PS Plus Premium subscribers can play the first two hours of Larian’s hit title for free through the new Baldur’s Gate 3 trial on PS5.
Subscribers of Sony’s highest PS Plus tier can try out recent titles on PlayStation 5, and as of today, Baldur’s Gate 3 is one of those recent releases that subscribers can try out. As most of you will know, this is a time-limited trial, and, as such, only the first two hours of the game can be played. After this trial period, the game can no longer be played, but luckily, game save data and trophies earned during the trial will carry over once players decide to purchase the full game. Also, trophies earned during the trial will remain on a player’s PSN profile, even if the game is not purchased afterward.
For PS Plus Premium subscribers who haven’t played Larian’s hit title just yet, this might be a great opportunity to try this gem before purchasing it.
Baldur’s Gate 3 is available now digitally for PlayStation 5 and PC. As covered last week, after various teases, Larian confirmed that the game will get a physical release on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S in the first quarter of 2024. As for the game’s digital release on Xbox Series – we’ll know more after The Game Awards 2023.
Here’s what we wrote about the third Baldur’s Gate entry in our launch review from some months back: “Baldur’s Gate 3 doesn’t just deliver fully with its story, as its gameplay is just as good. At its heart, the game doesn’t feel all that different from Divinity: Original Sin 2, which is unsurprising since it runs on the latest version of the Divinity engine. Controlling a party of up to four members, players travel throughout vast locations in search of the help they need to get rid of the tadpole implanted in them. As the party travels the vast and dynamic world of Faerûn, they will get to meet a lot of characters, ranging from fearsome devils to not-too-bright goblins, traveling bards, and all the sorts of creatures one would expect to meet in a fantasy setting, collect all sorts of items and fight all manners of enemies. Traversal and exploration are pretty much standard fare for cRPGs, although the use of abilities such as jump spice the experience up a bit, as does the Turn-Based Mode, which is extremely useful to avoid traps and enemy detection and get the party in a good position for combat.”
