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

Goromorg

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Looks worse than Pillars.
Not RTWP.
Some 3D garbage instead of drawn portraits.
Shitty UI.
Terrible armor design.
Larian writing.
Go to the hell, Swen — you fucked this up.
 
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Lilura

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You're a sell out Lilura.

Not really. I've already criticized Larian's announcement (their pathetic PR) more than any other commentator has.

If BG3 turns out to be shit, I'll rip it a new asshole. But if it's not shit, I'm not going to say it is. That's dishonest.
 
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Lilura

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You're a sell out for caring more about your blog views, not for jerking off Larian. And there's alot more to criticize them for than pr shit.

PR is all we had to go on for a long time. And they botched it from a veteran PoV. You can only go so far in criticizing someone for something they haven't done yet. About as far I could go was "It's better to think of what can happen rather than what has happened, but make no mistake... [Larian have sucked up to this point]."
 

ItsChon

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Steve gets a Kidney but I don't even get a tag.
I'll have to see the combat in action to make any determinations, but I think one thing we can all agree on is that it looks like shit.
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This image is so fucking cluttered, what in gods name is even going on here? I feel claustrophobic and cramped.
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Again, take a look at this image. I don't know if it's the camera angle or what, but it feels like I'm playing an MMO. Just looking at this image makes me frown. It doesn't look inviting or familiar at all.
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This looks a little better but it's so zoomed in, and it feels like I'm playing Path of Exile or Diablo with all the shit on the bottom. The UI is absolutely awful.
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Those fucking cock suckers. The aids Bioware chat shit? Why can't we have the old text box? This is decline of the highest order.
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Same thing here. "I don't trust this man - I drew my weapon" holy shit...

I don't know why I'm so butthurt. I expected as much, there was no way this game would be anything close to as good as the original BG was. But for some reason, seeing these screenshots hurt.
:despair:
I need Underrail 2 or Colony Ship ASAP to cope with the decline.
 

Shadenuat

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man it really looks like some dao/nwn2 ported to dos2

the dialogue style is awful garbage.

but it is tb with party and that's promising.
 

Grotesque

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Vatnik
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The characters in the screenshots... they're airbrushed model cosplayers masquerading as gritty adventurers.
Oh well...


Only idiots wanted BG3 to be RTwP. Turn-based was, is now and will always be King.

nice story faggot.
 
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Lilura

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One combat encounter designer, one systems coder, one musician, 10 artists, 20 narrative designers and 200 voice actors.
 

Ontopoly

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Okay guys. I've calmed down a bit. I've now realised that with wrath of the rightous and the old BG games I will be able to distract myself from ever having anything to do with this absolute dog shit. What phase is acceptance again?
 
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