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Larian Studios released Baldur's Gate 3 with turn-based tactical combat, extensive voice acting and unusually responsive branching. Its commercial and critical success challenged assumptions about how complex a mainstream hit could be.
Turn-based tactical role-playing, long considered a specialist taste, reached blockbuster scale. The game demonstrated that deep systems, reactive writing and genuine consequences are not obstacles to a wide audience, provided the presentation gives players the confidence to engage with them.
