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

[The_Mask]

time to find out how many cheese vendors exist in baldurs gate

WALNUTS!






Hot... WALNUTS!!!

 

[Anthedon]

I'm excited for more D&D from a good developer (inb4 Larian was always shit). How excited exactly will be determined once we get some solid information.

 

[Shadenuat]

So theoretically we are in for the worst threequel in RPG history since F3 or are we????

Nah beating Bethesda is impossible, they're the gods of shit.

 

[Fairfax]

I suppose it's going to be 5E?

It's definitely 5E (or some bastardized D:OS hybrid). WotC would never let the most hyped D&D game in over 15 years use an older ruleset, especially 3.5E, which would lead consumers to their main competitor.

 

[pomenitul]

They'll ask a focus group of 14 year old postmillenials what they liked the most about the BG series and design the sequel accordingly (spoiler: the originals weren't memerific enough).

 

[santino27]

Kotaku continues to slurp DOS2's asshole. I don't understand people's love for that game, especially the gaming so-called press.

 

[Shadenuat]

Damn just how the belgian outplayed Josh though.

All that time Obsidian tried to save themselves on the name of the game they never came close to a success of, and now Larian is like: haha we have an actual real one, see you later losers.
Bam, millions of moneys.

 

[Goral]

Baldur's Gate is extremely overrated so whatever, the only good thing about this is that Larian should earn big bucks thanks to this move and we might get more turn based goodness. Alternatively we might be getting more popamole games now that they will be in big leagues...

 

[Popiel]

Already waiting for Beamdog's enhancement of this fine game

 

[Jack]

If it's not The Black Hound I'm not interested tbh.

 

[pomenitul]

Looks like the trailer has already leaked!

Spoiler

 

[hexer]

Roguey will remake the Black Hound one day

 

[Xeon]

Yeah, this will be pretty interesting to see, if the Baldur's Gate name recognition still does anything after all these years.

Also will stop other developers always talking about a possible BG3.

 

[Mortmal]

I suppose it's going to be 5E? Real-time or turn-based? What is the story going to be about?

What I want - 2D (!!!); less WACKY, ZANY humor, less humor in general maybe, they can't pull it off; I'm ok with either TB or RT tbh, but slightly prefer TB; less flashy SFX; more time spent low-level; no level scaling; hand-placed unique loot!!!

I don't know, it feels like I'm about to witness rape and defilement.

They have a functional engine for turn based rpg, why would they suddenly invest time and money to make some rtwp shit ? No its clearly turn based , it must be 5E to accompany that new line of Baldur's gate products.

 

[The_Mask]

Also will stop other developers always talking about a possible BG3.

Yeah, I guess that on a slightly more serious note, this will prevent anyone else from spamming the "spiritual successor of the BG francise" or similar sentences on the short term - which will be a breath of fresh air.

 

[Fairfax]

how interesting is the premise of TB game on 5th even?

I have no experience with it, but I remember they did try to make it lighter for ease of the game compared to 3d, but not like 4th.

5E's action economy and combat rules are simple enough that it works with TB/RT/PB or whatever they want. It comes down to Larian choosing between their own preference and staying somewhat close to the originals.

 

[taomcio]

Remeber when Fargo wrote that he know who is making BG3? So there you go

 

[abnaxus]

I want to be a beholder.

 

[vonAchdorf]

led by David Gaider or someone equally as passionate and competent in that arena.

Don't you think that Gaider has transitioned out of being a competent writer for CRPGs with Codex appeal?

 

[deuxhero]

Problem is 5E's rules are too simple. They're meant for fast play and (according the lead designer) women who can't handle complex rules. If you made a video game with them you'd get something really boring and repetitive.

 

[Taurist]

The much awaited follow up to Siege of Dragonspear.

 

[Mortmal]

Problem is 5E's rules are too simple. They're meant for fast play and (according the lead designer) women who can't handle complex rules.

I've been dming it for a year, 5E can provide in depth tactical combat everything you could do before in 2E and 3.5 , you can still. The game isn't dumbed down, just a bit more fluid to play.

 

[ArchAngel]

Problem is 5E's rules are too simple. They're meant for fast play and (according the lead designer) women who can't handle complex rules. If you made a video game with them you'd get something really boring and repetitive.

They are more complex than 2E D&D but less than 3.5 or 4e.

 

[serch]

Did Infinitron publish this?

http://larian.com/video/three.gif
http://larian.com/video/three.mp4
https://twitter.com/kunkken/status/1134150748483334145
discovered by this guy: https://twitter.com/kunkken

 

[deuxhero]

Problem is 5E's rules are too simple. They're meant for fast play and (according the lead designer) women who can't handle complex rules.

I've been dming it for a year, 5E can provide in depth tactical combat everything you could do before in 2E and 3.5 , you can still. The game isn't dumbed down, just a bit more fluid to play.

Only if you, the GM, award/penalize on the fly to make it so. Advantage not stacking means you can only do so much to influence the battlefield.

Problem is 5E's rules are too simple. They're meant for fast play and (according the lead designer) women who can't handle complex rules. If you made a video game with them you'd get something really boring and repetitive.

They are more complex than 2E D&D but less than 3.5 or 4e.

And remember how BG combat that isn't mage duels is boring as fuck?