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

[Roguey]

sorry I don't read much codex these days. Did you give up the whole balance-schtick when it turned out Sawyer's vision had some issues? I wouldda thunk Bounded Accuracy and similar concepts would be right up your alley...

Even when I was in favor of bounded accuracy came across as too extreme for me. I like making characters that almost always hit or often avoid hits themselves.

I'm in favor of 5e removing a good deal of the excessive powerbuilding of 3.5.

...and I mean, "jaded former balance-enthusiast" is one thing but it's a bit early for "full blown ad&d"-apologist, isn't it

I found another to latch on to who happened to be a Gygax purist. I wouldn't go quite that far though, I advocate for compromise systems like Castles and Crusades.

Maybe you would prefer to have a more cultured approach then? Some wine, the soothing sound of water plashing, and then a good-night kissy.

Looks like they're copying the DA:O Morrigan/Leliana dynamic where you have one who's down right away but initially rejects commitment and another with a morally ambiguous past who makes you work for it.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

You will end up a fucking rainbow of optimism, because they aren't going to fix a damn thing you just said.

It hurts I just want a good game

Don't worry the Larian fanboys think they will get a good game, so long as they buy into early access and give "feedback" lol.

It's already good though

 

[Prime Junta]

So considering that both characters having sex can read and feel each others minds, do you think it gets weird when the charname sences how the girl he fucks feels his cock inside of her?

Spoiler

 

[Tyranicon]

You will end up a fucking rainbow of optimism, because they aren't going to fix a damn thing you just said.

It hurts I just want a good game

Don't worry the Larian fanboys think they will get a good game, so long as they buy into early access and give "feedback" lol.

It's already good though

Honestly, the best this game can aim for is being a good 5e combat sim, as Larian's writing is cringy even at it's best.

For fuck's sake, I just want to run custom encounters without having to deal with what game writers think are meaningful interactions. This is why writers in the game industry get treated like shit, because they force us to play fanfiction.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

You will end up a fucking rainbow of optimism, because they aren't going to fix a damn thing you just said.

It hurts I just want a good game

Don't worry the Larian fanboys think they will get a good game, so long as they buy into early access and give "feedback" lol.

It's already good though

Honestly, the best this game can aim for is being a good 5e combat sim, as Larian's writing is cringy even at it's best.

For fuck's sake, I just want to run custom encounters without having to deal with what game writers think are meaningful interactions. This is why writers in the game industry get treated like shit, because they force us to play fanfiction.

The writing is good too.
The copers are out in full force. They spent a year convincing themselves the game will be awful and it's great.

 

[BarbequeMasta]

When your standards are low enough, anything can be good. frankly I envy that.

 

[Tyranicon]

Spoiler

The pedant in me would probably point out that:

1. Getting dicked is not a wound.

2. Even if getting dicked is a wound, it would suck to never be able to have vaginal sex without an instant vagina erupting on your partner.

The writing is good too.
The copers are out in full force. They spent a year convincing themselves the game will be awful and it's great.

Look, I don't really have any interest in BG3 failing (in fact, I'd rather like it to succeed so I can actually play good RPGs), and I haven't paid into EA, so I'm withholding judgement. But from what I've seen of the dialogue and characters so far, I'm not that optomistic about the writing quality.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

When your standards are low enough, anything can be good. frankly I envy that.

Rated this parrot because there is no cope button.

 

[AwesomeButton]

The writing is good too.
The copers are out in full force.

 

[holla_cabezas_de_mierda]

Dnd becomes more enjoyable the fewer opportunities for a long rest you have.

plus then you get to read a bunch of crying and whining by the tards who

Who can still say decline after that

jesus christ. I can't believe people like this type of cringy romance in their RPG games. It was not so bad when it was just a few sentences to read, but actually watching it with uncanny valley level graphics is god-awful.

 

[anvi]

When your standards are low enough, anything can be good. frankly I envy that.

Hey that's my line! But what is not good enough, exactly?

Everything I am reading and seeing of this game looks pretty good. It may not be the heroin-esque warm glow you hoped to envelop your body and transform you back to a magical time when games were amazing and you still had hair, but was that ever going to happen anyway? BG is too sacred for most people, there is too much REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ITS NOT x y and z, it was never going to be any of those things. They can't make a big budget iso RPG because nobody buys it. Gamers have proven it. Devs make what people buy, that's the problem. The fact that we are getting an RPG at all is good, the fact that it has a good budget and looks nice, decent engine, doesn't need compatibility mode and my good glasses, and it is turn based, and it isn't just blowing up barrels of oil. This is all good.

Even if it isn't the BG3 you always dreamt of, surely it is still good to have a decent attempt at it? In a world where nobody else is capable of it... You're never getting a real RPG from Bioware or Obsidian or any of those huge companies anymore. Face it. RPGs like that are dead, if you want that you have to settle for stuff like KOTC made by one guy on a calculator. But at least if this game can be a middle ground to bridge that gap. If it is popular and makes money, maybe future attempts could push more towards the ball busting nerd fest some people would prefer. Maybe it will just get dumbed down and become even more mainstream, who knows. But I'm happy for them to give it a go. Better than nothing.

 

[Drakortha]

For fuck's sake, I just want to run custom encounters without having to deal with what game writers think are meaningful interactions. This is why writers in the game industry get treated like shit, because they force us to play fanfiction.

This is why it's so great that they left out Day/Night cycles and NPC schedules, because these two things ultimately lead to emergent gameplay that the player can engage and interact with.. No, it's better if the game instead leads the players by the nose with brilliantly written characters and 30k lines of voice work.

Don't despair though, there is some emergent gameplay in there for those that want it. Like stacking boxes!

 

[anvi]

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/10/06/baldurs-gate-3-review-early-access/

 

[holla_cabezas_de_mierda]

Not bad for an Orcesse.

awesome tasteful rape by stronk woman, how egalitarian.

 

[Ol' Willy]

So considering that both characters having sex can read and feel each others minds, do you think it gets weird when the charname sences how the girl he fucks feels his cock inside of her?

It's not gay when it's your cock, you know?

Imagine 69 with this shit. Damn, this is the kind of future I hope for.

 

[Robber Baron]

1. Getting dicked is not a wound.

Clearly a spell that reflects all pierce damage

 

[Jarpie]

Valerie was purposefully designed by someone to be a stronk independent wahmen in-joke because she was the most shit fighter you could generate basically.

I'm pretty sure she will also always get her ass kicked by her paladin mentor after she trash talks his order, get left with a scar on her face as reminder, and he then personally discharges her from the service entirely.

Based as fuck quest.

Supposedly you CAN win that fight, no idea what happens though.

Desiderius?

I accidentally won it with her Smilodon but she needs to lose that fight to get her nose out of the air.

I remember winning the fight with buffing her to hell and using sunder armor.

 

[Mortmal]

Dnd becomes more enjoyable the fewer opportunities for a long rest you have.

plus then you get to read a bunch of crying and whining by the tards who

Who can still say decline after that

jesus christ. I can't believe people like this type of cringy romance in their RPG games. It was not so bad when it was just a few sentences to read, but actually watching it with uncanny valley level graphics is god-awful.

That's a meme generator, stuff like that you will find on reddit, on youtube and such and will drag ton of attention, even here people will only talk of such scenes . Sven is a sound businessman , as i always said, i am sure when he will retire and sell his company he will end up with billions in the pockets.

 

[Tyranicon]

Valerie was purposefully designed by someone to be a stronk independent wahmen in-joke because she was the most shit fighter you could generate basically.

I'm pretty sure she will also always get her ass kicked by her paladin mentor after she trash talks his order, get left with a scar on her face as reminder, and he then personally discharges her from the service entirely.

Based as fuck quest.

Supposedly you CAN win that fight, no idea what happens though.

Desiderius?

I accidentally won it with her Smilodon but she needs to lose that fight to get her nose out of the air.

I remember winning the fight with buffing her to hell and using sunder armor.

IIRC, the scar still appears but you get different dialogue.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

so what happens if you side with the drow and wipe out the druid encampment?

 

[Grotesque]

You're never getting a real RPG from Bioware or Obsidian or any of those huge companies anymore. Face it. RPGs like that are dead, if you want that you have to settle for stuff like KOTC made by one guy on a calculator

hey defeatist soy boy that likes to gobble up shit while laying down, waiting to die.

Underrail.

fuck huge companies and their lukewarm excretions.

the quality of a game and the tight experience that is conveyed to the player is not directly proportional with the number of people that works on it.

If I had it my way, I would impose a limit of 40 people to work on a game.

 

[fantadomat]

Not bad for an Orcesse.

awesome tasteful rape by stronk woman, how egalitarian.

I am pretty sure that will not see any sex in this game when it release. In the 6 hours i spend in it doing side quests,i manage to make everyone hate me lol. It is amazing how shit the companions are when they end up hating you for just talking to people and doing side quests. It will be amazing if they actually leave if they get butthurt,that will just break the game because it will force the player to just cater to those retards because you can't do it solo.

 

[ChildInTime]

Finished it. I did not expect the

Spoiler

Underdark to be in the game yet, and they have a whole area almost as big as the surface one.

There is a lot of work to be done, combat needs serious tuning, cutscenes and animations are kinda bad, but the writing, the mystery, the sense of adventure - it's all there. I'm pretty hopeful for what they can do with a year or two of feedback and development.

 

[ChildInTime]

so what happens if you side with the drow and wipe out the druid encampment?

I killed the drow bitch for her loot, but I guess you go the "evil" (retarded) path of killing all the tieflings and druids. Why would you trade those cool characters and that cute bard with her song for a bunch of smelly goblins I don't know.

 

[fantadomat]

but the writing, the mystery,

What mystery??? It is some demon-mindflayer larping as God and spreading its fanatism with the worms that don't eat your brain,yet don't starve to death.