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

[Spectacle]

If these "companions" are so unhappy with how you do things, why do they hang around and complain instead of leaving to do things their own way? Why don't they kick you out of the party, if the others want to solve the tadpole problem in an evil and edgy way?

 

[Quillon]

If these "companions" are so unhappy with how you do things, why do they hang around and complain instead of leaving to do things their own way? Why don't they kick you out of the party, if the others want to solve the tadpole problem in an evil and edgy way?

Too much additional work to account for every possible scenario.

 

[Slaver1]

It's better than DOS2 but the tone is still too cartoony. My male fighter makes the stupidest faces like he is shitting out a fiery boulder when he speaks to anyone. Every encounter is just tonally off somehow despite being "mature" in places. I do think BG3 has lots of potential but I'm not sure how Larian are going to add "gravity" to their presentation.

 

[Renfri]

After reading Cyberpunk thread, suddenly this game looks pretty good.

 

[Swen]

After reading Cyberpunk thread, suddenly this game looks pretty good.

BG 3 was always good.

 

[Mebrilia the Viera Queen]

Not gonna lie.... The Early access feels more like an rpg than 3 hours of cyberpunk gameplay!

 

[Fedora Master]

Not gonna lie.... The Early access feels more like an rpg than 3 hours of cyberpunk gameplay!

That's not an achievement.

"Look, this turd is even smellier!"

 

[Elex]

Well sex scenese are clearly better in BG3.

 

[vazha]

they stop being companions when they are too edgy and confrontative towards pc

The fact that the concept of "agree to disagree" and "we can work together without being friends" is alien to Larian fanbase speaks volumes by itself. Comfort zone gaming, lol.

 

[Efe]

from what I've seen they dont "agree to disagre". they tell you to "fuck off" in no uncertain terms.
And what you propose would work with temporary characters, not adventuring companions you go on a grand adventure with.

also, vampire that you dont get alogn with? invite him over to camp! what could happen? or evil cleric that don't tell you shit? Surely she means well!

 

[Nano]

Something that works to make asshole companions more likable is bringing them down a few notches.

You save Viconia from certain death when you recruit her in both BG1 and BG2.
Edwin has that thing where he gets his sex changed for several in-game weeks.
Morrigan gets humiliated by her mother when you recruit her.

Do the BG3 companions have anything similar?

 

[Black]

You all have brain worms.

 

[Dodo1610]

Most companions in CRPGs are just bored people who want to go on an adventure and you are just the first chance they got.
Your companions in BG3 have actual obligations/plans and only stick with you because they need the tadpole removed ASAP and even a vampire knows that there's strength in numbers.

My biggest issue with that they don't talk enough, it's even possible to miss their content when you rest too little for some reason. I don't know how to trigger their stuff or if it has simply not been implemented but all you know of you supposed companions at the moment that they behave like assholes. I have read from other players and data miners that they have interesting stories but for some reason, I couldn't find those. And then people complain about the unlikeable companions and Larian wanted to improve them and made their reactions more sensible and editing their dialogue but it doesn't fix their main issue.

 

[Spectacle]

It certainly makes sense for the BG3 companions to band together to get rid of the tadpole infections. What doesn't make sense is for them to always defer to the PC for decision making. Realistically Lae'zel or Astrarion would take charge of the party if nobody agreed with the PC. If you want to write somewhat realistic "companions" for an RPG where these characters are not allowed to display any real agency of their own, you need to make them at least somewhat deferential/sycophantic by nature.

 

[Thac0]

I had zero problems with the NPCs being particularily confrontative in dialogue. I think it is interesting when they challenge my decision making.

I think the bigger problem for everyone scarred from rude npcs (c'mon ppl) was that they all have very similar values. So when you do something one disagrees with often everyone disagrees, and noone backs you up. Also the UI prompt for reputation change is very intrusive for how little it does in the game, and there being no clear values attached to the rep loss makes it feel worse than it is.

Getting [Pic related] on every dialogue choice can get old fast.

But that will naturaly get better as NPCs of more alignments get introduced. And maybe they spice up the UI for reputation loss a bit aswell. Rewrites for this are excessive and a waste of good budget and writer time.

 

[Efe]

good point and maybe problem also lies with larian's everyone is a protagonist approach.
they should be somewhat compatible as characters. ıts not jsut rudeness, like astarion tries to kill you and you are forced to take it as is? are you roleplaying a cuck or what? you are together to fix tadpoles. asking a healers opinion causes negative reaction. what the fuck shadowheart?

These are very shitty for a game of this budget.

 

[Poseidon00]

Oh fuck I'm never going to be able to unsee it

 

[Delterius]

so in this game you can romance the tadpole in your head

seems like the world has evolved past the need for BioWare

 

[Delterius]

I wish I was the narrator lady. Imagine, cracking into laughter every time you get into the dubbing booth to read about a tadpole fuccboi elf's phantom fingers going up and down some rando lady's legs.

 

[anvi]

I think it should be illegal to advertise or even talk about games that are not finished. It is the only way.

 

[Delterius]

I think it should be illegal to advertise or even talk about games that are not finished. It is the only way.

That would be a ban on half of the Codex's top 10 RPGs.

Especially Arcanum.

 

[King Crispy]

If you're here looking for yours or someone else's post(s) about political/racial issues in this game, you'll find they've been moved to Politics.

- The Sheriff

 

[Efe]

and what does the grumpy sheriff think about companions so far? or the fact that they are getting changed after community grumbling?

 

[Black]

The companions improved their attitude, the sheriff? Not so much

 

[King Crispy]

Talk about the companions, talk about the companions' races, talk about the companions' companions' races for all I care -- but do so as it relates the the actual game, please.

Thank you.