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Deus Ex and Fallout 3 have swapped spots for my #1 favorite game of all time over the past 24 years or so. No other game has taken the top seat on my list, for various reasons. Deus Ex was proudly at the #1 spot for several years, before Fallout 3 came out, and got me into that universe. That stole the #1 spot from Deus Ex for nearly a decade before I swapped them again, somewhat due to good prequels to Deus Ex and bad sequels to Fallout, but mainly because I kept coming back to Deus Ex and how that influenced me.
Dear reader, going into Baldur's Gate 3, I did not expect this battle between titans to change. How pleasantly surprised I was to find a game clearly cared for by EVERYONE on the end credits. Whether it is making me laugh out loud, rage in anger at the villains, or tear up thanks to powerful character arcs, this game had me hooked like NO OTHER GAME.
I still cannot wrap my head around how complex and interwoven the storyline is, and how it changes with your choices. Some critics may say the changes are not super significant. Well, maybe not on the surface, but countless times, my decisions in the past have echoed their way to the present, and I can be damned or blessed by my actions. But it doesn't stop the game from progressing. It is a wild thing to try to describe. Sometimes, you get a gut punch from life, and you really realize how important your friends and family are. That is this game. I have not played a game that has felt this human, ever before.
It took me an insane amount of hours to beat this game. I was THOROUGH. It may have taken me 200+ hours to beat this game, and every minute was worthwhile. I did every possible quest that I could, completed every companion arc, discovered every area I could find, and yes, I was a save scum POS lol. You can really play this game ANY WAY YOU WANT. The game will be YOUR experience. Similar to Deus Ex, this game encourages you to think outside the box, and seems positively RIDDLED with secrets, some of which may yet still lay undiscovered!!
This is the most REWARDING game I have ever played--you will not be disappointed!!
10/10
