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

[DraQ]

They are obviously recycling assets and going for the lowest hanging design fruit so far whenever possible.

It's an alpha.

The sensible thing is to use whatever assets you already have, implement core stuff, then see what nice to have things can be added.

I pity the poor souls that think that a single asset from the alpha will get changed for something new / not reused in final.

I honestly don't care but it would worry me if they changed before alpha.

 

[Calm]

They are obviously recycling assets and going for the lowest hanging design fruit so far whenever possible.

It's an alpha.

The sensible thing is to use whatever assets you already have, implement core stuff, then see what nice to have things can be added.

Exactly, I have no qualms about this. The question was about whether or not all the classes would be implemented or just 8 or whatever number.

They already have the 'core four' and a couple others which makes a staring spread. 5e is a very versatile system and most classes can be built to do most things if you want to. Some are more delineated in what they can do or the way they work than others like Warlock (which is already in) but for the most part they all broadly function the same way.

 

[fantadomat]

 

[frajaq]

 

[hivemind]

has sawyer ever made a good game?

why is he being posted anyhwere as an authority on anything??

 

[Roguey]

Why does Sawyer care so much about this?

 

[Frozen]

They will resurrect Irenicus, basement dwellers favorite cliché cartoonish villain as the main bad guy.

I know how these F-grade writers for video games think.

You herd it first here folks.

 

[King Crispy]

RIP Black Hound.

That game would have been great.

 

[Frozen]

Why does Sawyer care so much about this?

Have no fucking clue when it seems he has finally moved on from gaming into something he could be good at.

 

[Heroic Liberator]

They will resurrect Irenicus, basement dwellers favorite cliché cartoonish villain as the main bad guy.

I know how these F-grade writers for video games think.

You herd it first here folks.

I'd wager that it'll end with two endings: either you sacrifice yourself or you finish your transformation and become the big bad mindflayer. And the Larian dialogue will be a plot twist about the bug in your brain narrating your inner monologue (and maybe influencing it) along the way.

 

[Lacrymas]

has sawyer ever made a good game?

why is he being posted anyhwere as an authority on anything??

Icewind Dale 1 and 2. Some people like New Vegas too. I don't know if he worked on MotB or not, but he did work on NWN2.

You might, and it would be an interesting plot point, but there's no way a contemporary mainstream videogame would have homosexuality as a cruel imposition on a heterosexual character.

If they want some sort of social commentary, it's ripe for the picking. This can work both ways, the game shows how cruel it is to force homosexuality on a heterosexual, ergo it's cruel to force heterosexuality on homosexuals. This basically writes itself if you are into that sort of thing.

 

[frajaq]

Why does Sawyer care so much about this?

people keep asking questions about black hound while talking about BG3 on Something Awful plus arguing a lot about what a "true sequel" means very similarly to what happens around here

 

[Dodo1610]

The official list of races and classes for early access:
6 classes (subclasses)

• Fighter - Battle Master, Eldritch Knight
• Wizard - Evocation, Abjuration
• Rogue - Arcane Trickster, Thief
• Ranger - Hunter, Beast Master
• Cleric - Life, Light, Trickery
• Warlock - Fiend, Great One

Missing for now 6 classes

• Bard - Sorry but a DND game without them shouldn't exist, must be included!
• Sorcerer - easy to implement just but jut edgier wizards could be cut IMO
• Barbarian - easy to implement and should be in
• Druid - will be added in the final game! confirmed by Dragon Magazine
  
• Monk - since Pink Eye doesn't care about BG3 they might not make it
  
• Paladin -edgier cleric

15 Races (subraces)

• Human
• Half-Elf
• Elf (High, Wood)
• Drow - why aren't they an elven subrace?
• half-Drow -WFT?
• Dwarf (Mountain, Hill)
• Halfling (stout, Lightfoot)
• Githyanki - makes sense for the theme
  
• Tiefling (Asmodeus)

Missing for now:

• Dragonborn - Will most certainly be included but they need their own animations
• Half-Orc - Semi popular might not make it
  
• Gnome - Confirmed by Dragon Magazine
  
• Yuan-ti Purblood - I just like them a lot.

Can't decide whether that's a lot for an AAA game or severely lacking for a DND game.

 

[Crispy's Boyfriend]

They will resurrect Irenicus, basement dwellers favorite cliché cartoonish villain as the main bad guy.

I know how these F-grade writers for video games think.

You herd it first here folks.

I'd wager that it'll end with two endings: either you sacrifice yourself or you finish your transformation and become the big bad mindflayer. And the Larian dialogue will be a plot twist about the bug in your brain narrating your inner monologue (and maybe influencing it) along the way.

Either this, or else the "dark power" mentioned in the plot summary will be related to the Dead Three, and not to the process of ceremorphosis. After all, at least according to pre-established lore, within hours the host of the tadpole loses his original personality, which is replaced with that of the fledgling mind flayer. So, unless Larian Studios is planning to rewrite this part of the Forgotten Realms setting, I feel the players are in for a plot twist.

 

[Quillon]

looking at that thread:

Meyers-Briggs Testicle posted:
Rope kid was the director of both games, and icewind dale 2, and fallout new vegas and nwn2.

How did you miss this lol

I don’t come here often bc y’all are a bunch of commies

lol'd

 

[Surf Solar]

“So if you sleep with Liselle one night at camp, the next night you might well just find her sleeping with somebody else. And she’s going to be like, ‘oh, that was a bit of fun, wasn’t it? How are you doing?’ And you’re just like, ‘oh!’ Heartbroken!” - Adam Smith lead writer

https://www.vg247.com/2020/02/27/baldurs-gate-3-romance-all-companions/#below-article

Based Sven giving us our Cucking Simulator

 

[Lacrymas]

The AAA budget should go to such things and not to cinematics or voice acting. Cutting Druid is abominable. ALL base races and classes should be in.

 

[Calm]

• Drow - why aren't they an elven subrace?
• half-Drow -WFT?

As you point out it’s peculiar that these are separated out.
Half-Drow is technically in the rules (in the SCAG) as a variant Half-Elf.

See my previous post about classes.

 

[Ontopoly]

Suddenly I forgive him for anything he's ever done. Now that I think of it Poe was pretty good, and PoE2 was still shit but you know what? not everyone can have a 100 percent track record and that's okay. I'm glad Josh Sawyer was here to kick start the revival of great crpgs.

 

[Saerain]

The official list of races and classes for early access:

Oh, I assumed the 15 races didn't count subraces. That suddenly brings it from "How can they possibly..." to "Is that all?"

 

[Saerain]

• Drow - why aren't they an elven subrace?
• half-Drow -WFT?

As you point out it’s peculiar that these are separated out.
Half-Drow is technically in the rules (in the SCAG) as a variant Half-Elf.

See my previous post about classes.

Pretty different variable for NPCs to react to, to be fair.

 

[Ontopoly]

Our shitposter.

She's just some dumbass that spammed the word retard over and over 30 times and then made 3 comments in a row instead of just editing her comment...

has sawyer ever made a good game?

why is he being posted anyhwere as an authority on anything??

The tweet is there to showcase what integrity and respect for a franchise looks like. I actually respect him so much more after that. Like I said earlier, Josh Sawyer as the villain of decline was so much better than swen.

 

[hivemind]

The tweet is there to showcase what integrity and respect for a franchise looks like. I actually respect him so much more after that. Like I said earlier, Josh Sawyer as the villain of decline was so much better than swen.

have sex

 

[Mebrilia the Viera Queen]

So... Baldur's gate turn based is decline now?.. A D&D game turn based is decline?

It is interesting when someone makes a game close to the source material to see how many people cry about scandal. And in the other one when one turns a pen and paper game in a first person shooter how many people are cheering.

Makes you think about the integrity of some people.

 

[Calm]

• Drow - why aren't they an elven subrace?
• half-Drow -WFT?

As you point out it’s peculiar that these are separated out.
Half-Drow is technically in the rules (in the SCAG) as a variant Half-Elf.

See my previous post about classes.

Pretty different variable for NPCs to react to, to be fair.

Sure, though I don’t see how having a tag for a subrace is any harder to program than one for a race.
It’s probably just to stick them front in centre as options for the masses, lots of edgy people out there that love Drow and Tieflings. They certainly fit in a Forgotten Realms story about Illithid, but why not Duergar as well? + other things from the SCAG, or Githzerai.