Jumping back into Baldur’s Gate 3? Or maybe, you’re like me, staring at it in your library, wondering if today’s the day. Larian dropped their final patch everywhere, and Mac users – congrats, the latest hotfix finally works. Took long enough!
Okay, Baldur’s Gate 3, right? Everyone’s calling it a masterpiece or something, but hey, it’s a time-sink. Seriously, who has that kind of schedule anymore? My ‘quick’ playthrough? Over 130 hours. And that was with me skipping a big chunk of Act 1. Whoops. Funny thing, 2023’s throwing RPGs at us like confetti – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and a trip back to The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Makes diving into an older epic seem like a Herculean task.
Steam Deck users, hats off to you, it’s playable but just barely. The Deck’s struggling, let’s be real. Macs got it day one, but it was a hiccup fest. Performance? Let’s say, it took a year for Larian to smooth out the ride, which is wild if you think about it. Some patch came and just… yeah, it got worse.
Props to you Mac folks who cooked up that “renice” workaround to boost frame rates. Talk about going the extra mile. Some command code dance every time you played? Crazy dedication! Anyway, hotfix sorted that mess for M4 Macs. Finally, huh?
If you’re still curious, now’s as good a time as it gets to explore the fuss. Maybe this is your Dark Urge playthrough, finally. For M4 Mac peeps, it’s pretty much the best, till maybe they get around to a Switch 2 port? Fingers crossed, I guess.
