ssringo
Member
Perhaps but variety is the spice of life. If you aren't normally a simp, roleplay one and see what happens!
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Baldur's Gate III | OT | Bear in Mind, Your Choices Have Consequences
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niilokin
Member
Bhaal himself isnt too far fetched given the that the little voodoo dude is your servant
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Guilty_AI
Member
Some people will play this game because it'll be a great rpg, others play it because they want to be Minthara's pet.
Kiya's Guard
Member
I get you, but my backlog is too massive to justify buying a full price game and then dropping it (like hundreds others). Since you mention totk, i picked botw when it released on the switch, got bored and dropped for 5 years. When the release of totk was nearing, i picked it up again on pc, learned to windbomb and fast played it for around 20h.
And yeah, armored core and blasphemous 2 take priority n1. If it wasn't because of that, I probably would have dipped into bg3, but then I remember I still have to beat DOS 2 and wasteland 3 lol. I'm halfway through 40yo, and time is of the essence. As much as I loved the crpg (and jrpg and srpg) genre back when I was younger, I just can't nowadays.
Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
Assuming Steam doesn't crash. I'm expecting a shit show.
Topher
Gold Member
VideoGameEnjoyer
Member
Yea, that's fair. What's works for me might not be for everyone else. Obviously budget factors into it as well. The larger point is that in general I'm against people forcing themselves through games after they've already stopped enjoying themselves, almost like a sunken cost fallacy.
darth.shrimp
Member
I got a question completely unrelated to the game...
So, I recently watched Honor Among Thieves. In The previous Baldur's Gate games, Edwin is a Red Wizard of Thay, right? While being an asshole, he's definitely far from the ones we see in the movie (not to mention, he's not as dead). I don't have the slightest clue as to the history/timeline of the Forgotten Realms, was the whole ordeal with Szass Tam something that happened later, after the events of the games were done? Or is Edwin just not officially affiliated with them anymore for some reason? But other characters still react to him as a Red Wizard...
So, I recently watched Honor Among Thieves. In The previous Baldur's Gate games, Edwin is a Red Wizard of Thay, right? While being an asshole, he's definitely far from the ones we see in the movie (not to mention, he's not as dead). I don't have the slightest clue as to the history/timeline of the Forgotten Realms, was the whole ordeal with Szass Tam something that happened later, after the events of the games were done? Or is Edwin just not officially affiliated with them anymore for some reason? But other characters still react to him as a Red Wizard...
PectacularOz
Member
There are streams online
VideoGameEnjoyer
Member
Still need those Steam Deck testimonials and verified status...There are streams online
Guilty_AI
Member
I remember reading the game had leaked, likely from among the distributed review keys. But i didn't see anything so i thought it was fake.There are streams online
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Sentenza
Member
Dark Urge aside, it seems pretty clear that the late part of the story is going to involve the Dead Three in general.
Sentenza
Member
Right now it's bugged as hell, so no, it doesn't.
But yeah, it's SUPPOSED to make the game marginally easier by "tweaking" dice results, which is why it would be a bad option even if it worked properly.
People should just learn to "make the game easier" by maximizing the effectiveness of how they play and build characters, not by cheating with the dice results.
Sentenza
Member
Yep. I can see it happening.
And then they'll go to rant on the Steam subforum "Why I'm downloading a 90 GB patch already???".
Also, place your bets for how many people will be crying about their old saves not working anymore.
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Luipadre
Member
22k playing right now
wonder why
struggler_guts
Member
Yeah they really should have just shutdown early access days ago and let people start preloading. Tomorrow will be bloody
Fools idol
Banned
I'm going for a gnome assassin dark urge. Shits gonna be fun.
Buggy Loop
Gold Member
Every hour or so I’m changing my mind on either class or race to start with.
I’ll have character creation paralysis tomorrow,
I’ll have character creation paralysis tomorrow,
ssringo
Member
Had a (no shit) epiphany while typing the above.
Just...don't download until that size is the actual download size. Herpaderp!
Fools idol
Banned
steady on there gramps, you might hurt yourself!Fuck it, bought. Last time i played a dnd crpg was icewind dale 2. Hopefully im not too old for these kind of games
Doom85
Member
IIRC, I’ve seen a video where if you miss twice, the squirrel peaces out while laughing its ass off.
Nobody_Important
“Aww, it’s so...average,” she said to him in a cold brick of passion
Skifi28
Member
ThatStupidLion
Gold Member
Is there any discussion about their expansion packs or definitive edition!
Wondering if i should move to buy now or wait…9
Wondering if i should move to buy now or wait…9
JusticeForAll
Gold Member
Support these kind of games by buying now. Larian also has a great track record with making so called "utimate edition upgrades" or whatever free for owners of the original.
Guilty_AI
Member
They have no expansions planned, and as the guy above said, previous owners usually get free upgrades with their games. In fact, EA owners will even have their games automatically upgraded to the deluxe edition.
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Icymanipulator
Member
Waiting for the PlayStation release.
Hope you guys have fun! Excited for everyone to play this!
Hope you guys have fun! Excited for everyone to play this!
Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
Why would you wait ? The game can easily give you at minimum 80-120 hours on one play through. With the insane variety you could net hundreds if not thousands of hours.
Do you really need to worry about expansions now when you could net that many hours ?
I’m all for saving a buck but god damn man.
Last Hearth
Member
I can only think of three games the last 15 years that I was as hyped for as this game. Mass Effect, Dragon Age: Origins, and Cyberpunk 2077. ME and DA:O lived up to the hype. CP2077 did not. Hopefully this one joins the first 2.
Buggy Loop
Gold Member
Hmm, what about a gnome bard made to look like Jack Black 
Gorgon
Member
BG3 is a "once in a decade" game, maybe not even that. It's pushing the expectations of RPGs in terms of interactions, reactivity, choices & consequences, and PC-NPC relashionships to a level never seen before, and with AAA production values to boot. If we want to see more of this in the future, waiting for the "definitive edition" or cheap sales with all DLC included is a recipe to never see games like this again. So buy and support it now (unless it's for financial reasons, in which case it's totally understandable).
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Ginzeen
Banned
i wouldn't call it once in a decade. Its just a top down isometric game, with a Triple A budget. Also its not open world. I still can't get over the fact their is no day and night cycle.
Guilty_AI
Member
Buggy Loop
Gold Member
peish
Member
no day night cycle and dynamic weather is major letdown. imagine the extra gameplay possibilities
geary
Member
And how many top down isometric with AAA budget comes in a decade? And who the hell wants a open world crpg?
Ginzeen
Banned
That's the thing. The devs that make top down isometric rpg games are not Triple A studios. Larian is the first I believe.
Gorgon
Member
They used to be. BG1 and 2, etc were AAA titles back in the day. But the "genre" basically died on PC and it wasn't until recently that games like Torment: Tides of Numenera, Pathfinder, D:OS, and PoE revived the genre back. Larian is now in the position of bringing the genre back into shape in the AAA space and making a splash on consoles too, thus widening the audience.
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Ginzeen
Banned
Yes and I hope BG3 sells amazing. I'm predicting 10 million copies sold first year. Which will be unheard for a crpg.
Lucifers Beard
Member
Just a matter of hours now! Can’t wait to get home from work tonight and boot this up!
niilokin
Member
The old (2019-2020) BG3 website had a written story snippet that was all about the resurrection and return of the Dead Three. I tried to look for that site with wayback machine but could nt find it, it might have been in the old press kits. But it seems not many talked about it.