Quite a few people have picked up on how similar Larian Studios' Baldur's Gate 3 is to a fan-favorite franchise of the past decade or more: Dragon Age. It's not just because a few face tattoos look suspiciously like vallaslin. Companions and NPCs struggle with inner, and sometimes outer, demons in Baldur's Gate 3 in a way that may seem familiar to Dragon Age fans. The worlds of Faerûn and Thedas are steeped with lore and feature everything from politics to gore. The similarities don't stop there: owning a battlefield in Baldur's Gate 3 requires some of the same kind of strategic thinking that Dragon Age games do, and which battles to fight in the first place depends on the type of hero or antihero players want to roleplay.