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Prior to the release of BG3 my favorite PC games of all time were BG1 & BG2. Over the years several RPGs came out and almost all of them tried to reference Baldur's Gate 1/2 in some way. They were spiritual successors or from the team that brought you, or whatever they could say to remind you of BG1/2.

There were a few good ones, lots of bad ones, and ultimately it just seemed like no one was going to make another game of that quality.

On a chance one day a friend and I found Divinity: Original Sin (Definitive Edition). It was one of the best games I had played in a long time. I was excited when the sequel came out, finally someone was making high quality RPGs that I really enjoyed again.

Then it course BG3 was announced. A sequel to my favorite games. And Larian was making it. The studio who currently makes my favorite modern games. It's a story destined for failure. No game could live up to that level of hype.

But it absolutely did. I spent weeks playing BG3. Completed the game once, having done nearly every side quest I could. Then once I finished I started over again, playing all the other quests I was forced to skip. With the final patch out now (a few months ago) I think I'm ready to dive back in.

So yeah. It is probably the best game ever created. That question becomes difficult when we have to start comparing different types of games, but for the category it's in, it's #1.