Edmonton-based Bioware has been hard at work on this fantasy RPG—a 'spiritual successor' to the studio’s beloved Baldur’s Gate games—for years, and it was time well spent. The game’s tone is determined based on the race the player chooses. Each playable species has its own hours-long 'origin' story to provide context for our character’s involvement in the game’s grander, save-the-world plot. The environments are darkly beautiful, the characters deep, and the sword-and-sorcery action gratifying. Sometimes it’s good to be an RPG geek.