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== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
''Baldur's Gate 3'' is a sequel to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldur%27s_Gate_(video_game) ''Baldur's Gate''] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldur%27s_Gate_II:_Shadows_of_Amn ''Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn''] and their respective expansions. | ''Baldur's Gate 3'' is a sequel to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldur%27s_Gate_(video_game) ''Baldur's Gate''] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldur%27s_Gate_II:_Shadows_of_Amn ''Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn''] and their respective expansions. It can be played solo with the possibility to include up to 3 additional playable characters into the party, or online with up to 3 other players. | ||
The game received critical acclaim and won several Game of the Year awards including the Golden Joystick Awards<ref>[https://www.gamesradar.com/golden-joystick-awards-2023-winners/ Here are all the Golden Joystick Awards 2023 winners]</ref> and The Game Awards 2023<ref>[https://www.polygon.com/game-awards-tga/23959124/game-awards-tga-2023-goty-game-of-the-year-nominees-list-totk-bg3-mario-spider-man Baldur’s Gate 3 wins Game of the Year at The Game Awards]</ref>. | The game received critical acclaim and won several Game of the Year awards including the Golden Joystick Awards<ref>[https://www.gamesradar.com/golden-joystick-awards-2023-winners/ Here are all the Golden Joystick Awards 2023 winners]</ref> and The Game Awards 2023<ref>[https://www.polygon.com/game-awards-tga/23959124/game-awards-tga-2023-goty-game-of-the-year-nominees-list-totk-bg3-mario-spider-man Baldur’s Gate 3 wins Game of the Year at The Game Awards]</ref>. | ||
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==Character creation== | ==Character creation== | ||
{{hatnote|See [[Character Creation]] for more.}} | {{hatnote|See [[Character Creation]] for more.}} | ||
Choose from 12 [[classes]] and 11 [[races]] from the D&D Player's Handbook and create your own identity, or play as an [[origins|Origin]] hero with a hand-crafted [[Character Creation#Backgrounds|background]]. Or tangle with your inner corruption as [[the Dark Urge]], a fully customisable Origin hero with its own unique mechanics and story. Whoever you choose to be, adventure, loot, battle, and romance your way across the Forgotten Realms and beyond | Choose from 12 [[classes]] and 11 [[races]] from the D&D Player's Handbook and create your own identity, or play as an [[origins|Origin]] hero with a hand-crafted [[Character Creation#Backgrounds|background]]. Or tangle with your inner corruption as [[the Dark Urge]], a fully customisable Origin hero with its own unique mechanics and story. Whoever you choose to be, adventure, loot, battle, and romance your way across the Forgotten Realms and beyond. | ||
===Origins=== | ===Origins=== | ||
{{hatnote|Main page [[Origins]]}} | {{hatnote|Main page [[Origins]]}} | ||