author: Wiktoria Jarema
Sheer Number of Spells in Baldur's Gate 3 Will Make Your Head Spin
The release of the full version of Baldur's Gate 3 is a matter of just a few days. Many RPG fans will be pleased to have access to a whole host of different spells.
Early version of Baldur's Gate 3 offers 177 spells, which in itself is already quite a large number. However, players can expect a lot more of them in the full version of the game. Developers from Larian Studios recently announced (in the flood of information contained in this announcement, this mention may have escaped some of you) that more than 400 additional spells will come to the game with the official release. This means that Baldur's Gate 3 will feature twice as many of them as Baldur's Gate 2, prompting speculation about the variety and creativity of solutions available to players.
Magical challenges for game developers
Spells are a key part of Baldur's Gate 3 mechanics, as they affect the gameplay, tactics and roles of individual characters. Properly balancing so many diverse spells is a challenge for the development team. However, Larian Studios is known for its approach that allows for certain mechanics to work a bit wildly, which undoubtedly attracts attention.
A partial list of new spells in version 1.0 of the game.Larian Studios.
Moreover, spells in the world of Dungeons & Dragons are more than just powerful damage-dealing attacks. There are spells, such as Commune, that enable you to ask questions to deities and get answers. Introducing such non-standard mechanics into a video game would be a big challenge for the developers, but also could give the players amazing opportunities (so far the Commune spell has not been confirmed in BG3).
A new level of magic in Baldur's Gate 3
Baldur's Gate 3 with more than 600 spells in its full version promises to be a unique experience for magic and RPG fans. Choosing from such a number of magic actions is sure to create countless possibilities in terms of gameplay and problem solving. Expectations for BG 3 are high, but the developers have already shown several times (if only on the occasion of Divinity: Original Sin 2) that they can meet the challenges of creativity and balance in their games. It is possible that Baldur's Gate 3 will deliver magic on a scale that gamers have not yet experienced.
Baldur's Gate 3 will be released on PC on August 3, and on PS5 console on September 6.. The game will be available in multiple languages.
