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

[Tyranicon]

Some of the best RPGs were literally made in damp cellars by a handful of malnourished, scruffy devs on defective game engines 20 years ago.

Finally, something for me to aspire to!

 

[Wunderbar]

New?

ugh, another useless video with 0 information.

February 27, larian shows a bunch of in-engine cutscenes and call it "gameplay".
Half a year later, larian shows a bunch of combat finishers with cinematic camera and with hud turned off and call it "combat showcase".
Year later, larian shows a pre-rendered intro and call it story trailer.

where is the game, lebowski?

 

[rusty_shackleford]

and you could easily mistake her for a human.

she's half human.

 

[Ontopoly]

When this game disappoints us and turns out to be nothing like the BG series rpgcodex should host a Baldur's Gate 1 replay where we can all act like the game just came out and we're discovering everything for the first time. We can act like we don't know where all the items or companions are or how the game works and can give each other tips.

 

[Yosharian]

When this game disappoints us and turns out to be nothing like the BG series rpgcodex should host a Baldur's Gate 1 replay where we can all act like the game just came out and we're discovering everything for the first time. We can act like we don't know where all the items or companions are or how the game works and can give each other tips.

Alternatively, we could do that for BG2 which is actually still worth playing in 2020

*hides*

 

[Tyranicon]

New?

ugh, another useless video with 0 information.

February 27, larian shows a bunch of in-engine cutscenes and call it "gameplay".
Half a year later, larian shows a bunch of combat finishers with cinematic camera and with hud turned off and call it "combat showcase".
Year later, larian shows a pre-rendered intro and call it story trailer.

where is the game, lebowski?

I can't wait for the press release for the worldwide announcement of the teaser of the story trailer.

 

[Ontopoly]

When this game disappoints us and turns out to be nothing like the BG series rpgcodex should host a Baldur's Gate 1 replay where we can all act like the game just came out and we're discovering everything for the first time. We can act like we don't know where all the items or companions are or how the game works and can give each other tips.

Alternatively, we could do that for BG2 which is actually still worth playing in 2020

*hides*

I agree that bg2 is better but disagree that BG 1 isn't playable. But mainly I feel like playing bg1 would be more poetic or whatever.

Either way on its release I'm going to be playing bg1 and I'm going to make a thread and hope you all join me. This is all assuming Larian does some stupid shit and makes dos3 rather than bg3.

 

[Ontopoly]

Who's this Jesse Cox guy that's going to be presenting? Incline or decline?

 

[Lyric Suite]

So it this shit yet? What's the hold up? Unveil this bitch already.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

I agree that bg2 is better

You're entitled to your opinion, but I want you to know that your opinion is shit and wrong.

 

[StrongBelwas]

Who's this Jesse Cox guy that's going to be presenting? Incline or decline?

Spoiler

Guess

 

[anvi]

I don't see them go first person.

Unless you got no companion in the game, otherwise it would be a nightmare to control them in first person.

the mo-cap is likely just for cut-scenes, which might be first person so they won't have to show your character.

They will just auto follow you. It might even have formations.

 

[fantadomat]

Who's this Jesse Cox guy that's going to be presenting? Incline or decline?

One of totalbiscuit's cuck group,he was jerking off to dodger while being put in the friend group lol. He is pretty irrelevant at this point.

 

[hexer]

I like how the mocap people in the trailer are sometimes just standing there before acting.

Spoiler

TB confirmed.

 

[LESS T_T]

I found a training video for RTwP mocap actors:

 

[hexer]

I'm not an expert on medieval weaponry but I find it silly to see mocap actors are holding plastic bows, weapons and shields.

How can you get good results by relying on toys?

 

[ERYFKRAD]

How can you get good results by relying on toys?

The actors live longer

 

[Mud']

Seeing all this just makes me sad that Larian didnt just make a RPG based in D&D 5E but without the BG name attached to it, i mean.

Like, they are so close to achieving something good with the interactivity they have in their games, the combat, even with all the damn flaws it has in D:OS2 was kinda fun to play with friends (after using mods like saving throws, tweaking to hell and back the health bloat, armor and all that shit, shit that the 5E would fix), they just needed better dialogue and story and they could reach a great RPG.

But now they are carrying the burden that is trying to live up to BG 1 & BG2 and every step they take will be criticized by the fans of BG and the fans of D:OS2, its a uphill battle that no matter what they do, they will lose.

 

[Yosharian]

I found a training video for RTwP mocap actors:

I found a better one

 

[FranticDistortion]

I'm not an expert on medieval weaponry but I find it silly to see mocap actors are holding plastic bows, weapons and shields.

How can you get good results by relying on toys?

They are working on a fantasy game, where high STR stat allows you to wield greatsword with your dick.
Main goal are impactful animations that get personality of characters across (rogues do flips etc.) not realism (yeah, you can't have both, refer to Cum: Deliverance for proofs).

 

[Ontopoly]

I'm not an expert on medieval weaponry but I find it silly to see mocap actors are holding plastic bows, weapons and shields.

How can you get good results by relying on toys?

For real. Maybe they weigh them down though.

 

[Morroweird]

New?

is that gamermd83, the Witcher superfan?

 

[Curratum]

New?

is that gamermd83, the Witcher superfan?

Let's hope not...

 

[whydoibother]

Let me repeat what I have been saying for the last 8 months:

I think we will get something like Dragon Age Origins with 5e DND. A 3rd person Camera that can be zoomed out for combat that is either with RTWP or turn-based.

And with *chatroom roleplay tier* dialogue akin to D:OS?

I still can't believe how butthurt people were about that. Imagine if the she-Clinton person said Baldur's Gate was their favorite video game, half the Codex would denounce the game immediately, it will retroactively be declared to have always been shit and everyone will insist they never liked it or even played it. This is exactly the behavior we're seeing when it comes to *raises paw* dialogue formatting. It is tainted by association, and it is "bad" because "bad" people use it.

 

[Dodo1610]

Raze the Larian CM said on Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/baldursgat...ewing_larian_about_baldurs/fhzspco/?context=3

It will not be necessary to have played BG 1&2. Like the Divinity series, any story or lore necessary for the game will be included; hypothetically there could be some minor references or easter eggs that people who have played the earlier games could notice, which a new player would miss.

So it seems there is no real connection to the previous games.

I think the voice actress Alix Wilton Regan, she voiced Sebille from DOS 2/the female inquisitor from DAI and recently Valeria from Wolcen.
Devs love to recast the same voices for some reasons.