Baldur’s Gate 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 Have a Similar Storytelling Problem

Spoilers ahead for Baldur’s Gate 3Cyberpunk 2077 and Baldur’s Gate 3, two of the most critically-acclaimed, engaging, and immersive RPGs of the past few years, are celebrated for their mature and entertaining narratives. They each have distinct strengths, with BG3 featuring numerous branching paths in its story that are all worthwhile, and Cyberpunk 2077 offering an insightful and slick, albeit more linear, story about identity, technology, and corruption. Despite the overall quality of these games’ stories, and their inherent differences, they both suffer from a strange quirk in their premises.