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

[Larianshill]

By the way, I'm thinking about switching starting class from rogue to some kind of black knight.

Depends on what do you mean by the black knight. I'd go with oathbreaker or vengeance paladin.

I'm very dissapointed with Karlach. Didn't mind the idea of having such concept of a character in my party before but even that cringy af date scene aside she looks as some typical critical role char rather than the blood war veteran or whatever.

Karlach made no sense as a Blood War veteran since day 1. A veteran of the Blood War, who struck fear into the hearts of demons and has personal attention of an archdevil is a level 1 character. With just about everyone you can make excuses, but Karlach's backstory simply makes no sense with the game's starting premise of fighting fucking goblins. I hope the rest of her character will make up for it.

 

[whydoibother]

A veteran of the Blood War, who struck fear into the hearts of demons and has personal attention of an archdevil is a level 1 character. With just about everyone you can make excuses, but Karlach's backstory simply makes no sense with the game's starting premise of fighting fucking goblins.

I dislike this too. She should've been someone we meet later, and can fight against or recruit into the party.

 

[ArchAngel]

By the way, I'm thinking about switching starting class from rogue to some kind of black knight.

Depends on what do you mean by the black knight. I'd go with oathbreaker or vengeance paladin.

I'm very dissapointed with Karlach. Didn't mind the idea of having such concept of a character in my party before but even that cringy af date scene aside she looks as some typical critical role char rather than the blood war veteran or whatever.

Karlach made no sense as a Blood War veteran since day 1. A veteran of the Blood War, who struck fear into the hearts of demons and has personal attention of an archdevil is a level 1 character. With just about everyone you can make excuses, but Karlach's backstory simply makes no sense with the game's starting premise of fighting fucking goblins. I hope the rest of her character will make up for it.

You can even explain lvl 1 as some kind of curse or something but nothing can explain or save her character from that voice acting.. OMG

 

[Larianshill]

Actually I talked about it before, but only Lae'zel and maybe Shadowheart make sense as level 1 characters.

Wyll - old version was a renowned hero who apparently defeated all kinds of menaces by himself. We'll see what new and improved Wyll is about.
Gale - has a True Resurrection scroll just lying around, and a netherese orb in his chest. I would also list him fucking Mystra, but Mystra is a whore who will fuck anything, so that's not actually much of an achievement.
Astarion - is a vampire spawn, and thus should be able to solo the entire plot of the early access.
Lae'zel - rookie space pirate, who explicitly has no achievements under her belt and covers up her lack of skill and knowledge with attitude.

 

[whydoibother]

Wyll - old version was a renowned hero who apparently defeated all kinds of menaces by himself. We'll see what new and improved Wyll is about.

I assumed he is lying about that stuff? My understanding was that his character is someone who wants to be a renowned hero defeating all kinds of menaces by himself, and he made a deal with a demon to make that happen, but it hasn't actually happened yet. So he's just boasting. Faust in the making.

 

[ADULF HITLOR FAN KLUB]

Dang, I sure am glad I preordered. Can't wait.

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Larian is the new Bioware, only 10 times worse.

A furry's dream studio.

 

[Larianshill]

I assumed he is lying about that stuff? My understanding was that his character is someone who wants to be a renowned hero defeating all kinds of menaces by himself, and he made a deal with a demon to make that happen, but it hasn't actually happened yet. So he's just boasting. Faust in the making.

That is what I thought as well, but I believe the bard PC explicitly recognizes him.

 

[Larianshill]

Remaking Wyll was honestly a genius idea, kudos to Larian for that. He was by far the least convincing and interesting character, and in every poll I've seen he has consistently taken the last place both when it comes to loved and hated characters. For someone so supposedly loud and in your face, he somehow managed to elicit zero emotion. Hopefully they make him actually good.

 

[whydoibother]

The buck is thoroughly broken. Poor boy couldn't take Swen's big black humor.

 

[Tyranicon]

Why is everyone still so ugly is my main question.

 

[Alienman]

The pearl clutching prudes of RPGcuckdex

I find it hilarious that these clearly degenerate scenes will be used against the "right" for being prudes. Is this really the hill?

 

[Takamori]

Why is everyone still so ugly is my main question.

Mods will fix it.

Ok now regarding the Belgian cringe etc, I won't engage because that's fucking low quality. But let them do whatever its not like I'm forced to get pegged by a bear or anything.
On last resort you can make your Billions Must die character and murder everyone. I will give to them that they are letting the player do the most unhinged stuff possible in game.

 

[whydoibother]

clearly degenerate scenes

A druid shapeshifting while having sex is literally a joke older than half the people getting triggered by it.

 

[DemonKing]

Just woke up and watched the launch trailer…this confirms my theory that despite BG2 being beloved its introduction of romanceable NPCs destroyed the CRPG genre.

Clown world confirmed when a developer thinks the best way to sell a game is to show inter-racial gay sex off. Is there really an audience out there for this that will be profitable?

 

[Takamori]

Just woke up and watched the launch trailer…this confirms my theory that despite BG2 being beloved it’s introduction of romanceable NPCs destroyed the CRPG genre.

Clown world confirmed when a developer thinks the best way to sell a game is to show inter-racial gay sex off. Is there really an audience out there for this that will be profitable?

Check the steam global top sellers with no filters on.

 

[The_Mask]

clearly degenerate scenes

A druid shapeshifting while having sex is literally a joke older than half the people getting triggered by it.

Unbearable.

 

[Tyranicon]

they are letting the player do the most unhinged stuff possible in game.

I'm interested. What kind of unhinged stuff can you get up to besides bear/druid(?) fucking?

 

[Robber Baron]

oh well

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

 

[Maculo]

Looks like I turned off the stream at just the right time. I am not sure I want to go back and finish it, knowing what is going to appear.

I am glad to hear Larian is rewriting Wyll. He has the least compelling introduction imo.

Still wish they added hexblade, but there are mods.

 

[Rhobar121]

they are letting the player do the most unhinged stuff possible in game.

I'm interested. What kind of unhinged stuff can you get up to besides bear/druid(?) fucking?

Killing every single character in the game certainly counts.
The other thing is that the amount of sick shit you can do in the game was quite a lot for a few minute presentation.

 

[ADULF HITLOR FAN KLUB]

clearly degenerate scenes

A druid shapeshifting while having sex is literally a joke older than half the people getting triggered by it.

Gay druid furry jokes are the best jokes in high fantasy.

 

[jf8350143]

Unlike most people here, I actually like romances in RPG as long as you can choose if you want to romance someone and who you romance.

But even I can't take what Larian is doing here. It's not the gay beastiality makes me mad, it's their god awful writing. If done right romance can help the player know a character better and get attached to them, but all Larian care about is "look isni't it funny a druid turns into a bear during sex?". The dialogue they show is just god damn afwul, there is no redeeming quality here.

Larian has always been focusing too much on the funny and edgy stuff in their game, I always thought they would tone it done a little bit but looks like they just go fuck you and cranck it up to 11.

 

[Maculo]

I guess this is one way to secure GOTY in American game media; just have gay beastiality.

 

[Tuco Benedicto Pacifico]

Gargaune you know what? It was dawning on me that despise their irrational attachment to the toilet chain Larian probably hate these controls as well.

There's no public demonstration they made where they don't systematically ditch the party and try to do some convoluted shit with a single character, because in the end they know at an instinctive level that manoeuvring around with a full group feels like garbage.