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

[Perkel]

Well he is going to need it, especially here.

 

[Alpan]

In an industry where misleading statements and non-representative marketing materials are more or less the norm, it says something about Larian's integrity that they are committing to the video updates so early. A good sign.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

I would consider NWN 1 OC "save the world" game. You stop a master lizard race, which previously held world dominion, from returning. You even meet a person from another dimension who's realm was conquered by them.

there are people who actually finished the NWN OC?

 

[Lacrymas]

So heavy C&C is confirmed.. good, I hope we can help Illithids take over Faerun muahhahaha

Well, that particular brand of C&C where the second C is conspicuously absent, or so token to the point of being insulting.

 

[Yosharian]

I would consider NWN 1 OC "save the world" game. You stop a master lizard race, which previously held world dominion, from returning. You even meet a person from another dimension who's realm was conquered by them.

there are people who actually finished the NWN OC?

Only to see if I eventually got to fuck Aribeth de Tylmarande

 

[Yosharian]

I didn't

 

[Barabus]

I finished nwn2 main campaign

 

[Lacrymas]

Only to see if I eventually got to fuck Aribeth de Tylmarande

Random trivia: when I was studying English as a teen, a classmate of mine looked exactly like Aribeth (sans the pointy ears), I always found my fly unzipped after class when she was there.

 

[Mr. Magniloquent]

I would consider NWN 1 OC "save the world" game. You stop a master lizard race, which previously held world dominion, from returning. You even meet a person from another dimension who's realm was conquered by them.

there are people who actually finished the NWN OC?

Painfully. My time was at less of a premium in my youth. Also, NWN 1 HotU was also a "save the world" game. Like Icewind Dale, that plot point doesn't develop until later--but you still stop Mephistopheles from taking residence on Faerun and conquering it with the Valsharess's underdark army.

 

[Spectacle]

nearly ten minutes and still no idea how the game would actually play

The obvious conclusion is that it's going to be popamole of the highest order, but if they had showed gameplay yesterday the internet would be full of angry fans of the original games.
They need to let the hype build for a while before revealing that the game is essentially Assassin's Creed: Baldur's Gate.

 

[PapaPetro]

After seeing the Nautiloid, I'm getting a vibe that githyanki will play a part in the story. The CHARNAME will travel to the astral plane and will somehow get the Githyanki to counter the Illithid threat and work on a solution to ensure that both the gith and flayers fuck off from Toril afterwards.

The gith wouldn't want to be on Toril. It screws them up big time with the aging thing.

Didn't stop them from breached Toril before in BG2 when they intercepted CHARNAME looking for their silver sword.
They probably will just handwave the astral plane time catch-up/dilation stuff away.

 

[J_C]

99% sure this was gonna be shit. Saw J_C shilling hard. Now 100% sure. Thanks dum-dum.

 

[catfood]

Mildly amusing video. I'd be surprised if it turns out to be anything other than Baldur's Age: Illithids.

 

[hexer]

If they put those double crossing Harpers in the game again, by Helm I swear...
Xzar, you will be avenged!

 

[Mortmal]

Normal companies doing communication: Press release, trailers, conferences

Larian doing communication: *puts on armour*

Yes and the trailer is sure to make the buzz as well, it surprised everyone , everyone talk about it on every forums, good marketing strategy.

 

[PapaPetro]

99% sure this was gonna be shit. Saw J_C shilling hard. Now 100% sure. Thanks dum-dum.

 

[hexer]

After seeing the Nautiloid, I'm getting a vibe that githyanki will play a part in the story. The CHARNAME will travel to the astral plane and will somehow get the Githyanki to counter the Illithid threat and work on a solution to ensure that both the gith and flayers fuck off from Toril afterwards.

The gith wouldn't want to be on Toril. It screws them up big time with the aging thing.

Didn't stop them from breached Toril before in BG2 when they intercepted CHARNAME looking for their silver sword.
They probably will just handwave the astral plane time catch-up/dilation stuff away.

I'm pretty sure they have a spell to deal with that.
I'll double-check later today in my Planescape library

 

[J_C]

So Witcher 3: Baldur's Gate edition. You *know* WotC told them to make it "like that witch game". Clearing nests of mindflayers strewn about the city, collecting mindflayer spunk to win a prize, collect 8 mindflayer tentacles quests, Witcher Bhaalspawn vision, etc.

No, it will be Half Life: Baldur's Gate edition. Wait, no, Forza: Baldur's Gate edition. Dang, more like, Hidden & Dangerous: Baldur's Gate edition. What? From all the info we have, it could be any of them.

 

[Cael]

After seeing the Nautiloid, I'm getting a vibe that githyanki will play a part in the story. The CHARNAME will travel to the astral plane and will somehow get the Githyanki to counter the Illithid threat and work on a solution to ensure that both the gith and flayers fuck off from Toril afterwards.

The gith wouldn't want to be on Toril. It screws them up big time with the aging thing.

Didn't stop them from breached Toril before in BG2 when they intercepted CHARNAME looking for their silver sword.
They probably will just handwave the astral plane time catch-up/dilation stuff away.

They sent in the youngsters, which was why you were slaughtering them so easily. The really old ones like Zeeaire don't leave the Astral, which was why when you forced her into the Material, she was severely weakened and was in deep doo-doo.

 

[Lacrymas]

No, it will be Half Life: Baldur's Gate edition. Wait, no, Forza: Baldur's Gate edition. Dang, more like, Hidden & Dangerous: Baldur's Gate edition. What? From all the info we have, it could be any of them.

No, it really can't be. It's either going to be Dragon Age: Baldur's Gate or Witcher 3: Baldur's Gate. It's not like we don't have the recent history of gaming to predict these things. AAA production = it's not isometric; party-based = more than likely third person; "we are trying to modernize this series" = action combat alla DA2+ or Witcher; "RPG" = not a genre that anyone can confuse for an RPG.

 

[PapaPetro]

I'm pretty sure they have a spell to deal with that.

More or less.

 

[The_Mask]

I love how they put the elevator pads up when Swen is in the elevator, because he's wearing a big fucking armour on him. Comedic gold. <3

 

[J_C]

AAA production = it's not isometric; party-based = more than likely third person; "we are trying to modernize this series" = action combat

It *could* be that, but since Larian really haven't fucked us over yet, the bare minimum is that I give them the benefit of the doubt until they reveal this.

I don't think you can do party based combat in third person, so I think it is out of the book. It will be a top down, isometric-ish game, like DOS1-2, just prettier. AAA doesn't automatically equal 3rd person action game.

 

[Sabotin]

Is it part of the dnd licence that you have to use their trademark creatures?

 

[Storyfag]

So heavy C&C is confirmed.. good, I hope we can help Illithids take over Faerun muahhahaha

The real question is, will we be able to ENSLAVE NATIONS USING POWERFUL NECROMANCY?