Baldur's Gate Baldur's Gate 3 Early Access Thread [GAME RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[GhostCow]

MSAA is better than all the bullshit that came after it

SSAA - works on the whole image, very expensive in terms of performance, needs a lot of samples to look good

MSAA - only works on edges, does nothing for "crawling" or flickering textures, much cheaper than SSAA in terms of performance

FXAA/SMAA - post-processing based AA that is much cheaper than MSAA but produces a blurry image

TAA /TXAA - adds a temporal dimension to the AA, yields much better results than MSAA with the same amount of samples but introduces motion blurr

DLAA - it's TXAA on steroids. Uses tensor cores or eliminate temporal artifacts and handles fine detail much better than TXAA


I'd say DLAA is currently the best anti-aliasing solution, by a long shot. 8x SSAA might produce even better results but it's unreasonably expensive in terms of performance. DLAA produces the best results in its performance class.

TXAA is garbage. It blurs the entire screen. DLAA also makes things blurry and can cause flicker and other weirdness on top of that. It's shit. Return to tradition. Bring back MSAA. "Only works on the edges" makes it sound worse when that's actually the benefit. You only want AA on the edges or you end up with blurry bullshit.

SSAA is dumb because it's just downscaling from a higher resolution. You should just play at a higher resolution instead.

If you like TXAA you should just smear Vaseline all over your monitor. You'll get the same effect with no performance loss.

 

[Tyranicon]

Fextralife just confirmed you definitely can respec SH into other domains

Nobody has made a statement to the contrary. What people are saying now is that respeccing class of class-sensitive companions will break plot/dialogue.

Because the update hints that this will be the case. Contrary to what Swen said (he specifically said the game would completely ignore companion respecs when it came to companion interactions).

Swen needs to be careful before he gets into Peter Molyneux/No Man's Sky territory.

Then again, why not just keep going? Reputation has almost no effect in this industry because consoomers are retarded. The best marketing strat is just to keep lying out of your ass nonstop until launch and then just pull an "oopsie, we didn't want to crunch!" card.

Then spend a few years trickling out updates until your rabid playerbase defends your honor like some simp with an anime waifu crush.

 

[Theodora]

So? I put hundreds of hours into Wrath despite my better knowledge.

Don't you have anything better to do???

FXAA/SMAA - post-processing based AA that is much cheaper than MSAA but produces a blurry image

Seen a few remasters of PS3-era games offer CMAA as an alternative to FXAA, and while it's still relatively basic and low demand it seems way better than FXAA in most cases. Especially text, doesn't turn it into a mess.

 

[Non-Edgy Gamer]

Because the update hints that this will be the case.

I think you're reading too much into it.

Keep in mind, the community update was probably written by some community manager who probably has never or barely played the full game, and has poorly worded other parts of the update or gotten it wrong already (hence, the changes they made to it).

Swen already said that "in their head" the characters will always be the same class they were written around. And mechanically, that makes sense. Dialog is going to check for whether or not they're [Origin: Astarion] or whatever, not [is vampire rogue]. It'd make no sense to write code that way, otherwise a player could just be a human, female cleric with a Sharrite subclass and get all of Shadowheart's dialog.

It's the normal, non-character specific, dialog checks that should reflect their new class.

 

[Clockwork Knight]

Swen needs to be careful before he gets into Peter Molyneux/No Man's Sky territory.

Then again, why not just keep going? Reputation has almost no effect in this industry because consoomers are retarded. The best marketing strat is just to keep lying out of your ass nonstop until launch and then just pull an "oopsie, we didn't want to crunch!" card.

Then spend a few years trickling out updates until your rabid playerbase defends your honor like some simp with an anime waifu crush.

t.

 

[The_Mask]

Don't you have anything better to do???

Something better to do than playing RPGs?!?

...

Okay... you may have a point.

 

[HammyTheFat]

Fedora Master are you really saying you won't play the game?

I'll pirate it and post about my experience here. I'll be explaining my opinions with examples straight from the game.

Prime example of hateplaying

But will he or Drakortha have more hours?

 

[Non-Edgy Gamer]

Fedora Master are you really saying you won't play the game?

I'll pirate it and post about my experience here. I'll be explaining my opinions with examples straight from the game.

Prime example of hateplaying

I will probably be hate playing it more than they will, since I actually payed for it.

That said, the foundational design seems extremely competent from what I've seen, so I expect I will enjoy any part of the game without some tranny in it.

 

[Grauken]

Fedora Master are you really saying you won't play the game?

I'll pirate it and post about my experience here. I'll be explaining my opinions with examples straight from the game.

Prime example of hateplaying

I will probably be hate playing it more than they will, since I actually payed for it.

That said, the foundational design seems extremely competent from what I've seen, so I expect I will enjoy any part of the game without some tranny in it.

Unlike them your approach is more even-handed and rational, I respect that

 

[GhostCow]

I will probably be hate playing it more than they will, since I actually payed for it.

I saved my PTO all year for this bullshit just for bear sex to be announced right after I requested the days off. No one will be hate playing this more than me.

 

[mindx2]

Have not been following this thread but just read 20+ pages and have a few questions about the game. I have intentionally read very little about the game. I didn't touch the EA as I just won't do the EA thing so:

- Was sent my key by Larian from when I bought the physical edition a long time ago. If I install it is this the EA version or the launch version?
- Will you be able to turn OFF the narrator?
- Will you have to take the orc girl as a companion?
- Is this a Bioware-type relationship simulator?

I'm sure there are other issues but these jump out after a quick glance.

 

[The_Mask]

I will probably be hate playing it more than they will, since I actually payed for it.

I saved my PTO all year for this bullshit just for bear sex to be announced right after I requested the days off. No one will be hate playing this more than me.

 

[Jermu]

Have not been following this thread but just read 20+ pages and have a few questions about the game. I have intentionally read very little about the game. I didn't touch the EA as I just won't do the EA thing so:

- Was sent my key by Larian from when I bought the physical edition a long time ago. If I install it is this the EA version or the launch version?
- Will you be able to turn OFF the narrator?
- Will you have to take the orc girl as a companion?
- Is this a Bioware-type relationship simulator?

I'm sure there are other issues but these jump out after a quick glance.

1. wait few days
2. yes
3. no you can kill everyone or tell em to fuck off
4. read 3

 

[Non-Edgy Gamer]

Unlike them your approach is more even-handed and rational, I respect that

I mainly just don't like dumb arguments. I find that the sort of person that makes them just becomes a liability to the thread later on if you tolerate them. They contribute nothing to the conversation and are just here to troll incessantly.

A little trolling is fine, but when that's the only reason you're here, you're just bored and will probably buy the game later out of boredom and switch sides, making the same brainless arguments for the other team.

Better to just call out any bad arguments right away, that way the thread won't attract such people, and any that are here can leave.

 

[Non-Edgy Gamer]

Is this a Bioware-type relationship simulator?

Reinhardt

 

[Raeyn]

There is undoubtedly a lot of dogshit in this game... but it's really hard to form a concrete opinion until it's actually out and playable.

No doubt, it would be exponentially better without a drag queen circus or tranny voice actors. But as long as I can kill these NPCs and enjoy everything else, it may end up an honestly enjoyable game.
Sad truth in 2023 is that we aren't going to be able to escape these things any longer. People have lost their minds everywhere.

Looking forward to Thursday.

 

[Abu Antar]

Is hate play the new hate sex?

 

[Clockwork Knight]

- Was sent my key by Larian from when I bought the physical edition a long time ago. If I install it is this the EA version or the launch version?

It's the same thing, the file is just replaced on steam/gog on release and you have to download a patch/new files to make it 1.0. Don't install it now because the Bg3 early access files and saves can't be used for release version, so you'd have to redownload everything anyway.

 

[luj1]

Is this a Bioware-type relationship simulator?

Reinhardt

it is like a dating sim, yes

 

[Darth Valer]

Just found out Shadowheart's VA is lesbian. Hope this ruins her for the most retarded pieces of shit among you

 

[GhostCow]

Just found out Shadowheart's VA is lesbian. Hope this ruins her for the most retarded pieces of shit among you

Don't you have some resetera threads to be posting in?

 

[jaekl]

Is this a Bioware-type relationship simulator?

Reinhardt

it is like a dating sim, yes

Yep, now you've got dick in all of the most popular flavours, but as far as women go you must choose between goblin, single mother, old lady or one of two trans lunatics (red or blue)

 

[Takamori]

To try first run on Tactician mode or not... That is the real question.

I didn't play through DoS2 to the end. How bad are Larian when it comes to combat design/balance?

Given how easy is to exploit this game might as well go Tactician to feel barely challenged?

Either I expect a walk in a park or some really retarded unbalanced encounters where you will open your campfire and cheese with whatever respec optimal for that situation.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Oh boy, Larian have "innovated" the "Doubly-Chosen One".

Mask of the Betrayer, Obsidian Entertainment. You're both the shard bearer/Kalach-Cha and the Spirit-Eater, what are the odds?

If people dislike chosen one stories, they should avoid fantasy

Even restricting myself to the canon of best fantasy, there are many novels and stories that are not about a "chosen one":

W.H. Hodgson- The House on the Borderland, The Night Land

Lord Dunsany- Various stories (e.g. The Sword of Welleran)

Abraham Merritt- The Moon Pool, The Ship of Ishtar, Creep Shadow Creep

Eric Rücker Eddison- The Worm Ouroboros

H.P. Lovecraft- Various stories (e.g. The Cats of Ulthar)

Robert E. Howard- Conan the Cimmerian stories, Solomon Kane stories

Clark Ashton Smith- Various stories (e.g. The Seven Geases)

J.R.R. Tolkien- The Hobbit

Fritz Leiber- Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories

Mervyn Peake- Titus Groan, Gormenghast

Jack Vance- The Dying Earth stories and novels, Lyonesse trilogy

Poul Anderson- The Broken Sword

Peter S. Beagle- A Fine and Private Place, The Last Unicorn

Michael Moorcock- Elric stories (1961-1977, in publication order)

Roger Zelazny- original Amber novels, Dilvish the Damned stories

Greatly outnumbering the items I removed from the list for being "chosen one" stories, or at least too close.

 

[Ulysa]

the genital selection screen,

the what?...
Fuck I just googled it.

they can't imagine their genitals? It's more difficult than imagining a day/night cycle I guess.