Baldur’s Gate 3’s combat is turn-based. That means whenever you’re in a fight, you have a built-in opportunity to think about what to do next while your fighters take orderly turns making their moves.Larian Studios – the makers ofBaldur’s Gate 3 – structured the game like that on purpose.Baldur’s Gate 3 is aDungeons & Dragons game. The ability to stop and plan out your moves is how tabletop gaming usually works, andBaldur’s Gate 3shines in that format. After all: You’ve got a lot to think about. Your enemies often throw curveballs that youneed time to plan your response to. And you’ve got myriad skills to strategize around. There’s truly no reason to mess with a format that works.

The Brawl BG3 mod completely changes combat

ANexus mod with nearly 20,000 downloads, created by moddertinybike, transforms the combat inBaldur’s Gate 3from turn-based to something called “real-time-with-pause.” Real-time-with-pause (or RTwP) combat happensfast…but, as the name suggests, you do get built-in breathers. You just have to manage that yourself.

Typically, once you trigger an enemy encounter in RTwP combat games, the game will automatically pause to give youa chance to get your head on straight. You can then check your........

© Polygon