Baldur’s Gate III game is characterized by a completely open style of play, as you are not bound by any sequence of missions or even a specific direction on the map. You have complete freedom to go wherever you want and choose the tasks you want, as it is characterized by a very complex and complex dialogue system that varies the story of the game and changes because of it.
The game is not simple at all and contains a very deep and complex gameplay experience that takes hours and hours to the point that only the first chapter requires a minimum of 25 playing hours, so we have compiled a set of tips that may be useful to you if you are new to this type of games.
Diversify your team
In the game Baldur’s Gate III, you interact with events through a group of characters that you can fully control and these characters join you during your journey in the game by entering with them in text dialogues and according to your choices, your relationship with them.
Each character in the game belongs to a certain gender, as well as has its own character and skills, and the fact that this game contains a very large number of different characters.
Always try to diversify the team members because the battles in the game are characterized by a degree of planning and tactics, and it is better for the team to contain several elements and characters whose style differs.
For example, there are some enemies that are affected by long-range strikes, and other enemies are affected by sword strikes, and so on. It is also good for your team to contain a character who is able to help the team and restore health points to them.
Use the surrounding environment to fight
The battles in the game are very deep and have a strategic dimension, and they depend on the style of turn-around where the roles of all the fighting parties are distributed sequentially and each character can perform some moves within a certain number of steps.
If you rely on direct fighting style by standing your characters facing the enemy and directing blows, the battle will be very difficult and here comes the role of the surrounding environment in the fight.
You should use the battlefield to your advantage, especially since the game offers this idea beautifully.
For example, if your group has a hunter character that relies on fighting from a distance using the bow, then it is better to place this character behind the rest of the team where it performs its role to the fullest, also it is better to have this character in a higher place than the rest of the battlefield where the chance of success doubles Strikes as well as its power.
The same thing if you have a thief character who has daggers and uses them during the fight, then the best position for this character will be to attack the enemy from the back and not directly.
The game environment contains some natural elements that you can use to your advantage or even get rid of them, and the most prominent of these elements is fire, where you can set fire to an area to besiege the enemy, or it can be extinguished so that you can cross into a certain area.
Beware of in-game discussions
The game has a great dialogue style, as it affects the course of events in a very large way, and you may think at first glance that this idea exists and is frequently repeated in many other games, but here there is a central difference.
The difference lies in the speed of the influence of these texts on the story and events. In most other games that present the same idea, it depends on changing events in the future, but in Baldur’s Gate III the effect is momentary and you find that the story and the missions differ with each line of dialogue you choose.
I do not know how many stories have been written in this game yet to come out like this, but I assure you that I have so far tested more than one branch in the story due to the change in the dialogue texts.
Here you should be aware that there is great freedom that the game offers you in the dialogue texts and the results are not guaranteed at all, so you should be very careful while choosing responses.
You must also remember that all the characters in the game and talking to them possess fixed abilities and numbers and do not change with the change of the situation, for example if you are talking to a senior leader, this leader will be at a very advanced level and has many health points and skill developments even if these are The conversation takes place at the beginning of the game and you, in turn, can speak with this leader completely freely, so that you can create a quarrel with him and fight him, and here the consequences will not be sound at all.
You may find yourself in a moment inside a combat battle that is not equal at all, and you have only 10 health points against another hero who has 90 or 120 full health points, and this is because of the open map that the game offers you, as it is not a map in which the enemies are distributed gradually, but rather it is random and very realistic.
Therefore, before entering into any discussions, always try to make sure of the strength of the person you are talking to, and try to avoid fighting in critical times and difficult situations, as this game is not action and you can kill everyone because you are the hero, but rather a game that imitates balanced and very realistic roles in terms of strength and suitability.
Always explore
The game contains an open map and a completely free mission system, and this is what really distinguishes this game, and in order for this system to become enjoyable, many prizes have been added all over the map.
The game world has a lot of things that you can search in permanently and I strongly recommend that you take some time to discover just find some coins here or a weapon there.
The matter is very fun and there is no reason to avoid it, especially since the design of the game world is wonderful and has many wonderful details that you would like to see, and some of these tools may be very useful to you, especially in the early stages of the game.
Use manual memorization continuously
Because of the difficulty of the battles and the dialogue system in the game, you may find yourself dead at any time and without expecting, you may simply take a certain method and find on the way a group of powerful enemies and your death is inevitable.
Unfortunately, if this happens, you find the game takes you back to a very previous stage, which is frustrating because you must repeat everything that you went through during all this period, especially since the automatic saving system does not work as required, and I do not know if this was a mistake in development or if it was intended.
In any case, you should be careful and take the matter into consideration well and save the game continuously, and personally I advise you to save the game after every battle you win at least.
Well, these were the tips that I came up with after my experience with this game, of course there may be more tips and tricks that I did not mention, but I preferred to mention general advice only so that you can discover the game and try it in your own way and to keep the fun in general.