Revolutionary RPG Baldur's Gate 3 kicks off with an unforgettable jaunt aboard a Mindflayer Nautiloid, with the interplanar vessel fatefully arriving in Avernus, the Dungeons & Dragons' equivalent of biblical hell. Developer Larian Studios has revealed that two copies of the game were purchased in Vatican City, the world's smallest micro-state, the seat of the Catholic Church, and the home of the Pope himself; which just goes to show the game's incredible reach.
With 764 residents living in a sacred .044 square kilometres in the heart of Rome, Vatican City is largely the province of priests, bishops, and their iconic protectors, the Swiss Guard. Larian publishing director Michael Douse has revealed that two copies of the game were purchased within the religious enclave, with a third copy added to a wishlist on Steam. That's Pope Francis holding out for a sale, then.
We certainly hope that both of those players rolled with Clerics; it would be a shame not to. Are you surprised that Baldur's Gate 3 has made it inside of The Holy See itself? Let us know in the comments section below.
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I hope it goes on black Friday sale on playstation so I can give it a go lol.
Very news-worthy.
Props for the Pope Francis bit, that got me
Of course they will play BG3, anything other than addressing all the child abuse they cover up.
@PegasusActual93 Archbishop of Canterbury literally just resigned because of covering up child abuse. Catholics get the heat when it’s a multi-faith issue.
@nessisonett @PegasusActual93 It's not even a multi faith issue, it's an institutional and societal issue considering it's not only faith based groups. There's far more child abuse carried out in public schools than churches. In fact just Googling "child abuse teacher" and going to the news tab shows a conviction of a teacher everyday. Currently one about a music teacher in Essex Brentwood UK whose reign of abuse was for 40 years.
And coverups are sickeningly a big thing amongst all these institutions. Remember the child grooming scandal in England in Rochdale and Rotherham, covered up by police and councils for decades?
I can imagine the pope playing Baulders Gate 3 on his projection screen in the Sistine chapel, guzzling on Mountain Dew and Doritos.
Pope holding out for a sale. Okay, you got me with that one. Well played.
I guess worshippers of Satan can also enjoy Baldur's gate 3.
@Jey887 I didn’t even get into the Sistine Chapel when I went. Line was too long. At least I managed to see the mummified Popesicles in glass coffins.
@TruestoryYep
@nessisonett
Religious institutions are by far the most prolific perpetrators of covering up child sex abuse especially in my country. Catholic Church definitely has the most money to cover it up but Protestant sects are almost as prolific and don't even get me started on many Muslim or Hindu sects forcing the marrying off of underaged girls. Archbishop was only resigned because the public exposure was too great and I guarantee you there will be no legal repercussions as usual. Not even taking into account all the lower ranking clergy members who have not faced any legal punishments for touching kids both in the Vatican and in countless Catholic churches around the world. Not even getting into the thousands of dead bodies of Indigenous and orphaned children from abuse that have been exhumed in the grounds near various Catholic churches in recent years either. Religious institutions and child abuse go hand in hand and need major changes sorry not sorry. Just calling out evil and hypocrisy where I see it.
@nessisonett ..I went in Summer 2023. You have to book well in advance. But you're right - I've never seen so many people in 1 place ! Even in the surrounding areas of the Vatican
@nessisonett My wife was 6 months pregnant so we skipped the line. That's the key - taking an impregnated woman with you.
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