Baldur's Gate Baldur's Gate 3 RELEASE THREAD

[Herumor]

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What's weird about this scene is that Halsin is there to watch you and he doesn't have a tadpole in his head, so what exactly connects him to you?

 

[MerchantKing]

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What's weird about this scene is that Halsin is there to watch you and he doesn't have a tadpole in his head, so what exactly connects him to you?

This game is also a bear cucking simulator.

 

[Lagole Gon]

I wasn't ready for an illithid making a pass at me.

 

[Infinitron]

Eurogamer calls out BG3 for being buggy: https://www.eurogamer.net/baldurs-gate-3-a-critical-success-with-critical-failures

With excellent stagecraft and meticulous detail, Baldur's Gate 3 conjures the illusion of perfect freedom - and then it disappears.

At its best, Baldur's Gate 3 achieves its quest to be Tabletop Roleplaying: The Video Game, with a to-and-fro of distinctive scenes that invite you to pay attention to them, and reward you generously for responding thoughtfully. I was often surprised, delighted, and shocked by its plot reveals, and emotionally torn about which direction - from a roleplaying perspective - I should pursue. At its worst, however, it's buggy to the point of broken - despite several post-launch hotfixes, with more to come - and frequently feels like its best aspects are compromised. Baldur's Gate 3 only has such a capacity to disappoint because for so long it feels like it does the impossible, making a game that feels actively collaborative as a storyteller - but it does, in the end, both critically succeed and critically fail.

 

[Darkwind]

Sounds like a skill issue. Maybe you should apply yourself.

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Vyvian! So good to see you! Your avatar pic is so hot! That classic 50s blond look really turns my crank. Do you have an onlyfans? I'm so happy that so many real life women are suddenly so interested in cRPGs and the Codex.

"Suddenly."
I've lurked here often and since every other forum is either dead or Reddit my options are limited to read and maybe discuss RPGs anymore.
My username is a mixture of one I made up and Vivian from Dragon Warrior IV because I thought it was clever, it's not but who cares. I like Fallout so I chose a Fallout related avatar, must be mind-blowing to learn.
I'm sorry my presence causes uncontrollable hog cranking but you should probably take a step back and try to picture the type of woman that plays RPGs for most of her life. A little... deflating perhaps?

As for BG3 itself, I'm not sure if this is common but nearly all of my friends that have been playing are all complaining about performance going straight to hell the moment they enter Act 3. I'm honestly surprised there isn't some sort of NPC density option and the more I hear the more I start to believe they didn't release early because it was finished, they were actually scared of Starfield. This game is clearly unfinished in terms of polish and bug fixing which seems to be a tradition with Larian.
I wonder if Larian can get ahead of people that experience the clusterfuck of Act 3 in large numbers with their hotfixes and "real" patches as they call them. Seems they were counting on people taking forever to see the mess that awaits them.

Alright... you passed the test. Your response was long winded enough that you DO appear to an actual human female. Congratulations! I'm on high alert because the tranny/troon count is starting to climb here on the 'Dex rapidly.

As to your 2nd point-- 100% true. Framerate takes a major shit inside the city. I'm on a very high end system and it can do maybe 30-45 FPS down from 90-100 most of the rest of the game.

 

[Goldschmidt]

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I don't want that fucking moonblade anymore after knowing what happened in the sunless dephts of Nashkell.

Since the blade is sentient I'm sure it consented to being shoved up his ass.

What if... The blade never consented!

Then it was blade-rape, punishable by death sentence.

 

[Elthosian]

hence why steam user reviews are good.

Because people who play for a tiny amount of time and see nothing of the game can leave reviews?

It's literally the best system we have for user reviews, please do tell me if there is another one?

MerchantKing

You can filter user reviews for X time played. Same question for you, what other user review site/system do we have that is publicly available and better?

You realize even for DOS2, no more than 20.4% of players even made it to Arx. Fewer actually completed the game. Similar patterns exist for even smaller games. Maybe 20% of players completed Shadowrun: Dragonfall, only a 20 hour game based on the achievements.

Isn't 15 to 25% the usual completion rate for most RPGs on Steam, anyway?

 

[Darkwind]

I wasn't ready for an illithid making a pass at me.

Everyone is reaching that little "surprise" around the same time it seems now. Just when you thought the degeneracy couldn't go further we reach levels never thought imaginable. It's a fucking tentacle pr0n hentai simulator too on top of being a furry simulator and a gay butt-secks simulator!

 

[MerchantKing]

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I guess there's a reason it's called the moonblade.

 

[Infinitron]

BG3 introduces another new concept to gaming:



https://www.pcgamer.com/sex-is-now-...nd-someone-already-did-it-in-under-8-minutes/

The same speedrunner who finished Baldur's Gate 3 in under 10 minutes has answered a question we've all been asking since the RPG's release: how fast can you have sex with someone? The answer is a snappy eight minutes, with the help of some key spells, which is all it takes Mae to blitz through the opening areas and spend a night with Lae'zel.

Mae spends most of the run leaping past anything that won't get them laid, thanks to enhanced leap's extended jump distance. With some careful camera and mouse movement, they use mage hand on the Nautiloid's transponder to trigger the final section from directly below it, saving time and their calves.

Once Mae touches down on the Ravaged Beach they start jumping again, all the way to where Lae'zel is being held prisoner by a couple of tieflings. A quick deception skill check and a few magic missiles later and Lae'zel is free and completely unaware that she'll be seduced by this weirdo in the next five minutes.

The goblin battle in front of the Emerald Grove is the longest, most normal part of the run. Mae can't leap past this one, and is forced to wait out each and every turn in the battle. Once that's finally over, they punch and then convince one of the tieflings, Zorru, to bow down to their githyanki crush. Lae'zel is more than pleased with this—she's absolutely down atrocious—and tells Gigachad that he should visit her tonight at the camp. Mae smashes the long rest button immediately after and, well, you know the rest.

Currently, Mae holds the world record for BG3's romance%, which is now an official category after Twitter user Th3ValeOfficial hypothesized the run. According to Mae, they were able to carve the run down to eight minutes from an initial five hours. "Hoping it continues to go further down from here!" they wrote of the run's current time and surely nothing else in a YouTube comment.

In a reply to Chunmeista offering up "Lay'zel" as an alternative name for the luckiest companion in BG3, Mae celebrated the hot gith girlfriend, writing, "Horniest Gith on the Coast and we in the speedrunning community love her for it".

 

[Zayne]

So, I'm nearing the end, just killed Orin, which was a fun fight until I realised that Unstoppable stacks can be liquidated using Magic Missile

Then went to Mr. Gortash, simply to check how exactly he would backstab me. Then, obviously, I would load and clear Iron Throne and Mech Factory to weaken him. Imagine my surprise, when he says "Okay, you're a worthy ally, let's go dominate the brain and rule the Sword Coast together"

That's refreshing.

 

[Eisenheinrich]

The size of the actual city (not counting in dungeons) is roughly the same size as two quarters in NWN. 3 maybe, if you count Rivington and Wyrm's crossing in.
They cut out the whole upper city, as it seems.

That sure is dissapointing.

 

[Eisenheinrich]

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What's weird about this scene is that Halsin is there to watch you and he doesn't have a tadpole in his head, so what exactly connects him to you?

Can you give him a tadpole tho?

 

[Cryomancer]

The only way to be 100% safe from the gae is to have only female companions.

It is the truth.

Any mod which enables middle east localization? This would improve Baizuo's Gate 3 by a lot.

Almost as much as a AD&D ruleset.

 

[Eisenheinrich]

The only way to be 100% safe from the gae is to have only female companions.

It is the truth.

Any mod which enables middle east localization? This would improve Baizuo's Gate 3 by a lot.

Almost as much as a AD&D ruleset.

I like your avatar.

 

[darkpatriot]

It's not even communicated to you that "learning about the weave" from Gayle is the gay sex option.

Are you queers taking the piss? How much warning do you need?

This scene was very obviously written for a female character. You catch him magically masturbating, he talks about his passion for the Weave, and as you both begin to channel it, he starts seeing you in a different light, maybe even seeing Mystra in you - but closer.
It absolutely does not work for a male character, because Gale's whole deal is that he's pining for Mystra. Why would he start coming on to you in the middle of reminiscing about her? Now, this could have been a real bro moment, where you bond over his loss, maybe even share a story about a lost love of your own. But no, they had to ruin it by pandering to the blue hairs.

I was doing that scene and just trying to be nice. I thought the guy was just trying to show me something cool since I let him eat some of my magic items.

Once it hit the comment about it feeling intimate I noped outa that conversation though. Definitely really strangely written like you said. Up until that point he is talking about how he likes a chick, so I think he's on the up and up, then he tries to spring some intimate magic bonding shit with me and really weirded out our relationship.

I don't know if I am going to give him any magic items the next time he asks for one.

 

[Eisenheinrich]

I was doing that scene and just trying to be nice. I thought the guy was just trying to show me someting cool since I let him

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eat my ass.

Once it hit the comment about it feeling intimate I ended that conversation though. Definitely really strangely written like you said. Up until that point he is talking about how he likes a chick, so I think he's on the up and up, then he tries to spring some intimate magic bonding shit with me and really weirded out our relationship.

I don't know if I am going to

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give him dick

the next time he asks for one.

 

[Fedora Master]

Met Karlach, killed her, went to the Paladin, now I can't get her head. Kewl.

 

[Eisenheinrich]

Met Karlach, killed her, went to the Paladin, now I can't get her head. Kewl.

You can get head from Gale.

 

[Herumor]

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What's weird about this scene is that Halsin is there to watch you and he doesn't have a tadpole in his head, so what exactly connects him to you?

Can you give him a tadpole tho?

No.

 

[Lyric Suite]

There's a ring on a strange ox in the druid grove which gives you +1d4 on all checks while shapeshifted, it works with the Mask of the Shapeshifter, so unconditionally all the time. Not bad.

Lyric Suite Since you still stumble around the Grove, you want might check that out now.

Since i cannot think of anything else to do besides talking to the ox, which i did, i allowed myself to google it, and, i'm a pally, not gonna happen.

Ox says it will meet you in Baldur's Gate so assuming more options will be there, like the chick who makes the bet at top of ladder. I can wait.

Where's the first item which gives easy access to animal dialogue?

The shorty vendor sells one. Effect lasts until long rest, so it's basically a permanent buff while you are exploring the whole druid cove.

He also sells a couple of the ingretients to actually craft the potion, and so does Auntie.

 

[Lagole Gon]

I think it's time to stop playing for real now, 50% of notes and books don't show any text.

And quest related NPCs disappear. And some furniture.

 

[Non-Edgy Gamer]

Did a quick restart as Dark Urge and decided to try to get at least some of the good NPCs.

I can see that Wyll is seriously interested in the murder frog just from the random dialog that pops up while travelling. Makes zero sense.

 

[Desiderius]

BG3 introduces another new concept to gaming:



https://www.pcgamer.com/sex-is-now-...nd-someone-already-did-it-in-under-8-minutes/

The same speedrunner who finished Baldur's Gate 3 in under 10 minutes has answered a question we've all been asking since the RPG's release: how fast can you have sex with someone? The answer is a snappy eight minutes, with the help of some key spells, which is all it takes Mae to blitz through the opening areas and spend a night with Lae'zel.

Mae spends most of the run leaping past anything that won't get them laid, thanks to enhanced leap's extended jump distance. With some careful camera and mouse movement, they use mage hand on the Nautiloid's transponder to trigger the final section from directly below it, saving time and their calves.

Once Mae touches down on the Ravaged Beach they start jumping again, all the way to where Lae'zel is being held prisoner by a couple of tieflings. A quick deception skill check and a few magic missiles later and Lae'zel is free and completely unaware that she'll be seduced by this weirdo in the next five minutes.

The goblin battle in front of the Emerald Grove is the longest, most normal part of the run. Mae can't leap past this one, and is forced to wait out each and every turn in the battle. Once that's finally over, they punch and then convince one of the tieflings, Zorru, to bow down to their githyanki crush. Lae'zel is more than pleased with this—she's absolutely down atrocious—and tells Gigachad that he should visit her tonight at the camp. Mae smashes the long rest button immediately after and, well, you know the rest.

Currently, Mae holds the world record for BG3's romance%, which is now an official category after Twitter user Th3ValeOfficial hypothesized the run. According to Mae, they were able to carve the run down to eight minutes from an initial five hours. "Hoping it continues to go further down from here!" they wrote of the run's current time and surely nothing else in a YouTube comment.

In a reply to Chunmeista offering up "Lay'zel" as an alternative name for the luckiest companion in BG3, Mae celebrated the hot gith girlfriend, writing, "Horniest Gith on the Coast and we in the speedrunning community love her for it".

I found this out accidentally by doing Zorru interaction with her and Astarion is group alone. She also triggers a couple Inspirations along the beeline to get there (winning gate fight, training Fighter, inspiring Tweeflings).

 

[Non-Edgy Gamer]

Where's the first item which gives easy access to animal dialogue?

The shorty vendor sells one. Effect lasts until long rest, so it's basically a permanent buff while you are exploring the whole druid cove.

He also sells a couple of the ingretients to actually craft the potion, and so does Auntie.

You can just go to the owlbear cave. There's a free potion there.

I never had to buy one or take the spell. If anything, there are too many of them in the game. Should mainly be a druid-only thing.