

(There aren’t that many faces or voices yet, but I’m sure that more of these are on the way.) Much like creating a D&D character in the pencil-and-paper game, it’s a lot of fun to conceive of a character, then bring him or her to life. Baldur’s Gate III has one of the most impressive character creation systems I’ve seen in an PC RPG, offering dozens of playable races, character backstories, class kits, hairstyles and more.

When I got to the character creation menu, that was also a time-consuming process - albeit a much more fun one. The game is not optimized well for less-powerful systems, and finding a way to run the game at 30 frames per second required its own odyssey in the video menu. All told, the game eats up more than 80 GB, and the download speeds were painfully slow, which is odd for a game on Steam. Almost as soon as I finished the 55 GB download, I found that there was yet another enormous update ready to go, that the developers suggested I download and install right away. Then, there was the process of getting it installed.
