INFO
FORMAT PS5
PRICE £57.99
ETA Out now
PUB Larian Studios
DEV Larian Studios
PLAYERS 1-4, local and online co-op
LENGTH 100+ hrs
ACCESSIBILITY Subtitle options for speaker names; adjustable subtitle background opacity; tutorials on/off, and reset; Karmic dice option to break up streaks of failed rolls; controller vibration presets or on/off; adaptive triggers, and camera shake on/off; lock or rotate minimap; character highlight options; metric/imperial systems of measurement
Recently, a dear friend asked me, “So, Jess, how have you been enjoying slutting up and down the Sword Coast?” I couldn’t even tell him he was wrong; not only had I smooched both edgy cleric Shadowheart and my big buff barbarian wife Karlach on the same night, but barely a week later I’d banged the suspiciously pale elf Astarion. My only defence is that I was playing as a bard, and I was left unsupervised.
More than 20 years after the last mainline entry in a series widely regarded as RPG royalty, Larian Studios has picked up the torch first ignited by Bioware, creating a sequel that is rolling for critical success. Based on the fifth-edition ruleset of the hugely popular tabletop roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons, there is all the turn-based combat and dice rolling you’d expect, plus more than a few flourishes that are wholly Larian’s own.
Okay, so, perhaps you don’t play D&D as a thinly veiled excuse to flirt with your besties at the table – let’s rewind a bit. You and your ridiculously attractive
