The developer of Baldur's Gate 3 promises the game's cinematics feature triple the word count of the Lord of the Rings novels, and are twice the length of every season of Game of Thrones combined - that's a lot of cutscenes to sit through.
In Larian Studios' latest community update, over on Steam, the developer gives a small insight into all things Baldur's Gate 3 ahead of its release later this year. Speaking about just how big the highly anticipated sequel is, the post reads: "Baldur’s Gate 3 has more cinematic dialogue than three times all three Lord of the Rings novels combined." The post continues: "It has 174 hours of cinematics, making it more than twice the length of every season of Game of Thrones combined."
To put that into perspective, J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King) has a word count of a bit over 450,000 words, and the main Game of Thrones TV series has a complete run time of around 70 hours. That's certainly a lot of cutscene content to sit through, but as Larian Studios explains: "All that content serves to give you a tremendous amount of choice and consequence, ensuring everyone's adventure will be unique."
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