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Er, wasn't the bear gay? What's it doing with all those women? Surely cover art representing the true nature of Baldur's Gate 3 would be pairing it with men.
Er, wasn't the bear gay? What's it doing with all those women? Surely cover art representing the true nature of Baldur's Gate 3 would be pairing it with men.
Er, wasn't the bear gay? What's it doing with all those women? Surely cover art representing the true nature of Baldur's Gate 3 would be pairing it with men.
As with all characters in BG3, the bear druid has no identity except to indulge the fetishistic fantasies of Larian's desired audience. I thought these covers in the style of a women's romance novel were funny, though.
Is the guardian is balduran, I'm also confused by why the default setup for him is a drow women.
What was even the plan ? "Yes, I'm going to take the form of the most distrusted race of the realm, surely simpery will allow me to carry out my plan"
>I think it was supposed to be a tribute for older fans.
- Let's make Balduran a gay pocket squid.
- Let's turn Sarevok and Viconia into generic villains. You didn't like BG2 killing companions? Well, now you get to kill them yourself!
At this point I'm reasonably sure Belgians are not mammals.
Is the guardian is balduran, I'm also confused by why the default setup for him is a drow women.
What was even the plan ? "Yes, I'm going to take the form of the most distrusted race of the realm, surely simpery will allow me to carry out my plan"
Because the whole point of the emperor appearance in this is catfishing straight males playing this game because the cucksquad probably thought it was very subversive.
Your explanation assume most people know or care about FR ''lore''.
I did, but since I haven't played through as anyone else it's hard to compare.
I did get the option to size the crown, but it's kind of a dud ending (strongly implied that Mystra just fries you instantly). Didn't try the simp ending (asking to become her herald). Giving her the crown wraps things up but isn't very interesting. Also didn't try going full Ghail al Wattadep and conducting a martyrdom operation in act II.
Emperor is not well written, unless you are only comparing him to other characers in this game.
He is only "well written" if you go with the ideal route Larian sets for him, aka playing as an absolute retard who trusts a mind flayer who has done nothing but spewing lies and manilpulate you.
If you don't trust him his whole story arc completely falls part because he can't control you, so he will threat you all the time, he knows you will take him down the moment you get the chance.
The thing is, most of your companions are true soul, all of them relay on the emperor to protect them, there is nothing special about the MC, he can just withdraw his power and let the MC die. The rest can still work with him and achieve the goal just fine and they probabbly will do that because they don't really have a choice if they want to survive. But he can't do anything to you solely because you are the protagnist.
And you can't do anything to him either because Larian loves him so much they have to shove him in your face.
The inevitable "Definitive Edition" will likely have some of it, the rest will probably be lost forever. I'd bet good money on them never doing the Minthara stuff they cut, as an example.
Oh wow the last 2 hours of the game sucks. No ending slides, like dude, i am not expecting new vegas ending slides, but wotr had ending slides that feels sufficient. Each character just get 2-3 lines of dialogue, astarion's last scene is
literally him running from sunlight
.
Emperor/orpheus is rhe worst offender here.
Emperor: you need to become squid
Me:nope, you are squid kid!
Emperor: but thou must
Me: fuck you!
Emperor: fuck you guys i am going home (came back to mama netherbrain's basement) like wtf dude? At least you just could've fight me there, he has no reason to side with the absolute, but i guess he was always spiteful. So petty that he's actually stupid.
Then i break fuckboy prince out of his cage
Frog prince: you need to become squid!
Me: noooooo! Fuck you. No u!
Froggy: umm ok
Frog prinnce became squid prince. Nice stat tho
Still enjoyed the game, but probably won't replay until they released goty edition or some shit. Journey before destination i guess.
Act 1 is great, most polished, but too low level to bw enjoyed.
Act 2 is my favorite. Great setpieces and mood, on tactician you need 80 camp supplies and until you get to the final area food are relatively scarce (unless you go back and you can, loot the previous areas of food) but overall very strong chapter.
Act 3 was ok. A lot less reactive, a bit rushed i guess but still had cool moment like dragon fight and raphael and lorroakan. I just enjoy killing smug assholes i guess.
The main problem is the fibal part of the game.
Final boss is easy, but tedious since enemies keep respawning, and summoning allies just make the turn queue longer. I could finish my turn, made some tea and have it still the NPC turn.
I think Larian studios must be a very fun place to work at. Imagine a group of fellow nerds playing D&D together in a Belgian RPG group, the like i visited in my youth. The rooms behind the shop where they sell miniatures and stuff, everyone having a few beers. It takes one hour for everyone to stop their bullshit, then focus and start playing. Some dude has a funny idea while role-playing, and the DM is as drunk as everyone else, saying, 'Sure, I'll take that into account.' That's how the druid polymorph sex scene gets into the game, and you can romance the illithid. They aren't taking themselves seriously; someone on the team dared them to do it, and they did.
I think Larian studios must be a very fun place to work at. Imagine a group of fellow nerds playing D&D together in a Belgian RPG group, the like i visited in my youth. The rooms behind the shop where they sell miniatures and stuff, everyone having a few beers. It takes one hour for everyone to stop their bullshit, then focus and start playing. Some dude has a funny idea while role-playing, and the DM is as drunk as everyone else, saying, 'Sure, I'll take that into account.' That's how the druid polymorph sex scene gets into the game, and you can romance the illithid. They aren't taking themselves seriously; someone on the team dared them to do it, and they did.
You're giving Larian too much freedom here. 5e DnD is a horny game, by the admission of WOTC themselves. "Can I fuck it?" is a tagline of the game.
I guarantee you Larian put in both Druid bear sex and Illithid sex because a marketer at WOTC demanded it.
Absolutely nothing in BG3 was taken for granted. That all the lead writers are Americans or Britbongs says as much. Whatever freedom Larian was given was freedom that had nothing to do with the DnD brand.
I think Larian studios must be a very fun place to work at. Imagine a group of fellow nerds playing D&D together in a Belgian RPG group, the like i visited in my youth. The rooms behind the shop where they sell miniatures and stuff, everyone having a few beers. It takes one hour for everyone to stop their bullshit, then focus and start playing. Some dude has a funny idea while role-playing, and the DM is as drunk as everyone else, saying, 'Sure, I'll take that into account.' That's how the druid polymorph sex scene gets into the game, and you can romance the illithid. They aren't taking themselves seriously; someone on the team dared them to do it, and they did.
You're giving Larian too much freedom here. 5e DnD is a horny game, by the admission of WOTC themselves. "Can I fuck it?" is a tagline of the game.
I guarantee you Larian put in both Druid bear sex and Illithid sex because a marketer at WOTC demanded it.
Absolutely nothing in BG3 was taken for granted. That all the lead writers are Americans or Britbongs says as much. Whatever freedom Larian was given was freedom that had nothing to do with the DnD brand.
You don't get any of this in any of the WotC books. It's the usual Puritan woke, and the later the books are published, the more emphasis there is on it. I think Larian had a lot of freedom there, and being European does not cater to all that woke Puritanism with a heavy dose of censorship like absolutely everything produced in the USA recently.
