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

[Non-Edgy Gamer]

Romance in CRPGs is what romantic comedies are to movie genres. It's not, nor should it be, a genre. All romance is, is a plot device to move the story forward.

They're a part of the player's own emergent story.

By your logic, side quests shouldn't exist, since everything needs to be to move the main plot forward.

RPGs aren't linear stories like films or books. Or they shouldn't be, at least.

 

[0wca]

Romance in CRPGs is what romantic comedies are to movie genres. It's not, nor should it be, a genre. All romance is, is a plot device to move the story forward.

They're a part of the player's own emergent story.

By your logic, side quests shouldn't exist, since everything needs to be to move the main plot forward.

RPGs aren't linear stories like films or books. Or they shouldn't be, at least.

That wasn't my point. Romance can be a part of a cRPG, if done maturely and not excessively. What it shouldn't do is define the genre or represent a large chunk of it.

 

[Sunri]

I hope BG3 will set a new standard for all modern RPGs to follow.

 

[FriendlyMerchant]

I hope BG3 will set new standard for all mordern rpgs to follow.

Too bad it's just doing what Bioware does in a different engine.

 

[Ulfhednar]

I hope BG3 will set new standard for all mordern rpgs to follow.

Larian expects to lower all industry standards by 75% with the production of PeD:OS Gate 3.

 

[deuxhero]

Romance is degeneracy that kills more works than it helps. If it is to be included, the game needs to go big or go home. Let the player character unrepentantly flirt with every girl they meet, and actually be successful a reasonable amount of time. A few Japanese games do this (Pachipara 13/14, Metal Max 2 Reloaded, City Shrouded in Shadow) and it should be more common if you're going for romance and selling the player as a super special awesome larger than life hero.

 

[Non-Edgy Gamer]

I hope BG3 will set new standard for all mordern rpgs to follow.

Too bad it's just doing what Bioware does in a different engine.

It's not. I haven't seen any Bioware games that had dialog rolls for NPCs, or mid-cutscene rolls.

If it's doing what Bioware did, it's doing it a lot better.

 

[likash]

This shit looks and feels nothing like Baldur's Gate. It's hard to top the epic characters of Minsc,Edwin,Irenicus and Sarevok(TOB).
BG3 looks like some LGBTQIA or whatever the fuck that is, wet dream. It looks terrible. I wanted BG not some DOS clone.

 

[Harthwain]

So you're saying you're okay with playing a killing machine and having dozens of ways to kill people but suddenly a bit of skin is too much? Seems a bit incoherent.

First of all - calling people puritanical when some idiot makes a thread (which is practically about pedophilia) is retarded.

Secondly - we aren't talking about "a bit of skin". We're talking about straight-up sex. Depicted way more realistically than "having dozens of way to kill people", because this is no Soldier of Fortune, Manhunt or Hatred where you had way more explicit gore or death scenes. In Baldur's Gate 3 people (and I use that term loosely) just fall to the ground and that's it. No hardcore scenes of killing/dying, so what the fuck are you on about with "playing a killing machine and having dozens of ways to kill people"? Going by this logic strategy games are much worse, because the digital death toll is way more staggering there? Seriously, WTF?

 

[Grunker]

It's hard to top the epic characters of Minsc

meh

 

[Sykar]

Yeah Minsc's retarded hamster shtick grows old fast.

 

[underground nymph]

My only complain aren’t sex scenes per se, but that they are going to be softcore women lame erotica at best (cringe pixel collisions at worst).
I want real shit. Like real banging scenes, orgies, hard cocks, pussies, asses, tits, maybe some deviant stuff (mind flayers yesss). Now thinking about this why nobody made a cRPG with a focus on sex? Shit I better start fetching a kickstarter campaign.

 

[Sykar]

My only complain aren’t sex scenes per se, but that they are going to be softcore women lame erotica at best (cringe pixel collisions at worst).
I want real shit. Like real banging scenes, orgies, hard cocks, pussies, asses, tits, maybe some deviant stuff (mind flayers yesss). Now thinking about this why nobody made a cRPG with a focus on sex? Shit I better start fetching a kickstarter campaign.

 

[Swen]

Is Codex puritan central now? All this fuss about erotic scenes in games where you go on about killing people and are already directed at a mature audience is looking pretty stupid.

It just makes me wonder why? It's a DnD fantasy game. Sure, have romances, but why can't it just be a fade to black after a kiss or something? Why all these wasted resources on extremely uncomfortable sex scenes. I mean Jesus Swen, get your head out of the gutter.

Look at all these virgins complaining about a couple of innocent sex scenes. Get laid incels.

 

[Alienman]

Romance is degeneracy that kills more works than it helps. If it is to be included, the game needs to go big or go home. Let the player character unrepentantly flirt with every girl they meet, and actually be successful a reasonable amount of time. A few Japanese games do this (Pachipara 13/14, Metal Max 2 Reloaded, City Shrouded in Shadow) and it should be more common if you're going for romance and selling the player as a super special awesome larger than life hero.

Fable 2

 

[NJClaw]

This entire thread needs to be burned to the ground and started anew

Don't worry, we will get another chance when Baldur's Gate 4 gets announced.

So you're saying you're okay with playing a killing machine and having dozens of ways to kill people but suddenly a bit of skin is too much? Seems a bit incoherent.

At this point, I don't know how to put it in understandable terms. It's not "too much", seeing some bobs and vegana doesn't traumatize me.

It's just that, when I fire up Baldur's Gate, I want to play Baldur's Gate, and this:

well, this doesn't scream BALDUR'S GATE to me.

I would be equally upset if I went to click on my favorite porn video and, instead of Dani Daniels and Remy LaCroix having sex, a fucking character creation screen popped up in my browser.

Yep, look at The Witcher 3. A extremely popular game that has some very explicit scenes too.

If this shit gets added to games I don't care about, well, I just don't care about it. For all I care, The Witcher 4 can have lootboxes and an in-game OnlyFans for cosplayers in furry costumes. Not to mention that sexcards are one of the best and most famous aspects of The Witcher, so it makes sense for its sequel to play around sexual themes. In my apparently puritanical opinion, TW3 should have had more explicit scenes, since Geralt being a sex machine is 33% of his character.

 

[Grunker]

instead of Dani Daniels and Remy LaCroix having sex, a fucking character creation screen popped up in my browser.

"THIS GAME HAS MIGHT WIZARDS AND INTELLIGENT BARBARIANS - TRY NOT TO CUM"

 

[ADULF HITLOR FAN KLUB]

Larian companions are disgusting.

W- why don't you want to breed me?

Anyway, I think somebody responsible for character design at Larian has a very intense scalie fetish.

 

[Delterius]

but that they are going to be softcore women lame erotica at best

the straight male demographic shall forever be a major part of the D&D audience and there's nothing we can do about that. however nerds are not red blooded enough to watch actual porn and we must care for their fragile hearts.

 

[just]

imagine you'll have to roll the dice to not cum too early
or some d20 roll to put it in the ass
using shadowhearts guidance to creampie some drow whore, she actually holds you from behind and whisper dirty things
i will now buy your game

 

[ADULF HITLOR FAN KLUB]

saving throw vs. cumming

lmao

But we aren't too far away from that actually.

 

[Trithne]

Somewhere there has to be a 5e adapation of the Book of Erotic Fantasy, which probably has a full system for using your Dex, Con, and Cha to determine just how good you are at fuckin'. This should be integrated into BG3 post haste.

 

[Larianshill]

It's dangerous to go alone, take this.

https://img.fireden.net/tg/image/1535/15/1535150586631.pdf

 

[Trithne]

It's dangerous to go alone, take this.

https://img.fireden.net/tg/image/1535/15/1535150586631.pdf

I would unironically prefer it if they actually did do something like this. If you're going to put sex in your RPG, do it properly, not just a fucking cutscene. Character stats matter. If you haven't got the CON to last long enough to please Shadowheart or whatever her name is, then surely your relationship is doomed unless you invest in it. Games have mechanics for a reason.

 

[underground nymph]

You are attempting to slap Laezel’s cheek with your dick
AC 6
Attack roll: 15 + dexterity 2 + proficiency 2
Hit!