Baldurs Gate 3

[J4MES OX4D 10,057]

In the works it seems after this image leaked. It was this or Divinity Original Sin 3 but a win either way. 

[J4MES OX4D 10,057]

 

[GazzaGarratt 11,066]

On 6/6/2019 at 5:27 PM, J4MES OX4D said:

 

 

Hmmm, I am interetsed when I wouldn't normally be. The studio making this are held in high regard so might be worth dipping my toes and fingers into this franchise.

[phil bottle 9,822]

This is fucking awesome. Cannot wait [emoji846]

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[J4MES OX4D 10,057]

Not sure what to make of the gameplay reveal - on the one hand it takes a lot from the quite magnificent Divinity Original Sin 2 but on the other it doesn't look like much of a Baldurs Gate title. I'm not expecting the game to look like Tyranny, PoE 2 or other modern takes on classics but it seems BG3 drifts too much for my liking. Even though I love DoS2, I'm just not to sure about a fuse like this. 

 

[phil bottle 9,822]

Interesting hybrid between Divinity and D&D, hope they get it right. I'll be getting it for sure if they do.

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[BO7H B4RRELS 2,453]

Definitely going to keep my eye on this one.

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[J4MES OX4D 10,057]

Game is coming out a month early on August 3rd for PC

Baldur's Gate 3 PC release date jumps forward to early August, but PS5 gets slight delay

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Balder's Gate 3 will now be released in full on 3rd August on PC. This is almost a month earlier than was originally anticipated.

 

[J4MES OX4D 10,057]

Today is the day and it's the biggest release of the year! Rare you see hype on a game this massive. I'm still undecided but only due to time constraints but looking forward to seeing how much has been accomplished in the final release. 

[phil bottle 9,822]

I'm waiting for a while, might save it for the dark winter months. It looks great though and my resolve may crumble 😁

[phil bottle 9,822]

Reviews are starting to come in.Looks epic and I know the boy from Oxford has already cracked 😅

 

 

[Luseth 1,978]

I am looking forward to playing this, I have been umming and arring about getting it for my Playstation though, I know it means waiting a little but I think it will be easier to play ^_^ In the meantime I am playing the last Pathfinder game, I always find the combat in these games tough mind!

[phil bottle 9,822]

32 minutes ago, Luseth said:

I am looking forward to playing this, I have been umming and arring about getting it for my Playstation though, I know it means waiting a little but I think it will be easier to play ^_^ In the meantime I am playing the last Pathfinder game, I always find the combat in these games tough mind!

 

It's all based on D&D 5e so it'll definitely help embed your knowledge. I think the combat is turn based, which is a little less hectic than Divinity 2...

[Luseth 1,978]

30 minutes ago, phil bottle said:

 

It's all based on D&D 5e so it'll definitely help embed your knowledge. I think the combat is turn based, which is a little less hectic than Divinity 2...

 

Similar to how I am playing Pathfinder then ^_^ I will be honest I have not got too far in Divinity 2 yet, I think I got pulled away by another game so maybe I might go back to that first and see if I can hold out till a deal on Baldurs Gate crops up ^_^ Only downside then is you get a bit of FOMO 😄

[J4MES OX4D 10,057]

Decided to bite the bullet and picked it up - absolutely amazing game so far! 

 

[Lurch 1,619]

I want to have a look into getting this game. My brother (@Loz Mars) and I are thinking about starting a co-op campaign, which could be very fun.

[J4MES OX4D 10,057]

So I’ve played a bit more since release day and it’s really nice to have a game that is complete, isn’t divided up into improvised seasons with garbage content, and has no season pass or microtransactions, plus can be played offline. However the more I play, the more apparent it becomes that this is just a hardcore version of Divinity Original Sin 3.
 

It just doesn’t feel resemble Baldur’s Gate at all. The characters have layers of depth and deep interactions, yet I don’t feel much of a rapport between the party members. The combat system is also quite dull especially compared to something like Wasteland 2 and you can stumble into impossible encounters far too often.  
 

The writing isn’t as good as I was expecting from a narrator and dialogue standpoint and I also think the interface is hideous. Really not a fan of some of Larian’s aesthetics or general art style. Character creator and voice lines is extremely limited although the classes are riddled with depth. 
 

it’s a tough one - on the one hand this is a solid product that a lot of people will enjoy and on the other, it’s just another Larian RPG pretending to be a BG title that doesn’t ooze a personality or have the narrative to back it up. I found it to be amazing and intriguing at first but it’s beginning to stink in some areas and it’s shortcomings are obvious. 

[phil bottle 9,822]

Classic James and appreciated 🤗  yeah I do wonder when everyone goes mad for a game, if perspective is often lost. Fortunately we're kept grounded on here 😁

 

It's getting 800k concurrent players just on Steam and metacritic jumps between 93 and 94.

Hopefully by the time I get around to it the dust will have settled and more people will have played more and fed back. I am itching to try it out I must admit.

 

[J4MES OX4D 10,057]

Another couple of quite annoying issues that people are blindly overlooking when giving it 11/10 scores is the pathing is broken for your companions - you can find a trap, swerve it and they'll walk over it. The other is a rather annoying pause every time you are given a dialogue choice. The camera moves to your character and then there's a 1-2 second awkward stop before the dialogue options appear. It sounds minimal but it actually affects the flow of conversation and looks absolutely fucking shite if I'm honest. Not sure if it's loading in dynamic algorithmic choices or if it's psyching you up for a choice option but when this happens 4-5 times in a single scene, it begins to annoy.  

[phil bottle 9,822]

 

 

 

[phil bottle 9,822]

Game has been and continues to be a massive success. Not a single micro transaction or pay walled content.

 

Still, I'm not allowed to play it until Destiny: Original Sin 2 is completed. So, it'll be a tenner by the time I play it 😭😅

[Lurch 1,619]

Seen a lot of good things about this game. Girlfriend really wants it.

[GazzaGarratt 11,066]

PC or Playstation version? Would the PS version be any less worthy than the master race one?

[phil bottle 9,822]

3 hours ago, GazzaGarratt said:

PC or Playstation version? Would the PS version be any less worthy than the master race one?

 

Just a different control scheme. It's probably going to be quite complicated on a controller compared with keyboard and mouse but game-wise should be just as decent as PC.

[The3rdWalker 1,274]

This game has been  worth every single penny.