Baldur's Gate Baldur's Gate 3 RELEASE THREAD

[Reinhardt]

helpful ally-friend warned skellington what bears do to white-haired vampires in baldur's gate.

 

[Fedora Master]

This reminded me that WH3 still doesn't show Morrslieb in the skybox.

 

[Fedora Master]

 

[whydoibother]

Nooooooo don't put your short sword +1 inside, you don't know what else has been there!

 

[Ryzer]

Ok coomers

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

kinda looks like sweetiefox

 

[Mortmal]

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Another piece of evidence, thankfully offered by fellow codexer Fedora.Behind the false outrage, that's exactly what the customers want, and if anything, Larian is still being too tame.

 

[Fedora Master]

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Another piece of evidence, thankfully offered by fellow codexer Fedora.Behind the false outrage, that's exactly what the customers want, and if anything, Larian is still being too tame.

The real measure of success for a franchise is the amount of porn made for it.

 

[Sarathiour]

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Another piece of evidence, thankfully offered by fellow codexer Fedora.Behind the false outrage, that's exactly what the customers want, and if anything, Larian is still being too tame.

The real measure of success for a franchise is the amount of porn made for it.

Overwatch fan, I kneel.

 

[Blutwurstritter]

Finally finished the game after 126 hours. Good rpg overall. Larian did a much better job than expected.

 

[Cryomancer]

What I find interesting is how many 5e fans who din't liked BG3 while some grognards like myself liked it more than wotr(not as much as km).

 

[Shig]

What I find interesting is how many 5e fans who din't liked BG3 while some grognards like myself liked it more than wotr(not as much as km).

It's less about time our old asses have spent in the hobby, and more just about taste imo.
I think BG3 does a great job with 5E combat, but I really cannot enjoy the majority of the romances, and some of the dialogue is just awful. To make no mention of the lackluster ending. But that's not because i've been playing D&D since AD&D, it's just because I don't particularly like Larian's writing. WotR is kino btw, but I agree it is not better than KM - the Fey are such an underutilized asset.

 

[jf8350143]

Play through the ending again. It's even worse than I remembered. They tried so hard to make the ending sounds way more important than it should.

"You have stopped the great desgin!" No I haven't, I just killed one elder brain when there are at still at least a dozen out there. But for anyone who doesn't know shit about mind flayer they would assume there is only one elder brain and you have killed it, thus stop the mind flayer race from rebuilding their empire once for all.

There are even four Illithid Arcanist in the final combat, which makes little sense since arcane study is suppose to be banned by the elder brain.

Also it's still buggy as hell. The prince turned ito a mindflayer but characters talk to me like it's me who has turned. Kalarch's back to hell ending is laughably bad. You go back to hell and she pulls two cigars out of her ass and some rock version of the main theme starts to play. They might as well break the forth wall while they are at it.

 

[Fedora Master]

I waaaaarned youuuuuu

 

[jackofshadows]

Does anyone remember WTMB endings around here?

 

[Reinhardt]

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Another piece of evidence, thankfully offered by fellow codexer Fedora.Behind the false outrage, that's exactly what the customers want, and if anything, Larian is still being too tame.

The real measure of success for a franchise is the amount of porn made for it.

Overwatch fan, I kneel.

lol, nigga. something like touhou or genshin impact shit on unwashed owerwatch plebs, and pokemon shits on them all combined.

 

[Jonathan "Zee Nekomimi]

Suport local lesbian art Swen

 

[Cryomancer]

"You have stopped the great desgin!" No I haven't, I just killed one elder brain when there are at still at least a dozen out there. But for anyone who doesn't know shit about mind flayer they would assume there is only one elder brain and you have killed it, thus stop the mind flayer race from rebuilding their empire once for all.

There are even four Illithid Arcanist in the final combat, which makes little sense since arcane study is suppose to be banned by the elder brain.

Yep. Dark Sun : Wake of the Ravager and NWN1 - HotU did a much better job with it.

Also, the greatest treat which Illithids posses is not "muhahaha world domination", is that they tends to take control over influential people and prey upon the most vulnerable. In case of Wake of the Ravager, recently freed exhausted slaves in mines and in case of hotu, runaway slaves from drow cities.

Other problem of Illithids in BG3 is that using their powers is consequenceless. Even accepting the "evolution", only pros and no cons. IDK why modern game devs are so afraid to put nasty drawbacks and consequences which was present in every form of inhuman transformation in previous games. Look how much stuff changes with vampirism or werewolves in Daggerfall. Becoming a mindflayer even if somehow charname manages to maintain its consistency should change the PC in the same way.

 

[Swen]

Suport local lesbian art Swen

Lesbians don't exist

 

[Fedora Master]

"You have stopped the great desgin!" No I haven't, I just killed one elder brain when there are at still at least a dozen out there. But for anyone who doesn't know shit about mind flayer they would assume there is only one elder brain and you have killed it, thus stop the mind flayer race from rebuilding their empire once for all.

There are even four Illithid Arcanist in the final combat, which makes little sense since arcane study is suppose to be banned by the elder brain.

Yep. Dark Sun : Wake of the Ravager and NWN1 - HotU did a much better job with it.

Also, the greatest treat which Illithids posses is not "muhahaha world domination", is that they tends to take control over influential people and prey upon the most vulnerable. In case of Wake of the Ravager, recently freed exhausted slaves in mines and in case of hotu, runaway slaves from drow cities.

Other problem of Illithids in BG3 is that using their powers is consequenceless. Even accepting the "evolution", only pros and no cons. IDK why modern game devs are so afraid to put nasty drawbacks and consequences which was present in every form of inhuman transformation in previous games. Look how much stuff changes with vampirism or werewolves in Daggerfall. Becoming a mindflayer even if somehow charname manages to maintain its consistency should change the PC in the same way.

The Great Design can not be stopped. A universe ruled by Illithids is inevitable. The Mind Flayers you encounter are descended from those that cast themselves back in time. It's a perfect loop. That's why Aboleths don't remember the Illithids, they never belonged in our current time.

 

[dukeofwoodberry]

Act 3 was so bad and the main story writing was beyond terrible. I think you need at least a good main story or engaging characters. Because either the main plot hooks you or you're hooked in by the characterization so you don't care that the main plot sucks. BG3 sucks at both.

I've tried multiple times to come back to Act 3 and finish the game but I just can't. The boring 3 Gods stuff with the elder brain and mindflayer protector were so lame. I think the final straw for me was talking to the emperor and him telling me about his back story and the game gave me the option to hold his hand. And even though I didn't pick it, the whole vibe of the scene was intimate/romantic and it was just weird.

 

[Crichton]

Act 3 was so bad and the main story writing was beyond terrible. I think you need at least a good main story or engaging characters. Because either the main plot hooks you or you're hooked in by the characterization so you don't care that the main plot sucks. BG3 sucks at both.

I've tried multiple times to come back to Act 3 and finish the game but I just can't. The boring 3 Gods stuff with the elder brain and mindflayer protector were so lame. I think the final straw for me was talking to the emperor and him telling me about his back story and the game gave me the option to hold his hand. And even though I didn't pick it, the whole vibe of the scene was intimate/romantic and it was just weird.

I liked a lot of the act 3 quests (Cazador, serial killer, iron throne, washing Shar's temple with blood, house of hope) but I agree that the "Emperor" is just a trash character, so much effort wasted on some stupid squid no one gives a shit about. If Orrin was inside that magic D20 and she got out at the end of act 2 (leaving the player to free Orpheus or siphon his power for himself), everything would fit together better.

 

[Cryomancer]

BG3 would be better if you could kill the Emperor and get rid of the Parasite early in the game.

 

[dukeofwoodberry]

It was extra weird in my game because I made my guardian and attractive female with a nice voice so the whole situation was creepy and off putting

 

[Padzi]

I've just turned off the game after reaching this point in the game:

Spoiler

You don't need LSD to feel like you're having hallucinations.
I've heard it's in the game, but I didn't know I'm going to see this encounter.