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

[Jimmious]

You are burdened with a great power devouring you from within.
How far down the path of darkness will you let it take you?
The fate of Faerûn is on your party’s shoulders.
Will you carry it to salvation, or descend with it to hell?

Hmmmmmm are we going to play a mindflayer-to-be?
Also "party" is an important word. First person is more or less impossible by now

Finally the image seems to depict a half-orc woman ready to be mindflayer-ed?

 

[Heroic Liberator]

You are burdened with a great power devouring you from within.
How far down the path of darkness will you let it take you?
The fate of Faerûn is on your party’s shoulders.
Will you carry it to salvation, or descend with it to hell?

Hopefully it won't be a cheap rehash of MotB.

 

[fantadomat]

Not gonna happen, but I'd like best bro Sarevok to be brought back (for a cameo if nothing else).

I already killed that retard twice,no need for him to come back yet again,to be decapitated.

 

[Grampy_Bone]

The most beloved character in the entire franchise, Khalid.

Ah hahaha, I was going to change this to the guy who says, "I am Habib!" and throws money at you, but found out his name is also Khalid.

https://baldursgate.fandom.com/wiki/Habib_Khalid_Achmed_Allafif

 

[Alpan]

Hopefully it won't be a cheap rehash of MotB.

A cheap rehash of MotB is already better than most RPGs even aspire to. Only problem I can see with those four lines is "The fate of Faerûn". By now, saving the world has become so very banal.

 

[himmy]

The most beloved character in the entire franchise, Khalid.

Ah hahaha, I was going to change this to the guy who says, "I am Habib!" and throws money at you, but found out his name is also Khalid.

https://baldursgate.fandom.com/wiki/Habib_Khalid_Achmed_Allafif

 

[Elex]

"Join Swen live on stage with a special guest"

Who is the special guest? :D

matt mercer of course.

 

[The_Mask]

Hopefully it won't be a cheap rehash of MotB.

Too evil for mainstream audiences today. The evil path in MotB is something to scare kids at night, not something to play with your gf.

 

[NJClaw]

The most beloved character in the entire franchise, Faldorn.

I concur.

I actually like Faldorn

 

[Elex]

kowalski analysis
time to enhance the reflection in the eye.

gith confirmed of course.

 

[J_C]

but everything else points at 1st person.

Like what?

 

[Infinitron]

I doubt it will be first-person, but I've thought from the beginning that people were underrating the possibility that the game will be dual-mode, allowing both third-person action and party-based isometric play. It would explain why Swen is coy about saying whether the game is isometric. It's not because he wants to hide the truth from pissed off fans, it's because he's saving the surprise that "Actually, we're doing BOTH!"

 

[Elex]

Third person party based and turn based.
If don't happen you can ban me.

 

[Jedi Master Radek]

but everything else points at 1st person.

Like what?

Extensive mocap and animation. Movie like props such as castle wars.

 

[Heroic Liberator]

If don't happen you can ban me.

 

[d1r]

Hopefully it won't be a cheap rehash of MotB.

A cheap rehash of MotB is already better than most RPGs even aspire to. Only problem I can see with those four lines is "The fate of Faerûn". By now, saving the world has become so very banal.

Saving the world should not be the bloody focus of a Baldur's Game game to begin with. Let's just hope that being a Paladin is not mandatory in Baldur's Gate 3.

 

[Life of the Party]

https://rpgcodex.net/forums/index.p...-on-february-27th.127856/page-61#post-6164859

 

[Heroic Liberator]

https://rpgcodex.net/forums/index.p...-on-february-27th.127856/page-61#post-6164859

Too vague a statement, druze. Gets you some Baba Vanga points though.

 

[Frusciante]

My guess now would be some sort of DA origins like game, with 3rd person over the shoulder exploration but top down (simplified for console) RTWP combat.

 

[Lacrymas]

I actually like Faldorn

I always use her when my PC is a Cleric (instead of Viconia), but basically almost nobody remembers she exists (Alora is probably the most obscure and unused), while everyone uses Khalid at one point. So, yeah, that's the joke, that almost everyone would go "who?".

 

[Infinitron]

My guess now would be some sort of DA origins like game, with 3rd person over the shoulder exploration but top down (simplified for console) RTWP combat.

What if it's turn-based instead? We already have two RPGs with dual RTwP/TB modes. Dual action/turn-based is the next step.

 

[vortex]

I think it will be like Fallout 1. Top down for combat and first person view when talking to people. The way that actress is looking at camera, suggests first person.

 

[Elex]

The creature riding the red dragon is a Githyanki.
We also know about the mind flayers and the spelljammer ship of the mind flayers.

So we will probally going to explore astral plane or plane jumping.

 

[The_Mask]

What if it's turn-based? We already have two RPGs with dual RTwP/TB modes. Dual action/turn-based is the next step.

I've waited 20 years for this!

 

[Life of the Party]

It will be both an RPG and an RPG game.