Baldur's Gate Baldur's Gate 3 RELEASE THREAD

[ropetight]

Can somebody give me a quick summary on why Codex hates BG3 so much? 764 pages would be a lot to read, thanks.

Elves everywhere.
Villainous elves, black elves, drow elves, pointy eared green skinned elves from another plane, red skinned elves with horns, tiny elves with huge heads, elves that look like half beast and tiny elves that look like Morgoth was working in the dark, elves goddamn everywhere.

And all companions are casters.

And game is very expensive, overpriced even.
It is at best 30$ game.

 

[Swen]

I believe BG3 got second place in the GOTY poll so it's not like people here don't appreciate it. I can see disliking the game if you're storyfag because that's definitely a weak link. The main plot is as convoluted as the above poster mentioned, and this is compounded by the origin character quests having an epic feeling 'final boss' feeling on their own. In general I'd say BG3's greatest flaw is that it lacks any kind of tone or coherent atmosphere. It doesn't feel like you're on a fantasy adventure, it feels like you're playing D&D with a clique of snarky millennials. There's the faggy attention whore(Astarion), the normie woman who just got into rp because it's popular(Shadowheart), the dude who thinks you're supposed to write a ten page backstory for a lvl 1 character(Gale), the short-haired dyke who plays herself(Karlach), the one person who's actually taking the campaign seriously(Lae'zel), and even the token black guy who's not quite smart enough to understand what's going on in the story (Wyll).

Still... for all that, it's one the most impressive RPGs I have played in a very long time. It's one of the only titles that made me feel like we're in a new generation of gaming - something like this could not have been made ten years ago.

I think the biggest achievement of BG3 is that it actually feels like playing a real D&D session.

No other CRPG came close to that feeling.

 

[Fedora Master]

Can somebody give me a quick summary on why Codex hates BG3 so much? 764 pages would be a lot to read, thanks.

It's Baldurs Gate in name only.
5E is lame.
Most diverse city in the Realms!
Bear sex, Mindflayer sex, Frog sex - You name it
Story completely falls apart by Act 3

 

[Haplo]

Can somebody give me a quick summary on why Codex hates BG3 so much? 764 pages would be a lot to read, thanks.

It's Baldurs Gate in name only.

So... just like BG1 and BG2?

5E is lame.

Its certainly a lot better then 2nd ed.

Most diverse city in the Realms!

Yeah, true, whatever. Doesn't matter for actual gameplay.

Bear sex, Mindflayer sex, Frog sex - You name it

Swen's marketing was really genius!

Story completely falls apart by Act 3

Oh, sadly you have a point here.

 

[Harthwain]

So... just like BG1 and BG2?

There is the city of Baldur's Gate in Baldur's Gate 1 though. And in Baldur's Gate 3. That said, I find it hard to imagine someone doing a "proper" remake of Baldur's Gate series. It is not impossible (Desperados 3 and Commandos: Origins being great examples), but I doubt it'd be as popular and it'd be even harder to make than Baldur's Gate 3 was (which in itself is a remarkable feat, as proven by comments from other developers).

 

[Fedora Master]

The point is that the Bhaal Saga ended with BG2. This has been about abusing the name of a finished series for marketing purposes, nothing else. Larian clearly didn't even WANT a Bhaal-focused story.

 

[Hydro]

In a decade's time it'll be considered an unassailable classic

Cope lol

 

[Lemming42]

That's not me expressing a wish or my own opinion of the game, that's me diagnosing how this site works. The original BG games were regarded as dogshit on this site 20 years ago, now there's an army of people who'll shred you to bits if you say they're shit. Same for plenty of other "unassailable classics" both here and in online gaming culture in general.

You'll notice in the very next words after the bit you quoted, I said that anyone who made legitimate criticisms of the game, of which there are plenty, will be shut down when BG3 magically hits "classic" status.

 

[Swen]

In a decade's time it'll be considered an unassailable classic

Cope lol

It's already a classic you muppet.

 

[Infinitron]

 

[dukeofwoodberry]

BG3 really isn't that great. It gets extremely tedious and a chore to finish. Only act 1 is well done. I would guess most of the people who bought the game never even finished it. Definitely the most overrated game in a while.

 

[Swen]

BG3 really isn't that great. It gets extremely tedious and a chore to finish. Only act 1 is well done. I would guess most of the people who bought the game never even finished it. Definitely the most overrated game in a while.

Mass Effect is overrated, luckily that's completely dead. Larian will make a superior sci-fi RPG.

 

[dukeofwoodberry]

BG3 really isn't that great. It gets extremely tedious and a chore to finish. Only act 1 is well done. I would guess most of the people who bought the game never even finished it. Definitely the most overrated game in a while.

Mass Effect is overrated, luckily that's completely dead. Larian will make a superior sci-fi RPG.

Larian can't write though. A new sci fi IP will be brutal for them.

 

[ferratilis]

I think the biggest achievement of BG3 is that it actually feels like playing a D&D session at a mental institution, where the DM is an 80 IQ sexually deviant retard who can't tell his ass from his elbow, and has no idea how to construct a meaningful narrative but instead makes things up as they go.

FTFY

 

[Swen]

BG3 really isn't that great. It gets extremely tedious and a chore to finish. Only act 1 is well done. I would guess most of the people who bought the game never even finished it. Definitely the most overrated game in a while.

Mass Effect is overrated, luckily that's completely dead. Larian will make a superior sci-fi RPG.

Larian can't write though. A new sci fi IP will be brutal for them.

We'll see buddyboyo.

Codexers will have another aneurysm if it dominates again like Bg3

 

[Hydro]

It's already a classic you muppet.

What a retard lol

 

[Skinwalker]

Bear sex, Mindflayer sex

M'xir, you had my curiosity, now you have my attention.

Frog sex

Ok, nvm, you lost me.

 

[Swen]

It's already a classic you muppet.

What a retard lol

Literally most succesful CRPG commercially and critically ever, stop coping.

 

[Hydro]

That's not me expressing a wish or my own opinion of the game, that's me diagnosing how this site works. The original BG games were regarded as dogshit on this site 20 years ago, now there's an army of people who'll shred you to bits if you say they're shit. Same for plenty of other "unassailable classics" both here and in online gaming culture in general.

You'll notice in the very next words after the bit you quoted, I said that anyone who made legitimate criticisms of the game, of which there are plenty, will be shut down when BG3 magically hits "classic" status.

Yeah, that’s why BG was an original title, while BG3 used the famous name. What a pile of horseshit.

 

[Fedora Master]

It's already a classic you muppet.

What a retard lol

Literally most succesful CRPG commercially and critically ever, stop coping.

Mainstream success was never a factor for the KKK, retard

 

[Hydro]

It's already a classic you muppet.

What a retard lol

Literally most succesful CRPG commercially and critically ever, stop coping.

Hurdur muh sales. Take pils and stop drinking

 

[lycanwarrior]

BG2 will always be my favorite CRPG and game of all time.

But BG3 was good as well, especially being turn-based combat. Although the bugs and technical performance, especially in Act 3 was pretty rough.

 

[notpl]

BG3 really isn't that great. It gets extremely tedious and a chore to finish. Only act 1 is well done. I would guess most of the people who bought the game never even finished it. Definitely the most overrated game in a while.

100%. Well, maybe 90% - I think Act 2 still has quite a bit of good in it, and should have been the climax. 3 is really where stuff falls apart. Thus I gave it a humble 3/5 in our goty poll at the time. The people giving it a 1 were completely mindfucked by bear sex.

 

[Swen]

It's already a classic you muppet.

What a retard lol

Literally most succesful CRPG commercially and critically ever, stop coping.

Mainstream success was never a factor for the KKK, retard

It's already a classic you muppet.

What a retard lol

Literally most succesful CRPG commercially and critically ever, stop coping.

Hurdur muh sales. Take pils and stop drinking

Cope, seethe and dilate

 

[ropetight]

BG3 really isn't that great. It gets extremely tedious and a chore to finish. Only act 1 is well done. I would guess most of the people who bought the game never even finished it. Definitely the most overrated game in a while.

Mass Effect is overrated, luckily that's completely dead. Larian will make a superior sci-fi RPG.

Larian can't write though. A new sci fi IP will be brutal for them.

Who knows.
Larian now has the money to sign more-or-less whichever SF author to make them IP.
This will not guarantee quality, as SF writers in role of video games scenarist have sketchy history at best.
But it will give some vision, at least.

Since they are so in love with TTRPG, maybe they will make new Traveller?