Baldur's Gate Baldur's Gate 3 RELEASE THREAD

[Eisenheinrich]

The ING retard reviewer is too dumb to review the game.

Guy that said "too many spells in the game"

It's shitpost time:

>Shit on IGN reviewer for being a she/they troon
>Praise BG3 for having she/they troons
Weird times we live in.

The concept of "drag" dates back to the ancient greece theater and also Romans knew about this. Roman asshole emperor Caligula was known for cross dressing to impersonate the goddess Venus (he was also a sexual degenerate).

So not at all a problem to include an ugly drag queen in a circus in Baldurs Gate.

 

[AwesomeButton]

>Praise BG3 for having she/they troons

I never praised it "for" that, you Schicklgruber wanker.

 

[Maxie]

The city is fairly big very lively with a lot of stuff to explore around. Feels like an actual city.

Does it? What are the rents there

 

[mindx2]

Haven't read much nor did I play any of the EA. Plan on giving this a go when I build my new rig next week. However, the little I have read says that right now this is more of a "Sexual harassment simulator" with you the player being the target of said harassment. Everyone hits on you / wants to sleep with you constantly anytime you choose a nice dialogue response? True / hyperbole? If so does this game allow you to create your own party like Icewind Dale to avoid this cringe?

It's hyperbole but you have to be cold towards your companions. Don't let them dance with you or or teach you magic. You can hire hirelings. They come with a base class but you can respec them and do whatever you want with them, only problem is you need to do an early quest to unlock it. First tomb you find on the beach unlocks the hireling/respec NPC.

I don't know as even the Larian boards have people complaining about this.

 

[Haplo]

Here's the TES version of it:

Look, another cave
I enter it because that's what I am supposed to do
Look, 3 enemies
I one-shot them from stealth with my bow
Lots of garbage stewn around the room
I walk further into the cave
I see a very obvious tripwire. It's a trap!
I jump over it
I reach the end of the cave
Someone has placed a chest there
The chest is locked
I play the mini game for the 1000th time
I unlock the chest
I'm at the edge of my seat now
I find a cheese wheel, a spoon and 3 gold coins
Was it worth it? Not really, i dont know, a cheese wheel, a spoon and 3 gold coins, i'll probably skip the next one
Step 1

You forgot finding a "secret", oh so convenient, passage looping back right next to the dungeon entrance, so you don't have to, god forbid, backtrack.

 

[Volrath]

Haven't read much nor did I play any of the EA. Plan on giving this a go when I build my new rig next week. However, the little I have read says that right now this is more of a "Sexual harassment simulator" with you the player being the target of said harassment. Everyone hits on you / wants to sleep with you constantly anytime you choose a nice dialogue response? True / hyperbole? If so does this game allow you to create your own party like Icewind Dale to avoid this cringe?

You can hire your own mercs.

 

[BrotherFrank]

Haven't read much nor did I play any of the EA. Plan on giving this a go when I build my new rig next week. However, the little I have read says that right now this is more of a "Sexual harassment simulator" with you the player being the target of said harassment. Everyone hits on you / wants to sleep with you constantly anytime you choose a nice dialogue response? True / hyperbole? If so does this game allow you to create your own party like Icewind Dale to avoid this cringe?

True ane not hyperbole and bollocks to anyone who dares say otherwise. Never in ANY rpg have i had to endure so many “i see you as a friend...and something more“. Seriously bioware games get a bad rap but i have never seen anything like this.

If your pc is nice and sociable, it will keep happening, at time of writing i’ve just had bear dude declare his love to me which was just as puzzling as with gale since i NEVER used this character and talked to him like twice.

Don't let them dance with you or or teach you magic.

Like here, this is just an outright lie or distortion of the truth.
The dance scene is when you get hit on and have to reject wyll hard to end it, of course that’s what most straignt dudes will do but it doesn’t change the fact the trigger for this situation is being nice rather then showing interest and you really only have one harsh option to close it down.

I never got the gale teaching magic scene and talked to the guy twice, same as with bear dude. I still got hit on.

 

[ColonelMace]

Haven't read much nor did I play any of the EA. Plan on giving this a go when I build my new rig next week. However, the little I have read says that right now this is more of a "Sexual harassment simulator" with you the player being the target of said harassment. Everyone hits on you / wants to sleep with you constantly anytime you choose a nice dialogue response? True / hyperbole? If so does this game allow you to create your own party like Icewind Dale to avoid this cringe?

It's hyperbole but you have to be cold towards your companions. Don't let them dance with you or or teach you magic. You can hire hirelings. They come with a base class but you can respec them and do whatever you want with them, only problem is you need to do an early quest to unlock it. First tomb you find on the beach unlocks the hireling/respec NPC.

I don't know as even the Larian boards have people complaining about this.

Man if even the larian boards mention it, it must mean you can't actually do away with all companions in the game hey ?

Contrarily to Bioware games, you can indeed murder all of these freaks and enjoy the actual game.
If you're a closeted metrosexual I guess you can keep on exploring these vicious dialogues and gasp in shock at their content.
Then you can login on larian boards and complain about the quality of their romances, like any smoothbrain coomling caring about this absolutely inconsequential aspect of the game would do.

 

[Orud]

Haven't read much nor did I play any of the EA. Plan on giving this a go when I build my new rig next week. However, the little I have read says that right now this is more of a "Sexual harassment simulator" with you the player being the target of said harassment. Everyone hits on you / wants to sleep with you constantly anytime you choose a nice dialogue response? True / hyperbole? If so does this game allow you to create your own party like Icewind Dale to avoid this cringe?

Hyperbole. The game is certainly horney, but some codexers in this thread are trying hard to sell "do you want to join me in my tent tonight" as being an unclear message that sounded like she wanted to play cards in her tent.

 

[Grauken]

Haven't read much nor did I play any of the EA. Plan on giving this a go when I build my new rig next week. However, the little I have read says that right now this is more of a "Sexual harassment simulator" with you the player being the target of said harassment. Everyone hits on you / wants to sleep with you constantly anytime you choose a nice dialogue response? True / hyperbole? If so does this game allow you to create your own party like Icewind Dale to avoid this cringe?

True ane not hyperbole and bollocks to anyone who dares say otherwise. Never in ANY rpg have i had to endure so many “i see you as a friend...and something more“. Seriously bioware games get a bad rap but i have never seen anything like this.

If your pc is nice and sociable, it will keep happening, at time of writing i’ve just had bear dude declare his love to me which was just as puzzling as with gale since i NEVER used this character and talked to him like twice.

you probably come across as gay to anyone you talk to

 

[BrotherFrank]

you probably come across as gay to anyone you talk to

Can’t argue with the evidence i guess.

 

[AwesomeButton]

Haven't read much nor did I play any of the EA. Plan on giving this a go when I build my new rig next week. However, the little I have read says that right now this is more of a "Sexual harassment simulator" with you the player being the target of said harassment. Everyone hits on you / wants to sleep with you constantly anytime you choose a nice dialogue response? True / hyperbole? If so does this game allow you to create your own party like Icewind Dale to avoid this cringe?

You know better than to listen to Codex ratings harvesters.

 

[processdaemon]

There's definitely a lot of horniness even if you've shown no interest (and some bugs where the game seems to assume you're in a relationship with some companions when you're not). I'm finding it funny for the most part but if you want to roleplay seriously I can see why it would be offputting. My favourite so far was Gale getting all hot and bothered after watching a harper get his soul eaten and rising from the dead to attack his loved ones

Gale being inappropriate exhibit #3174

 

[Child of Malkav]

So how many tadpoles can you safely insert before you turn into the octopus or the game considers you one or the main quest gets canceled or something? Because some abilities are cool. And I got 6 of them now.

Malkav ingame:

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IDK dude, looks like winning to me.
So in other words no one knows. Oh well, I'll report back on the development of the situation.

 

[AwesomeButton]

IDK dude, looks like winning to me.
So in other words no one knows. Oh well, I'll report back on the development of the situation.

Just making harmless fun, carry on with the tadpoles. I haven't touched them at all, don't suit my PC this time.

 

[Herumor]

Yeah, most of the female character models in the game are quite on the ugly side

You sure about that? There's more than a few NPCs who look better than your own companions. And they happen to be just randoms in the background, not even pivotal to the story or some sidequest.

 

[Nifft Batuff]

What the hell happened to the lighting and contrast in this game? Compare this early access:



to this release:


Who the fuck thought the final washed out bright colors look better? And it doesn't look like a graphics downgrade where they downgraded the rendering engine or what not, but an artistic choice?

Shit I wonder if mods can reverse it back

Maybe they are playing with different gamma setting.

 

[turkishronin]

Roman asshole empereor Caligula was known for crossdressing to impersonate the godess venus (he was also a sexual degenerate).

Imagine thinking this was actually real and we're not consuming "history" written by his contemporary haters.

 

[AwesomeButton]

Haven't read much nor did I play any of the EA. Plan on giving this a go when I build my new rig next week. However, the little I have read says that right now this is more of a "Sexual harassment simulator" with you the player being the target of said harassment. Everyone hits on you / wants to sleep with you constantly anytime you choose a nice dialogue response? True / hyperbole? If so does this game allow you to create your own party like Icewind Dale to avoid this cringe?

True ane not hyperbole and bollocks to anyone who dares say otherwise. Never in ANY rpg have i had to endure so many “i see you as a friend...and something more“. Seriously bioware games get a bad rap but i have never seen anything like this.

If your pc is nice and sociable, it will keep happening, at time of writing i’ve just had bear dude declare his love to me which was just as puzzling as with gale since i NEVER used this character and talked to him like twice.

you probably come across as gay to anyone you talk to

I know it shouldn't come as a surprise, but I can't get over how many people here fail at reading basic social cues.

- The game allows you to show interest, and to respond to interest shown to you. Yes.
- You could try looking for the meaning behind the words, before clicking the dialog option. But that's either an unknown concept to you, or you consider yourself obligated to click all the dialogue lines.
- You answer to flirting, and/or attempts by the NPC to direct the discussion towards romantic subjects, and then you wonder what happened. It's hilarious. I bet most such complainers are just as clueless IRL.

Are Baldur's Gate 3's social interactions indeed too difficult for hardcore gamers, because they were written realistically, unlike Bioware's? It appears so

 

[Eisenheinrich]

Roman asshole empereor Caligula was known for crossdressing to impersonate the godess venus (he was also a sexual degenerate).

Imagine thinking this was actually real and we're not consuming "history" written by his contemporary haters.

Even if, the concept was still known.

 

[Irxy]

One nice innovation is the "Inspirations" - if you are true to your background in any of a series of about a dozen or so events per background, you get an Inspiration point (max 4 to hodl or spend) which you can use up to reroll an ability check. Quite a neat idea, as it encourages you to stick to the rp flavour you chose

I like the mechanic but those are more like hidden achievements than anything to do with rp.
Since, you know, they are hidden and all over the place, so you get them pretty much at random and not as a result of conscious effort.

 

[dukeofwoodberry]

Haven't read much nor did I play any of the EA. Plan on giving this a go when I build my new rig next week. However, the little I have read says that right now this is more of a "Sexual harassment simulator" with you the player being the target of said harassment. Everyone hits on you / wants to sleep with you constantly anytime you choose a nice dialogue response? True / hyperbole? If so does this game allow you to create your own party like Icewind Dale to avoid this cringe?

Hyperbole. The game is certainly horney, but some codexers in this thread are trying hard to sell "do you want to join me in my tent tonight" as being an unclear message that sounded like she wanted to play cards in her tent.

You're a legit faggot for defending this nonsense lol

 

[BrotherFrank]

Hyperbole. The game is certainly horney, but some codexers in this thread are trying hard to sell "do you want to join me in my tent tonight" as being an unclear message that sounded like she wanted to play cards in her tent.

Why do you lie? Or am i playing a totally different game to the rest of you arguing against this?

I did not do ANYTHING with gale.
For bear druid i made the fatal mistake of offering a drink at the grove after party, nothing about the dialogue suggested i was hitting on him.
What did i do to make squidface hit on me?
Why did wyll think i was going to want to dance with him?
Etc etc etc

Feeling really gaslit over here. If it was one time, ok maybe it was me. Twice? Euh..maybe i missclicked and missed some clear undertones? Thrice? Hum something's weird...
At this point it has become a recurring pattern.

 

[Eisenheinrich]

Feeling really gaslit over here.

Wanna see some magic?

 

[Irxy]

I've just found out that a specific minor NPC that I like dies if you don't develop mind-reading abilities and foresee that you need to go on a time-sensitive sidequest to rescue him. There go five hours of gameplay.

Faggot you can't drop a bomb like that and go away, give us a spoiler!