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

[fantadomat]

Has someone brought up the idea that the tidepoles work differently on the party members because we are all Bhaalspawn (or some other god's spawn)? That would explain why Minsc won't be a party member even though there's nothing stopping non-infested from joining us.

We know that the tiptapdoes work differently because it’s a new model not made for create mind flayers.

Spoiler

“D&D Dice Adventures also has connective tissue to our other Dungeons & Dragons games. You’ll see characters such as Minsc and Boo, Khalid, and Dynaheir from the Baldur’s Gate series of video games. The upcoming Baldur’s Gate III video gamefeatures a storyline about mind flayers using illithid tadpoles to create advanced soldiers and our use of Ioun stones shows where that tech came from.”

it can’t be more clear

None of this changes the fact that tadpoles quite literally eat the brain and take-over the body of its host, and it is a very quick process - something which even the trailer for the game portrayed. Something within the plot must prevent our party from becoming Illithids.

It explain why there is no timer and spamming rest is fine: because is not eating the brain but boosting the brain powers.

You don't get the ceremorphosis process - the tadpole becomes the brain, and uses the host's brain as nourishment.

This is a mutant Tadpole that works differently.

Ohhh if it is a mutant brain eating worm,then it is ok. It will just give muh god powerz once it munches your grey soup.

It’s the real waifu of the game, sexy tadpole voice.

So that is why the call you MAD BOB.

 

[Cryomancer]

Fearun has already had TWO separate empires based on magic and look how that turned out.

And the goddess of magic die every edition of the game.

Not enough deaths, by Crom

Yep. When 3 witches almost destroyed one of the biggest barbarian tribe on pathfinder, barbarians started to hate magicians.

Curse of strahd dont have many good magic items, gulthias staff ,one cursed wizard staff then one regal +2 plate armor , one +2 sword at the very end. Even getting a silvered weapon is already a feat . Then it has artefacts , the holy symbol of ravenkind and the sunsword, not evena ttunable for everyone and only a counterpart to strahd godly powers.5e is balanced so you can play without any magic items.

Strahd is SO WEAK on 5e that a mob of peasants can kill him. He is no longer immune to ultra rare +2 weapons on Barovia, with contingency of spells and dozens of high level spells per day.

Anyway, i an really interested on seeing the story of BG3. The idea of being a victim of a weird mindflayer experiment is honestly more interesting and original than being one of the Bhaal children. I an not saying that it will be good as BG2 BTW. Only that the original premise seems good.

 

[Mortmal]

Fearun has already had TWO separate empires based on magic and look how that turned out.

And the goddess of magic die every edition of the game.

Not enough deaths, by Crom

Yep. When 3 witches almost destroyed one of the biggest barbarian tribe on pathfinder, barbarians started to hate magicians.

Curse of strahd dont have many good magic items, gulthias staff ,one cursed wizard staff then one regal +2 plate armor , one +2 sword at the very end. Even getting a silvered weapon is already a feat . Then it has artefacts , the holy symbol of ravenkind and the sunsword, not evena ttunable for everyone and only a counterpart to strahd godly powers.5e is balanced so you can play without any magic items.

Strahd is SO WEAK on 5e that a mob of peasants can kill him. He is no longer immune to ultra rare +2 weapons on Barovia, with contingency of spells and dozens of high level spells per day.

Anyway, i an really interested on seeing the story of BG3. The idea of being a victim of a weird mindflayer experiment is honestly more interesting and original than being one of the Bhaal children. I an not saying that it will be good as BG2 BTW. Only that the original premise seems good.

Weak ? Hell no you must play it like the master strategist he his. He can appear anywhere at the best position possible, some room have high ceiling you can just have him spray fireballs out of reach, he has spiderwalk . Appear behind the weak spellcaster kill him, etc..They get in reach ? lair action pass through wall, given the castle topography he will be impossible to catch, and he can regen to full health . Thats why there's one final room determined by the tarot card , one room he cant escape , his parents mausoleum for exemple, he will be there once you decide to end the campaign . He's the one hunting them , its not a static encounter, he appears anywhere anytime at the worst moment possible , he can just strike during any encounter during the game . Played right he can easily destroy any party.

 

[DAT]

BROS I DONT NO ANUTHER WAY TO SAY DIS BUT UH...

Spoiler

3 IS GON BE BATTER THEN NUMERO 1 & 2

FRANKS FOR HEARIN ME IN BROS DONT LET THE BREAD BUGS BYTE

 

[Cryomancer]

Fearun has already had TWO separate empires based on magic and look how that turned out.

And the goddess of magic die every edition of the game.

Not enough deaths, by Crom

Yep. When 3 witches almost destroyed one of the biggest barbarian tribe on pathfinder, barbarians started to hate magicians.

Curse of strahd dont have many good magic items, gulthias staff ,one cursed wizard staff then one regal +2 plate armor , one +2 sword at the very end. Even getting a silvered weapon is already a feat . Then it has artefacts , the holy symbol of ravenkind and the sunsword, not evena ttunable for everyone and only a counterpart to strahd godly powers.5e is balanced so you can play without any magic items.

Strahd is SO WEAK on 5e that a mob of peasants can kill him. He is no longer immune to ultra rare +2 weapons on Barovia, with contingency of spells and dozens of high level spells per day.

Anyway, i an really interested on seeing the story of BG3. The idea of being a victim of a weird mindflayer experiment is honestly more interesting and original than being one of the Bhaal children. I an not saying that it will be good as BG2 BTW. Only that the original premise seems good.

Weak ? Hell no you must play it like the master strategist he his. He can appear anywhere at the best position possible, some room have high ceiling you can just have him spray fireballs out of reach, he has spiderwalk . Appear behind the weak spellcaster kill him, etc..They get in reach ? lair action pass through wall, given the castle topography he will be impossible to catch, and he can regen to full health . Thats why there's one final room determined by the tarot card , one room he cant escape , his parents mausoleum for exemple, he will be there once you decide to end the campaign . He's the one hunting them , its not a static encounter, he appears anywhere anytime at the worst moment possible , he can just strike during any encounter during the game . Played right he can easily destroy any party.

2e Strahd din't needed even to be "played right". Some of his abilities and his spell list according to AD&D Book Realms Of Dread. Keep in mind that this are only part of his abilities. Keep in mind that this abilities are just a fraction of what he can do and that his 2e spells are far nastier than his 5e spells.

Note that many people here argued against raising BG3 lv cap due spells like Teleport, Antimagic shell, control weather, force cage and etc. Underlings on Strahd of 2e are far stronger than Strahd himself on 5e. Note that before his vampire transformation, he was a very weak lv 5 generalist mage. The bare minimum to become a vampire and not a vampire spawn.

BROS I DONT NO ANUTHER WAY TO SAY DIS BUT UH...

Spoiler

3 IS GON BE BATTER THEN NUMERO 1 & 2

FRANKS FOR HEARIN ME IN BROS DONT LET THE BREAD BUGS BYTE

I doubt that BG3 will be good as even Siege of Dragonspiere which is the weakest "title" of the series at moment. BG2 is a such masterpiece...

 

[DAT]

BROS I DONT NO ANUTHER WAY TO SAY DIS BUT UH...

Spoiler

3 IS GON BE BATTER THEN NUMERO 1 & 2

FRANKS FOR HEARIN ME IN BROS DONT LET THE BREAD BUGS BYTE

I doubt that BG3 will be good as even Siege of Dragonspiere which is the weakest "title" of the series at moment. BG2 is a such masterpiece...

BROS BALDIES GATE 3 IS GUNNA SELL MOAR COPIES THEN 2 N 1 COUNT ON IT

THATS WAT ONLY MADDERS IN THIS MAKE IT OR SHAKE IT WORLD

 

[Cryomancer]

BROS BALDIES GATE 3 IS GUNNA SELL MOAR COPIES THEN 2 N 1 COUNT ON IT

Justin Bieber sold more than Mozart and Beethoven combined. So what? If popularity = quality, then a a popular car is has more quality than a Ferrari.

 

[DAT]

BROS BALDIES GATE 3 IS GUNNA SELL MOAR COPIES THEN 2 N 1 COUNT ON IT

Justin Bieber sold more than Mozart and Beethoven combined. So what? If popularity = quality, then a a popular car is has more quality than a Ferrari.

BROS WITH DAT KINDA THUNKING ITS NO WONDUR YOU BROS ARE STUCK SHOVELIN SHIT IN TURD WORLD COUNTRIES

 

[Gyor]

Has someone brought up the idea that the tidepoles work differently on the party members because we are all Bhaalspawn (or some other god's spawn)? That would explain why Minsc won't be a party member even though there's nothing stopping non-infested from joining us.

We know that the tiptapdoes work differently because it’s a new model not made for create mind flayers.

Spoiler

“D&D Dice Adventures also has connective tissue to our other Dungeons & Dragons games. You’ll see characters such as Minsc and Boo, Khalid, and Dynaheir from the Baldur’s Gate series of video games. The upcoming Baldur’s Gate III video gamefeatures a storyline about mind flayers using illithid tadpoles to create advanced soldiers and our use of Ioun stones shows where that tech came from.”

it can’t be more clear

None of this changes the fact that tadpoles quite literally eat the brain and take-over the body of its host, and it is a very quick process - something which even the trailer for the game portrayed. Something within the plot must prevent our party from becoming Illithids.

I think these mutant Tadpoles merge with the brain instead of eating it, at least until you piss it off enough, then it eats your brain.

 

[Joseph Stalin]

Has someone brought up the idea that the tidepoles work differently on the party members because we are all Bhaalspawn (or some other god's spawn)? That would explain why Minsc won't be a party member even though there's nothing stopping non-infested from joining us.

We know that the tiptapdoes work differently because it’s a new model not made for create mind flayers.

Spoiler

“D&D Dice Adventures also has connective tissue to our other Dungeons & Dragons games. You’ll see characters such as Minsc and Boo, Khalid, and Dynaheir from the Baldur’s Gate series of video games. The upcoming Baldur’s Gate III video gamefeatures a storyline about mind flayers using illithid tadpoles to create advanced soldiers and our use of Ioun stones shows where that tech came from.”

it can’t be more clear

None of this changes the fact that tadpoles quite literally eat the brain and take-over the body of its host, and it is a very quick process - something which even the trailer for the game portrayed. Something within the plot must prevent our party from becoming Illithids.

I think these mutant Tadpoles merge with the brain instead of eating it, at least until you piss it off enough, then it eats your brain.

This doesn't make sense. Why would the Illithid prefer a tadpole which DOESN'T take complete control over the host? As a reminder - ceremorphosis is their only means of reproduction.

 

[Cryomancer]

Has someone brought up the idea that the tidepoles work differently on the party members because we are all Bhaalspawn (or some other god's spawn)? That would explain why Minsc won't be a party member even though there's nothing stopping non-infested from joining us.

We know that the tiptapdoes work differently because it’s a new model not made for create mind flayers.

Spoiler

“D&D Dice Adventures also has connective tissue to our other Dungeons & Dragons games. You’ll see characters such as Minsc and Boo, Khalid, and Dynaheir from the Baldur’s Gate series of video games. The upcoming Baldur’s Gate III video gamefeatures a storyline about mind flayers using illithid tadpoles to create advanced soldiers and our use of Ioun stones shows where that tech came from.”

it can’t be more clear

None of this changes the fact that tadpoles quite literally eat the brain and take-over the body of its host, and it is a very quick process - something which even the trailer for the game portrayed. Something within the plot must prevent our party from becoming Illithids.

I think these mutant Tadpoles merge with the brain instead of eating it, at least until you piss it off enough, then it eats your brain.

This doesn't make sense. Why would the Illithid prefer a tadpole which DOESN'T take complete control over the host? As a reminder - ceremorphosis is their only means of reproduction.

Mindflayers experience a lot with tadpole. Mainly the "weak" tadpoles. They don't use tadpoles only to produce mindflayers.

Here is some of his creations.

 

[Gyor]

Has someone brought up the idea that the tidepoles work differently on the party members because we are all Bhaalspawn (or some other god's spawn)? That would explain why Minsc won't be a party member even though there's nothing stopping non-infested from joining us.

We know that the tiptapdoes work differently because it’s a new model not made for create mind flayers.

Spoiler

“D&D Dice Adventures also has connective tissue to our other Dungeons & Dragons games. You’ll see characters such as Minsc and Boo, Khalid, and Dynaheir from the Baldur’s Gate series of video games. The upcoming Baldur’s Gate III video gamefeatures a storyline about mind flayers using illithid tadpoles to create advanced soldiers and our use of Ioun stones shows where that tech came from.”

it can’t be more clear

None of this changes the fact that tadpoles quite literally eat the brain and take-over the body of its host, and it is a very quick process - something which even the trailer for the game portrayed. Something within the plot must prevent our party from becoming Illithids.

I think these mutant Tadpoles merge with the brain instead of eating it, at least until you piss it off enough, then it eats your brain.

This doesn't make sense. Why would the Illithid prefer a tadpole which DOESN'T take complete control over the host? As a reminder - ceremorphosis is their only means of reproduction.

Mindflayers experience a lot with tadpole. Mainly the "weak" tadpoles. They don't use tadpoles only to produce mindflayers.

Here is some of his creations.

Yeah Illithids are the mad bioscientists of D&D, using psionics and sometimes their tadpoles to twist other creatures.

 

[Gyor]

Has someone brought up the idea that the tidepoles work differently on the party members because we are all Bhaalspawn (or some other god's spawn)? That would explain why Minsc won't be a party member even though there's nothing stopping non-infested from joining us.

We know that the tiptapdoes work differently because it’s a new model not made for create mind flayers.

Spoiler

“D&D Dice Adventures also has connective tissue to our other Dungeons & Dragons games. You’ll see characters such as Minsc and Boo, Khalid, and Dynaheir from the Baldur’s Gate series of video games. The upcoming Baldur’s Gate III video gamefeatures a storyline about mind flayers using illithid tadpoles to create advanced soldiers and our use of Ioun stones shows where that tech came from.”

it can’t be more clear

None of this changes the fact that tadpoles quite literally eat the brain and take-over the body of its host, and it is a very quick process - something which even the trailer for the game portrayed. Something within the plot must prevent our party from becoming Illithids.

I think these mutant Tadpoles merge with the brain instead of eating it, at least until you piss it off enough, then it eats your brain.

This doesn't make sense. Why would the Illithid prefer a tadpole which DOESN'T take complete control over the host? As a reminder - ceremorphosis is their only means of reproduction.

Illithids still have tapoles to make new Illithids, they made these new tadpoles because they needed super soldiers for some purpose. And these super soldiers don't suffer from the made weaknesses of just making a ton more Illithids, such as increased competition for limited brain food resources, being immediately hunted by Gith, and the ability to function on the surface world in places Illithids can't freely move, among others.

 

[Joseph Stalin]

Has someone brought up the idea that the tidepoles work differently on the party members because we are all Bhaalspawn (or some other god's spawn)? That would explain why Minsc won't be a party member even though there's nothing stopping non-infested from joining us.

We know that the tiptapdoes work differently because it’s a new model not made for create mind flayers.

Spoiler

“D&D Dice Adventures also has connective tissue to our other Dungeons & Dragons games. You’ll see characters such as Minsc and Boo, Khalid, and Dynaheir from the Baldur’s Gate series of video games. The upcoming Baldur’s Gate III video gamefeatures a storyline about mind flayers using illithid tadpoles to create advanced soldiers and our use of Ioun stones shows where that tech came from.”

it can’t be more clear

None of this changes the fact that tadpoles quite literally eat the brain and take-over the body of its host, and it is a very quick process - something which even the trailer for the game portrayed. Something within the plot must prevent our party from becoming Illithids.

I think these mutant Tadpoles merge with the brain instead of eating it, at least until you piss it off enough, then it eats your brain.

This doesn't make sense. Why would the Illithid prefer a tadpole which DOESN'T take complete control over the host? As a reminder - ceremorphosis is their only means of reproduction.

Illithids still have tapoles to make new Illithids, they made these new tadpoles because they needed super soldiers for some purpose. And these super soldiers don't suffer from the made weaknesses of just making a ton more Illithids, such as increased competition for limited brain food resources, being immediately hunted by Gith, and the ability to function on the surface world in places Illithids can't freely move, among others.

Only the reveal trailer just shows us an even more accelerated ceremorphosis. As it stands, there is no real reason to think that the Illithid would create a ceremorphosis process where the tadpole doesn't simply assume the role of the host immediately. Superiority, or a feel thereof at least, is the main trait of the race. You are either food, or a slave, so actually "sharing" a body with a different sentience would probably amount to something akin to bestiality in their eyes.

 

[pomenitul]

Here's an exclusive excerpt from the upcoming trailer:

Spoiler

IS AN OATH WORTH THE WEIGHT OF A TADPOLE?

 

[Incendax]

so actually "sharing" a body with a different sentience would probably amount to something akin to bestiality in their eyes.

Only thing I can think of is true ceremorphosis does not impart skills, and the new mindflayer has to be taught by the elder brain for years.

A merging might be done to preserve skills RIGHT NOW for a specific task, with plans to eat your brain later.

 

[Gyor]

Has someone brought up the idea that the tidepoles work differently on the party members because we are all Bhaalspawn (or some other god's spawn)? That would explain why Minsc won't be a party member even though there's nothing stopping non-infested from joining us.

We know that the tiptapdoes work differently because it’s a new model not made for create mind flayers.

Spoiler

“D&D Dice Adventures also has connective tissue to our other Dungeons & Dragons games. You’ll see characters such as Minsc and Boo, Khalid, and Dynaheir from the Baldur’s Gate series of video games. The upcoming Baldur’s Gate III video gamefeatures a storyline about mind flayers using illithid tadpoles to create advanced soldiers and our use of Ioun stones shows where that tech came from.”

it can’t be more clear

None of this changes the fact that tadpoles quite literally eat the brain and take-over the body of its host, and it is a very quick process - something which even the trailer for the game portrayed. Something within the plot must prevent our party from becoming Illithids.

I think these mutant Tadpoles merge with the brain instead of eating it, at least until you piss it off enough, then it eats your brain.

This doesn't make sense. Why would the Illithid prefer a tadpole which DOESN'T take complete control over the host? As a reminder - ceremorphosis is their only means of reproduction.

Illithids still have tapoles to make new Illithids, they made these new tadpoles because they needed super soldiers for some purpose. And these super soldiers don't suffer from the made weaknesses of just making a ton more Illithids, such as increased competition for limited brain food resources, being immediately hunted by Gith, and the ability to function on the surface world in places Illithids can't freely move, among others.

Only the reveal trailer just shows us an even more accelerated ceremorphosis. As it stands, there is no real reason to think that the Illithid would create a ceremorphosis process where the tadpole doesn't simply assume the role of the host immediately. Superiority, or a feel thereof at least, is the main trait of the race. You are either food, or a slave, so actually "sharing" a body with a different sentience would probably amount to something akin to bestiality in their eyes.

Something has the Illithids deseperate, clear so they are willing to work past their comfort zones. Besides Illithids don't actually value the Tadpoles that much, they use them to make a variety of monsters as well that they exploit, as soon in that video earlier.

 

[Mortmal]

2e Strahd din't needed even to be "played right". Some of his abilities and his spell list according to AD&D Book Realms Of Dread. Keep in mind that this are only part of his abilities. Keep in mind that this abilities are just a fraction of what he can do and that his 2e spells are far nastier than his 5e spells.

Note that many people here argued against raising BG3 lv cap due spells like Teleport, Antimagic shell, control weather, force cage and etc. Underlings on Strahd of 2e are far stronger than Strahd himself on 5e. Note that before his vampire transformation, he was a very weak lv 5 generalist mage. The bare minimum to become a vampire and not a vampire spawn.

BROS I DONT NO ANUTHER WAY TO SAY DIS BUT UH...

Spoiler

3 IS GON BE BATTER THEN NUMERO 1 & 2

FRANKS FOR HEARIN ME IN BROS DONT LET THE BREAD BUGS BYTE

I doubt that BG3 will be good as even Siege of Dragonspiere which is the weakest "title" of the series at moment. BG2 is a such masterpiece...

You forgot to mention its 55 hp in 1st edition and had less spells First level: comprehend languages, hold portal, protection from good, sleep. Second level: invisibility, locate objects, mirror image, ESP. Third level: fireball, gust of wind, suggestion. Fourth level: polymorph other, polymorph self. Fifth level: animate dead, distance distortion. If anything its back to the roots.
48hp in 2nd edition (newfag ) if i am not wrong,and now all those fancy spells you listed thats a glass canon caster. 5e version can stomach a little bit more , even if missing those great spells, he still have stuff like telekinisis, throw the sunsword by the window and give them the middle finger! Both are scaled for a level 10 party final encounter .It still play the same, except strahd can move a lot more in 5E and dont drain levels of course.

 

[Joseph Stalin]

so actually "sharing" a body with a different sentience would probably amount to something akin to bestiality in their eyes.

Only thing I can think of is true ceremorphosis does not impart skills, and the new mindflayer has to be taught by the elder brain for years.

A merging might be done to preserve skills RIGHT NOW for a specific task, with plans to eat your brain later.

Still, we need to constantly remember that the Dead Three, Bhaal in particular, are somehow involved. Was a previous post on this thread right, and that particular ship was filled with Godspawn as a means of testing ceremorphosis upon divine children?

 

[Cryomancer]

48hp in 2nd edition (newfag )

62 HP in reality. From Realms of Dread. For a mage on 2e, it is pretty high.

Also, HP IS NOT EVERYTHING. If he din't had the nasty vampire abilities, including mistform and regen in cofin, nor his CONTINGENCY of defensive magic but had 600+ hp, he would be far easier to be defeated. Survivability is a combination of defensive spells, magic items, abilities, contigencies, escape routes(...)

Sure, on 5e which got rid of save or else spells, hp is a necessity.

Strahd was more like a Master Necromancer on 2e, now on 5e, he looks more like a high mobile rogue.

 

[Gyor]

so actually "sharing" a body with a different sentience would probably amount to something akin to bestiality in their eyes.

Only thing I can think of is true ceremorphosis does not impart skills, and the new mindflayer has to be taught by the elder brain for years.

A merging might be done to preserve skills RIGHT NOW for a specific task, with plans to eat your brain later.

QUOTE="Hedge Wizard, post: 6830549, member: 28317"]

so actually "sharing" a body with a different sentience would probably amount to something akin to bestiality in their eyes.

Only thing I can think of is true ceremorphosis does not impart skills, and the new mindflayer has to be taught by the elder brain for years.

A merging might be done to preserve skills RIGHT NOW for a specific task, with plans to eat your brain later.

I pretty sure these won't be Godspawn children, for one thing all of Bhaal's children are dead.



I think the closest to Godspawn you'll get might be Tieflings and Aasimar distantly related to Mulan Gods.

 

[Ontopoly]

Didn't Swen assure us during the early reveal days, when people were saying it doesn't seem like bg, that we would be convinced of the baldurs gate name as we move forward and learn more about the game? Seems that was a big lie, considering every new update they show a new feature that takes more from DOS than BG. It seems Swen himself has forgotten that he's making a bg game himself. He seems to think he's making a dos game, while his writers are making a forgotten realms game(Not a bg game specifically, but a forgotten realms game). The fact that the team is so confused about what they are making shows his lack of leadership skills. He's been looking a little tired lately, bags under his eyes. Wonder if he's getting a little too old for the industry. He's always been incompetent but the rattled brain is just making everything worse. Doesn't help that sellouts like Mike Mearls are humoring him. I still request that Swen give credit and recognition to the original series he acted so excited to be working on. He won't, but that's the biggest reason why I have to request such a thing. It was all an act, and larian cultists don't care because they're too busy swooning over the guy. Blinded by fanaticism. Imagine being a fanatic of someone who has never made a good game. Imagine expecting things to be different every time he puts out a game. "He let me down the last 5 times but surely this time he wont."

Personally, I will not be buying this game. And I encourage everyone to also not buy it. Not even worth pirating, because your time should be worth more than your money. And your passion should be worth more than either of those and both of them combined.

 

[Elex]

Didn't Swen assure us during the early reveal days, when people were saying it doesn't seem like bg, that we would be convinced of the baldurs gate name as we move forward and learn more about the game? Seems that was a big lie, considering every new update they show a new feature that takes more from DOS than BG. It seems Swen himself has forgotten that he's making a bg game himself. He seems to think he's making a dos game, while his writers are making a forgotten realms game(Not a bg game specifically, but a forgotten realms game). The fact that the team is so confused about what they are making shows his lack of leadership skills. He's been looking a little tired lately, bags under his eyes. Wonder if he's getting a little too old for the industry. He's always been incompetent but the rattled brain is just making everything worse. Doesn't help that sellouts like Mike Mearls are humoring him. I still request that Swen give credit and recognition to the original series he acted so excited to be working on. He won't, but that's the biggest reason why I have to request such a thing. It was all an act, and larian cultists don't care because they're too busy swooning over the guy. Blinded by fanaticism. Imagine being a fanatic of someone who has never made a good game. Imagine expecting things to be different every time he puts out a game. "He let me down the last 5 times but surely this time he wont."

Personally, I will not be buying this game. And I encourage everyone to also not buy it. Not even worth pirating, because your time should be worth more than your money. And your passion should be worth more than either of those and both of them combined.

Where is your blog?

 

[Ontopoly]

Where is your blog?

It's coming. stay tuned.

I'm working on a post about how giant spiders are one of the best and most iconic fantasy enemy.

 

[Ontopoly]

Are new triple A games even good anymore? I've been met with the harsh reality that triple A developers are trash and can't be trusted. Swen only reinforces that idea. He's like a constant reminder that any big team can't coherently work together to put out a good product, and that any person picked by the higher up fat cats in charge definitely can't be trusted or expected to be competent. Thank god for double A's because otherwise I would be stuck with only old games(which are still great) and new indies(which mostly suck).

Also something about team leaders of big projects brings out all the cultists. I'm convinced the fat cats in charge only pick team leads for their cult-leader like personality rather than competence. No body knows who mishulin is, but that guy is leading the rpg genre to glory, meanwhile everyone knows who todd Howard is and that guy didn't even think to hire a single dedicated and experienced writer for fallout 4. Huge team, big budget, no dedicated experienced writer? Swen has a team of like 300 people but didn't hire a single person who would question his decisions and say something like "Why are we calling this Baldurs Gate 3?" He surrounds himself with cultists and yes men, and the rpg fanbase furthers his ego by providing him with a mass audience of cultists made up of themselves.