Newcomers to Baldurs Gate 3 might find themselves extremely overwhelmed with their wealth of options for generating their characters. After all, Baldur's Gate 3 uses the D&D 5e ruleset, allowing them to create highly detailed characters for combat and other gameplay elements such as roleplay and exploration. With the games intense premise of a full-scale Mindflayer invasion in Faerun of the Forgotten Realms, beginners have the perfect recipe for choice paralysis.

Encounters in Baldurs Gate 3 describe combat scenarios where the games exploration transitions into turn-based combat. Taken as a concept from Dungeons & Dragons, these battles can look like that of a typical turn-based RPG. However, D&D 5es unique action economy gives players a lot of things to do during each characters turn.

PC gamers may want to mark August 23 on their calendars, since Gamescom 2024 could bring new product reveals and updates from AMD.

Diablo 4's Vessel of Hatred DLC is bringing exciting new features, and the introduction of Mercenaries could be the best addition.