Baldur's Gate Baldur's Gate 3 Pre-Release Thread [EARLY ACCESS RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[pomenitul]

What is the opposite of "RT or TB"?

RTwP.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

What I want - 2D (!!!); less WACKY, ZANY humor, less humor in general maybe, they can't pull it off; I'm ok with either TB or RT tbh, but slightly prefer TB; less flashy SFX; more time spent low-level; no level scaling; hand-placed unique loot!!!

Isn't world a funny place? You're going to get exactly the opposite.

What is the opposite of "RT or TB"?

The pause button.

 

[pomenitul]

You stole my dad joke, pal.

 

[Circuit the Short]

What is the opposite of "RT or TB"?

RTFG - reverse time flow games

 

[Mazisky]

So, should we expect awful writing and pathetic humor? Even Obsidian could make it better than Larian.

 

[pomenitul]

Larian in a nutshell:

 

[vortex]

Maybe Larian's loose writing is reason they reached more mainstream, larger audience unlike Obsidian.

 

[Falksi]

Have we ever battled an actual Kraken in an RPG ever? PoE1's one is pathetic.

And Shining Force 2 of course...........

 

[Spectacle]

Seeing how the title "Baldur's Gate" apparently ties it into the current D&D storyline, the game might be released fairly soon, definitely sometime this year.

 

[Quillon]

What I want - 2D (!!!);

Heh, half the reason PoE's combat's a clusterfuck is because its 2D/no cam rotation. Granted this game will certainly be TB, 2D wouldn't be much problem but they already have a 3D engine and games that lots of people like in it, why would they abandon what's working for them for some fucking nostalgic reason? They are not dumb af as Obsidian to think that what worked out of technical necessity 20 years ago would please today's audience.

 

[Lacrymas]

Heh, half the reason PoE's combat's a clusterfuck is because its 2D/no cam rotation. Granted this game will certainly be TB, 2D wouldn't be much problem but they already have a 3D engine and games that lots of people like in it, why would they abandon what's working for them for some fucking nostalgic reason? They are not dumb af as Obsidian to think that what worked out of technical necessity 20 years ago would please today's audience.

A third of the reason is the SFX that cause your eyes to bleed, another third is the atrocious interface, and the third third is it being too fast. It has nothing to do with 2D. And 2D isn't some kind of ancient obsolete style, it's an aesthetic choice, so it's perfectly viable (and better).

 

[Quillon]

SFX came with the today's tech, even DOS2 has shit tons of it on screen(mostly fire) but being TB and the ability to rotate the cam make it manageable.

2D + RTwP is a kind of "ancient obsolete style", yeah. 2D + TB would work perfectly but Larian won't do it.

 

[RickOmbo]

Cooper Dreams' art-style > Larian Studios' jokes.

 

[Lacrymas]

SFX came with the today's tech, even DOS2 has shit tons of it on screen(mostly fire) but being TB and the ability to rotate the cam make it manageable.

Or, you know, rein in the SFX, they don't look good, they make everything look like a parody, and they obstruct the view.

 

[CyberWhale]

So, should we expect awful writing and pathetic humor? Even Obsidian could make it better than Larian.

 

[LizardWizard]

Maybe Larian's loose writing is reason they reached more mainstream, larger audience unlike Obsidian.

Cartoony graphics, shit writing and multiplayer. Worked for Blizzard

 

[pomenitul]

Cartoony graphics, shit writing and multiplayer. Worked for Blizzard

Their first noted game was a Diablo-clone, after all, so they might as well ride it through to the end.

 

[Strange Fellow]

I hope it will have D:OS-style co-op. I don't see a downside to it for single players either, other than the nebulous "time and money better spent elsewhere".

 

[Lacrymas]

Blizzard's writing pre-WoW wasn't as bad as Larian and Obsidian's. It was very matter-of-fact, some fights happen because of other fights, something ancient evil something, it's over. There's not much there and it's serviceable to get the aforementioned fights going. They had enough ideas to vary the maps and objectives as well. WC3 tried to shake it up a bit with deeper characterizations and I think they were successful at that, everything flowed well together and you knew why everyone is doing whatever it is they are doing, what more can you want in this context? After WC3, everything fell apart, but that's another matter.

 

[RaptorRex888]

Diablo 2 actually had a unique and interesting approach to the way its main story was presented, with your character/s always trailing behind the excellent cutscenes featuring Marius.

 

[anvi]

Have we ever battled an actual Kraken in an RPG ever? PoE1's one is pathetic.

You boring old fucks have not. I have killed many krakens.

 

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

Diablo 2 actually had a unique and interesting approach to the way its main story was presented, with your character/s always trailing behind the excellent cutscenes featuring Marius.

Yeah, too bad they decided to repeat Diablo's story of good guy going bad for every other game they made after.

 

[Mortmal]

To prepare for the Eurocuck humor, shoehorned political messages and obligatory LGBTQ companions, I guess it's finally time to try Beamdog's EE games.

They add really little in their EE edition, however dragonspear is ok if you remove the cringey parts, environments are beautiful combat encounters too. You can even try it on your xbox soon, they will also sell them on consoles in packs at the meager price of 50 euros by bundle...

 

[PsychoFox]

I'm perfectly fine with the way Larian makes games mechanically, but for BG3 i want a serious tone/story with as little wacky humor as possible.

 

[RickOmbo]

Baldur's Gate III is the greatest joke by Larian Studios.