Baldur's Gate III Announced - ...and it's coming to Google Stadia and PC

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This game is like 35-40 hours long. Witcher 3 is at least 80 hours probably 120+ hours with the DLCs and it has a considerably higher completion rate.

Why?
 
Sniperwoof said:
This game is like 35-40 hours long. Witcher 3 is at least 80 hours probably 120+ hours with the DLCs and it has a considerably higher completion rate.

Why?
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Act 3 kinda sucks, the first time I got there and did some of the quests I felt more like restarting than finishing.
 
Sniperwoof said:
This game is like 35-40 hours long. Witcher 3 is at least 80 hours probably 120+ hours with the DLCs and it has a considerably higher completion rate.

Why?
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Act 2 feels like the dramatic conclusion to the entire game, then you get to Act 3 and you're doing basic RPG bitch work like fighting thieves guilds. It feels like a big step backwards in scale.
 
Anon88 said:
The only reason people praise this game is because the quality of games these days are so low that something average is now seen as amazing. I've seen people praise it for having "a brand new" dialog system because they didn't use the dialog wheel Bioware came out with or for having turn based combat instead of pure action. All they did was just copy the stuff that was already there they did a fine job at it but it's nothing we haven't seen before. That plus the weird sex crap. It's not even the best rpg released in 2023 so it's totally laughable that people claim it the best of all time.

I don't know about beating the game but here's a news article claiming that under 50% of players made it past act one.
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Whats the Best rpg of 2023
 
The playtest for the patch came out, apparently I was invited (four days ago)
I am installing it and will see if there's anything worth mentioning at all, might rush an "evil playthrough" even though I've never done one, but that seems to be a large focus of the patch.
 
Hiphopopotamus said:
The playtest for the patch came out, apparently I was invited (four days ago)
I am installing it and will see if there's anything worth mentioning at all, might rush an "evil playthrough" even though I've never done one, but that seems to be a large focus of the patch.
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I'm kinda disappointed they're focusing more on the evil playthrough. I heard they were just adding more evil ending cutscenes and companion reactions for Dark Urge.
If they want people to do an evil route they should've made it give alternative quests and rewards. I hate the fact that you can recruit Minthara on a good playthrough because she was the prize for killing the Grove. You don't meet any of the other goblins from the Goblin Camp or Dror Ragzlin again like you do the tiethlings. You can't side with Ketheric or kill the Nightsong without Shadowheart. The new fights you get are annoying because there are multiple enemies and it's a total drag to get through. The 'evil route' fucking sucks.
 
Sniperwoof said:
This game is like 35-40 hours long. Witcher 3 is at least 80 hours probably 120+ hours with the DLCs and it has a considerably higher completion rate.

Why?
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Far less need for savescumming, most newfags are exceptionally retarded when trying to learn the basic controls, and the devs won't rebalance the game every few weeks, drastically changing the game, just to cater to hardcore dataminers and actual cheaters trolling the community to beg for nerfs to fan favorite equipment.

No one ever needed to worry about silver swords suddenly not working on monsters anymore in a Witcher game, while they would do that fucking bullshit in just about any other game franchises released post-2013.
 
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Deus Exica said:
Act 2 feels like the dramatic conclusion to the entire game, then you get to Act 3 and you're doing basic RPG bitch work like fighting thieves guilds. It feels like a big step backwards in scale.
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You can technically end the game in Act 2, so you're not exactly wrong. Act 3 was obligatory because it needed to cram in all the "Baldur's Gate" parts of this Baldur's Gate game.
 
Some incredibly minor changes involving Alfira in act 1.

As Durge, Alfira will """join""" your party if you have a free slot when she appears at night, she has no gear on, is a level 1 bard and can't level up (despite a ding when the dialogue was over)
If you try to talk to any camp members it will automatically go back to your avatar, and since it's night you can't leave the camp to fight with her. If you give her any gear it doesn't show up on her.
The rest of the events happen like normal. I tried killing her before sleeping and the "oh no you killed her in your sleep" did not happen. She also has a parasite for some reason.
I assume it's the same for Quil but I didn't bother testing.
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I don't know if anything at all changes about her in act 2 or 3, Durge or not.
 
Hiphopopotamus said:
Some incredibly minor changes involving Alfira in act 1.

As Durge, Alfira will """join""" your party if you have a free slot when she appears at night, she has no gear on, is a level 1 bard and can't level up (despite a ding when the dialogue was over)
If you try to talk to any camp members it will automatically go back to your avatar, and since it's night you can't leave the camp to fight with her. If you give her any gear it doesn't show up on her.
The rest of the events happen like normal. I tried killing her before sleeping and the "oh no you killed her in your sleep" did not happen. She also has a parasite for some reason.
I assume it's the same for Quil but I didn't bother testing.
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I don't know if anything at all changes about her in act 2 or 3, Durge or not.
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That's disappointing. Alfira would've been a far more interesting tiefling companion. I hope someone figures out how to keep her as a companion.
 
soda pimp said:
That's disappointing. Alfira would've been a far more interesting tiefling companion. I hope someone figures out how to keep her as a companion.
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I don't see why they would give her a parasite and not make her a companion, I reloaded a save to try with Quil instead and she doesn't "join" and she has no parasite on death.
I'm not sure if I could do two playthroughs at the same time, doing an evil (retard) playthrough already drain my motivation, since your choices just boil down to how many things do you want to lock yourself out of. (No Karlach, no Dammon, no Jaheira, no Minsc etc)
 
I wish they had an art or more book like Dragon Age did. The world is interesting to me. Though i was shocked by the gay dwarves or goblins whatever.

I knocked out the one bitch. Minthara (?) supposedly she shows up later. Anyway I need to defeat the boss in the forge with the lava. RIP.

I have Gale using the very rare cold staff thing with a shield. Is there a recommended weapon type for him?
 
Scarlett Johansson said:
I have Gale using the very rare cold staff thing with a shield. Is there a recommended weapon type for him?
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If you keep him as a wizard quarterstaffs are what you want to give him. You could dual wield staffs if you want. You'll get both perks if you dual wield.
Edit: you need the dual wielder feat though

Some good early game staffs are the spell sparkler which Florrick gives you if save her at Waukeen's Rest, a +1 spell save dc staff sold by the hobgoblin scientist at the Myconiod Colony, and a staff that gives a special bless spell in the basement of the under dark wizard tower.
 
Beat the damn forge boss wow I hated it.

Now I'm in the inn in act 2. Karlach looks nice in the armor the blacksmith makes if you give him the materials.
 
>Max primary stat
>set up aoe bomb stealth kill
>whether it does 3 dmg or 500 is up to the rng gods
Surely people don't enjoy this? Am I just too delusional and want it to go perfectly every time? Do people really fail these kind of huge setups and just go "oh well, D&D! Dice roll!"?

Another genuine question: Would BG3 had done so well if not the huge emphasis on sex and romance? I feel like this game plays straight into parasocial groomer minecraft-comfort-streamer mindsets.
 
Sniperwoof said:
I'd agree with that. I also don't like the final three or so fights, they're all gimmick battles and not very good ones.
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I found even with dos2 that the last act lagged a bit, but like dos2, the final fight/ending stuff was actually really fun and worth completing. There are so many branching storylines too that my 2nd playthrough feels completely different from the first. Also idt I'll ever tire of making Astarion and Gale bum each other so to that extent the game has infinite replay value.
Scarlett Johansson said:
Beat the damn forge boss wow I hated it.
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I FUCKing hated this fight. I found this fight genuinely harder than the last battle.
 
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