CS: GO Pro Shroud Ends the Debate on Two of the Most Successful Releases, Baldur’s Gate 3 and Starfield

Published 09/09/2023, 1:15 AM EDT

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2023 has seen some of the best gaming releases of all time. Be it Diablo 4 or Resident Evil 4, be it Star Wars Jedi Survivor or The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, this year has seen everything including Baldur’s Gate 3. Not only these, but anticipated titles like Mortal Kombat 1, Assassin’s Creed: Mirage, and Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 are set to be released soon.

Baldur’s Gate 3 and Starfield are the two most fantastic titles among these. According to one of the biggest streamers and CS: GO pros of all time, Baldur’s Gate 3 leaves every other title and stays in another league.

Shroud Has Chosen Baldur’s Gate 3 as the “Game of the F**king Decade”

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In a recent stream, popular streamer and former CS: GO and Valorant pro Michael Grzesiek aka Shroud compared two of the best gaming titles of this year: Starfield and Baldur’s Gate 3. In this comparison, Shroud had a clear winner in the Larian Studio title, BG3.

Shroud mainly drew the line of comparison on the basis of the freedom to approach things and situations in their own way. He mainly stated that computer role-playing games should allow you to progress through the game however you want to progress. There shouldn’t be any fixed method or way of doing that.

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In Starfield, Shroud found out that there were hardly any times that he got the opportunity to finish the game according to his desire. But in BG3, he found out that this game is made to do so. There are a number of possibilities for how you can progress through the game. That’s how a speedrunner completed the whole game in just 10 minutes, according to his own way, but encountered a dark and unusual conclusion to the game.

According to Shroud, Starfield doesn’t take itself too deep. In this space exploration title, if you want to finish the game according to your desire, chances are you can’t do it that way.

Here’s what Shroud has to say about Baldur’s Gate 3: “That’s why Baldur’s Gate 3 is by far the game of the f**king decade because that game is just truly like, ‘Oh, you want to do it that way? Yes! Do it that way.'”

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The former CS: GO pro encountered just two occasions in his 80 hours of gameplay where the game did not allow him to run the game as he desired. He stated: “Every other time, I was like, ‘Oh, I really want to do it this way.’ Well, guess what? You can!”

He concluded his appraisal of BG3 like this: “Baldur’s Gate 3 takes the choice of video games and surpasses everything that I’ve ever played. It’s freaking incredible! It’s literally such an incredible, remarkable experience that you’ll never forget playing that f**king game.”

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Baldur’s Gate 3 is by far and away the best game of this year. This game is well and truly living up to expectations. Will this game win Game of the Year in 2023? What’s your take on this?

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Nilendu Brahma is an eSports Content Writer at EssentiallySports, bringing his passion for gaming and sports journalism to the forefront. With a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, Nilendu combines his love for writing with his expertise in eSports. As a die-hard Barcelona fan and a cricket fanatic, he understands the pulse of sports enthusiasts.
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