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

[Takamori]

The one race missing is probably the dragonborn. I suppose they need an entirely different skeleton. Tbh, if I were them I'd leave them out entirely. Only ...*ahem* scalies like them anyway.

Agree, who fucking care about closet furries?

 

[Gargaune]

The one race missing is probably the dragonborn. I suppose they need an entirely different skeleton. Tbh, if I were them I'd leave them out entirely. Only ...*ahem* scalies like them anyway.

Good riddance to scalies, but Half-Orc and Gnome also missed the cut for EA. I'm also not sure why Drow is listed as a separate race from Elf. I've got the 5E handbook right here and stuff doesn't match up, have WotC issued revisions on the core races?

 

[Abu Antar]

EDIT: Beaten like an abused housewife.
Do we think that they'll add half orcs? We'll probably see gnomes, too.

 

[Nano]

Agree, who fucking care about closet furries?

Larian is totally sticking it to the furries by including the Githyanki in this game.

 

[Heroic Liberator]

Agree, who fucking care about closet furries?

Larian is totally sticking it to the furries by including the Githyanki in this game.

I would've preferred Half-Orcs. High T race.

 

[Abu Antar]

What the actual fuck?

Storage: 150 GB available space

 

[Drakortha]

Is anyone here going to stream on twitch? I want to watch and help direct your adventure by making choices for you.

 

[abnaxus]

My hard drive is 50gig.

 

[Abu Antar]

Lacrymas I'm fairly certain that required storage space was in the region of 70 GB.

 

[Lacrymas]

Lacrymas I'm fairly certain that required storage space was in the region of 70 GB.

includes download+install size

 

[Drakortha]

Larian are just the nicest Devs. They care about their customers just like CDPR

 

[Heroic Liberator]

Larian are just the nicest Devs. They care about their customers just like CDPR

They like feigning care since it's good for business. Just like CDPR with their cut content for TW3 released as DLC freebies.

 

[Ramnozack]

God, Baldurs Gate 3 character creator looks soooo based!

 

[Gargaune]

EDIT: Beaten like an abused housewife.
Do we think that they'll add half orcs? We'll probably see gnomes, too.

I think it would be weird if they dropped Half-Orc, they're a classic. Gnomes too, even though they always felt loosely defined more like a Dwarven/Halfling subrace, but it would certainly suck if standard races were neglected in favour of Declinosaurus.

 

[Shrimp]

The file size has already been brought up earlier in the thread but I found these posts by Larian's community rep on their own forums:

The data is packed in the Early Access version (AFAIK the install size isn't going to be 150GB, but I'm not sure if or how much the current size is subject to change; if you were good at 70GB, you'll probably be ok, for now).

Steam needs twice the installed size of games, since it downloads the data first, and then copies it to the install folder.
It would be strange to use the listed requirement (including padding to allow for updates and game saves, etc), if the client knows the actual size of the install.

I don't know how GOG's download/installation process works, but it sounds like it's a Steam issue only.

 

[jungl]

80 gigs is ridiculous for a game with just 3d isometric maps, goblins and stuff wtf.

 

[Ibn Sina]

80 gigs is ridiculous for a game with just 3d isometric maps, goblins and stuff wtf.

70 gigas of 80 is for dick sucking scene varientations between halfings, orcs, and other shit

 

[Lacrymas]

Good graphics cause that to happen. And they are pretty good for an actual RPG and I'd say in general. There's also the audio (incl. music), which is often a perpetrator as well, especially if you have more than 1 language option for VA. In comparison, Total War Warhammer 2's base game requires 60 GB and that's also just 3D isometric maps and models.

 

[Harthwain]

I think it would be weird if they dropped Half-Orc, they're a classic. Gnomes too, even though they always felt loosely defined more like a Dwarven/Halfling subrace, but it would certainly suck if standard races were neglected in favour of Declinosaurus.

I wouldn't be so sure they'll add Half-Orcs, considering the whole "having Orcs in DnD is racism in disguise targeted at black people!" bullshit.

 

[Lacrymas]

I wouldn't be so sure they'll add Half-Orcs, considering the whole "having Orcs in DnD is racism in disguise targeted at black people!" bullshit.

Is this an actual thing someone has said and is influencing decisions or is it made up? Orcs being interpreted as race stereotypes is nothing new, obviously, but I mean it in the context of current day D&D.

 

[Gargaune]

I wouldn't be so sure they'll add Half-Orcs, considering the whole "having Orcs in DnD is racism in disguise targeted at black people!" bullshit.

Oh, that... Hope it's not the case, you'd think what's good for the Player's Handbook is good for the videogames, but we'll have to see as the EA expands.

 

[Infinitron]

As long as Half-Orcs are on this page, they will make it into the game: https://dnd.wizards.com/races

 

[purupuru]

What the fuck is wrong with games' sizes nowadays? TW3 was a huge modern AAA game and it was only 35GB. Deadfire was 45GB and it was already ridiculous. 80GB for an isometric game capped at level 10?

 

[polo]

Size hasnt been a problem in pc gaming in years, and with the speed of ssds there aint much motivation to optimize textures,audio and shit too much i guess.

Just makes me wonder how much hd space will Cyberpunk require-

 

[RPK]

textures keep getting higher and higher resolution