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Baldur's Gate 3

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Baldur’s Gate 3 is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons, where your choices shape a tale of fellowship and betrayal, survival and sacrifice, and the lure of absolute power. (Website)

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I started a new DOS2 character while I was waiting for the full release of BG3, and it helped me remember how much I love CRPGs (it's the only one I've played aside from BG1 when I was a kid).

The narrator was something that really stuck with me, as you didn't always see detailed actions of your party and NPCs during dialogue, so you had to use your imagination based on the narration.

Having now started BG3 with it's fully cutscened conversations and interactions, it really feels like an evolution. They are so well captured and acted that it makes the game feel so much more engrossing.

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[–] joe 17 points 2 years ago (16 children)

I'm loving the game, but I'm not going to lie, the fact that the player character lines aren't voice acted is a little jarring, because everything else is voice acted so well.

I have no idea why, but I had it in my brain that the only reason the PC wasn't voice acted in the early access version was because it was early access.

I even can acknowledge that the way it is aligns with industry standard, but even after playing for hours since release, it just feels jarring to me to only hear one side of the conversations.

I don't mean to come off as complaining; just sharing my thoughts.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Is it still the case even when you play as an Origin character? It would be odd to have that character fully voiced as a companion and mute as a player

[–] chandz05 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes, I'm playing as Lae'zel and she is not voiced during dialog

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