Baldur’s Gate 3 diverged from the previous entries in the series with turn-based combat, but a modder is now aiming to bring the title back to its roots. With the new mod tools, modder tinybike has sucessfully made BG3 into a game with real-time combat, though it’s still in development.

In a YouTube video published on Sept. 21, the modder showcased how they’ve implemented real-time combat into Baldur’s Gate 3, a title with a detailed and beautiful turn-based combat system. In the video, the player character and an NPC bat it out without pausing to think, though a pause function would probably help out in larger battles (like in Dragon Age: Origins or Kenshi). As the modder explains, this “barebones” system is still very early in development, and it’s probably not recommended that you take it into a campaign. Nevertheless, it’s an exciting change that could see Baldur’s Gate 3 completely shaken up when fully developed and implemented.