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Can't fix the writing
Is being able to respect companions really such a problem? It's not like you have to do that.
If they didn't give that option people would still do it with mods or not.
..550 are about throwing fire barrels at enemiesI just watched the most informative 40 minute video about a guy that comments on the full version of the game and it was mind-blowing how brilliant this game is going to be. I cant find the same video I watched but I will post it later. He mentions lots but what I remember is
- 600 spells
- real and logical differences on difficulty level
- very deep character customization
- the vastness of the city of BG and all the activities
- real C&C and its impact
- small but noticeable features like talking to animals and a displacer beast
- many of the NPCS you can interact with
- the starting region has 30% more content than what you experienced in early access
I am now even more excited about BG3![]()
I just watched the most informative 40 minute video about a guy that comments on the full version of the game and it was mind-blowing how brilliant this game is going to be. I cant find the same video I watched but I will post it later. He mentions lots but what I remember is
- 600 spells
- real and logical differences on difficulty level
- very deep character customization
- the vastness of the city of BG and all the activities
- real C&C and its impact
- small but noticeable features like talking to animals and a displacer beast
- many of the NPCS you can interact with
- the starting region has 30% more content than what you experienced in early access
I am now even more excited about BG3![]()
I just watched the most informative 40 minute video about a guy that comments on the full version of the game and it was mind-blowing how brilliant this game is going to be. I cant find the same video I watched but I will post it later. He mentions lots but what I remember is
- 600 spells
- real and logical differences on difficulty level
- very deep character customization
- the vastness of the city of BG and all the activities
- real C&C and its impact
- small but noticeable features like talking to animals and a displacer beast
- many of the NPCS you can interact with
- the starting region has 30% more content than what you experienced in early access
I am now even more excited about BG3![]()
So apparently Larian has added the option to go full on 'every race can be anything they want', as in Halflings can choose to put their +2 in STR instead of being limited to putting it in DEX.
The min-maxer in my revels at the new possibilities, while the grognard in me laments the loss of racial identity.
..30% more degenerate content
I'm not really blaming Larian but I do think itsSo apparently Larian has added the option to go full on 'every race can be anything they want', as in Halflings can choose to put their +2 in STR instead of being limited to putting it in DEX.
The min-maxer in my revels at the new possibilities, while the grognard in me laments the loss of racial identity.
This at least you can't blame entirely on Larian. WotC has been pushing this for years. Races are just for uwu RP purposes now.
Which is fine. I'll just play a variant human that can fly and breath underwater, and identifies as a CR 100 dragon god.
But it is literally true.Honestly, it's a bit childish. It won't hurt the game's sales in any way (I think this might boost sales even more) and just shows some players as a bunch of hysterics.I suggest everyone to offer some custom steam tags.
Doing that wouldn't even be considered a tag trolling. Think of all the innocent gamers whom you're going to save from riding the bull.
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Can't fix the writing
There's no accounting for taste.
Do I really care how reactive a game is, or how many activities there are, when it's written by a braindead ChatGPT aping toddler-level British humor?
Life is too short to waste on drivel.
I honestly cant believe so many people are OK with this.
There's little point debating it because the D&D concept of an "adventurer" is entirely ahistorical in and of itself, the closest analogue would be a small time bandit. The medieval and ancient worlds did have a notion of the "adventurer", but it might've referred to the likes of Alexander the Great, Crusader princes or Norman mercenary lords stealing parts of Italy for themselves - i.e. warlords with their own personal armies plundering far-off lands and establishing fiefdoms for themselves, not a couple of jerkoffs who go spelunking in full plate. The seminal image of the solitary itinerant knight, roaming the realm and doing chivalrous deeds, is merely a romanticisation of the freelancer who'd join in such "adventuring" armies.In war, standing in formations, yes. After a certain point in time those became dominant. The situation we players are in is usually not on a battlefield though.
The reason I bring it up is because much of the weapons and armour we see in D&D is inspired by medieval warfare equipment, the sort designed for fighting large unit engagements, and would be entirely unsuitable for the aforementioned couple of jerkoffs. Medieval armies marched with a baggage train and an extensive support contingent of non-combatants, they weren't post-Marian Roman legions. As much as I love full plate armour, it was incredibly expensive, required extensive maintenance, help and time to equip, it was a burden to carry etc., and the fantasy of the small-time D&D adventurer looting ancient tombs while decked in a Maximilian harness is just that - a fantasy.
Don't do it, The Dark Urge is still an origin character, you're just playing into Swen's hands! Do the right thing, murder all the companions and roll your own custom henchmen - no backtalk, no "funny", just point and cli... Oh wait, poor choice of words.I feel the dark urge rising.
It's all downhill from here.Sooo, other than novellas tier romances and naked butts, what about the rest of the game? You know, the BALDUR'S GATE part.
Anything new on that front?
I wonder what the completion rates of this game will be. I have a feeling 99% of the people brought in by the hype won't be finishing this game or even the first act.