Baldur's Gate Baldur's Gate 3 RELEASE THREAD

[janior]

in act 1 i had maybe 2 or 3 crashes overall now that i am at the monastery, I can't even get through one fight without a crash rip

 

[Eisenheinrich]

Combat is completely busted in this game. I unlock the door in the ruins that requires you to click on the candles and i was greeted by a bunch of thieves. I saw there was a mage right next to the door so i snuck there with Astarion, one shot her with a sneak attack, then went into hiding... and none of them saw me. They came around looking for me, used some detect spell, didn't see me, and then it was my turn again.

So i did the same shit with each one of them and cleared the whole room like that. The rest of my party was just doing nothing into the main hall while Astarion basically took out all the thieves by himself. And keep in mind i already made an house rule NOT to save during combat.

Okay. But was it fun?

I mean dice were in your favor. This can happen at any D&D-table. Why is it "busted"?

 

[Rhobar121]

in act 1 i had maybe 2 or 3 crashes overall now that i am at the monastery, I can't even get through one fight without a crash rip

If you are using vulcan change to dx11 for your own good.

 

[Ryzer]

I wonder why in literally every rpg black is always the most boring character? Is this some kind of requirement?

Black is a character now? Racists on the codex be wilin.

But seriously, if you think about it, do you remember any good characters?
That's all the characters I can name and it's only because I've been playing these games recently. Literally every one of these characters is bland and boring.

So just like IRL?

 

[Shaki]

I wonder why in literally every rpg black is always the most boring character? Is this some kind of requirement?

Anything interesting might offend someone, so devs just always stick to bland and mild mannered dude with a heart of gold as a black guy archetype.

 

[Rhobar121]

I wonder why in literally every rpg black is always the most boring character? Is this some kind of requirement?

Anything interesting might offend someone, so devs just always stick to bland and mild mannered stupid dude with a heart of gold as a black guy archetype.

fixed

 

[Parabalus]

Both weapon sets apply their buffs all the time, e.g., bow with advantage vs monsters gives you the buff while wielding melee weapons as well.

 

[Rhobar121]

Both weapon sets apply their buffs all the time, e.g., bow with advantage vs monsters gives you the buff while wielding melee weapons as well.

Good to know after 100 hours of play.

 

[Darkwind]

It's because retarded SJWs are threating blacks as if they were children, or pets. Wyll is probably the most absurd example of this, as like i said he is written like a character form an 80s morning children cartoon. When he was training the kids i half expected them to say "and that's half the battle".

 

[Lawntoilet]

I wonder why in literally every rpg black is always the most boring character? Is this some kind of requirement?

Black is a character now? Racists on the codex be wilin.

But seriously, if you think about it, do you remember any good characters?
Seelah, Sosiel, Dynaheir, Rasaad, Ekun
That's all the characters I can name and it's only because I've been playing these games recently. Literally every one of these characters is bland and boring.

Selah was memorable because she was surprisingly realistic.
Criminal youth, moved into an affirmative action job, didn't really understand the requirements so is prone to performance issues unless provided with consistent paternalistic feedback from her supervisor, etc.

 

[Kem0sabe]

Larian really needs to get their shit together with these updates. First it was the hotfix 4 rollback, now they rerelease it... and my game doesnt even start, stuck at 100% loading screen.

 

[Lyric Suite]

Combat is completely busted in this game. I unlock the door in the ruins that requires you to click on the candles and i was greeted by a bunch of thieves. I saw there was a mage right next to the door so i snuck there with Astarion, one shot her with a sneak attack, then went into hiding... and none of them saw me. They came around looking for me, used some detect spell, didn't see me, and then it was my turn again.

So i did the same shit with each one of them and cleared the whole room like that. The rest of my party was just doing nothing into the main hall while Astarion basically took out all the thieves by himself. And keep in mind i already made an house rule NOT to save during combat.

Okay. But was it fun?

I mean dice were in your favor. This can happen at any D&D-table. Why is it "busted"?

The AI just felt dumb. Most egregious part is that they didn't follow when i zoned into the hall, so it was just stupid. Even when i failed an hide in shadows check i just bolted out of the room and when i zoned in they were none the wiser.

One thing i found cool is that on my first attempt, when i just burged into them unawares, i used sleep on one of them and then one of his buddies went to wake him up. That was a nice touch.

I'm not gonna say the system isn't well designed but it's just too easy to cheat, especially since they allow you to save in the middle of combat. Which, maybe i can unserstand since turn based fights can last a long time? Is that why they did it?

Save scumming just breaks this game and renders everything trivial, both dialog checks and combat. Only deterrent is that loading times are a bit long even on a good SSD. Best way for me to enjoy combat is to just not save in the middle of a fight. Even in the IE games i had an house rule not to rest for as long as possible so i'm pretty good with this kind of stuff and have excellent self control.

 

[AwesomeButton]

Poor guy lol.

It was an interesting interview, for an interview with a writer, which rarely turn out very interesting for players. It had some reveals about Minthara though.

 

[gurugeorge]

I wonder why in literally every rpg black is always the most boring character? Is this some kind of requirement?

Black is a character now? Racists on the codex be wilin.

But seriously, if you think about it, do you remember any good characters?
Seelah, Sosiel, Dynaheir, Rasaad, Ekun
That's all the characters I can name and it's only because I've been playing these games recently. Literally every one of these characters is bland and boring.

It's because they have to step on eggshells wrt Blacks - they can't make them do anything bad or rough otherwise they'd be accused of racism, so they have to make them good and smooth any rough edges.

 

[gurugeorge]

Haha, I used BG3MM to fire up the game, and just log into Steam now and then, so the whole fuss re. Hotfix 4 passed me by

 

[Zayne]

The end of Baldur's Gate 3 is nigh! (major spoilers below)

Failed to dominate the Netherbrain even though I rolled natural 20 on last check(no reloads, 1 inspiration, was willing to spend 2).
The Netherbrain informed me that "everything that has transpired has done so according to his design"

Then shit gets interesting but in a bad way. Suddenly, only Illithid can unleash the full power of Netherstones. I wonder if Karsus knew.
Naturally, the Emperor volunteers. But after learning about fates of Ansur and Duke Stelmane I do think that good ol' Balduran is now a proud member of Illithid Supremacy Organization and would certainly abuse the power of stones and crown. Another option is to become Illithid yourself. For some reason I can't make Illithid out of someone useless and/or doomed, like Wyll, Karlach or Gale (although Gale says that becoming Illithid is "fate worse than death", because you lose your soul in process).

So I say "fuck you, Emperor" and he desides to become brain's elite thrall.

I free Orpheus and he presents me with same choice. Fine, I guess, no Githyanki rebellion for us, I'll roll with tentacled Orpheus. Atleast I believe he'll actually kill the Netherbrain and won't do some weird tentacled shit with crown. And he asked me to kill him after we're victorious, I'll be happy to follow through.

This again reminds me about DAO, the ending part with Hard Choices and Sacrifices. But there you could've pulled the "proper" ending : no evil witch rituals, Alistair on throne, Loghain redeemed himself through sacrifice. You had to work for it, but you could've pulled it. Apparently, no such luck here.

 

[Reinhardt]

I wonder why in literally every rpg black is always the most boring character? Is this some kind of requirement?

Black is a character now? Racists on the codex be wilin.

But seriously, if you think about it, do you remember any good characters?
Seelah, Sosiel, Dynaheir, Rasaad, Ekun
That's all the characters I can name and it's only because I've been playing these games recently. Literally every one of these characters is bland and boring.

Selah was memorable because she was surprisingly realistic.
Criminal youth, moved into an affirmative action job, didn't really understand the requirements so is prone to performance issues unless provided with consistent paternalistic feedback from her supervisor, etc.

the only thing i remember about her is "wanna go shopping with me?"

 

[Vyvian]

Larian really needs to get their shit together with these updates. First it was the hotfix 4 rollback, now they rerelease it... and my game doesnt even start, stuck at 100% loading screen.

I'm convinced we're beta testing and we won't see the beginnings of the "real" game until the PS5 release and the accompanying patch.
Or if Larian sticks to tradition we'll get the actual game when it's time for the Definitive Edition.

 

[Eisenheinrich]

Poor guy lol.

It was an interesting interview, for an interview with a writer, which rarely turn out very interesting for players. It had some reveals about Minthara though.

Poor guy because he had to talk to two women. That sure is a nightmarish thought around here.

 

[Eisenheinrich]

I wonder why in literally every rpg black is always the most boring character? Is this some kind of requirement?

Black is a character now? Racists on the codex be wilin.

But seriously, if you think about it, do you remember any good characters?
Seelah, Sosiel, Dynaheir, Rasaad, Ekun
That's all the characters I can name and it's only because I've been playing these games recently. Literally every one of these characters is bland and boring.

It's because they have to step on eggshells wrt Blacks - they can't make them do anything bad or rough otherwise they'd be accused of racism, so they have to make them good and smooth any rough edges.

Thing is, Lyric Suite never engaged with Wyll, so he just knows his "poor man's Errol Flynn" entrance. While Wyll is rather boring, it's clear as day he's no flawless do-gooder, but a major hypocrite that blames other people for mistakes he himself committed. He's an anti-hero-trope.

 

[Lawntoilet]

Tey

I wonder why in literally every rpg black is always the most boring character? Is this some kind of requirement?

Black is a character now? Racists on the codex be wilin.

But seriously, if you think about it, do you remember any good characters?
Seelah, Sosiel, Dynaheir, Rasaad, Ekun
That's all the characters I can name and it's only because I've been playing these games recently. Literally every one of these characters is bland and boring.

It's because they have to step on eggshells wrt Blacks - they can't make them do anything bad or rough otherwise they'd be accused of racism, so they have to make them good and smooth any rough edges

They also can't do anything too good though because it would "perpetuate the model minority myth" or whatever.
Interesting black characters in RPGs, like many things in RPGs, probably peaked in JA2.

The end of Baldur's Gate 3 is nigh! (major spoilers below)

Failed to dominate the Netherbrain even though I rolled natural 20 on last check(no reloads, 1 inspiration, was willing to spend 2).
The Netherbrain informed me that "everything that has transpired has done so according to his design"

Then shit gets interesting but in a bad way. Suddenly, only Illithid can unleash the full power of Netherstones. I wonder if Karsus knew.
Naturally, the Emperor volunteers. But after learning about fates of Ansur and Duke Stelmane I do think that good ol' Balduran is now a proud member of Illithid Supremacy Organization and would certainly abuse the power of stones and crown. Another option is to become Illithid yourself. For some reason I can't make Illithid out of someone useless and/or doomed, like Wyll, Karlach or Gale (although Gale says that becoming Illithid is "fate worse than death", because you lose your soul in process).

So I say "fuck you, Emperor" and he desides to become brain's elite thrall.

I free Orpheus and he presents me with same choice. Fine, I guess, no Githyanki rebellion for us, I'll roll with tentacled Orpheus. Atleast I believe he'll actually kill the Netherbrain and won't do some weird tentacled shit with crown. And he asked me to kill him after we're victorious, I'll be happy to follow through.

This again reminds me about DAO, the ending part with Hard Choices and Sacrifices. But there you could've pulled the "proper" ending : no evil witch rituals, Alistair on throne, Loghain redeemed himself through sacrifice. You had to work for it, but you could've pulled it. Apparently, no such luck here.

Nice that they didn't pull the modern soy TTRPG "nat 20 bro I seduce the dragon!!" BS*. Is it even possible to succeed that check though?

*bad example of course because you don't need a nat 20 to fuck anything in this game anyway

 

[MasPingon]

Poor guy lol.

It was an interesting interview, for an interview with a writer, which rarely turn out very interesting for players. It had some reveals about Minthara though.

Poor guy because he had to talk to two women. That sure is a nightmarish thought around here.

Did you just assume their gender?

 

[Sunri]

Soundtrack is pretty good.i.dont get the complains

 

[Multidirectional]

Poor guy because he had to talk to two women. That sure is a nightmarish thought around here.

One of these days you'll end up talking to a woman too. Then you will understand.

 

[Paladino]