At this point, it goes without saying that Baldur’s Gate 3 is a game-of-the-year contender. It’s been torture waiting for it to get released on console. I’m still waiting to hear when Baldur’s Gate 3 is getting released for the Series X. Or maybe you’re waiting for the price to come down for the PS5 version of the game. Either case, you don’t have to go without something to play. This week we’ve got a few games to tide you over until Baldur’s Gate 3 is ready for your console of choice!

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Disco Elysium‘s story doesn’t start as fantastically as having a mind-flayer tadpole in your brain as you journey across the Forgotten Realms. You wake up with amnesia and a murder to solve right outside your hostel. With a premise like that, Disco Elysium definitely leans into the role-playing in RPG. There’s no combat in this game per se. Instead, the game focuses on investigating for clues by interacting with the characters that make up the city of Revachol, and figuring out who you were before your amnesia. Disco Elysium is definitely a good pick if you want to get lost in a well-built world.

Wasteland 3 (Xbox/PS4)

Split-screen coop is the reason that Baldur’s Gate 3 has been delayed for so long on Series X. While it’s not split-screen, Wasteland 3 is another CRPG that has multiplayer. You and a friend online take control of a squad of Desert Rangers in a world blighted by the outcome of nuclear war. You’ll journey out of Arizona to Colorado to save the land from the tyrannical children of the Patriarch of Colorado.

Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition (Xbox/PS4)

It’s a given with a name like Baldur’s Gate 3, that it’s not the first in its series. Mind you, Larian Studios has said you don’t need to play the first two games to appreciate their addition to the series, but this is a blog post about what to play while you’re waiting to get your hands on Baldur’s Gate 3. So obviously I had to add this to the list. While Baldur’s Gate 3 is set 120 years after the second game, it’ll let you pick up on some details your friends might miss and then you can be smug. And isn’t that worth something?