GameCentral gives its final verdict on Larian’s epic new role-playing game, but it’s not quite the flawless experience it first seems.
A developer not sending review copies until the last minute is almost always an indication that something is wrong; sometimes it’s just bugs and other times it’s a more intractable problem. There were performance issues when we started our review in progress of Baldur’s Gate 3, but nothing too serious. And yet playing through the game in its entirety has revealed unexpected issues. It’s still one of the best computer role-players ever made but its flaws are more complicated than just a few visual glitches.