Baldur's Gate Baldur's Gate 3 Pre-Release Thread [EARLY ACCESS RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

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[Luka-boy]

Anyone seen the giant squid / kraken in the clouds at the end?

 

[Ziggy]

here's your holy symbol of Myrkul.
That ain't this, and I'm betting on Vecna, despite no eye in sight.

 

[FeelTheRads]

U know if they make Baldur's Age 3 they would burry both Obsidian and Bioware at the same time.

Both over the corpse of inXile.

And good riddance.

 

[Merlkir]

Oh, two years? So it's actually quite far in development, if not nearly done! For some reason I thought they were just getting started on it.
Well that's nice.

 

[Infinitron]

Here are all the previews I've been able to find so far:

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/...vinity-studio-larian-is-making-baldurs-gate-3
https://venturebeat.com/2019/06/06/...y-takes-place-after-dds-descent-into-avernus/
https://www.pcgamesn.com/baldurs-gate-3/larian-developer-interview
https://www.pcgamer.com/baldurs-gate-3-will-combine-the-best-of-divinity-and-dandd-5th-edition/
https://www.usgamer.net/articles/larian-studios-shares-its-vision-for-baldurs-gate-3-interview
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/20...d-from-the-creators-of-divinity-original-sin/
https://www.gameinformer.com/e3-201...ii-is-based-on-dungeons-dragons-fifth-edition
https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/06/06/baldurs-gate-3-officially-announced-for-pc-and-google-stadia

Time to get reading.

 

[RickOmbo]

I see Illithids have learned about Sabbat's mass embrace tactic.

 

[Shadenuat]

There are some things on the chopping block, however. It's an interpretation of D&D, specifically 5th Edition, because porting the core rules, which Larian tried to do, doesn't work. Or it works, Vincke clarifies, but it's no fun at all. One of the culprits is missing when you're trying to hit an enemy, and while the combat system has yet to be revealed, you can at least look forward to being able to smack people more consistently.

"You miss a lot in D&D—if the dice are bad, you miss," he says. "That doesn't work well in a videogame. If I do that, you're going to review it and say it's shit. Our approach has been implementing it as pure as we can, and then just seeing what works and what doesn't. Stuff that doesn't work, we start adapting until it does."

 

[hexer]

"MP is back"

Main Protagonist? Bhaalspawn is back?!

I'll quote this here once again.

"The holy symbol of Myrkul was a white skull inset into a black triangle."

Skull? Check. Triangle? Check. Only the handprint does not fit.

The triangle here is inverted, Myrkul's wasn't.

 

[TT1]

what is this symbol on the left?

My memory might be fuzzy, but isn't that fucking Myrkul's symbol?

Its the Flaming Fist. BG police.

I'll quote this here once again.

"The holy symbol of Myrkul was a white skull inset into a black triangle."

Skull? Check. Triangle? Check. Only the handprint does not fit.

Oh, and for those who missed my earlier post: the game will continue the story of both Baldur's Gate games, with the upcoming adventure "Descent into Avernus" being a not-obligatory prequel. However, CHARNAME will not be the main character.

And something I've forgotten to mention: Sven REFUSED to either confirm or deny that the new protagonist will be Bhaalspawn. Once again, something very strange is going on with the story.

Yes, sure. Looks exactly the same.

 

[razvedchiki]

what are the chances they will go IE isometric style than 3d anime crap grafiks?

 

[Ramnozack]

There was a kinda subtle hidden subplot in BG2 regarding Illithids and Githyanki. You encounter both of these groups multiple times throughout the SOA (Still haven't reach ToB yet). One such example is a group of Illithids called the Hidden which you can find a member of during Jan's personal quest. They are fighting a group of Githyanki called the Seekers who are hunting down the Hidden and they seem to have connections to some nobles of Athkatla. Others can explain it better than me and have somewhere on the Beamdog forums. I wonder if any of that is going to come into play here.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Holy Shit, there's a Spelljammer ship on that trailer!

There were spelljammer ships in BG2

 

[razvedchiki]

lol the game is for casual peasants then.

 

[Fairfax]

There are some things on the chopping block, however. It's an interpretation of D&D, specifically 5th Edition, because porting the core rules, which Larian tried to do, doesn't work. Or it works, Vincke clarifies, but it's no fun at all. One of the culprits is missing when you're trying to hit an enemy, and while the combat system has yet to be revealed, you can at least look forward to being able to smack people more consistently.

"You miss a lot in D&D—if the dice are bad, you miss," he says. "That doesn't work well in a videogame. If I do that, you're going to review it and say it's shit. Our approach has been implementing it as pure as we can, and then just seeing what works and what doesn't. Stuff that doesn't work, we start adapting until it does."

 

[AwesomeButton]

"MP is back"

Main Protagonist? Bhaalspawn is back?!

Multiplayer :D

 

[jf8350143]

"MP is back"

Main Protagonist? Bhaalspawn is back?!

I'll quote this here once again.

"The holy symbol of Myrkul was a white skull inset into a black triangle."

Skull? Check. Triangle? Check. Only the handprint does not fit.

The triangle here is inverted, Myrkul's wasn't.

That's multi-player.

You know, like they have in OS and OS 2.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

And something I've forgotten to mention: Sven REFUSED to either confirm or deny that the new protagonist will be Bhaalspawn. Once again, something very strange is going on with the story.

I don't think it will have anything to do with the Bhaalspawn saga.
I'd have preferred a different title but we all know why they picked what they did.

 

[TT1]

There was a kinda subtle hidden subplot in BG2 regarding Illithids and Githyanki. You encounter both of these groups multiple times throughout the SOA (Still haven't reach ToB yet). One such example is a group of Illithids called the Hidden which you can find a member of during Jan's personal quest. They are fighting a group of Githyanki called the Seekers who are hunting down the Hidden and they seem to have connections to some nobles of Athkatla. Others can explain it better than me and have somewhere on the Beamdog forums. I wonder if any of that is going to come into play here.

BG3 plot is a sequel of Descent into Avernus. Stop going crazy about it.

 

[LESS T_T]

If your're willing to: https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/dratalk_deborah-ann-woll

 

[jf8350143]

Wonder what race will be available. Hoping we get some interesting ones instead of the same old elves and dwarfs.

 

[Shadenuat]

lol the game is for casual peasants then.

For all its worth can be just Sawyerism, then we can exhale since it's lesser of evils.

But it could also mean hitting enemies in 3d person etc.

 

[Mikeal]

One important thing in the interview with Sven, ladies and gentlemen. He explicitly, very carefully, COMPLETELY AVOIDS ANY MENTION of Abdel Adrian by name, or whether he is or isn't CHARNAME. There is hope.

TBH Abdel Adrian is a lame name for fantasy hero.

 

[hexer]

There was a kinda subtle hidden subplot in BG2 regarding Illithids and Githyanki. You encounter both of these groups multiple times throughout the SOA (Still haven't reach ToB yet). One such example is a group of Illithids called the Hidden which you can find a member of during Jan's personal quest. They are fighting a group of Githyanki called the Seekers who are hunting down the Hidden and they seem to have connections to some nobles of Athkatla. Others can explain it better than me and have somewhere on the Beamdog forums. I wonder if any of that is going to come into play here.

It's explained in detail in Planescape sourcebooks. Githyanki and Illithids wage wars in the Astral Plane all the time. The Gith were once enslaved by the mind flayers.

 

[Space Satan]