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Baldur's Gate 3
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THFourteen 54,987 posts
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Frogofdoom 17,973 posts
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Registered 9 years agoNot confirmed yet, they could have put that in the code knowing people would look.
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THFourteen 54,987 posts
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Registered 16 years agokilljoy! -
Frogofdoom 17,973 posts
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Registered 9 years agoThey are pretty much the perfect people to make it though so if anyone is I hope its them. -
Mola_Ram 26,187 posts
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Registered 9 years agoWhat story is there to continue with? The whole Bhaalspawn saga seemed pretty finished by the end of BG2's DLC.
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Rogueywon 12,387 posts
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Registered 16 years agoIf it's happening, I can't imagine a better company to do it than Larian. The idea of a Baldur's Gate 3 being written by the fanfiction hacks at Beamdog, or the wall-of-text merchants at Obsidian makes my blood run cold.
But Divinity: Original Sin 2 had just the right serious/silly mix to its design and writing for a Baldur's Gate game. -
ChiefGB 13,815 posts
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Registered 10 years agoEven if it is original sin 3, it’s still a win. -
Rogueywon 12,387 posts
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Registered 16 years agoEarly access is up now. Stupidly expensive and a stupidly big install.
It's downloading now. -
Mola_Ram 26,187 posts
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Registered 9 years agoYep, it is both of those things. I'm also installing it. 
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Rogueywon wrote:
The £50 price tag put me off an early access game.
Early access is up now. Stupidly expensive and a stupidly big install.
It's downloading now. -
challenge_hanukkah 14,394 posts
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Registered 8 years agoPC games in beta are now £50.
It'll be the same story as Wasteland 3. I'll be adamant that I won't buy it then be 3 or 4 drinks in and buy the £80 deluxe edition. -
Mola_Ram 26,187 posts
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Registered 9 years agoI wouldn't have bought wasteland 3 at that price. But it was on game pass, so eh.
And normally I wouldn't pay that for any game, but... it's Baldur's Gate. Can't say no to that, even if it's only Early Access. -
Bleh 487 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI"m curious how much it differs from the divinity original sin series. Maybe I should finish 2 first .gif)
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Mola_Ram 26,187 posts
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Registered 9 years agoRight now it's looking a lot like Dragon Age. At least as far as the visuals go. -
Load_2.0 33,582 posts
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Registered 18 years agoFor 50 quid you should get complimentary Ankheg plate mail. -
Mola_Ram 26,187 posts
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Registered 9 years agoAnyway, I'm a bit bummed that Bard isn't one of the initially available classes, as it's the one I normally choose. But I imagine that various updates will make me start new saves, so I guess I'll just roll something else in the meantime. Maybe a Cleric. -
challenge_hanukkah 14,394 posts
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Registered 8 years agoMola_Ram wrote:
Eww
Right now it's looking a lot like Dragon Age. At least as far as the visuals go. -
Is it as painfully difficult as divinity? A game I love the writing on but haven’t been able to leave fort joy as everywhere I turn I am getting murdered. -
Mola_Ram 26,187 posts
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Registered 9 years agoFrom what I've read the combat sounds less chaotic than DOS2. Whether that makes it easier or not, I don't know. Either way I think I'll appreciate something a bit more grounded.
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Phattso 27,426 posts
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Registered 17 years agochallenge_hanukkah wrote:
Let's not forget that DA: Origins was basically BioWare trying to return to their BG roots, so of course it aped that camera setup (to a point) and style. DA was them wanting the same depth of lore without paying the licensing fees for AD&D.
Mola_Ram wrote:
Eww
Right now it's looking a lot like Dragon Age. At least as far as the visuals go.
So as long as it's not as shonky as the more recent DA: Inquisition (which I genuinely thought looked like hammered, deep-fried, arse) then this might not be an insult... -
Rogueywon 12,387 posts
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Registered 16 years agoMy worry on this one hasn't been that it would look like Dragon Age, but rather that it would read like Pillars of Eternity. That was pitched by Obsidian as the big BG-successor, but was horrendously over-written and utterly leaden in tone. -
Phattso 27,426 posts
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Registered 17 years agoI think with Larian pulling the strings we're probably in safe hands there. They're not quite as pompous as the Obsidian writers were on that one (and I say that as someone who utterly adored Pillars of Eternity). -
Mola_Ram 26,187 posts
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Registered 9 years agoPhattso wrote:
It wasn't necessarily meant as an insult, just that it looks more cinematic than the other BG games. Or the Divinities, for that matter.
challenge_hanukkah wrote:
Let's not forget that DA: Origins was basically BioWare trying to return to their BG roots, so of course it aped that camera setup (to a point) and style. DA was them wanting the same depth of lore without paying the licensing fees for AD&D.
Mola_Ram wrote:
Eww
Right now it's looking a lot like Dragon Age. At least as far as the visuals go.
So as long as it's not as shonky as the more recent DA: Inquisition (which I genuinely thought looked like hammered, deep-fried, arse) then this might not be an insult...
And the closest cinematic RPG thing I've played to that is... Dragon Age Inquisition. Which I don't think looked like arse, though granted I've played much better-looking RPGs in the years between then and now. -
Phattso 27,426 posts
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Registered 17 years agoI was late to DA:I. Played it after The Witcher 3. So... yeah. It was a cross-gen title wasn't it? That probably explains it.
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Rogueywon wrote:
Yeah, it's a high price, PC games are getting too expensive. /currently downloading
Early access is up now. Stupidly expensive and a stupidly big install.
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HelloNo 2,283 posts
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Registered 13 years agoGiving this a go, got about an hour in. So far so Divinity OS. But that's not a bad thing.
Larian are good for content. So why it may seem a lot now you'll more than likely get your money's worth in time. -
StarchildHypocrethes 33,974 posts
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Registered 17 years agoIs it still turn-based like DOS or are they using a new RTWP system like BG? -
@StarchildHypocrethes Turn-based similar to DOS.
Worth a read if your thinking of buying.....
https://fextralife.com/baldurs-gate-3-early-access-first-impressions-should-you-get-bg3-ea/
... and 150GB 😮
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Nazo 1,951 posts
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Registered 12 years agoThe Ars Technica reviewer wasn’t a fan: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/10/baldurs-gate-3-early-access-mediocre-rpg-amazing-rendering-engine/
Doesn’t sound great, the party interactions are the part I remember most about BG2 -
I'm not sure where the 150GB thing comes from, my Steam installation was about 60.
Anyway, I'm having fun so far. The UI needs a bit of work, it doesn't feel like there's an easy way to customise your hotbar to have the skills you want (though I probably haven't looked hard enough yet). Movement feels a bit janky too, and the camera doesn't pull back as much as I'd like.
But it's good all the same. Since Bard wasn't available I rolled with a Tiefling Rogue, and I'm out of the tutorial area with a Cleric NPC in tow. I love the little dice rolling thing you get in conversations, it's actually reducing the temptation to save scum when I know that results are random (but with modifiers).
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