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

[Yosharian]

Amazing, I am floored. I didn't imagine even in my wildest dreams they would be so faithful to D&D. This is cause for celebration, anyone who thinks otherwise is insane. Speaking purely from a combat perspective.

Complainers don't want a faithful D&D adaptation, they want a nostalgia trip with a space hamster romance subplot.

I am fine with visuals looking like DOS2, but on the other hand, I was not expecting to watch a stream for DOS3, and this is what I have just watched. Cursor is the same, elemental environment, scenarios, movement, buttons, labels, GUI, icons, character creation, pre made characters... Even the way you start the game is the same!

Dude, it's pre-alpha, obviously stuff like icons etc. will change closer to release.

Yeah visually it does not look like an old school CRPG at all.

Why should it, though? It's a modern adaptation of a new edition of D&D. Beamdog's already tried to do BG 2.5, how well did that go? Why are we asking for this again?

Yeahhh I'm not necessarily saying it should, just an observation.

I'm willing to be convinced by a new, different style, but it's not convincing me 100% right now.

 

[fantadomat]

Honestly the most surprising thing about all of this is still that Lacrymas of all people has just become the biggest Baldurs Gate 3 fan.

He heard the gay vampire and got all wet.

 

[ga♥]

Except what combat Disco had was basically turn-based. So, wut?

I didn't play Disco. BG3 still looks like a turd.

 

[Shadenuat]

Abducted, infected, lost. You are turning into a monster, but as the corruption inside you grows, so does your power. That power may help you to survive, but there will be a price to pay, and more than any ability, the bonds of trust that you build within your party could be your greatest strength. Caught in a conflict between devils, deities, and sinister otherworldly forces, you will determine the fate of the Forgotten Realms together.

Just imagine Mask Of Betrayer with Larian writing....

we all know it would be 100% profit and would never force you to reload game MoTB style.

 

[Heroic Liberator]

Honestly the most surprising thing about all of this is still that Lacrymas of all people has just become the biggest Baldurs Gate 3 fan.

He heard the gay vampire and got all wet.

Like a fly drawn to shit.

 

[Israfael]

That did not look like a D&D game at all, but I never touched 5ed so I can't really say that for sure. The greatest irony is that they can't have both 3.5ed and FR/Faerun, it's either TB Kingmaker-like game with original lore or 5ed "endless systematic depth"(tm)(C) along with the BG fluff. Although I did not feel anything that indicated that the gay vampire was somewhere on the Sword coast (they could have dropped some in-unviserse locations or something to anchor the scene instead of generic "Act I DOS2" setting that was presented.

 

[AliceAlcina]

Honestly the most surprising thing about all of this is still that Lacrymas of all people has just become the biggest Baldurs Gate 3 fan.

Lacrymas, and all PoE fans, are a litmus test for decline.

so we based arguments on people dislikes?

 

[jackofshadows]

this tutorial with 20 minutes dancing with 3 lvl1 enemies was p meh to capture a feeling of bg.

Swen told that tutorial isn't ready yet and it's all about getting out of the ship. So this demo was like, actual beginning of the game.

 

[ItsChon]

Because baldur's gate was such a joyless grimdark experience. Some of you people are fucking retarded.

This absolute retard. No one has even commented on the tone of the game which is what your comment is talking about.

friendly reminder that the resident zoomer doesn't like fallout

Bring up shit irrelevant to the topic at hand because you've got nothing to say. We already know you're a soy beta male, no need to keep proving it to us.

What's up bud! Still wanking to snuff movies on the internet?
No wonder your avatar is a guy ready to blow his brains out, you little shit!

Lmao, you're still mad I called you out for being a little bitch. You're clearly the same brand of subhuman as SF, y'all should talk.

which is why the jump to the D&D ruleset is a massive improvement, dumbass

Like I said, ten times 0 is still 0 you fucking monkey. Learn to read.

 

[fantadomat]

Honestly the most surprising thing about all of this is still that Lacrymas of all people has just become the biggest Baldurs Gate 3 fan.

He heard the gay vampire and got all wet.

Like a fly drawn to shit.

LoL he would even be able to coop that shit with his german boyfriend,Yusuf.

 

[drgames]

1) DOS 1 & 2 were great games

No.

 

[FranticDistortion]

kinda cool how people on RPG Codex are calling a turn-based iso CRPG with a faithfully implemented D&D ruleset "decline" because it looks ugly, huh

It's not as serious as a first two BG, you know the one with 'funny' guy with a hamster, mage who transforms into woman and wants his penis back, cow throwing magic and other totally serious shit happening all the time. Also it doesn't replicate the game that came out 20 years ago in it's entirety, while somehow being different, so it's bad.

 

[Krzysiek]

 

[Ausdoerrt]

I also find it frustrating that gameplay is not progressing, only really the tech. All this time has passed and graphics got better, but I would really like something that is like a new leap forward from BG2 in terms of gameplay, and this just isn't. It is the same thing I've played 100 times. I know a lot of people want more BG and I'd play it too, but I would prefer to see an evolution of RPGs. And that doesn't seem possible when the best we can hope for is a game that tries to be like something from 20 years ago but with a lick of fresh paint.

Well, I'd say the multiplayer options are a progress in both tech and gameplay experience. Not one I particularly care for, but the younger generation seems to find this engaging, so why not.

 

[Murk]

You can use sources of light to manipulate shadows in game to give you cover for stealth. That's... fucking great.

A part of me is hoping the engine allows for a Thief style game to be made in it.

I also find it frustrating that gameplay is not progressing, only really the tech. All this time has passed and graphics got better, but I would really like something that is like a new leap forward from BG2 in terms of gameplay, and this just isn't. It is the same thing I've played 100 times. I know a lot of people want more BG and I'd play it too, but I would prefer to see an evolution of RPGs. And that doesn't seem possible when the best we can hope for is a game that tries to be like something from 20 years ago but with a lick of fresh paint.

Well, I'd say the multiplayer options are a progress in both tech and gameplay experience. Not one I particularly care for, but the younger generation seems to find this engaging, so why not.

I originally thought it was pure gimmick and a waste of time/resources... but then I got to play through a campaign with 3 friends and it was incredibly fun. It was not quite the magic of 13 year old in basement + d&d, but it was about as close as I had gotten to that in 20 years.

 

[nyjsu]

i don't get it why people complain about the dialogue as both originals had abysmal writing and plot. They're great only because of the combat and exploration and it seems that BG3 might deliver on that front.

 

[Parabalus]

Larian TB has a garbage record, at least they can't implement the retarded armor system.

 

[Heroic Liberator]

Although I did not feel anything that indicated that the gay vampire was somewhere on the Sword coast (they could have dropped some in-unviserse locations or something to anchor the scene instead of generic "Act I DOS2" setting that was presented.

After the tutorial, you are next to some river which leads to the city of Baldur's Gate. The earlier fantasy steampunk Need For Speed cinematic occurred in some city whose name starts with I (?).

 

[AliceAlcina]

kinda cool how people on RPG Codex are calling a turn-based iso CRPG with a faithfully implemented D&D ruleset "decline" because it looks ugly, huh

It's not as serious as a first two BG, you know the one with 'funny' guy with a hamster, mage who transforms into woman and wants his penis back and other totally serious shit happening all the time.

I know, that's totally Larian!

 

[DraQ]

It's better to not have combat, AKA Disco, than turd based.

Your mom conception was turd based.

 

[Shadenuat]

kinda cool how people on RPG Codex are calling a turn-based iso CRPG with a faithfully implemented D&D ruleset "decline" because it looks ugly, huh

It's d&d 5.

from what I seen by reading the players handbook long time ago, it felts like quite streamlined d&d trying to get a bit more of a spirit of AD&D and leaving some things to imagination. it is supposed to play well in tabletop and be balanced and numbers not too high (like class proficiency going from something like +2 to +6?) + capped numbers at places. your modifiers are advantage (roll d20 twice pick highest) and dis (roll d20 twice pick lowest).

So far game has 6 stats and 6 classes +some skills and that is extent of character building we know.

then again maybe d&d 5 fight with bloat would counter larian love for it.

 

[FeelTheRads]

Especially when quoting that special needs kid who barely joined and now thinks the codex has "gone to the dogs". If your tastes align with his you might have a problem.

Fuck off me boy. You keep talking but I'm still waiting for that picture. I'm a fucking chad, and there is literally nothing I can't do better than you.

What picture are you waiting for, shitbrain?

You're irrelevant. You are a fucking teenager. That alone means that anything you say is retarded and useless. Your taste in anything is shit for that alone. You're as interesting as a retard screeching and flapping his arms around. You are literal space filler.
But they worst part is you're way, way dumber than the average teenager. A cautionary tale if I've ever seen one.

LMAO. "i'm so much better than you at everything". "ItsChon" is the level of intelligence you have to be to think that wins an internet argument.

 

[new fucking guy]

Swen told that tutorial isn't ready yet and it's all about getting out of the ship.

oh my god it's a dos2 clone!!!

 

[Ravness]

Let's look at the bright side, Larian is doing a lot better than Obsidian...

Spoiler

 

[deuxhero]

Shadenuat
5E also gives each class a subclass that's selected at a ~level 2 or 3 (except for warlocks who get two options and get one of their picks from level 1).