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Baldur's Gate Baldur's Gate III by Larian Studios - it's turn-based and isometric, folks

Discussion in 'Larian Studios' started by Belegarsson, May 30, 2019.

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Xeon Augur

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#4876

I kinda didn't like the Hidden, when I first saw that, I thought the Hidden would be someone who would make more of an impact but you only meet him if you do the Gnome's quest in the sewer and its kinda of a shitty quest he sends you to. They really made them feel incompetent or something.

Alhoon seemed kinda better but I am not sure if you'll ever meet him again if he manges to escape.

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Jedi Master Radek Arcane

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#4877

Lilura said: ↑

Neerasrc said: ↑

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Tb got ahead. This is interesting.

https://strawpoll.com/s4561xkh
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It's funny how you think this poll matters. If this poll was on my blog, it'd have 10,000 votes.

Here is one poll I put up:

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The figures don't matter. The goal is to draw attention.

Steam link: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1086940/discussions/0/1639788130267067237/
Larian forum link: http://forums.larian.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=652746#Post652746
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That poll is irrelevant. That fact that you cite it says sums about your discerning "intellect" (and anyone else who has cited it). Want me to put a similar poll up on my blog and see how many votes it draws? I will crush your pathetic "strawpoll".
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Then do it!
Crush those pathetic peons with your might blog!
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Lilura RPG Codex Dragon Lady

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#4878

Jedi Master Radek said: ↑

Then do it! Crush those pathetic peons with your might blog!
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I already have with King Content, so what difference is a poll going to make? I don't need to pwn the poll peons. I punch up, not down.

Who is Lilura?
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Jedi Master Radek Arcane

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#4879

But is there anyone left to be punched up? Ahh! The SHOCK! The DISBELIEVE! The DISAPPOINTMENT!
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Chaotic_Heretic Dumbfuck!

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#4880

so is Swen still cucking around with the gameplay details on this one?

felipepepe said: ↑

Cliff Bleszinski, the Popamoler / Robert Kotick, the Corruptor / Gabe Newell, the Eater / John Riccitiello, the Prime Evil / Herve Caen, the Destroyer / Richard Garriot, the Absent Lord / Chris Avellone, the False Emperor.
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Bester said: ↑

Rather than getting sloppy seconds / Slurping some chad's jizz, / Tasting his sweaty dick cheese, / From your wife's thot anus, / Better die an incel, / From a heart attack in a brothel
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Generic-Giant-Spider said: ↑

The good thing about 5E is it's not 4E. / The bad thing about 5E is it's not 3.5.
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rusty_shackleford Arcane

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#4881

Roguey said: ↑

"soon we shall dominate"

If soon is "over 100 years later"

Their average lifespan is 125 years or so, so it's not like they're elves.
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They're a hivemind, the lifespan of one doesn't matter. I don't think a lifespan for Elder Brains are ever mentioned, maybe in some of the more obscure books.
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fantadomat Dumbfuck!

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#4882

Rpguy said: ↑

From the illithids hideout in the sewers in Athkatla
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It is shame that their "hidden" got his head squashed a few hour ago.

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Lilura RPG Codex Dragon Lady

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The Hidden is a mook. The Alhoon is pretty tough in SCS, though.

Who is Lilura?
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LESS T_T Arcane

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#4884
LESS T_T said: ↑

1 hour video interview with Swen at China: https://www.bilibili.com/video/av56027142/

This interview was done before the announcement of BG3, so no direct mention of the game. The interviewer seems like an avid reader of his blog and Divinity Developer's Journal but 1 hour was probably too long, topic jumps here and there.

Still, pretty interesting bits there, including possible hints to BG3's combat system:

When asked about "the very big RPG that will dwarf'em all", he describes it as a thing far into the future, farther than BG3, almost like Warren Spector-esque idealism.

'Are you going to publish other developers' games?': they did think about it for some time, but they realized they don't have 'mental bandwidth' to do it properly and already have so many things to do with their own game.

'Will things like mind-reading and dragon transformation come back in the future games?' - He can say that there's no half-dragons in the next game.

(36:22) "Will you make 3rd person RPG like Divinity 2?': ( Swen, awkwardly) "I'm not married to a particular format. We find a formula that is interesting... So the big thing I already mentioned to you is that you have to have the systems, you have to have the narrative and exploration, and so forth, challenging combat... Well if we figure out here is a really good combat system that will work well in 3rd person, why not? I mean, with pleasure. Recently we have little bit into the turn-based mode, because we really like turn-based. There's a lot of fun, there's a lot of stuff not done yet in turn-based that we could still do. But there's absolutely no reason why we don't go 3rd person."

The interviewer praises their decision to do turn-based combat in D:OS, mentioning the strategic quality of turn-based combat in comparison to real-time one. Swen agrees. "Yeah, the trick about good turn-based combat is making every single decision really matters. That's the player agency we talked about earlier. The game reacts to what you do and it matters. This is fundamental core unit of gameplay. Much harder, well that's not necessarily much harder, in third person. So if have to manage a party, think turn-based is much superior to real-time. Because in real-time they have to give you a pause button. That's because it goes too fast so you can't do the decision, or you have to leave it to an AI. If you leave it to an AI it's not really player agency anymore."

"Challenging is good, easy is not good." (Talking how AI 2.0 made D:OS 2's combat challenging.)

The interviewer mentions Blackguards as cool (encounters) but not so accessible (ruleset) tactical RPG. Swen seems to have not much say about Blackguards.

Swen emphasizes that what they're showing with Fallen Heroes is "just a prototype," and the final game will be very different.

Gustav, the dog, is 2 years old. (So Gustav, the project, BG3, is.)

(53:03) MCA's role on D:OS2: they learnt a lot about player agency from him; he also came up with the idea "what you guys need is a character that is going to help explain the lore", which is where Fane came eventually.

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Ticket To The Moon | The Man Who Sold The World
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Lacrymas Arcane

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It makes me think I'm being bamboozled, yeah.
Excited! x 1
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Neerasrc Educated

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#4886

LESS T_T said: ↑

LESS T_T said: ↑

1 hour video interview with Swen at China: https://www.bilibili.com/video/av56027142/

(36:22) "Will you make 3rd person RPG like Divinity 2?': ( Swen, awkwardly) "I'm not married to a particular format. We find a formula that is interesting... So the big thing I already mentioned to you is that you have to have the systems, you have to have the narrative and exploration, and so forth, challenging combat... Well if we figure out here is a really good combat system that will work well in 3rd person, why not? I mean, with pleasure. Recently we have little bit into the turn-based mode, because we really like turn-based. There's a lot of fun, there's a lot of stuff not done yet in turn-based that we could still do. But there's absolutely no reason why we don't go 3rd person."

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Fairfax Arcane

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#4887

Lilura said: ↑

Larian read commentators, not shitposters and shitpolls.
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Swen's belgitude is too strong, he's hopelessly obsessed with the press:

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LESS T_T Arcane

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#4888

That shot reminds me of:

Ticket To The Moon | The Man Who Sold The World
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Apostle Hand Learned

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#4889

As someone who has played BG1 ten years ago, when there was no internet and walkthrougs, while I admit that I don't have much experience or knowledge about rpgs in general, I am pessimistic about BG3. Times have changed, gaming industry has fallen so low and poetic beauty of original BG games will most likely not be reached.

https://darksideofrpgs.blogspot.com/ my blog about rpgs
WTF am I reading x 2

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Tuco Benedicto Pacifico Cipher

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Lilura said: ↑

That poll is irrelevant. .... Want me to put a similar poll up on my blog and see how many votes it draws? I will crush your pathetic "strawpoll".
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Serious question: do you suffer some form of Aspenger or what?
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glass blackbird Learned

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Tuco Benedicto Pacifico said: ↑

Lilura said: ↑

That poll is irrelevant. .... Want me to put a similar poll up on my blog and see how many votes it draws? I will crush your pathetic "strawpoll".
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Serious question: do you suffer some form of Aspenger or what?
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That's a fucked up thing to say... about people with Aspergers
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Cael Dumbfuck!

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#4892

Tuco Benedicto Pacifico said: ↑

Lilura said: ↑

That poll is irrelevant. .... Want me to put a similar poll up on my blog and see how many votes it draws? I will crush your pathetic "strawpoll".
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Serious question: do you suffer some form of Aspenger or what?
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Now you have created an image of an Asian version of this in glasses:

Thanks, man. Thanks a fucking lot!

Chris Avellone said: ↑

Oh, Infinitron, the joke is simple: That you report the news, as your unfortunate profile tag claims, which always make me wince when I see your claim. C'mon, don't be ridiculous. You are so biased, we can't even see you through the glare...
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DarkUnderlord said: ↑

I'm well aware of the inadequacies of various members of staff.
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Racist x 3

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Eisenheinrich Learned

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#4893

Rpguy said: ↑

From the illithids hideout in the sewers in Athkatla
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Speaking of illithid hideout, man, that was a badly designed dungeon area. What was the point of all that? Four circle shaped rooms in a row. Crazy illithids, building hideouts like retards.
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Reinhardt Arcane

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If Larian show actual screenshot how many more pages codex can spam?
it is a mystery x 2

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vortex Fabulous Optimist

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I would like to know what kind of BG3 game Obsidian recently pitched which didn't pan through.
I need to compare it to Larian's BG3.
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Reinhardt said: ↑

If Larian show actual screenshot how many more pages codex can spam?
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Exclusive Baldur's Gate 3 screenshot release:
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Lacrymas Arcane

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I'm fine with it being like DA:O.
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vortex Fabulous Optimist

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I'm fine with improved DA:I too.
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Lacrymas Arcane

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no
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DA:I's exploration with DA:O's combat and BG style quest design would be cool.
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