Hello! So, I've been seeing a lot of Baldur's Gate 3 videos and I must say that from what I've seen I'm desperately in love with and really want to play this game. But I have a few questions that need answering before I play. Please be serious, and keep teasing and trolling to a minimum. Zero would be nice, but this is the internet. I have to keep my expectations reasonable.

1. Do I need to play Baldur's Gate 1 or Baldur's Gate 2 to understand what happens in this game?

2. D&D has always interested me, but I've never actually played it. Is this game accessible to D&D newcomers?

3. Most of my online stuff happens on my phone, because I don't have a stable internet connection. If I manage to get the game downloaded, do I need internet to play, just by myself?

Thank you so much for all of y'alls help!

LadyAnnaLee!

1. No, I knew next to nothing about the previous two games going in and didn’t have any problems. Aside from like three returning characters who show up later in the game and some tidbits related to them that’re really only relevant to the Dark Urge origin, I don’t think the games even have much crossover.

2. It does a pretty good job of explaining the mechanics, I think. Most tooltips are very comprehensive and 5e (the dnd edition the game is based on) is the most newcomer friendly edition of dnd anyway in my opinion. Couple that with the fact that they changed quite a few things mechanically between the tabletop and the game, and prior system knowledge matters even less.

3. You shouldn’t. The game is pretty big at 100+ gb though so good luck with that download.

@Scribe of Thoth

Thank you so much! That's good information to have and answered all my questions!

1: No, absolutely not. If you have played the first game there'll be a few returning characters and easter egg type scenarios, but I think of it sort of like Arcane. If you have played the game(s) before, it will add to the experience, but if you haven't it won't detract.

2: Oh absolutely. It uses the 5th Edition ruleset as the game's ruleset, but you need absolutely zero knowledge of how D&D works to play the game. Again I'd say it might add to the experience if you do, but if you don't it won't subtract anything effectively.

3: Nope. Once you download it you're all good, unless of course you want to play a co-op run with a friend.

@Overlord Thraka

Thank you! Confirmation is always good!

@LadyAnnaLee I don't really have the answers for Questions 1 and 3, but I can confirm the answers for Question 2.

D&D 5e is very accessible for newcomers. ^_^
There are even some D&D 5e games going on in the Tabletop section of this site. So, you could give D&D a try on this site.