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

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Thanks, dude, I know you just wanted to post a list of your favorite fantasy novels, but I was talking about cRPGs because this is the cRPG section.

This is the Baldur's Gate 3 thread, where we strive to our utmost to ensure that discussion remains on the topics of classic Dungeons & Dragons and fantasy literature

A few notable CRPGs where the player-character is not the "chosen one":

• Rogue (1980)
• Wizardry (1981)
• The Bard's Tale (1985)
• Dungeon Master (1987) & Chaos Strikes Back (1989)
• Pool of Radiance (1988) and the rest of the Gold Box games
• Eye of the Beholder (1991)
• Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss (1992)
• The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall (1996)
• Fallout (1997)
• Arcanum (2001)
• The Temple of Elemental Evil (2003)
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006) is worth mentioning as a game where there is a "chosen one" but he is an NPC
• Legend of Grimrock (2012) & Legend of Grimrock II (2014)
• Age of Decadence (2015)
• Salt & Sanctuary (2016)
• Wasteland 3 (2020)

Many more could be mentioned.

 

[Grauken]

Thanks, dude, I know you just wanted to post a list of your favorite fantasy novels, but I was talking about cRPGs because this is the cRPG section.

This is the Baldur's Gate 3 thread, where we strive to our utmost to ensure that discussion remains on the topics of classic Dungeons & Dragons and fantasy literature

A few notable CRPGs where the player-character is not the "chosen one":

• Rogue (1980)
• Wizardry (1981)
• The Bard's Tale (1985)
• Dungeon Master (1987) & Chaos Strikes Back (1989)
• Pool of Radiance (1988) and the rest of the Gold Box games
• Eye of the Beholder (1991)
• Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss (1992)
• The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall (1996)
• Fallout (1997)
• Arcanum (2001)
• The Temple of Elemental Evil (2003)
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006) is worth mentioning as a game where there is a "chosen one" but he is an NPC
• Legend of Grimrock (2012) & Legend of Grimrock II (2014)
• Age of Decadence (2015)
• Salt & Sanctuary (2016)
• Wasteland 3 (2020)

Many more could be mentioned.

Looks like dungeon crawlers are the real MVP of cRPGs

 

[Swen]

As revealed by Larian Studio’s latest community post, Vinegar Strokes will be taking on the role of a Baldur’s Gate 3 character named Lucretious.

Lucretious (sheeeeeiiiiittt!) is described as being “the proud leader of an extraplanar circus filled with mummies, redcaps, djinni, dryads, elementals – you name it, "she"’s got it. "She" loves red wine, denying "her" employees paid holidays, and strives to be, above all else, utterly fabulous.

The more I hear about this shit, the more I think it's going to be DOA like Wrath of the Tranny.

So far, Astarion is the gayest companion it looks like we'll need to suffer through, and he's 90s gay, if that.

If Larian can restrain themselves from making TRANNIES AND NIGGERFAGGOTS central to the plot, maybe the game can be saved.

Larian is making the most ANTI WOKE game ever.

Think about it, you can kill every filthy degenerate in the game. NO OTHER GAME ALLOWS THAT, play the dark urge and Larian even encourages you to kill the freaks.

The anti woke brigade should love my game.

 

[Junmarko]

Larian is making the most ANTI WOKE game ever.

You said before the game allows you to pick pronouns. So does this mean the end game villain will refer to you as preferred pronouns?

 

[AwesomeButton]

Just found out Shadowheart's VA is lesbian. Hope this ruins her for the most retarded pieces of shit among you

Nah, I'm in the "lesbians are ok" camp.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

If you spent thousands of hours with your ex wife/gf, should you be forbidden from later calling her a fucking bitch, and saying you wouldn't recommend anyone else to get in a relationship with her? Is it that weird and unthinkable to you, that looking back, moments that were positive before, can be soured by what happened later?

Straight answer, to a very gay question: you aren't forbidden but it speaks more about you than about her.

There is a saying: "Never diss your woman or your car - you chose them yourself".

At least with a car you know how it works under the hood.

 

[Child of Malkav]

You said before the game allows you to pick pronouns. So does this mean the end game villain will refer to you as preferred pronouns?

No. The villain doesn't use your preferred pronouns. Why do you think he's the villain?

 

[Child of Malkav]

Btw, the game comes out tomorrow. And...no leaks, spoilers? Nothing?

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Looks like dungeon crawlers are the real MVP of cRPGs

Always have been.

 

[Junmarko]

play the dark urge and Larian even encourages you to kill the freaks.

Someone make a mod and change the name to the Normal Urge. Starting to seem like that would be a better fit for this setting.

 

[Kiste]

IIRC, Death Knights of Krynn was my first D&D RPG. I played it on an Amiga 500. They used to have this awkward thing where the game referenced pages and paragraphs in the game manual for longer game texts. To this day, I am not sure whether this was done to save memory because the game also had to run on the C-64 or if it was a form of copy protection.

 

[Theodora]

we get it junmarko, ur edgy.

anyway, how many of you are planning to coop bg3?

 

[Grauken]

we get it junmarko, ur edgy.

anyway, how many of you are planning to coop bg3?

Not me, it's all my loot

 

[Kiste]

Not me, it's all my loot

On the other hand, you could double team the bear.

 

[cpmartins]

IIRC, Death Knights of Krynn was my first D&D RPG. I played it on an Amiga 500. They used to have this awkward thing where the game referenced pages and paragraphs in the game manual for longer game texts. To this day, I am not sure whether this was done to save memory because the game also had to run on the C-64 or if it was a form of copy protection.

It was both if I remember correctly. Same with Starflight.

 

[turkishronin]

I thought people would be talking about how turn based combat doesn't belong in Baldurs Gate but it's mostly gay sex

 

[Sarathiour]

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I don't even care. This describes Swen wandering around like Professor Farnsworth making mad declarations... and that's hilarious.

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This looks too good to be true.

 

[Kiste]

It was both if I remember correctly. Same with Starflight.

I'm not so sure, because I also remember that it did have a traditional manual-based copy protection when you start up the game ("Enter the word on page [...]") in addition to the diary entries.

 

[Reinhardt]

I thought people would be talking about how turn based combat doesn't belong in Baldurs Gate but it's mostly gay sex

it's codex. pipo talk about things they are interested and tb combat is not what codex pipo interested in.

 

[AwesomeButton]

I thought people would be talking about how turn based combat doesn't belong in Baldurs Gate but it's mostly gay sex

You are 1000 pages late for that discussion. It's all sex now.

This looks too good to be true.

Why though? From watching Swen's public behavior, I've always imagined he is the Steve Jobs type of boss. The boss who is 100% salesman and accomodating host when talking to clients is usually 100% slaverunner once the cameras are off, and he is at the office.

 

[Junmarko]

Larian is making the most ANTI WOKE game ever.

You said before the game allows you to pick pronouns. So does this mean the end game villain will refer to you as preferred pronouns?

 

[Swen]

Larian is making the most ANTI WOKE game ever.

You said before the game allows you to pick pronouns. So does this mean the end game villain will refer to you as preferred pronouns?

The pronouns are there for marketing reasons.

 

[Nifft Batuff]

I thought people would be talking about how turn based combat doesn't belong in Baldurs Gate but it's mostly gay sex

Just wait when after the hype normies and journos will realize that this is a classic TB RPG and not Dragon Age Inquisition. There will be a glorious cognitive dissonance.

 

[Junmarko]

The pronouns are there for marketing reasons.

That is not what I asked

 

[Daedalos]

So you can respec companions, which is great, and apparently necromancer gets some good summon shit later in the game.

Strongly considering going with Gale, and respeccing him to a fucking lich nigga and running with it.
my TAV is a paladin tho, will he be cool with that? kek

Also, I kind of need a rogue char in the party to unlock shit.. eh but i hate rogues.
And no way im taking asterion in my party