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

[Jrpgfan]

They release a game in EA, claim it's because player feedback is important, and then let you play only 1/3 of it until release. Makes no fucking sense.

You can give feedback on the engine, lighting, shadows, color schemes, controls and handling, user interface, loading times, gameplay implementation, bugs with items, inventory, abilities, etc, on just the tutorial.

Then the other 2/3 is an unbalanced mess with poor encounters exactly because they got no player feedback.

You can save this post and quote me later.

 

[whydoibother]

Then the other 2/3 is an unbalanced mess with poor encounters exactly because they got no player feedback.

They have player feedback, from their closed beta with selected notable players who signed NDAs. One was posted ITT via YouTube. This is common practice since forever.

You can save this post and quote me later.

Why bother? Regardless of the game's quality, there's a set of Codex posters who will complain. The whining is unrelated to the game's state on release, its pre-baked.

 

[Grauken]

The whining is unrelated to the game's state on release, its pre-baked.

Some might say its a codex feature

 

[Rhobar121]

They release a game in EA, claim it's because player feedback is important, and then let you play only 1/3 of it until release. Makes no fucking sense.

You can give feedback on the engine, lighting, shadows, color schemes, controls and handling, user interface, loading times, gameplay implementation, bugs with items, inventory, abilities, etc, on just the tutorial.

Then the other 2/3 is an unbalanced mess with poor encounters exactly because they got no player feedback.

You can save this post and quote me later.

Releasing an entire role-playing game is an even dumber idea.

 

[Tuco Benedicto Pacifico]

You know very well that you can't trust a word out of a youtube guy's mouth, especially if he's being sent marketing material. They're the greediest little sellout weasels on this planet. Now put some guys in your game who aren't salon-attending fashionista gaylords so (relatively) normal people can play. Don't talk to me about Minsc either, he is an unfunny joke character and the joke is over 20 years old now. Thanks buddy.

Yeah, well, I'm not "trusting" anything. I just linked a video preview.
Everyone should be free to draw their own conclusions.

EDIT - I guess you meant Swen.

 

[Varnaan]

The whining is unrelated to the game's state on release, its pre-baked.

Some might say its a codex feature

Old Codex spergouts were different, this is an entirely new disease.

 

[Jrpgfan]

Larian should learn with ITS and release new content every update.

 

[whydoibother]

The whining is unrelated to the game's state on release, its pre-baked.

Some might say its a codex feature

Old Codex spergouts were different, this is an entirely new disease.

Go read the thread from Dragon Age: Origin's release. Full of people going "I haven't played this game, but its shit. Let me explain why..."

 

[Reinhardt]

you can post "it's shit" about every game and almost never be wrong.

 

[Drakortha]

you can post "it's shit" about every game and almost never be wrong.

Now you're getting it.

 

[Grauken]

you can post "it's shit" about every game and almost never be wrong.

makes you wonder though why you still play games? is it masochism?

 

[whydoibother]

you can post "it's shit" about every game and almost never be wrong.

Especially in a community that rewards performative elitism from otherwise very non-elite spergs.

 

[La vie sexuelle]

The whining is unrelated to the game's state on release, its pre-baked.

Some might say its a codex feature

Old Codex spergouts were different, this is an entirely new disease.

Go read the thread from Dragon Age: Origin's release. Full of people going "I haven't played this game, but its shit. Let me explain why..."

Let's check thread about Balgurs Gate 2 from 2006:

I played it a bit, up to Nashkel, failing to find anything good about it.
I've seen the game praised for replacing boring, mindless hack&slashing with plenty of dialogue. However, they forgot to mention that the dialogue is also boring and mindless. Having visited 4 towns so far, I haven't found one interesting character. Party members are a dime a dozen, all equally uninteresting. You can't even talk to them while you have them in your party. Hell, even the zombies in PST were more interesting than these guys.
The quests I've got so far all follow the same template: "<creature> stole my <item> <coordinate> of <town>. Kill them and bring back the <item> for reward." Some are also deliciously stupid: a gnome tells you that ogres stole his short sword, and that he wants it back. Then he steals money every time you talk to him. There's not way to confront him about it, however, in your journal it says that you feel that, if you brought him the item, he would give you the money back.
I'm not far into the story, but if its quality is anything like that of the dialogues, it probably sucks.
Will it get better later on? Does it really deserve #7 in the Codex top 10?

 

[Varnaan]

Go read the thread from Dragon Age: Origin's release. Full of people going "I haven't played this game, but its shit. Let me explain why..."

I'm old so my memory fails me but as far as I remember the complaints were more about RTWP vs TB, is BG2 good or bad, Morrigan sex, does the game actually have C&C or is it just an illusion, art style quality or lack thereof, and then discussions about the merits and qualities of 2009/2010 Bioware.
Nothing compares to the shitshow that is the BG3 thread.

 

[La vie sexuelle]

Go read the thread from Dragon Age: Origin's release. Full of people going "I haven't played this game, but its shit. Let me explain why..."

I'm old so my memory fails me but as far as I remember the complaints were more about RTWP vs TB, is BG2 good or bad, Morrigan sex, does the game actually have C&C or is it just an illusion, art style quality or lack thereof, and then discussions about the merits and qualities of 2009/2010 Bioware.
Nothing compares to the shitshow that is the BG3 thread.

Posting there makes you a part of a problem.

 

[Jermu]

regarding 72h early start which was removed from steam post

 

[Kiste]

I'm old so my memory fails me but as far as I remember the complaints were more about RTWP vs TB, is BG2 good or bad, Morrigan sex, does the game actually have C&C or is it just an illusion, art style quality or lack thereof, and then discussions about the merits and qualities of 2009/2010 Bioware.
Nothing compares to the shitshow that is the BG3 thread.

My theory is that the BG3-haters are closeted bearfuckers who secretly fear that they will not be able to suppress their unnatural urges if given the opportunity to act on them.

That leads to them to lashing out against the game, like all those closeted homos in the Republican party and the evangelical churches lash out against faggotry.

 

[Drakortha]

My theory is that the BG3-haters are closeted bearfuckers who secretly fear that they will not be able to suppress their unnatural urges if given the opportunity to act on them.

That leads to them to lashing out against the game, like all those closeted homos in the Repuiblican party and the evangelical churches lash out against faggotry.

Been hate on this game since the very first gameplay reveal before Early Access even started. Stop fucking lying, you mongrel.

 

[whydoibother]

Been hate on this game since the very first gameplay reveal before Early Access even started. Stop fucking lying, you mongrel.

Not only hating a game he hasn't and won't play, but being hipster about his hate. I hated it before others hated it!!!! My hatred is more genuine and real than yours!!!!

 

[Drakortha]

Been hate on this game since the very first gameplay reveal before Early Access even started. Stop fucking lying, you mongrel.

Not only hating a game he hasn't and won't play, but being hipster about his hate. I hated it before others hated it!!!! My hatred is more genuine and real than yours!!!!

No, I'm just proving the fact that this game didn't suddenly get shit because of the bears. It was always SHIT. But keep on moving that goal post. I'm sure BG3 will be game of the decade, just wait and see.

 

[Grauken]

Been hate on this game since the very first gameplay reveal before Early Access even started. Stop fucking lying, you mongrel.

Not only hating a game he hasn't and won't play, but being hipster about his hate. I hated it before others hated it!!!! My hatred is more genuine and real than yours!!!!

No, I'm just proving the fact that this game didn't suddenly get shit because of the bears. But keep on moving that goal post. I'm sure BG3 will be game of the decade, just wait and see.

pretty sure it will be Codex GOTY

 

[Drakortha]

pretty sure it will be Codex GOTY

Yes, the Codex has a sense of humor I'll give it that.

 

[whydoibother]

pretty sure it will be Codex GOTY

Yes, the Codex has a sense of humor I'll give it that.

People just like video games, man. People like RPGs. You are in the wrong here.

 

[Drakortha]

People just like video games, man. People like RPGs. You are in the wrong here.

You're right. I should have got Vaccinated. Everyone else was doing it.

 

[whydoibother]

But keep on moving that goal post.

I should have got Vaccinated.

I accept your concession. Be more dignified in defeat next time we meet.