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

[Silva]

Lol this thread.

Baldurs Gate was never serious, bros. Its "evil" is Masters of the Universe cartoon level evil. Stop deluding yourselves and admit this series is for kids.

 

[fantadomat]

Lol this thread.

Baldurs Gate was never serious, bros. Its "evil" is Masters of the Universe cartoon level evil. Stop deluding yourselves and admit this series is for kids.

Go back to lurking grandpa,nobody cares about your opinions.

 

[Incendax]

Some of both. BG could be pretty serious if you picked certain choices and certain party members, but that requires previous knowledge of what to do.

For first time players, there's a bunch of "I can take on Drizzit with both arms tied behind my ... ghaarrkh!", "Go for the eyes, Boo!", exploding cows, and other goofiness.

 

[Oreshnik Missile]

Lol this thread.

Baldurs Gate was never serious, bros. Its "evil" is Masters of the Universe cartoon level evil. Stop deluding yourselves and admit this series is for kids.

Even so we may be looking at a decline from Masters of the Universe to Steven Universe.

 

[Silva]

Lol this thread.

Baldurs Gate was never serious, bros. Its "evil" is Masters of the Universe cartoon level evil. Stop deluding yourselves and admit this series is for kids.

Even so we may be looking at a decline from Masters of the Universe to Steven Universe.

Steven Univese is also more serious and mature than Baldurs Gate.

 

[Ontopoly]

Lol this thread.

Baldurs Gate was never serious, bros. Its "evil" is Masters of the Universe cartoon level evil. Stop deluding yourselves and admit this series is for kids.

Even so we may be looking at a decline from Masters of the Universe to Steven Universe.

Steven Univese is also more serious and mature than Baldurs Gate.

Steven universe is only for peek degenerates. I was in the same room as it played once and now I hate my life

 

[Ontopoly]

I'm really glad ip and copyright laws exist. Imagine if any incompetent company could come in and decide to make sequels to a series all Willy nilly when they havr no business doing so. That would be unfortunate. Other things that are unfortunate: Mike mearls letting Larian make this game anyways.

 

[Yosharian]

Pointing out Edwin's mustache-twirling evil as evidence of BG2 not being serious while ignoring how serious characters like Viconia, Jaheira, Cernd, Keldorn, Mazzy, Valygar are, is just disingenuous.

It should be elementary to point out that BG2's tone spans a broad range, from the absurdity of Minsc talking to his pet hamster, to the gravity of Irenicus proclaiming that the love he once felt for his Queen is dead.

Remind yourself of this monologue:

I... I do not remember your love, Ellesime. I have tried. I have tried to recreate it, to spark it anew in my memory, but it is gone... a hollow, dead thing. For years, I clung to the memory of it. Then the memory of the memory. And then nothing. The Seldarine took that from me, too. I look upon you and feel nothing. I remember nothing but you turning your back on me, along with all the others. Once my thirst for power was everything. And now I hunger only for revenge. And I... WILL... HAVE IT!!

And then tell me with a straight face that 'BG2 isn't serious'.

 

[Yosharian]

This is a dude that kidnapped a bunch of nymphs dryads and basically raped them over and over in a replica of his old Elven home, in an attempt to once again feel some kind of love in his cold, dead heart.

Remind me again where Skeletor does that in He-Man

 

[Yosharian]

Not to mention that Edwin is a fantastically entertaining character and easily the best companion in BG2, despite him being not too 'serious'.

 

[Silva]

Remind yourself of this monologue:

I... I do not remember your love, Ellesime. I have tried. I have tried to recreate it, to spark it anew in my memory, but it is gone... a hollow, dead thing. For years, I clung to the memory of it. Then the memory of the memory. And then nothing. The Seldarine took that from me, too. I look upon you and feel nothing. I remember nothing but you turning your back on me, along with all the others. Once my thirst for power was everything. And now I hunger only for revenge. And I... WILL... HAVE IT!!

 

[robinox]

The devil-looking dude looks like the one from an old Nike football commercial.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOM1k4oLGJU

 

[you know what time it is]

Powerful stroking game on display

Spoiler

Got nothing on Brie though

 

[User0001]

This is a dude that kidnapped a bunch of nymphs dryads and basically raped them over and over in a replica of his old Elven home, in an attempt to once again feel some kind of love in his cold, dead heart.

Shakespeare?

 

[Lacrymas]

It's pretty tragic when love turns to hate, but deciding that revenge is the answer is boring from a storytelling perspective.

 

[Yosharian]

It's pretty tragic when love turns to hate, but deciding that revenge is the answer is boring from a storytelling perspective.

You're boring.

 

[Roguey]

And then tell me with a straight face that 'BG2 isn't serious'.

Reads like a story for teenagers, which it is.

 

[Shaewaroz]

And then tell me with a straight face that 'BG2 isn't serious'.

Reads like a story for teenagers, which it is.

Every single fantasy story / game ever conceived has been a story for teenagers. Prove me wrong.

 

[Reinhardt]

Oh, come on. There was like one dark and serious place in first two games - Durlag's Tower. And it was standalone.
IWD was much bleaker game.

 

[Roguey]

Every single fantasy story / game ever conceived has been a story for teenagers. Prove me wrong.

The Hobbit was for young children.

 

[Shaewaroz]

Every single fantasy story / game ever conceived has been a story for teenagers. Prove me wrong.

The Hobbit was for young children.

A skillful dodge. Well played.

 

[Yosharian]

And then tell me with a straight face that 'BG2 isn't serious'.

Reads like a story for teenagers, which it is.

 

[hell bovine]

The ambience changes dramatically if you go with an evil party.

As someone who has played chaotic evil with rock bottom reputation: no, it doesn't. If anything, the game gets more campy due to the respawning reputation police & because the game features little consequence beside that.

BG2 you can even massacre the elven city and they will still throw you a party afterwards.

 

[Jason Liang]

Swen keeps sying the right things

 

[AwesomeButton]

... as he keeps producing garbage RPGs for the masses.