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

[Sailor Woedica]

 

[Strange Fellow]

I believe the time is nigh for the 'anyone who expected this to be a faithful successor/faithful to the ruleset/isometric/in any way good/etc. were kidding themselves, this was always gonna be a mainstream production' crowd to roll up. Nothing fuels the fiesta of despair like a good gloat.

 

[hexer]

I hate the way most games get announced nowadays.
They give you next to no info, just a fancy trailer and leave you for years to speculate if what he said meant they tweaked the misses or omitted them.
Inb4 I unplug the internet cord to save my soul and sanity

 

[conan_edw]

It wasn't announced for consoles as well which could still be something positive.

 

[Hellion]

It wasn't announced for consoles as well which could still be something positive.

In true Larian fashion, they will release it for consoles when the "ENHANCED EDITION" inevitably comes out.

 

[The Bishop]

did you even play the original baldur's gate games?

Yes I did. I take it you played BG for multiplayer?

 

[vortex]

What if it's going to be AcRPG - Action cRPG ?

Dragon Age Inquisition was BIOW most selling game.
I don't know if Larian can have that amount of budget to make it better and fix mistakes there.

Inb4 I unplug the internet cord to save my soul and sanity

Save your soul.

 

[Sailor Woedica]

Inb4 I unplug the internet cord to save my soul and sanity

Save your soul.

 

[PapaPetro]

So it's like real money?

 

[glass blackbird]

Okay, Ladies and Gentlemen, two important pieces of information.

1. Sven is already contradicting himself. In the RPS interview he states that the storyline of Baldur's Gate I and II is ended, while in the article at Venturebeat it's stated that the game "It builds on the material and storylines from Baldur’s Gate (1997) and Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn (2000)". Also, while RPS states that the story is closed with "Murder in Baldur's Gate", the aforementioned Venturebeat article instead informs that the adventure module was used to basically map out the city.

2. Here is a full list of survivors from the previous games. Only the first two have more than one source (Coran has three in total), so treat it with a grain of salt.
- Minsc,
- Coran,
- Dynaheir,
- Edwin,
- Faldorn,
- Imoen,
- Jaheira
- Kagain,
- Kivan,
- Xzar,
- Montaron,
- Viconia,
- Xan,

He said that the story of the bhaalspawn ended. Other stuff also happened in those games, you know. especially there's all those scenes with mindflayers that never really went anywhere but now maybe can

 

[Spectacle]

This shit is gonna be Sword Coast Legends 2

 

[Sergiu64]

He said that the story of the bhaalspawn ended. Other stuff also happened in those games, you know. especially there's all those scenes with mindflayers that never really went anywhere but now maybe can

In this universe the protagonist never went after Crom Fyer. His selfish desire to avoid overpowered items insured the Illithid lair was allowed to grow and spread to Baldur's Gate from Athkatla.

 

[Trans-Financial-Man]

So it's like real money?

WotC finally being honest jews about what they did with Gygax's soul I see.

 

[santino27]

The fact they wont confirm its going to be TB system means it wont be. If it was, why wouldn't they confirm it right away?
Same for "isometric" PoV...

The fucking "modern audiences" angle says who will it be made for. I kinda doubt they will go for RtWP, so that only leaves full real time combat... but 5e isnt built for that.
Since its a party based game the field of view must be wider, it cant be third person, but they will probably go for some inane version of it. Probably some fucking cinematic shit version of Divinity games.

Well, in that case i hope they crash and burn.

My last bit of fabulous and deluded optimism is that the reason they're not saying TB or RT is because it's neither, and they're instead implementing a phase-based game.

As for why they're not confirming it's isometric... I don't know ok? I just don't know! God damn it; get off my back!

 

[Spectacle]

So what's the general consensus for the best rulest for a BG3?

There's no consensus, codexers playing videogames are already rare. Those who play them AND play pnp are incredibly rare . So i'll give you my expert answer, ruleset doesn't matter much, all of them would be good except 4E, as long the story telling is great.

Why not 4E? It's got by far the best tactical combat of any D&D edition, it would be great for a CRPG.

Because 4E is too balanced and boring, balance is the worse that can happen to a fantasy game.We want fun ,unbalanced stuff, spend hours thinking out builds to break the system.

LOL, 5e is way more balanced than 4e. 5e is nearly impossible to cheese, while 4e had a ton of broken combos. One of the selling points of 5e is that doesn't require the DM to watch out for overpowered characters.

 

[Infinitron]

Swen's detailed commentary on the trailer: https://www.gamespot.com/videos/baldurs-gate-3-trailer-breakdown-and-easter-eggs-w/2300-6449730/

Baldur's Gate 3 Trailer Breakdown & Easter Eggs With Larian Founder
Larian Founder Swen Vincke breaks down all the hidden Easter eggs that you might have missed from the Baldur's Gate 3 Trailer.

Not just video: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/baldurs-gate-3-aims-to-do-what-no-other-rpg-has/1100-6467440/

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Swen's detailed commentary on the trailer: https://www.gamespot.com/videos/baldurs-gate-3-trailer-breakdown-and-easter-eggs-w/2300-6449730/

Baldur's Gate 3 Trailer Breakdown & Easter Eggs With Larian Founder
Larian Founder Swen Vincke breaks down all the hidden Easter eggs that you might have missed from the Baldur's Gate 3 Trailer.

Not just video: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/baldurs-gate-3-aims-to-do-what-no-other-rpg-has/1100-6467440/

Is three a reimagining? A straight sequel? How much are you taking from the originals?

SV: The previous Baldur's Gate were based on Dungeons & Dragons 3.5.

 

[Alienman]

It wasn't announced for consoles as well which could still be something positive.

In true Larian fashion, they will release it for consoles when the "ENHANCED EDITION" inevitably comes out.

Baldur's Gate 3: GENTRIFICATION EDITION

 

[m_s0]

I feel... nothing. Odd. Not a good teaser, either - if it wasn't BG3 with decades of FR lore to quote in previews no one would've cared.

 

[Lacrymas]

Well, technically, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 2 is based on 3E.

 

[ArchAngel]

So what's the general consensus for the best rulest for a BG3?

There's no consensus, codexers playing videogames are already rare. Those who play them AND play pnp are incredibly rare . So i'll give you my expert answer, ruleset doesn't matter much, all of them would be good except 4E, as long the story telling is great.

Why not 4E? It's got by far the best tactical combat of any D&D edition, it would be great for a CRPG.

Because 4E is too balanced and boring, balance is the worse that can happen to a fantasy game.We want fun ,unbalanced stuff, spend hours thinking out builds to break the system.

LOL, 5e is way more balanced than 4e. 5e is nearly impossible to cheese, while 4e had a ton of broken combos. One of the selling points of 5e is that doesn't require the DM to watch out for overpowered characters.

That was not my limited experience with 5e. I specifically remember people picking humans, and taking polearm fighting feat at lvl 1 that let you take two attacks when every other idiot gets one attack.

 

[Gerrard]

Remember the last time a different studio was making a part 3 of an RPG series?

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Remember the last time a different studio was making a part 3 of an RPG series?

diablo 3?

 

[The Bishop]

did you even play the original baldur's gate games?

Yes I did. I take it you played BG for multiplayer?

rusty_shackleford Since you avoiding answering the question, I have to guess you didn't in fact play BG for multiplayer. But why? Feature so important that you felt the dire need to inform me about it, yet didn't use?

 

[rusty_shackleford]

did you even play the original baldur's gate games?

Yes I did. I take it you played BG for multiplayer?

rusty_shackleford Since you avoiding answering the question, I have to guess you didn't in fact play BG for multiplayer. But why? Feature so important that you felt the dire need to inform me about it, yet didn't use?

you implied it can't be rtwp because it has multiplayer yet the originals had multiplayer