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

[NJClaw]

I envy ppl with fast internetz.

Can't wait to make a Dwarf Wizard!

 

[NJClaw]

"Baldur's Gate 3 is heavily based on the Divinity: Original Sin 2 engine and many magic items from that game have been adapted for D&D. As such, it's far more common to find +1 items, potions, and scrolls. The magic arrowheads and explosives from Divinity: Original Sin 2 can also be found in Baldur's Gate 3, and they can perform AoE attacks that leave effects on the battlefield."

Enjoy your larian game guys.

Oh, so, apart from the effects left on the battlefield, it's just like the original Baldur's Gate! Cool, I loved that game!

 

[Heroic Liberator]

I envy ppl with fast internetz.

Can't wait to make a Dwarf Wizard!

BioWare was right to bar Dwarves from being mages.

 

[Russia is over. The end.]

Enjoy your larian game guys.

I said this was gonna happen a year ago, but again nobody believed me.

 

[Xamenos]

BioWare

You are aware Bioware did not came up with the rules by themselves, right?

 

[NJClaw]

BioWare was right to bar Dwarves from being mages.

In 5E, dwarves make interesting wizards thanks to their racial armor proficiency. You can go around in medium armor throwing fireballs.

 

[Heroic Liberator]

BioWare

You are aware Bioware did not came up with the rules by themselves, right?

Too bad that WotC didn't keep 'em.

 

[Gastrick]

I don't understand why anyone would pay for games, nevermind a demo. That ruins the point of a demo, since you already paid full price.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Enjoy your larian game guys.

I said this was gonna happen a year ago, but again nobody believed me.

Wasn't that just blindingly obvious?

 

[Hot Coldman]

I envy ppl with fast internetz.

Can't wait to make a Dwarf Wizard!

BioWare was right to bar Dwarves from being mages.

Holy shit, someone ACTUALLY wrote BioWare with a capital W.. too bad they have been assimilated by EA and are thus irrelevant to non-braindead computer games.

 

[toro]

I'm bored already and I haven't even played it.

This is basically a retarded D:OS3.

It looks like Larian learned from the best and managed to pull off a Bethesda: buy a well known franchise, build a bastardized sequel which has nothing in common with the original games and profit.

people who think larian is the one profiting off of name recognition here are insane
dos2 has been one of the best selling games on Steam for years now, there hasn't been a D&D-licensed singleplayer RPG worth mentioning for two decades.

Are you saying that Larian is using the BG name for no reason? Or are you retarded?

 

[rusty_shackleford]

I'm bored already and I haven't even played it.

This is basically a retarded D:OS3.

It looks like Larian learned from the best and managed to pull off a Bethesda: buy a well known franchise, build a bastardized sequel which has nothing in common with the original games and profit.

people who think larian is the one profiting off of name recognition here are insane
dos2 has been one of the best selling games on Steam for years now, there hasn't been a D&D-licensed singleplayer RPG worth mentioning for two decades.

Are you saying that Larian is using the BG name for no reason? Or are you retarded?

I'm saying that they approached WotC to create a licensed D&D product and WotC later contacted them back about BG3.
Because that's what Sven said in one of those videos he posted.

 

[toro]

I'm bored already and I haven't even played it.

This is basically a retarded D:OS3.

It looks like Larian learned from the best and managed to pull off a Bethesda: buy a well known franchise, build a bastardized sequel which has nothing in common with the original games and profit.

people who think larian is the one profiting off of name recognition here are insane
dos2 has been one of the best selling games on Steam for years now, there hasn't been a D&D-licensed singleplayer RPG worth mentioning for two decades.

Are you saying that Larian is using the BG name for no reason? Or are you retarded?

I'm saying that they approached WotC to create a licensed D&D product and WotC later contacted them back about BG3.
Because that's what Sven said in one of those videos he posted.

Nice deflection.

The only reason this game exist is that both WotC and Larian saw the writing on the wall: Skinned D:OS2 + BG name = Profit.

 

[Tyranicon]

BioWare was right to bar Dwarves from being mages.

In 5E, dwarves make interesting wizards thanks to their racial armor proficiency. You can go around in medium armor throwing fireballs.

It's only really useful for early levels that don't want to take the mage armor spell.

 

[Jenkem]

why is everyone naming their character "Venture Forth"

 

[conan_edw]

Was torn between going for Arcane Trickster or trying Assassin since assassinate could come handy at 3rd level but it seems that it wasn't implemented for the EA. Arcane it is then.

 

[ChildInTime]

See, like every self-respecting lvl 1 adventurer we are dealing with rats!

 

[rusty_shackleford]

I'm bored already and I haven't even played it.

This is basically a retarded D:OS3.

It looks like Larian learned from the best and managed to pull off a Bethesda: buy a well known franchise, build a bastardized sequel which has nothing in common with the original games and profit.

people who think larian is the one profiting off of name recognition here are insane
dos2 has been one of the best selling games on Steam for years now, there hasn't been a D&D-licensed singleplayer RPG worth mentioning for two decades.

Are you saying that Larian is using the BG name for no reason? Or are you retarded?

I'm saying that they approached WotC to create a licensed D&D product and WotC later contacted them back about BG3.
Because that's what Sven said in one of those videos he posted.

Nice deflection.

The only reason this game exist is that both WotC and Larian saw the writing on the wall: Skinned D:OS2 + BG name = Profit.

It exists because Sven wanted to make a licensed D&D game and WotC saw a way to start making video games that sell well again after Atari ran them into the ground.
Or do you think it's merely a coincidence that WotC is releasing Dark Alliance 3 shortly after BG3?

If the BG name is so valuable, how well do you think Siege of Dragonspear sold? Surely the completely well known BG name caused it to sell billions of copies?

 

[kangaxx]

I understand this is EA but I've already had 3 bad crashes after about an hour's gameplay.

 

[The Wall]

There are currently 55k+ players on Steam playing BG3*. Did any PoE, Wasteland, DoS etc. came even close to these numbers?

*wouldn't be surprised to see number rise to 100k before midnight

 

[CyberModuled]

There are currently 55k+ players on Steam playing BG3*. Did any PoE, Wasteland, DoS etc. came even close to these numbers?

*wouldn't be surprised to see number rise to 100k before midnight

OS2 is a little under 100K so they'll have to beat themselves (the rest didn't even come close)

 

[rusty_shackleford]

There are currently 55k+ players on Steam playing BG3*. Did any PoE, Wasteland, DoS etc. came even close to these numbers?

*wouldn't be surprised to see number rise to 100k before midnight

OS2 is a little under 100K so they'll have to beat themselves (the rest didn't even come close)

https://steamcharts.com/app/228280
SoD effectively released in early April 2016, causing BGEE to hit an all-time peak players of 3,756 players.

just slap that BG name on your product and watch it fly off the shelf

 

[Volrath]

Pretty nice setting for a tutorial area if I do say so myself.

 

[Robber Baron]

Finally finished downloading, off I go then

Spoiler

 

[Xamenos]

There are currently 55k+ players on Steam playing BG3*. Did any PoE, Wasteland, DoS etc. came even close to these numbers?

*wouldn't be surprised to see number rise to 100k before midnight

OS2 is a little under 100K so they'll have to beat themselves (the rest didn't even come close)

https://steamcharts.com/app/228280
SoD effectively released in early April 2016, causing BGEE to hit an all-time peak players of 3,756 players.

just slap that BG name on your product and watch it fly off the shelf

Yeah, Wizards wanted this much, much more than Larian. Everyone who doesn't see this is blind.