Baldur's Gate Baldur's Gate 3 RELEASE THREAD

[Fedora Master]

Is that what Valeria is? Are Hollyphants Trans? That's what gets me most. I just...can't get over the trans elephant. Transgender pachyderms are simply too much for me and all that

Wiki says it's feminine but the voice says different.

 

[Infinitron]

Community update:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1086940/Baldurs_Gate_3/

This is how you post a fucking update, Swen?



https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1086940/view/4172097464031362567

Community Update #26 Evil Endings, New Beginnings

Hey gang,

It’s been a whirlwind few months here at the Larian castle, attending some of the biggest awards ceremonies in our industry, and we are absolutely humbled by the recognition we’ve received from our players and our peers.

As you might have seen, last week we attended the BAFTA Games Awards 2024, donning our nicest pair of pants to accept awards recognising Baldur’s Gate 3 for Narrative, Music, Performer in a Supporting Role (Andrew Wincott as Raphael), the publicly-voted Players’ Choice award, and Best Game.

This is the fifth major Game of the Year trophy Baldur’s Gate 3 has been awarded since launch, alongside awards from Golden Joysticks, Game Developers Choice, DICE, and The Game Awards. As far as we can tell, that makes Baldur’s Gate 3 the first game in history to win GOTY at every major awards show. Needless to say, our heads are still spinning, our hearts two sizes too big, and our mums are thrilled. What a remarkable journey this has been, and we couldn’t have done it without you!

You folks were the first to have faith in us, and for that, we are eternally grateful. Every comment, livestream, meme, and piece of art you created throughout Baldur’s Gate 3’s development let us know we were on to something special long before any of this. Awards are of course appreciated, but it’s this community that has been the true source of our resilience while we were making this game. Whether you’ve been active since the halcyon days of the Astarion body pillow or are a long-time veteran of Early Access; whether you’ve participated in our Panel From Hell livestreams or discovered the game after launch, thank you for supporting Baldur’s Gate 3 and helping to nurture this community of wonderful weirdos. It’s meant the world to us.

Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts.
BAFTA Image credit: Getty Images for BAFTA


So, what's next for Baldur's Gate 3?

We still have a few tricks up our sleeve.

We’re working on our next game update, Patch 7, which will add improved evil endings to the game for even darker conclusions to your most sinister playthroughs, and yes, that includes you non-Durge players.

Without giving too much away, here’s a little teaser for what’s to come: be warned, there may be spoilers!

Got ‘em.

What’s the best way to get blood stains out?


These new cinematic cutscenes have also been given the musical treatment by our very own BAFTA award-winning composer, Borislav Slavov.

"Dark endings usually make the music colours go dark too. Here is a snippet of music from one of the upcoming new end scenes." - Bobby, Composer & Music Director.

This one gave us shivers!


Patch 7 also aims to fix several bugs that you have reported, including Jaheira’s unwillingness to follow the group and jump into combat, Wyll’s less-than-romantic greetings, as well as the mysteriously disappearing Narrator lines from the Gortash and Dark Urge confrontation, to name a few.

This next patch will also begin introducing our official modding tools, letting you change up visuals, animations, sounds, stats, and more to overhaul Baldur’s Gate 3 into the weird nightmare realm of your dreams.

Beyond Patch 7, we will continue focusing on bug fixes, performance enhancements, and stability improvements to ensure you have the best possible gaming experience.

And yes, we are also actively working on bringing Crossplay and a Photo Mode to Baldur’s Gate 3, but the work required to bring these to you means that these additions will likely be further down the road.

Learning from our journey with you

It’s no secret that game dev is one gigantic learning curve, but it’s these learnings and your feedback that help us improve, so we are introducing additional internal playtesting ahead of releases to support our regular QA process.

With Patch 7 being packed full of bug fixes and new features we’ve yet to go into detail on, there will also be a closed beta on PC where a select number of players worldwide will be given an opportunity to test the latest update - which we’ll talk about more in the coming weeks!

Looking to the future

Being given the chance to develop a game set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe has been a dream come true for all of us. But as Swen recently confirmed, we won't be introducing any major new narrative content to the story of Baldur's Gate 3 or its origin characters and companions, nor will we be making expansions or Baldur’s Gate 4.

As an independent studio since 1996, we value the freedom to follow our creativity wherever it leads. In this case, after six years in the Forgotten Realms and much discussion and rumination, we’ve decided to seize this opportunity to develop our own IPs. We’re currently working on two new projects and we couldn’t be more excited about what the future has in store.

It’s still early days - we’ll tell you more about those later down the line. But know that even as our focus turns to these new games, the sensibilities that brought you Baldur’s Gate 3 are alive and well here at the Larian castle. We’re fueled by the very same fire in our bellies, one that drives us to create immersive experiences shaped by your choices, and we can’t wait for you to join us on this next adventure.

If you have any worries about our change in direction, then perhaps this’ll help:

“I don’t know if we’re going to pull it off, but looking at our narrative, visual and gameplay plans, I think what we’re working on now will be our best work ever. I get excited like a kid watching the key imagery, want to show it to everyone now and grumble in frustration at having to wait until it’s actually all working. Yes, it’s hype but it’s hype because it really looks and feels good.” - Excited Swen, April 17th 2024.

 

[Alienman]

I wonder when it will leave EA.

 

[Larianshill]

Community update:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1086940/Baldurs_Gate_3/

We're finally getting SOME evil content?

 

[Gargaune]

This next patch will also begin introducing our official modding tools, letting you change up visuals, animations, sounds, stats, and more to overhaul Baldur’s Gate 3 into the weird nightmare realm of your dreams.

Yeah, yeah, tits 'n ass, that's great, but let's talk toilet chains, Swen. Will it let you mod the toilet chain?!

And the camera!

 

[Donald Gordon Lord]

Larian best RPG dev in the world confirmed. Haters gonna hate and seethe

Ya, giving Ragnacuck and Lou II a run for their money I see, stiff competition

 

[Donald Gordon Lord]

How is that jobber Myrkul back during the game? I thought he got munched in Betrayer.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Valeria is especially egregious.
The thing is an idiot. Hollyphants are Lawful Good, the moment you gave it proof of the Dead Three Conspiracy it should have plane shifted back home and alerted the "proper" authorities. Instead it sits around being useless. And then you're supposed to feel guilty for sacrificing it?

You're forgetting there is no such concept as alignment in either Baldur's Gate 3 or "D&D 5th edition."

 

[Fedora Master]

How is that jobber Myrkul back during the game? I thought he got munched in Betrayer.

No one's ever really gone

 

[Grunker]

Valeria is especially egregious.
The thing is an idiot. Hollyphants are Lawful Good, the moment you gave it proof of the Dead Three Conspiracy it should have plane shifted back home and alerted the "proper" authorities. Instead it sits around being useless. And then you're supposed to feel guilty for sacrificing it?

You're forgetting there is no such concept as alignment in either Baldur's Gate 3 or "D&D 5th edition."

D&D 5th Edition, released in 2014, returned to the previous schema of nine alignments, and included a tenth option of "unaligned" for creatures that operate on instinct, not moral decision-making.

 

[Donald Gordon Lord]

How is that jobber Myrkul back during the game? I thought he got munched in Betrayer.

No one's ever really gone

Oh no not the hall of death again. The only way out of here is death!

 

[Riddler]

I wonder how extensive the modding tools are going to be.

 

[Kiste]

The modding tools open up many new and interesting possibilities for the Halsin romance.

The the available Druid shapeshift forms are:

Badger
Cat
Bear
Wolf
Spider
Dire Raven
Deep Rothé
Panther
Owlbear
Sabre-Toothed Tiger
Dilophosaurus
Earth Myrmidon
Air Myrmidon
Water Myrmidon
Fire Myrmidon
Displacer Beast

 

[Baron Tahn]

MmHMM gon' git me some Dilophosarus smootchin!

(Pls noone take that seriously)

 

[Kiste]

MmHMM gon' git me some Dilophosarus smootchin!

(Pls noone take that seriously)

You know it's gonna happen, right?

 

[Baron Tahn]

Yes, yes I know. Laugh in the face of death (or horrifying decline) and all that

 

[Black]

 

[ColonelMace]

Is there even a place on the internet where people talk about BG3's sex cutscenes as much as codexers do ?

 

[La vie sexuelle]

Is there even a place on the internet where people talk about BG3's sex cutscenes as much as codexers do ?

RPG.net

 

[MerchantKing]

What a dysgenic crowd.

 

[Fedora Master]

What a dysgenic crowd.

This is the audience Larian and Infiniheeb want.

 

[La vie sexuelle]

 

[Jaesun]

703 pages. Go codex!

 

[Swen]

What a dysgenic crowd.

This is the audience Larian and Infiniheeb want.

Almost all white and you guys are still mad

 

[MerchantKing]

What a dysgenic crowd.

This is the audience Larian and Infiniheeb want.

Almost all white and you guys are still mad

When those are the whites, there's nothing to brag about.