Baldur’s Gate III: Keep gating

After running up 1000+ hours on PC alone it almost seems rude to not write a proper article on Larian’s generational masterpiece (marital mishaps aside), even though there must already be a billion articles out there singing its praises. You know, I thought I was too old for this. Too… “mature”. Too observant and aware. Intelligent, even. And by “this” I mean “For a game to make me feel like I’m a teenager re-experiencing my first crush.”. I shouldn’t be this emotional over a game, and I certainly shouldn’t have a custom silver ring with “Radiant Hopeful”, spawn Astarion’s sweet yet defiant endgame title stamped on it (cheaper than you’d think too—check a local Etsy jeweller if that sounds like something you want to own). But I do. This is, inarguably, a wonderful RPG, D&D flavoured or otherwise. I appreciate the seemingly endless narrative and mechanical ways character species and classes impact the adventure; certain groups reacting with suspicion (or favour) when faced with any…