Baldur's Gate Baldur's Gate 3 Pre-Release Thread [EARLY ACCESS RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[rusty_shackleford]

If we're gonna have illithids in Baldur's Gate, then the game will consist mostly of sewers. Despair.

Them squids agoraphobic?

Well, they're gonna make devious plot hiding with the sewers, have a few politicians in they pocket, infiltrate the chantry, etc.

I don't want it from Larian. This kind of stories for some reason always turns out stupid.

This is starting to sound pretty antisemitic

 

[alyvain]

If we're gonna have illithids in Baldur's Gate, then the game will consist mostly of sewers. Despair.

Them squids agoraphobic?

Well, they're gonna make devious plot hiding with the sewers, have a few politicians in they pocket, infiltrate the chantry, etc.

I don't want it from Larian. This kind of stories for some reason always turns out stupid.

This is starting to sound pretty antisemitic

I haven't said anything about the banks. That's monkey business.

 

[vortex]

Well, they're gonna make devious plot hiding with the sewers, have a few politicians in they pocket, infiltrate the chantry, etc.

I don't want it from Larian. This kind of stories for some reason always turns out stupid.

Fabulously pessimistic!

 

[Jarpie]

I assume Obsidian will not just sit there passively but try to make poeIII even better than bgIII.
poeIII vs bgIII
The fight has started.

POE III vs BG III vs PFK II.

 

[Perkel]

Epic getting Epic'ed

Baldur’s Gate 3 Will Not Launch on the Epic Games Store Right Away, Steam and GOG Coming First
https://www.dualshockers.com/baldurs-gate-3-not-epic-games-store/

Epic is known right now to get those sweetass deals just before game launch. So people who masturbate over steam like you will spend all their cum promoting game hating Epic, while Epic will swoop in last minute leaving you like Mongol horde.

How's Bioware taking it? Can't be happy after their latest failure I imagine.

Probably they don't know that Baldurs Gate is. Most of people who worked on those games quit over years. Last head of studio from that time quit i think 2 years ago.

 

[Jimmious]

In case anyone didn't read the RPS interview:

The story itself will not be a direct continuation of events from the original game. “The story of the previous Baldur’s Gate was closed – it was actually closed, in a certain sense, in a tapletop campaign called Murder At Baldur’s Gate [where the murder of the original protagnoist triggers the action – ed], so that’s where it really came to its closure,” says Vincke.

What he can tell me is that “we are in the city of Baldur’s Gate, we’re in Forgotten Realms and stuff has happened in the world since [D&D’s] 3.5 edition. This game directly follows a new campaign called Baldur’s Gate: Descent Into Avernus, we worked very closely with them on that, and so our story continues right after that.” This makes talking about the game even more challenging, as Ascent Into Avernus isn’t out until September and Vincke doesn’t want to spoil how that story unfolds.

 

[Curratum]

POE III vs BG III vs PFK II.

There can't be another Kingmaker, they exhausted the path as it is in the books. I'd play the hell out of Rise of the Runelords, though.

 

[vortex]

POE III vs BG III vs PFK II.

America vs. Belgium vs. Russia
That's almost enough to start Third World (cRPG) War.

 

[InD_ImaginE]

How's Bioware taking it? Can't be happy after their latest failure I imagine.

The people in Bioware who would care about BG have already long gone.

 

[Jarpie]

POE III vs BG III vs PFK II.

There can't be another Kingmaker, they exhausted the path as it is in the books. I'd play the hell out of Rise of the Runelords, though.

As we don't know what's the next game will be (other than another game based on Pathfinder), I used PFK II just as shorthand.

 

[Abu Antar]

It might not be Divinity 3, but it could still be third person perspective.

 

[agris]

In case anyone didn't read the RPS interview:

The story itself will not be a direct continuation of events from the original game. “The story of the previous Baldur’s Gate was closed – it was actually closed, in a certain sense, in a tapletop campaign called Murder At Baldur’s Gate [where the murder of the original protagnoist triggers the action – ed], so that’s where it really came to its closure,” says Vincke.

What he can tell me is that “we are in the city of Baldur’s Gate, we’re in Forgotten Realms and stuff has happened in the world since [D&D’s] 3.5 edition. This game directly follows a new campaign called Baldur’s Gate: Descent Into Avernus, we worked very closely with them on that, and so our story continues right after that.” This makes talking about the game even more challenging, as Ascent Into Avernus isn’t out until September and Vincke doesn’t want to spoil how that story unfolds.

Some more fun quotes from that article. Emphasis mine.

“Baldur’s Gate added a few things to the state of the art back in 1998,” says Vincke. “The party became much more important, there were the relationships between the party – much more in Baldur’s Gate 2 than one.

Ohhh, BG3 will have deep companions. Can't wait! Maybe we can go deep too? hurmm...

And all this is true of Baldur’s Gate 3? “Yeah. The party’s going to be big, exploration’s going to be big, player agency is going to be big, decisions are going to be big, multiplayer is going to be big – and single player, obviously. The originals were also tough games, so challenges are going to be big.”

Decision? Big. Exploration? Big. Agency? HUGE! Multiplayer?

Spoiler

Man, sign me the fuck up!!

That shift to modern D&D rules is the biggest clue we get as to how the game will play. It means saying goodbye to the Infinity Engine, for starters. “Those were great games for their time, but next year is 2020 and you can’t do the same things you did back then. No one would want to play it. Well, people would want to play it, but it wouldn’t meet the expectations of a modern video game” says Vincke.

Heh, the type of game that no one wants to play is the type you released less than 2 years ago? Ohhhh, and modern video game expectations too huh? Wonder why I keep thinking this will be a TPP action rpg.

“The thing about player agency and making tough decisions is that if it goes badly it should go badly. We’re going to be following that recipe, yes.” And while you’ll still have to pick your character’s moral alignment, “In 5th edition [rules] the impact of alignment is a bit lesser than it used to be in 2nd edition. So that will be less.”

Same choice, less consequence. Nice.


This news is a wet fart. Has the codex not learned anything?

 

[Volrath]

Ok. Fuck. This.

All I wanted was a turn based cRPG based on the 5E ruleset that took place somewhere in the Forgotten Realms. Something ridiculously cheesy.

Instead it looks like I'm getting a cheap dragon age knock off. Hope truly kills you in the end.

I think I'm officially done with gaming bros.

 

[Thonius]

Larian is trash I agree, but maybe they'll have their inane comedy under control?
Anyhow you all forgot about that german CC game aka Realms Byond.
Don't expect incline from any big company. I got high hopes for Pathfinder II crpg.

 

[agris]

Ok. Fuck. This.

All I wanted was a turn based cRPG based on the 5E ruleset that took place somewhere in the Forgotten Realms. Something ridiculously cheesy.

Instead it looks like I'm getting a cheap dragon age knock off. Hope truly kills you in the end.

I think I'm officially done with gaming bros.

There's a lot of good games beyond the Larian and Obisidian trash bin of releases man. Just poke your nose through these forums.

 

[FeelTheRads]

All I wanted was a turn based cRPG based on the 5E ruleset that took place somewhere in the Forgotten Realms.

Never gonna happen with a game made by like 300 people. It's a AAA game with a ton of money put into it. It will be mainstream shit. I'm 50/50 on it being a "cinematic experience".

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Anyhow you all forgot about that german CC game aka Realms Byond.

aka game that fired their writer for wrongthink to appease the twitter mob

 

[Volrath]

Larian is trash I agree, but maybe they'll have their inane comedy under control?
Anyhow you all forgot about that german CC game aka Realms Byond.

That's vaporware until proven otherwise. They're also a bunch of SJW cucks.

 

[Thonius]

Larian is trash I agree, but maybe they'll have their inane comedy under control?
Anyhow you all forgot about that german CC game aka Realms Byond.

That's vaporware until proven otherwise. They're also a bunch of SJW cucks.

Whatever my man. The things they showed ( editors) will make up for that drama shit. Unless they code POC's everywhere in editor and prohibit cetain themes... And we know they can not do that.

 

[Perkel]

Ok i never used a signature but it is time to do this.


edit:

Or maybe not. Not worth it. Though i will enjoy popcorn watching them fail again in AAA business.

 

[FeelTheRads]

Ah, OK, they already went with the "expectations of a modern video game" line.

And this is where everyone should realize this is going to be shit if they didn't already. But we have people who have hopes for Bloodlines 2 too so...

 

[Thonius]

Ok i never used a signature but it is time to do this.

That quote from your signature is fucking golden man. It's like there were no Kickstarter wave of "old school games". There are shit ton of people who want exactly that...
I ques when you have "fuck you" money you can say "fuck you" to customers too. Fucking Swen, giant douche. Can I have time-machine and un-bake DOS'2 ( shitty game btw )?

 

[Perkel]

Blodlines 2 will be even bigger rape than this.

 

[Neanderthal]

Hey guys you remember that thing you like? Well we're gonna make a sequel to it, well when we say sequel it won't have any of the features you liked, or the ruleset, and it won't be designed for you but a more modern (retarded) audience.

But you're still excited for it right?

 

[Trans-Financial-Man]

"but there's no word on when Baldur's Gate 3 will be released, and the only platforms Larian will talk about are PC and, wait for it, Google's stream-dream, Stadia."

Only PC announced at the moment and won't be a Stadia exclusive, however epic is still out there.

Get fucked Epic.

Based Larian told the Chink Malware Store to BTFO.