Game News Baldur's Gate 3 Released

[MerchantKing]

BG3 is the first good BG game.

It's a sequel in name only isn't it? Literally nowt to do with the other games.

The latter post explains why the former is true.

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Though more precisely, the gameplay has nothing to do with the original two Baldur's Gate games, but the content is a different matter.

Larian did a good job making BG3 more like a modern Bioware title than BG1+2 ever could be. The gameplay is terrible compared to KotC1+2 though.

 

[Lady Error]

I'm gonna go ahead and provide a summary of the next 30 pages

1) No one wanted this!
2) It's selling a lot!
3) But it's shit, so who cares?
4) Many people!
5) Who? No one wanted this!
6) It's selling a lot!
7) But it's shit, so who cares?

8) Sale when? (asking for a friend)

It's $40 on GOG vs $59 on Steam.

 

[Zarniwoop]

I'm gonna go ahead and provide a summary of the next 30 pages

1) No one wanted this!
2) It's selling a lot!
3) But it's shit, so who cares?
4) Many people!
5) Who? No one wanted this!
6) It's selling a lot!
7) But it's shit, so who cares?

8) Sale when? (asking for a friend)

It's $40 on GOG vs $59 on Steam.

It's also a smaller download on GOG

 

[Black]

What's the biggest boob size you can give your character?

 

[Volrath]

Will this turn out to be the most successful turn based cRPG of all time? And if so, how does that make you feel?

 

[Zarniwoop]

The more I play this game the more obvious it becomes that it's just Baldur's: Original Gate. Sure, you'd expect some things to be familiar to D:OS players given it's the same studio and engine but this is a bit much:

>I just completed an absolutely impossible fight with typical Larian-style environmental shenanigans - exploding a Zergrush of goblins with a series of cleverly-placed explosive barrels.
>SEVERE under-leveling problem - I have completed all quests in act 1 (apart from the ones saying to go to Moonrise Towers or Baldur's Gate) and barely made it to lvl 4.
>The usual D:OS pocket dimension/home base area.
>Main enemy is literally THE DIVINE ABSOLUTE
>And of course the game starting off on a small island that you can never return to once you leave.

 

[Zarniwoop]

I've played it some. Spent most of my time fiddling with the in-game camera controls and trying to get the dialog audio to not somehow sound like it was recorded through a Coca-Cola bottle.

So far no signs of homosexuality, but chargen was... lol?

You're joking right? One of the first party members you meet is an extremely homo vampire. Gayer than all the Twilight movies combined.

The very first one you meet (Shadowheart) is a lesbo. Maybe bisexual, who knows.

 

[Black]

Krispy means no sign of homosex compared to the Codex.

 

[Grunker]

The very first one you meet (Shadowheart) is a lesbo.

all companions can be romanced by both genders I believe

 

[Zarniwoop]

The very first one you meet (Shadowheart) is a lesbo.

all companions can be romanced by both genders I believe

How very Biowarean of them.

But Shadowheart makes comments about other females, not just the PC. For example when you meet Karlach.

 

[Grunker]

The very first one you meet (Shadowheart) is a lesbo.

all companions can be romanced by both genders I believe

How very Biowarean of them.

All Bioware-games have NPCs that will only go for one gender

 

[Crescent Hawk]

I simply cant get past how fucking ugly it is.

 

[Ryzer]

The very first one you meet (Shadowheart) is a lesbo.

all companions can be romanced by both genders I believe

How very Biowarean of them.

All Bioware-games have NPCs that will only go for one gender

Even ol' Bioware was more based before than today's Larian.

 

[Diggfinger]

They might blow past Fallout 4 by Sunday. Congratuations Larian, you're in the big leagues. World's most popular turn-based RPG.

Dang! Cyberpunk still high on that list... quite amazing considering the less-than-ideal launch

Video-games

But yeah, cool for Larian!

 

[Roguey]

>SEVERE under-leveling problem - I have completed all quests in act 1 (apart from the ones saying to go to Moonrise Towers or Baldur's Gate) and barely made it to lvl 4.

Given the length of the game, this isn't a problem. You don't want to hit the level cap halfway through it. Baldur's Gate had a level cap of 7.

 

[Grunker]

I'm half-way to level 5 and I just got to the goblin camp. Seems you missed some content Zarniboy.

 

[Zarniwoop]

>SEVERE under-leveling problem - I have completed all quests in act 1 (apart from the ones saying to go to Moonrise Towers or Baldur's Gate) and barely made it to lvl 4.

Given the length of the game, this isn't a problem. You don't want to hit the level cap halfway through it. Baldur's Gate had a level cap of 7.

It is a problem when you want to go to the second act and the game explicitly tells you "A PARTY OF YOUR LEVEL WILL FIND THIS EXCRUCIATINGLY DIFFICULT".

Remember, this isn't POE or the old Baldur's Gates where you could explore the whole map at any time. It's basically D:OS3, you get gated into certain areas.

I'm half-way to level 5 and I just got to the goblin camp. Seems you missed some content Zarniboy.

Might have something to do with HOW you finish quests? For example in the EA I solved the Goblin Question by killing all 3 leaders, then genociding the whole camp later. This time I just lured Mintara or whatver her name is to the grove and blew her army up.

Generally trying to take the diplomatic or persuasion route when I can - it's quicker.

 

[Grunker]

Generally trying to take the diplomatic or persuasion route when I can - it's quicker.

I'm playing a Bard full diplo run. Haven't killed the vast majority of things.

 

[Crescent Hawk]

Maybe the bikini armor mods, and model mods will be good?

 

[duskvile]

Already close to 600K

 

[Roguey]

It is a problem when you want to go to the second act and the game explicitly tells you "A PARTY OF YOUR LEVEL WILL FIND THIS EXCRUCIATINGLY DIFFICULT".

Remember, this isn't POE or the old Baldur's Gates where you could explore the whole map at any time. It's basically D:OS3, you get gated into certain areas.

Better start scouring every map available to you then. Act 1 has been extensively playtested, can't imagine that they'd leave anyone in an unwinnable situation.

 

[Maxie]

It is a problem when you want to go to the second act and the game explicitly tells you "A PARTY OF YOUR LEVEL WILL FIND THIS EXCRUCIATINGLY DIFFICULT".

Remember, this isn't POE or the old Baldur's Gates where you could explore the whole map at any time. It's basically D:OS3, you get gated into certain areas.

Better start scouring every map available to you then. Act 1 has been extensively playtested, can't imagine that they'd leave anyone in an unwinnable situation.

wow a larian game has an extensively playtested first playable location

 

[Rpguy]

Don't know why but I expected it to be true to d&d 5th edition, this is not the case, you have things like special maneuvers on every weapon or you can start a ranger with heavy armor and summon familiar but basic stuff that even solasta provides like dodge action and ready action are missing entirely.
I just don't understand the logic, you can do complicated things like pick penis shape and exchange thongs between characters and put corpses in your backpack but not dodge? and there are still things that scream EA like the version number is stuck on your UI and you can't remove it unless you remove all the UI.

 

[Zarniwoop]

It is a problem when you want to go to the second act and the game explicitly tells you "A PARTY OF YOUR LEVEL WILL FIND THIS EXCRUCIATINGLY DIFFICULT".

Remember, this isn't POE or the old Baldur's Gates where you could explore the whole map at any time. It's basically D:OS3, you get gated into certain areas.

Better start scouring every map available to you then.

Exactly my point. That's how the Original Sins work.

 

[Daedalos]

playing it. loving it.

Absolutely agree with mortismal tho, it has sadly some of the same problems that D:OS 2 had.

THe inventory UI and overall item micro management is really garbage tier like D:OS 2, its sad, but its ok. the game is amazing, but the ui come on. u had 6 years in EA to touch up the UI.