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Baldur's Gate 3 and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 show that the future of RPGs is in games way more ambitious, weird and unexpected than anything Bethesda and BioWare have to offer

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Baldur's Gate III
Genres · rpg, strategy, tbs
Release · Aug 3, 2023
Developer · Larian Studios
PCPS5Xbox Series X|S
1153 articles 250 writers 17 reviews
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Role · Developer / Publisher
Active · 2000–2024
Latest · Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Top genres · rpg, adventure, fps
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Active · 2018–2025
Latest · Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
Top genres · rpg
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