# Why Baldur’s Gate 2 Still Beats Baldur’s Gate 3 as the Series’ Finest Hour

Picture this: you come to in chains, locked in a cell somewhere under the city of Athkatla. Your companions are caged within sight of you, and a wizard is working through them one by one with his experiments. What he actually wants from you is still a mystery. That is how Baldur's Gate 2 begins, and

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| Published | 20 September 2026 |

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