2023 has been Baldur’s Gate 3’s year. Larian Studios’ transformative computer role-playing game (CRPG) has swept awards ceremonies across the industry, winning Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2023 as well as our own Game of the Year accolade at the TechRadar Choice Awards. It also topped our own TechRadar Gaming Game of the Year list. However, though the RPG is undoubtedly a technical and narrative marvel, there’s something deeper going on with Baldur’s Gate 3’s success than meets the eye.
As well as being one of the best RPGs of the year, Baldur’s Gate 3 has delivered on a decades-old goal. It’s not just re-invented the CRPG, but it’s realized a fantasy that goes back to the early days of pen-and-paper RPG Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) - upon which Larian Studios’ highly successful game is based.
