, for example, you won’t be able to have a romantic relationship between Shadowheart and Astarion if they are only your companions. Additionally, it’s not possible to play as an original character and initiate a romance with another player’s original character.

However, if both characters are original characters and at least one of them was chosen by the player at the beginning of the game, a romantic relationship can develop between them. If this sounds complicated, don’t worry. It will all become clear once you start playing Baldur’s Gate 3. Some players may already lament these limitations, but it’s a deliberate decision by Larian to avoid creating awkward situations or having to write extensive additional dialogue in a game that already demonstrates great generosity in this regard.