Baldur's Gate Baldur's Gate 3 Early Access Thread [GAME RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[Raghar]

And afaik, they have 7 writers. I have called them the 7-man cuck-squad before and they even acknowledged that (and were very proud of the name) on Twitter.

Holy fuck you were not lying:

Yes, I wasn't lying ;p

This means they are committing horrible stuff as I did when I did game development. Reading forums and not doing work.

 

[whydoibother]

I assume all companions will have their own quest lines, yes. I don't think 12 seems like that far-fetched a number though I guess it is possible that there might only be around 8. Either way my point is I heavily doubt that the 5 companions currently available will be the only ones in the final release.

D:OS2 has 6, soooo.

D:OS2 companions really are structured like 4+2, the core team was supposed to be 1 lizard, 1 dwarf, 1 human, 1 elf - like on the mask, and they are similarly tied to the plot. The Bard and the Eternal seem like DLC characters, each with their own gimmick, and each with extra information and tied differently to the plot.
This looks like it might be 6+2, with 6 core characters, and two extra "gimmick" characters later? If you are an optimist, anyways.

 

[whydoibother]

And afaik, they have 7 writers. I have called them the 7-man cuck-squad before and they even acknowledged that (and were very proud of the name) on Twitter.

Holy fuck you were not lying:

Yes, I wasn't lying ;p

This means they are committing horrible stuff as I did when I did game development. Reading forums and not doing work.

The fact that they aren't spending their entire work days just working only proves they aren't really cucks. Imagine actually legitimately unironically truly for real working eight hours in a single day LMAO

 

[Raghar]

I assume all companions will have their own quest lines, yes. I don't think 12 seems like that far-fetched a number though I guess it is possible that there might only be around 8. Either way my point is I heavily doubt that the 5 companions currently available will be the only ones in the final release.

D:OS2 has 6, soooo.

D:OS2 companions really are structured like 4+2, the core team was supposed to be 1 lizard, 1 dwarf, 1 human, 1 elf - like on the mask, and they are similarly tied to the plot. The Bard and the Eternal seem like DLC characters, each with their own gimmick, and each with extra information and tied differently to the plot.
This looks like it might be 6+2, with 6 core characters, and two extra "gimmick" characters later? If you are an optimist, anyways.

D:OS2 is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH better when you use mod that allows 6 characters in the party.

 

[Shrimp]

Also for what it's worth that tweet is closing in 3 years of age and was posted a handful of months after DOS2's release which apparently was in September 2017.
I doubt they'd even acquired the BG3 license back then, but if DOS2's writing team had 7 members then I really don't see why the thought of them having hired additional writers using the combined budgets from WOTC's funding+DOS2's profit.

 

[Robber Baron]

D:OS2 is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH better when you use mod that allows 6 characters in the party.

The only way I could play it

 

[Zed]

D:OS2 is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH better when you use mod that allows 6 characters in the party.

It's the best after running the uninstallation wizard

 

[Heroic Liberator]

And afaik, they have 7 writers. I have called them the 7-man cuck-squad before and they even acknowledged that (and were very proud of the name) on Twitter.

Holy fuck you were not lying:

Yes, I wasn't lying ;p

This means they are committing horrible stuff as I did when I did game development. Reading forums and not doing work.

The fact that they aren't spending their entire work days just working only proves they aren't really cucks. Imagine actually legitimately unironically truly for real working eight hours in a single day LMAO

Some slaves do love their chains.

 

[Bohrain]

Original Sin 2 had 6 party members right? But that game didn't really have classes so the party balance kinda warrants more for BG3. It's a fully voice acted game though, so I doubt they'll write 12 origin stories. Rather than all classes I'd expect them to cover all races, so we'd be lacking a drow, tiefling, dwarf and a halfling.

 

[vortex]

Sex'n'romance kills the mood in a fantasy cRPG. It should be eradicated because boils down the atmosphere. Soft simping is allowed, though. Larian and Obsidian writers don't know that obviously.

 

[NJClaw]

Lacrymas: arousing people all over the internet since 2017.

 

[Reapa]

1.6 Not great, not terrible.

your perception seems limited.

 

[Shrimp]

I assume all companions will have their own quest lines, yes. I don't think 12 seems like that far-fetched a number though I guess it is possible that there might only be around 8. Either way my point is I heavily doubt that the 5 companions currently available will be the only ones in the final release.

D:OS2 has 6, soooo.

D:OS2 companions really are structured like 4+2, the core team was supposed to be 1 lizard, 1 dwarf, 1 human, 1 elf - like on the mask, and they are similarly tied to the plot. The Bard and the Eternal seem like DLC characters, each with their own gimmick, and each with extra information and tied differently to the plot.
This looks like it might be 6+2, with 6 core characters, and two extra "gimmick" characters later? If you are an optimist, anyways.

D:OS2 is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH better when you use mod that allows 6 characters in the party.

6 man party size will probably be one of the first mods that gets made (outside of the usual move speed increases, weight limit removals etc that tend to get made within minutes)
Limiting you to 4 characters restricts you far too much and I imagine a large amount of people will end up just running the same cookie cutter party compositions just because they have to cover a select few basics.
It sucks that Larian is insistent on bringing co-op into the picture because that's probably why they aren't willing to go beyond a party size of 4 characters.

 

[whydoibother]

Sex'n'romance kills the mood in a fantasy cRPG. It should be eradicated because boils down the atmosphere. Soft simping is allowed, though. Larain and Obsidian writers don't know that obviously.

They should stick to the Chris Avellone school of romance: make a red haired cocktease that always implies it, and never does it.

 

[Grotesque]

these portraits look like they're police mug shots

 

[Robber Baron]

Btw, the game's data directory in Documents folder is almost identical to DoS2 down to savefile extensions, I tried using DoS2 savegame decryptor but sadly it didn't work

 

[Robber Baron]

It sucks that Larian is insistent on bringing co-op into the picture because that's probably why they aren't willing to go beyond a party size of 4 characters.

I played Coop with 6 characters and it worked great, so I don't really know what is the problem that Larian insists on 4 members

 

[NJClaw]

Limiting you to 4 characters restricts you far too much and I imagine a large amount of people will end up just running the same cookie cutter party compositions just because they have to cover a select few basics.

There are almost no "basics" to cover in D&D 5. More appropriately, a lot of classes can cover many different roles. A party of 2 druids and 2 bards is just as viable as the standard fighter/rogue/cleric/wizard combination.

 

[Heroic Liberator]

these portraits look like they're police mug shots

Maybe they thought they were making police procedural rpg.

Or that the game which they've made is... criminal.

 

[Skene’s Gland]

Just bought this. Looking forward to playing when it’s finished downloading 5 days from now.

 

[Zed]

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these portraits look like they're police mug shots

if these assholes showed up IRL on a dating app you wouldnt swipe on any of them,. why the fuck would they put them in a fantasy rpg. lmfao. belgan assholes. stick to waffles you fucking donkeys

 

[whydoibother]

It sucks that Larian is insistent on bringing co-op into the picture because that's probably why they aren't willing to go beyond a party size of 4 characters.

I played Coop with 6 characters and it worked great, so I don't really know what is the problem that Larian insists on 4 members

Local co-op on consoles? Not sure. Games like Counter Strike, World of Warcraft, DOTA2, League of Legends, etc, made it so most organized gaming groups are 5 people. I think the Call of Duty games are at 6 for matches? Limiting it to 4 is inconsiderate. Its an uncommon number, right?

 

[Robber Baron]

Local co-op on consoles? Not sure. Games like Counter Strike, World of Warcraft, DOTA2, League of Legends, etc, made it so most organized gaming groups are 5 people. I think the Call of Duty games are at 6 for matches? Limiting it to 4 is inconsiderate. Its an uncommon number, right?

I meant party of 6 characters each player controlling 3

 

[Grampy_Bone]

How terribad is it?

 

[Raghar]

It sucks that Larian is insistent on bringing co-op into the picture because that's probably why they aren't willing to go beyond a party size of 4 characters.

I played Coop with 6 characters and it worked great, so I don't really know what is the problem that Larian insists on 4 members

In 5E they have easy way how to help downed character. With 6 characters, some encounters would be too easy.