Fools idol
Banned
finally arrived at Baldurs Gate. 90 hours played. HOW IS THIS GAME SO BIG LOL
The city is giant
The city is giant
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Baldur's Gate III | OT | Bear in Mind, Your Choices Have Consequences
Red Crayon Aristocrat
Member
When a game on PC says SSD required, that means full stop it simply won't work at all without one, right?
Might be a dumb question but I'm just making sure.
Might be a dumb question but I'm just making sure.
amigastar
Member
No, you can still play it on a regular HDD. If it would be otherwise Larian would have told us besides that the game doesn't distinguish what Harddrive you have other than speed.
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Last Hearth
Member
You can, but the load times might be unbearable.
Guilty_AI
Member
Try just ignoring it. I dont even read the journal
Red Crayon Aristocrat
Member
On the game's Steam page it says SSD required on both minimum and recommended specs.
I see what you did there.
I can deal with longer load times so long as the game runs the same during actual gameplay.
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Grildon Tundy
Member
I don't think it's an issue with the journal. There doesn't seem to be a way to advance his questline.
amigastar
Member
Other people confirmed they were playing on a regular HDD just the loading times are higher, so don't worry it works on a non SSD.
Red Crayon Aristocrat
Also the game has slow HDD mode in options so it works with slow HDD.
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Guilty_AI
Member
Ok, luckily i had a save at the right point and decided to test it out.
>If i choose to long rest to go to the tiefiling party before talking to Halsin, he automatically addresses me the morning after the party. If that didn't happen to you, try long resting again or reloading a save from before the party.
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Grildon Tundy
Member
Thanks for looking into it. I'm about 20 hours past the party, unfortunately, so Halsin's quest might have to wait until my next playthrough.
Mozzarella
Member
Done with Act 1.
Loving it more and more each day.
Loving it more and more each day.
Guilty_AI
Member
It'll likely just keep going regardless i imagine. Should be interesting to know so keep us updated.
Shake Your Rump
Member
Bought the game. Started it up. Enabled “tutorials”, yet the game doesn’t explain how to play at all. Just dumps me into the game with a hojillion toolbar icons with absolutely no explanation. It tells me how to move. Thats it. Doesn’t explain how to attack, loot, check inventory, nothing at all. Just “click left button to move” and “press J for journal”.
Meanwhile the entire contents of the D&D player handbook is set on the toolbar with no idea what to do. I am old and played BG1 and 2 back when they were new with no trouble. Why is there no manual and no on-boarding for this game? It made me lose interest really quickly.
Meanwhile the entire contents of the D&D player handbook is set on the toolbar with no idea what to do. I am old and played BG1 and 2 back when they were new with no trouble. Why is there no manual and no on-boarding for this game? It made me lose interest really quickly.
Guilty_AI
Member
Theres an inspect button (T) that explains whatever it is you want to know about
Click on an enemy to attack. Click on the ground to move. There, all set!
Shake Your Rump
Member
A shame the game doesn’t actually tell you this.
It isn’t just the toolbar. I get into my first battle and there were no instructions on how to actually attack or use any abilities whatsoever. No explanation of movement, turns, range, etc. I just clicked on the enemy and they eventually died.
It’s as though the game was only tested with people who already know how to play. I’m going to give it the two-hour Steam try, but being overwhelmed with no instruction plus the abysmal frame rate (25fps average on a 3060) is likely resulting in a refund.
amigastar
Member
It isn't exactly rocket science. Keep at it you get the hang of it.
Guilty_AI
Member
Its right above every single window when you hover your mouse over something
Thats weird. I also have a 3060 and get 60 fps at ultra settings. If you're on a laptop, you might want to make sure its plugged in.
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Sleepwalker
Member
This game has exacerbated my need for a new chair, my back is killing me. Bought a long ass hdmi 2.1 cable and will run it on my tv while laying down in the couch lol.
Controller here I come
Controller here I come
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DownLikeBCPowder
Member
Sounds awesome, my daughter is too young to play this with me.
Topher
Gold Member
Sounds awesome, my daughter is too young to play this with me.
It is amazing. There are so many ways to approach the combat. I'm discovering my son is actually a lot more clever than his dad*.
*granted.....not a major feat, but still, I'm proud
Mister Wolf
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ShadyAcshuns
Member
Thinking about getting the game when it hits PS5. When is that? Also, can I avoid certain classes that I don't like? For instance, do any of them force their way in to your party?
Guilty_AI
Member
Semptember 6, and no, game doesn't force any class upon you.
Shake Your Rump
Member
Thanks for the tip. My laptop was plugged in, but you reminded me that I had set it to “quiet” mode for Civilization 5 the last time I played. Now it runs at around 100fps.
I feel like an idiot. I bought and refunded Sekiro a few days ago because it was also running at around 25fps unless I set it to low quality at 1080p. Oooops.
Anyway, I spent my two hours with this game. The later tutorial prompts actually helped. It is strange that the game doesn’t tell you anything about combat until your second battle. It’s still not the game for me. The 1999 me would have loved this game. The 2023 me enjoys the JRPG style more than western style now.
The game is clearly well crafted and deserving of any praise it receives, though.
Guilty_AI
Member
If you haven't refunded yet, you might want to check the origin characters. You basically play as self made character with their own classes and backgrounds. Of course there's still role-playing involved, and you can change classes if you wish, though that "wouldn't be canon". I imagine the experience that way would probably be closer to something like The Witcher 3 or a more linear rpg in general.
Here's their introductions:
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Last Hearth
Member
So this is how I resolved the Myranda quest in Act 1.
Anyway I won't be playing this game for the next two weeks as I'm going on a family vacation. But I'll be thinking about this game a lot over that span.
I bargained with the Hag to get Myranda back and get me a stat bonus in exchange for letting her live. Then I found the rod and revived Myranda's husband as a zombie, gave the rod to Myranda, and she says she's going to take him to Baldur's Gate to cure him. I'm curious how all of this is going to work out, I wonder if the letting the Hag live is going to come back to haunt me at some point, and whether I'll end up running into Myranda and her husband in Act .
Anyway I won't be playing this game for the next two weeks as I'm going on a family vacation. But I'll be thinking about this game a lot over that span.
Ivory Samoan
Gold Member
I'm 40 hours in, still in Act 1 - wtf.
This game is so good, I just want to live it forever.
nightmare-slain
Banned
I'm still at the start lol. Found some people trying to help this guy who was dying I think he was attacked by an owlbear. They attacked me so killed them. Went to see the owlbear but GTFO of there. I did unlock the sealed chest with the prayer.
got to blighted village and interrupted some of them fucking. the big ogre lady destroyed me
got to blighted village and interrupted some of them fucking. the big ogre lady destroyed me
I won the fight but the cage kept burning while I was frantically trying to find a way to free her and she fell to her death lol
niilokin
Member
What's up with Invisibility? I have the cloak on my fighter, and he keeps getting ray of sickness'd and sniped by goblins when he's invisible. At first I thought it's due sticking around the "ghost" that is left behind but no, it happens even if I'm nowhere near it. Some mechanics are downright annoying. And why the hell is Wyll in my camp, I never even talked to him or asked him to join me.
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AV
We ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space
Show us the item tooltip - maybe hide it with spoilers
Are you sure you aren't performing any actions while invisible? Invisibility goes away as soon as you do something.
Edit: Also the spell only works once per long rest.
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nightmare-slain
Banned
I'm having fun with the game. It feels like there's something to do or find everywhere you go. This game is amazing in that you just don't know what's going to happen next!
Went back and killed the two ogres who were fucking Spoke to some gnolls (?) who I convinced not to eat me but then I tried breaking a post (it glowed up) and they attacked and killed me. There were some goblins watching a gnoll stuck to the windmill so I tried stopping it but it went faster and the poor guy went flying to his death and then I got attacked .... and killed by goblins. Went to cross a broken bridge and this devil appeared.
Found a burning house, went in to rescue the guy, found a valuable ring. Then spoke to a cow. Someone was hiding in one of the buildings and I went into an underground hideout area. I convinced the woman to let us in but when I tried disarming a trap they all attacked me lol. Was trying to find Karlach but went back and added Wyll to my party.
I'm getting wrecked in fights I'm thinking about turning the difficulty down but I don't know if I should. I want to enjoy the combat but I feel it's too difficult. I'm more interested in the story/characters so maybe I should give it a shot but I don't want it to be too easy.
Went back and killed the two ogres who were fucking
Spoke to some gnolls (?) who I convinced not to eat me but then I tried breaking a post (it glowed up) and they attacked and killed me. There were some goblins watching a gnoll stuck to the windmill so I tried stopping it but it went faster and the poor guy went flying to his death and then I got attacked .... and killed by goblins. Went to cross a broken bridge and this devil appeared.Found a burning house, went in to rescue the guy, found a valuable ring. Then spoke to a cow. Someone was hiding in one of the buildings and I went into an underground hideout area. I convinced the woman to let us in but when I tried disarming a trap they all attacked me lol. Was trying to find Karlach but went back and added Wyll to my party.
I'm getting wrecked in fights
I'm thinking about turning the difficulty down but I don't know if I should. I want to enjoy the combat but I feel it's too difficult. I'm more interested in the story/characters so maybe I should give it a shot but I don't want it to be too easy.
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nightmare-slain
Banned
6th September
If you've already bought it on Steam then you can use GeForce now on your phone/tablet or TV (if it supports it) to keep playing then your save will cross over to PS5 on release.
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geary
Member
I threw a bottle of water on the cage and the fire stopped
zkorejo
Member
Oh I didn't get it on PC. Monitor died before it came but thanks for that tip anyways.
Fools idol
Banned
wow something you do in Act 1 druid grove has big shitty consequences when you get to baldurs gate in act 3
DownLikeBCPowder
Member
I was in an area with no NPCs and a red message atop the screen said "There's an interesting conversation nearby", but none of the party members have the dialogue option either - anyone encounter this or know what it means?
Buggy Loop
Gold Member
Dayum, my paladin stepped his game up at level 5! He’s beginning to be a monster tank and even damage dealer.
Guilty_AI
Member
Considering what i've seen so far, wouldn't be surprised if someone in the game is playing tricks on you.
Are there bodies? Could be some speak with the dead conversation.
Fools idol
Banned
Last Hearth
Member
I threw a bottle of water at the cage and it put the fire out.
nightmare-slain
Banned
what is it? put it in spoiler tags if you want.
i went there but that woman asked me to escort the tieflings away. speaking to others it seems she's trying to take control while the other druid (halsin?) is away. so i'm going to try rescue him to get him back to sort her out. i did think about killing her but don't think that's the best thing to do. i did consider helping the tieflings but i think it's best to try get rid of that woman. i don't know if what i'm doing is right and i'm worried it'll fuck it up. i did read somewhere that there is a big choice to be made at this point so i'm being careful.
ThisIsMyDog
Member
Doing now second run on tactician (hard) difficulty, is not as hard as i tough it would be, especially if you can think outside of the box.