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

[Zed Duke of Banville]

I think you just described the entire FR setting.

It's painfully American at times, but that doesn't change how much sillier the end results would be if everything was just ad-hoc'd. Having access to everything doesn't automatically mean using everything, nevermind focusing on everything. But they have options, and likely have some license expand on aspects they want to be more evocative.

It's far from my favourite setting but that was never the point. The cost in time and money to build a fresh world with even half the legacy to draw upon was the point (or even expand an existing one to the same effect); it's a huge effort to make even a shody knock-off equivalent to Tolkien's work and the sense of history that comes with such a sustained long-term effort. Both the engine and IP are huge in allowing time and money to be redirected elsewhere, but I'm not not putting either on a pedestal over the other. They're both incredibly important to the success of an RPG.

(And beyond that the weight of this IP also presumably contributed a lot to their EA success, which helped expand the scope in its own way.)

The Forgotten Realms setting would have been extraordinarily simple to replace, since it is merely the most generic D&D/AD&D setting possible, employed by TSR as a replacement for the Greyhawk setting as the standard, default AD&D campaign setting following the ouster of Gary Gygax in October 1985. No real thought or development needs to be put into the creation of such a setting, just the re-utilization of long-established fantasy tropes to provide the framework for the sort of characters and quests that the developers already wanted to place in whatever setting they had available.

 

[Orud]

Putting 'The Dragon Isles' on your custom fantasy map should be a punishable crime.

 

[Takamori]

Thought the title for the most generic RPG belonged to Pathfinder

 

[The_Mask]

What do we make of Kenshi's, then?

 

[Tyranicon]

Oh look, a map of warhammer fantasy.

 

[mondblut]

Token black guy the most rejected origin/companion?

Who would have guessed.

And the hamster retard the second most rejected. Maybe the target demographic is not entirely hopeless, after all.

Or it merely reflects the percentage of those who played the originals.

 

[jaekl]

Which 3 Companions Are You Taking?​

https://strawpoll.com/bVg8o8l3VnY/results

not gonna choose third one from those, you should insert custom companion 1-3

Token black guy the most rejected origin/companion?

Who would have guessed.

They never put cool black guys in games anymore, they always make the shittest black characters that not even other blacks like so they can call you a racist if you dare to complain. If the token black was as cool as Lamar from GTA V, I would buy the game and go on a quest with him to eradicate all bitch ass fairy niggas from Baldur's Gate.

 

[Mebrilia the Viera Queen]

My team will be:
My char: Paladin Oathbreaker.
Shadowheart
Gale
Astarion

 

[Barbarian]

MC(dark urge) + Minthara. Maybe "hirelings".

All other companions seem ultra cringe. Might actually justify a full blown evil dark urge playthrough. Swen has stated killing them provides significant rewards.

 

[Child of Malkav]

What? We're cartographers now?

 

[Clockwork Knight]

The way Swen behaves is a good indication of sociopathic behavior. He does what he does not because he's genuine but because it's learned behavior that's rewarding to him. You buy into his act, so he is encouraged to go further with it. Why do you think he inevitably put on the armor?

Swen seems to be on some sort of nostalgia trip with his regular armor getup, fetishizing a time that was honestly pretty brutal for people of color. The vibes I get from him are unsettling, like he's glorifying a past that should never be glorified. Feels like a guy that has a collection of SS uniforms.

 

[Mebrilia the Viera Queen]

kagha's hairstyle is just a bunch of croissants glued to her head

In the past early.access Khaga was blonde and was also the most hated char in the larian forum by a couple of people that were sjw. They did a whole post telling how she was senseless cruel toward the child. And Larian changed her hair.
From blonde now they are pink.

 

[Crispy]

I didn't even know this Khaga character existed, but the pink hair thing piqued my curiosity so I Googled the subject.

This is neither blonde nor "pink". Mebrilia the Viera Queen?

 

[Maculo]

MC(dark urge) + Minthara. Maybe "hirelings".

All other companions seem ultra cringe. Might actually justify a full blown evil dark urge playthrough. Swen has stated killing them provides significant rewards.

What do you dislike about Shadowheart? Not that is matters, but I am curious if I glossed over something.

Not to sound like a coomer, but personally I think the voice actress for Shadowheart did a great job.

 

[Mebrilia the Viera Queen]

I didn't even know this Khaga character existed, but the pink hair thing piqued my curiosity so I Googled the subject.

This is neither blonde nor "pink". Mebrilia the Viera Queen?

It was blonde in the first early access then red and now pink in the latest i am sure of it because i played it today unless it was a bug.

 

[Larianshill]

Kagha's hair has always remained the same. You're on drugs.

 

[Crispy]

Google has zero entries for Khaga with pink hair.

I think you're going blind or something.

 

[Mebrilia the Viera Queen]

Google has zero entries for Khaga with pink hair.

I think you're going blind or something.

Look i was streaming for a friend and commented on it so i guess it was a bug but yeah her hair changed at least one time before.

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

kagha's hairstyle is just a bunch of croissants glued to her head

In the past early.access Khaga was blonde and was also the most hated char in the larian forum by a couple of people that were sjw. They did a whole post telling how she was senseless cruel toward the child. And Larian changed her hair.
From blonde now they are pink.

I played it on release day and she was always red haired. She's just acting like that because she's having a White Woman Moment.

 

[Mebrilia the Viera Queen]

kagha's hairstyle is just a bunch of croissants glued to her head

In the past early.access Khaga was blonde and was also the most hated char in the larian forum by a couple of people that were sjw. They did a whole post telling how she was senseless cruel toward the child. And Larian changed her hair.
From blonde now they are pink.

I played it on release day and she was always red haired. She's just acting like that because she's having a White Woman Moment.

Thats odd. But then again in the last two patches things seemed to behave oddly during cutscenes.

 

[Crispy]

...

 

[Mebrilia the Viera Queen]

...

It could be that i have dls active?

 

[Theodora]

DLSS shouldn't do that, but if you say a friend saw it who knows wtf is going on.

 

[Crispy]

This isn't a DLSS issue, it's an

Spoiler

ESL

issue.

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

Were your friends on drugs?