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

[Ontopoly]

There is no indication that Hasbro is funding Baldur's Gate 3's development. I don't know why you would think that Larian "has no big budget". They've been very successful.

They are getting some extra bucks from Google for putting it on the Stadia, though.

Do you think that extra money from Google for doing a Stadia version of BG3 includes the massive ad spending by Google for Baldur's Gate 3 Stadia version?

I mean I was seeing Stadia ads with shots of the original BG3 clip before Stadia was even out.

You just know that Google is going to be spending a shit load of money on BG3 Stadia version ads as soon as after the 27th at some point, BG3 appears to be their Hail Mary Pass to save Stadia, but even if BG3 fails to save Stadia all those ads for BG3 are going to be a huge boost to BG3's own sales.

Whether the game is good or a piece of shit it will still succeed for this alone. Advertising is everything. And the game reviewers will give it high points because it's a new triple AAA type release with a lot of hype from the advertising even though they probably won't even play past chapter 2 and what they do play will be in story mode because they have a line up of games to review by the end of the month.

 

[Elex]

Well, they did CGI trailer and custom emoji on Twitter (which costs 1M USD). And presumably another CGI trailer is coming on 27th.

I'm sure they'll totally involve Critical Role as well!

You know that the next D&D book is a critical role one?
https://dnd.wizards.com/products/wildemount

 

[Murk]

Well, they did CGI trailer and custom emoji on Twitter (which costs 1M USD). And presumably another CGI trailer is coming on 27th.

I'm sure they'll totally involve Critical Role as well!

You know that the next D&D book is a critical role one?
https://dnd.wizards.com/products/wildemount

I abandoned mainline D&D after 3.5; so while I mourn for the continued rape of something that I once loved, the idea that I have to suffer this shit again is too much:

EDIT: Shit, I didn't realize you could romance her... I was just looking for an example of voicelines.

 

[Spectacle]

Do you think Swen sexually harasses his employees and laughs if they threaten with retaliation by going, "Who's going to believe you? I'm Swen. I made D:OS2."

Because I would.

I think that when Swen sexually harasses an employee, they respond with "what took you so long, Swen!" and throw themselves in his arms.

 

[Lacrymas]

I think that when Swen sexually harasses an employee, they respond with "what took you so long, Swen!" and throw themselves in his arms.

Pfff, what's the point of sexually harassing someone if they are just going to give themselves to you right after.

 

[LESS T_T]

Stadia also dips in:

 

[Harthwain]

Regarding the whole motion capture and all the details they put on characters. I won't be surprised if the end result will be something like this:

 

[InD_ImaginE]

Inb4 Larian pulls out of convention due to Corona virus.

 

[Cyberarmy]

custom emoji on Twitter (which costs 1M USD)

Bloody fucking hell?

 

[User0001]

The calm before the storm.

At what time will the stream start tomorrow?

 

[rusty_shackleford]

I don't understand all this talk about mocap, you guys know D:OS2 used motion capture — including (what I assume is) facial capture, right?

 

[Elex]

They fear no virus.
(In before hazmat suit swen).

 

[Mazisky]

I think visually it will be like Nuxcom 2: isometric but with cinematic camera for spells and attacks during turns, whit highly detailed models.

 

[Jedi Exile]

Just one day to wait

 

[Grotesque]

BG3 will not be turn based. As it should be.

 

[whydoibother]

I hope its a turn based play-by-mail first person racing game just to fuck with all these paleo-gamers that reject PROGRESS. Fuck real time with pause and fuck people who like real time with pause.

 

[Lacrymas]

The only scenario in which it's gonna be turn-based is if Swen wants to take a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge risk, maybe even a dumb risk. The only way that would work is the old "famous because it's famous" trick, to spin it during marketing into something "must have" for normies. That isn't entirely in his control, though, the game "journalists" have to have an unreasonable obsession with it (like with D:OS2).

 

[Terenty]

At least it will be better than Outer Worlds

 

[Quillon]

it's gonna be turn-based

agreed

 

[lukaszek]

deterministic system > RNG

 

[vortex]

agreed

Agree to disagree.

 

[HoboForEternity]

itz gonna be deterministic

1 sided die

 

[lukaszek]

deterministic system > RNG

 

[Neerasrc]

Those who quietly wait in the corner will appear tomorrow. Codex will be fun tomorrow. -)

Spoiler

 

[vonAchdorf]

Stadia also dips in:

So is it settled, Swen will be using the STADIA controller?