The UX writing of Baldur’s Gate 3

Dungeons and dragons and details, details, details

Daley Wilhelm
UX Collective
Published in
8 min readAug 22, 2023

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Front cover of the Baldur’s Gate 3 game with a group of fantasy characters, dragons, and a giant tentacled ship.
Mindflayers, devils, vampires, and bear shapeshifters oh my! Image from — https://earlygame.com/gaming/baldurs-gate-3-companions

Baldur’s Gate 3 is one of the most anticipated role-playing games of the decade, and a clear contender for Game of the Year. For the uninitiated (roll for initiative!), this massive but well-polished game produced by Larian Studios is essentially a complete Dungeons & Dragons campaign. Players are thrust into the magical…

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