Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect - "BALDUR'S GATE 3 - GAME OF THE YEAR!?"

Episode Date: August 27, 2023

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/AnalyticIn this segment of Notorious Mass Effect, Analytic Dreamz discusses whether Baldur's Gate 3 has what it takes to be Game of the Year for 2023. He considers the game's strengths and weaknesses, as well as its competition from other top contenders. Ultimately, he leaves it up to the listeners to decide whether Baldur's Gate 3 is their pick for Game of the Year, but he does provide some compelling arguments in its favor.Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

It is time to get into the game that a lot of people, if not everybody, is calling Game of the Year. Now, for all my gaming fans out there, just know this is going to be an informative segment while also covering the plethora of numbers when it comes to video game sales. As Bartis G8 3 origin story is where we have to start, but then we're going to transition into the sales. as Baldur's Gate 3 is a role-playing video game developed and published by Larry Ann Studios. Hopefully I said that right. And it's a sequel to Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition and Baldur's Gate 2 Enhanced Edition.

So obviously, the game is set in a Dungeons and Dragons type of campaign setting. It's created, well, players can create a party up to four characters and explore a region in the forgotten realms. So, you know, a lot of nerd talk is going to be throughout this segment, so just stick with me. As I'm not a huge fan of turn-based combat. I mean, I believe I've played a term-based card game in Marvel's Midnight Suns.

But with my interest in Marvel characters, I put the term-based combat like hesitation to the side to play it because it's my favorite characters in a video game ended up liking it Marvel Midnight Suns to this day is a game I still have to complete but I just simply believe that turn-based card games is a turnoff for most gamers so to see that Barters Gay 3 is not only a turn-based combat game a single-player game but also a multi-player game oh no we'll have a multi-player support in the future update and the game is currently in early access basically i say all that to say this so basically all you need to know

balder's gate three is an early access and it's already outselling like every game this year and that to me is insane for it to be a term-based car for it to be a term-based game and a single-player game at that but will also feature multi-player support in the future update because of course it's an early access but A lot of people really, really enjoy the game's character creation system that allows players to customize the player's appearance, race, class, and background. Y'all know what character customization is. Also, this game features a new dialogue system that allows players to choose how the characters respond to other characters. It has a lot of different endings.

I believe one of the developers said it had like over 100 endings. I'm like, how is it even possible? Like, don't let us get another Mass Effect 3 where a different ending is basically a different color of the sky. Like, come on now. Like, we're a little bit more informed than to believe that. Like, I don't think I've ever seen a game with like 100 plus different endings. And I played Eldering. So I don't know.

But they claim it has a lot of different endings. What else? The game has been a commercial success. Granted, it is in early access. But it is reported that the game has sold over two million. copies in early access. Let me repeat that. Two million copies in early access. And you're probably like, you know, two millions, like a huge number, but you're telling me it's outselling all the games in 2023. Well, let me list off the top five highest selling games in 2020. Right.

number one which is only because these are official sales because of course you know when it's early access you can always like i guess uh refund your money or whatever i don't know how that works but basically if you pre-order a game somehow you can get your money back i don't even know how that works so anyways the top five selling games of 20s 23 as of well today as hoggworth's legacy which is produced by warner bros games at 1.5 million copies sold then you have the legend the legend of Zelda, Tears of the Kingdom, Nintendo, which is 1.2 million, and then you have Baldr's Gate 3. To be top three, to be top three in high selling games of 2023, and you're still in early access, it's like, mind-blowing, like, just, I'm straight up

labragastic on like the amount of success this game as having. Because obviously gamers game on whatever they particularly like. But term base is not something I hear brought up a lot as far as it being game at a year because not a lot of gamers gravitate towards turn base type video games. So this is the first time I've ever seen a term base game be as popular as it is with Bartersgate 3. And may honestly, Bartersgate 3, when it's all said and done, may end up being the most popular term-based game of all time.

I don't want to like jinx it or anything, but from early access numbers to what it's actually going to sell after it comes out fully, it's like insane to compare it for it to already be compared in the top three of high selling games of 2023.

Let me finish off the list. So basically number four is Resident Evil 4 produced by Capcom at one million copies sold and then Street 5 to 6 by Capcom at 800,000 copies sold. So basically it's important to say that these numbers are only for United States global sales. And I got this from NPR and some other website.

But basically, in general, these are like credible sources. So as far as overseas sales, like it's hard to get those numbers. But United States, you know, those are the, the top five highest selling games of 2023. So the biggest thing I wanted to focus on with Borderscape 3 is that

this game came out of nowhere. Like compared to other games, this is just blowing them out the water. Like this is this reminds me of what Eldon Ring did as far as its impact to the gaming community. Like it literally has a meta score which, you know, not a lot of people you know, hold as much weight

for a meta critic, but still, I have to acknowledge it having the highest rated game or being the highest rated game of 23 so far with the 97 score obviously it's an early access so that number can go down but it's very successful currently in early access i keep reminding you because that means that the multiplayer feature which is promised to come early on after the game is released or maybe when the game is released i don't know how that works but for it to be uh for it to be announced in June 2019 to see the impact this having in 2023 it's just a testament to how Laren's studios really believed in their product and they promoted it in such a way that

all the fans of turn base gravitated towards and even more outside of that because once you impact the overall sales that basically means out of all the gamers in society barredscape three is more likely than any of the game to be on the top of the list of games played because you have Hogwarts Legend of Zelda and like I said barred skate three so at the end of the day I just really wanted to give it as flowers for it being a turn-based game because after going through the top five I mean you have a fighting game and number five you have a you have like a shooting RPG game against like zombies in Resident Evil 4. You have a turn-based game, Baldest Gate 3,

which is the only one in this list. You have Legend of Zelda, which is another open-world RPG game, and then you have Hogwarts Legacy. It's a reoccurring theme, RPG game, open-world. And none of these are turn-based other than Barter's Gate 3. I know some people are going to be out there saying, what you mean?

Bartisgate 3 is an RPG, but turn-based RPG is a lot. lot different than RPG. So, yeah, man, shout out to Bartersgate 3. They really did it. And I can't believe they really impacted sales like this because I remember

a lot of people commenting and, well, not like commenting, but basically texting me and letting me know that Bartersgate 3 and there was some other game they was talking about. Diablo, I think it was Diablo 4 that was telling me about. But I was

like, okay, I get to it. And then Baldur's Gate 3 actually happened. I was like, wow, like, people are really playing this game. I don't know about Diablo 4. I don't know if that game's out or not, but as far as, man, as far as Bartersgate, like, I can not believe it impacted the community like he did. So I don't want to keep beating the dead horse or reiterating my statement. So all you need to know is that Barledesgate 3 is the most successful game in 2023.

I'm not going to say about far, but at this point, it's looking like it's going to be. by far. So that's why I put in the title of the episode is Barters Gay 3 Game of the Year. So click my link tree in my bio. Let me know in one of my social media is, what do you think about Barters Gay 3 and do you, after hearing all the info I just gave to you, do you think that Bartersgate 3 will end up being Game of the Year?