Baldur's Gate Baldur's Gate 3 RELEASE THREAD

[Fedora Master]

The closer I look at all the spells and feats, the more it feels like I'm playing PoE. Your best choice always feels like the least shit one. I'd say every spell level has about 2 that are actually consistently useful, maybe 2 more that are situationally useful and the rest is completely shit and not worth even memorizing. To say nothing of those spell levels that only have 4 spells TOTAL. With the concentration mechanic there is no reason to use anything but the most powerful abilities either, which 90% of the time means Spirit Guardians for my cleric

 

[Shaki]

The closer I look at all the spells and feats, the more it feels like I'm playing PoE. Your best choice always feels like the least shit one. I'd say every spell level has about 2 that are actually consistently useful, maybe 2 more that are situationally useful and the rest is completely shit and not worth even memorizing. To say nothing of those spell levels that only have 4 spells TOTAL.

I feel like it's mostly because of retarded concentration shit, if I see a spell having concentration, it's auto discarded, because it can NEVER be a better option than using my concentration on Haste or Bless. Concentration just invalidates majority of spells, because it makes them mutually exclusive, so you pick the best one and all the others might as well not exist.

 

[Fedora Master]

The closer I look at all the spells and feats, the more it feels like I'm playing PoE. Your best choice always feels like the least shit one. I'd say every spell level has about 2 that are actually consistently useful, maybe 2 more that are situationally useful and the rest is completely shit and not worth even memorizing. To say nothing of those spell levels that only have 4 spells TOTAL.

I feel like it's mostly because of retarded concentration shit, if I see a spell having concentration, it's auto discarded, because it can NEVER be a better option than using my concentration on Haste or Bless. Concentration just invalidates majority of spells, because it makes them mutually exclusive, so you pick the best one and all the others might as well not exist.

Even former staples like Death Ward are made utterly worthless in 5e and the game specifically because you'll never be in a situation where a character might need to pass death saving throws. Fucking misremembered what it even does, it just emulates a goddamn Half-Orc racial feature now lol

 

[Barbarian]

Voice lady is just oversexed like hell. That is why all her voiced characters in pathfinder games sound so horny too(Nyrissa, Wenduag, etc)

 

[fantadomat]

Can someone tells me why the DM seems like to narrate an erotic movie?

That's the direction they gave her probably. At least I know it's not only to me she sounds like that.

Funny thing is that i am still to see sex in the game lol. Tho i did a ton of propositions,sadly they were all from some faggots. Should do a harem playtrough with only women lol. Also lol at lesbian god child and undead slut.

 

[Sunri]

Voice lady is just oversexed like hell. That is why all her voiced characters in pathfinder games sound so horny too(Nyrissa, Wenduag, etc)

Try to listen to her sandwich advertising lmao http://ameliatyler.com/

 

[AwesomeButton]

Can someone tells me why the DM seems like to narrate an erotic movie?

That's the direction they gave her probably. At least I know it's not only to me she sounds like that.

Funny thing is that i am still to see sex in the game lol. Tho i did a ton of propositions,sadly they were all from some faggots. Should do a harem playtrough with only women lol. Also lol at lesbian god child and undead slut.

The M-F sex is under control. It's the M-M sex that's a lurking danger, as far as I know.

 

[AwesomeButton]

Also lol at lesbian god child and undead slut.

Yeah. Up to the end of Grymforge, it seemed like we're playing our own game. Once you enter the shadowcursed lands, you start playing a part in someone's B-movie.

 

[Lagole Gon]

I'm pretty sure this game has more homosexual couples then heterosexual ones.
This is not a codexian exaggeration.
I've just met a random married couple and the wife dumped her husband for a lesbian lover.
Also, for some reason it's usually gnomes. I remember THREE homosexual gnome couples, top of my head.

 

[Starwars]

I just finished the game. Went in blind not knowing at all what to expect except... well, I expected a Original Sin-ified D&D game, which is what I got pretty much.

-All in all, had a ton of fun with it though it had its ups and downs. Act I is really strong overall, and the main bulk of Act III is fun as well. Loved the mix of exploration and story-stuff they had going in the first act, I think the pace was excellent. Just really fun to play. Unfortunately it kinda slows down a lot in Act II (wasn't a big fan of the environs either) and I'd say the end of Act II and beginning of III were quite bad and I was considering quitting the game at that point. It does get better again.

-Story is pretty bad overall, but it's fun to weave yourself through it. As long as it stays interactive it's nice. When the story/cutscene stuff takes over, the game immediately feels much worse off.

-Combat is fun, encounters are pretty varied. Game is pretty easy overall though. Some of the more gimmicky encounters kinda annoyed me, and the end of the game turned into a bit of a slag with finishing up boss fights and then the final part is also quite combat-heavy.

-I played evil so I killed and/or scared away most of the companions, which I suspect might've been a good thing. Apparently there is an evil companion but I killed her as well.
All in all, the Githyanki and Shadowheart were good companions and I ended up liking them. Gale was lame.

-Playing evil was alright but as with many games, it feels like there's no real thought put into it. In some convos you can act out your evilness, in others the option is completely missing so it's hard to really roleplay.
That being said, the game is pretty flexible in approaching things which is nice.

-Ending was really lame.

-It really, really doesn't feel like a Baldur's Gate game. The atmosphere just isn't there at all.

-It's very woke. And parts of it has the same "zany" humor that, for example, Outer Worlds does. A lot of the city has that in droves unfortunately.

Still, very fun gameplay overall and it drew me in more than I thought it would.

 

[Orud]

Also, for some reason it's usually gnomes. I remember THREE homosexual gnome couples, top of my head.

Day by day, game by game, our decades long distrust of the little shits proves to be correct at every step.

 

[Tyranicon]

Can someone tells me why the DM seems like to narrate an erotic movie?

If it's marketed like porn, treated like porn, and mocked for being porn, it's actually porn. Just bad porn from people who probably never had sex before.

 

[Barbarian]

Make a black human fighter named "Fleece Johnson" and roleplay the booty warrior:

 

[Forest Dweller]

Thoughts?

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

Best god, best champion.

Bane doesn't even intervene to help Gortash, like Myrkul did with Ketheric and Gortash dies like a little bitch when up against the Elder Brain.

I was really disappointed with his part in the game, I expected way, way more content. Like so many other people said, game definitely needs to split Lower City into a Bhaal-focused chapter and Upper City into a Bane-focused chapter.

There was no intervention because it would've been extremely painful

 

[Barbarian]

Devs awfully silent. No word about first major patch yet, I would assume it to be out before PS5 release

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

Devs awfully silent. No word about first major patch yet, I would assume it to be out before PS5 release

When the hotfix #4 issue happened they explained how they'd be working on patches from now on. I guess they want a patch ready for consoles too.

 

[Swen]

I just finished the game. Went in blind not knowing at all what to expect except... well, I expected a Original Sin-ified D&D game, which is what I got pretty much.

-All in all, had a ton of fun with it though it had its ups and downs. Act I is really strong overall, and the main bulk of Act III is fun as well. Loved the mix of exploration and story-stuff they had going in the first act, I think the pace was excellent. Just really fun to play. Unfortunately it kinda slows down a lot in Act II (wasn't a big fan of the environs either) and I'd say the end of Act II and beginning of III were quite bad and I was considering quitting the game at that point. It does get better again.

-Story is pretty bad overall, but it's fun to weave yourself through it. As long as it stays interactive it's nice. When the story/cutscene stuff takes over, the game immediately feels much worse off.

-Combat is fun, encounters are pretty varied. Game is pretty easy overall though. Some of the more gimmicky encounters kinda annoyed me, and the end of the game turned into a bit of a slag with finishing up boss fights and then the final part is also quite combat-heavy.

-I played evil so I killed and/or scared away most of the companions, which I suspect might've been a good thing. Apparently there is an evil companion but I killed her as well.
All in all, the Githyanki and Shadowheart were good companions and I ended up liking them. Gale was lame.

-Playing evil was alright but as with many games, it feels like there's no real thought put into it. In some convos you can act out your evilness, in others the option is completely missing so it's hard to really roleplay.
That being said, the game is pretty flexible in approaching things which is nice.

-Ending was really lame.

-It really, really doesn't feel like a Baldur's Gate game. The atmosphere just isn't there at all.

-It's very woke. And parts of it has the same "zany" humor that, for example, Outer Worlds does. A lot of the city has that in droves unfortunately.

Still, very fun gameplay overall and it drew me in more than I thought it would.

Atleast you can kill any woke character you see. It's a good compromise.

 

[Barbarian]

Just curious if they have a priority on actually adding the ending epilogue. People are finishing the game and getting righteously butthurt about it. Specially since the leaks that the whole thing is ready and was removed last minute because of bugged triggers.

There is also a whole lot of scenes and events present in ea which were inexplicably removed.

 

[Fedora Master]

I waaaaarned you. You wouldn't listen.

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

Just curious if they have a priority on actually adding the ending epilogue. People are finishing the game and getting righteously butthurt about it. Specially since the leaks that the whole thing is ready and was removed last minute because of bugged triggers.

There is also a whole lot of scenes and events present in ea which were inexplicably removed.

I'm pretty sure lots of things will be added back in the inevitable EE. But the EA stuff was probably there to test triggers and functions, Act 1 feels content-packed for that reason, they needed a place to test all sorts of things. I feel like Act 1 had more smaller things to do and see, while in Act 2 you have less, but bigger.

 

[perfectslumbers]

Thoughts?

Pointless video. "Pathfinder is complicated, BG3 is cinematic!" I'm sure Mortismal is a cool guy but a lot of his content may as well be AI SEO articles since it's so basic

 

[Rhobar121]

Hell know. In EA, I saw some scenes literally once. I've never been able to see, for example, a scene with Astarion and the stars. The only reason I know this existed is youtube.

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

Hell know. In EA, I saw some scenes literally once. I've never been able to see, for example, a scene with Astarion and the stars. The only reason I know this existed is youtube.

I think they altered the order in which Astarion attacks you -- he would snuck up to you and try to bit you before you find the dead animal. Now it's the other way around, you have to find the animal and then Astarion asks if he can bite you.

 

[Mebrilia the Viera Queen]

I'm pretty sure this game has more homosexual couples then heterosexual ones.
This is not a codexian exaggeration.
I've just met a random married couple and the wife dumped her husband for a lesbian lover.
Also, for some reason it's usually gnomes. I remember THREE homosexual gnome couples, top of my head.

Actually... No as far i can see there are way more hetero couples than homosexual ones.