Gaming🎮 Dragon’s Dogma 2 has me feeling homesick for Baldur’s Gate — and that's fine

[Royal_Lizard]

The other day — and don't worry, I've already secured permission to tell this story — I observed one of VG247's own, in a moment of ardour during a discussion of the wondrous merits of Dragon's Dogma 2, to utter the following statement: "F**k Baldur's Gate 3."

And fair enough, to each their own, but as I turned back to trudging the length and breadth of the twin kingdoms of Vermund and Battahl on foot (because there are no mounts or fast travel, in case you haven't heard), fighting off procedurally generated enemies every six or seven steps, my esteemed colleague's words made me realise something. I'm homesick for Faerûn.

Baldur's Gate 3 was one of my favourite games of 2023, but due to a number of circumstances — not least of which was the release of Dragon's Dogma 2 — I've only managed one proper play session since returning from my Christmas break. It's been in the back of my head for a while now that I missed it, but at this moment, I realised I was missing it a lot.

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