Wow...just wow. I am amazed at the dedication of Larian to improve their game and actually listen to their customers and try to please them.
I am a fan of Larian.
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Baldur’s Gate 3 is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons, where your choices shape a tale of fellowship and betrayal, survival and sacrifice, and the lure of absolute power. (Website)
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Credit where credit is due, Larian was always like this. Even with their less successful titles they still made sure to fix all issues before moving on.
I am also a fan of Larian.
I own divinity and divinity 2, and you are correct. They keep giving up improvement and fun adds for the game long after release.
I get what you're saying, but it's sad that this very basic aspect of listening to customer feedback and implementing said feedback is so foreign to us now.
The performance improvements alone are insane. I'm playing on PS5, just got into act 3. I turned it off on Tuesday a little frustrated by how the game was running inside of the lower city. Turned it back on after patching and everything is smoother than the entire rest of the game has been for me.
Also, being able to access all party member inventories is a game changer.
The lack of decent inventory management meant that when I got new companions later on, I just didn't use them for more than their story quest, and they were mostly wearing their default gear.
Just seemed more effort than it was worth to sort through everything, including all those chests that litter the camp but might as well be voids because as soon as something went into one, I never used it again.
Im still in the beginning of the game so maybe I haven't noticed something, but I'm confused by what you're saying. I've been able to access all thier inventories at the same time.
Do you mean sorting the inventory?
Once you've been playing longer, you'll see. At the start you can pretty much just carry everything about, but later on you'll be sending armour and weapons to camp or dumping them on a character you think they might be useful on in certain situations.
Then, if and when you get a new companion (and you might not get them depending on your choices), you think "oh, I wonder what gloves I should put on him".
And that's when you realise that all the gear is scattered among the camp chests and characters in camp, and you end up just not bothering.
It's even a thing between your origin characters, as you mess about decking e.g. Gale in all the best magic gear, and then you need to use Wyll for something and you just can't be bothered to move it all over so don't use him because you know you're going to have to move it all back again when you want a companion that isn't such a whiny bastard.
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That’s good to read. I had a bug for a few patches where I couldn’t even use DLSS (local multiplayer) so act 3 was quite annoying. Everytime we went into a basement it was noticeable smoother and enjoyable. This was fixed I believe with patch 4.
Hopefully this brings the frame rate up and that will let me enjoy and end act 3.
I’m so glad they love this game as much as I do. If they eventually added a DM or creative mode to run custom campaigns I’d be over the moon. Take my money Larian!
Pretty sure custom campaigns will definitely arrive at some point, just like they did with DOS2. I want to say Larian has even stated that they'll eventually open the doors for it and potentially modding support?
Mod support has definitely been mentioned as an eventual goal, IIRC though they didn't have plans to implement an official DM mode.
I kinda bet WotC would take issues with them making a dm mode like in Divinity... Since they are trying to get people to only ever play dnd on the dndbeyond vtt, I doubt they'd be keen on letting larian basically build a better version, lol.
WotC should hire the studio to build the engine for the VTT in dndbeyond.
The problem wouldn't be the studio making it, it would be the monetization imposed on every facet of it. Any possible add-on would be dlc or part of a subscription. They wouldn't even allow them to do significant free updates unless it was tied to a paid product or hefty subscription fee.
I don't really want Larian getting looped into being a WotC shill. I hope they stay independent and keep on making the best games they can make. Single player or small party story games never get old.
DNDBeyond is just another bullshit live service with subscriptions in perpetuity.
Want 2 short rests? Fuck you, pay me.
Want to respec? Fuck you, pay me.
Want to recruit Scratch? Fuck you, pay me.
Imagining Withers saying "Fuck you, pay me!" is pretty amusing, though!
That’s preposterous, WotC would never do anything like that! They’ll helpfully not even mention $ anywhere in the app, instead we’ll get Gold Pieces (gp), Electrum Pieces (ep), and Platinum Pieces (pp). If you log into D&DBeyond, you’ll get a daily 5 gp reward and if you complete your daily quests, you have the chance to unlock even more rewards (1 ep per quest). Every session you run or participate in gets you another reward, while every purchase of a digital-only DLC rulebook grants you further rewards.
Nevermind that it would take hundreds of daily logins and constant vigilance with daily quests to even be able to afford anything, they’ll helpfully provide the option to “level up” your account to instantly unlock rewards without having to go through all that trouble.
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Amen to this!
If anything I would love for Larian to continue developing their DoS rules engine further. Playing BG3 I just wanted the rules from DoS. More punts and more combo barrels.
do an expansion pack or w/e set in exandria with the critical role voice cast (along with the og cast ofc because they're awesome)
I've sunk like 150 hours into the game, and my main character is in act 3, but act 3 is so fucking enormous I have no idea what I'm doing more than the first two acts lol.
Wish I could go back to those other places and see whats up with how the world changes
My recommendation with act 3 is to split it up between multiple playthroughs. If you're like me and care a little about the roleplaying aspect, just do the things your PC or party members would feel important. I'd spent a long time and made some decisions I personally wouldn't have made if not for keeping with my characters' story; it didn't make sense to me to go hunting down every nook and cranny of a huge city while it's on the brink of destruction. There's just too much to do!
I think I was at about 160 hours when I finished the game, and I did everything I could find in Act 3, so you might be close to the end. I possibly skipped some content in Act 2 though, and I didn't do the mountain creche.
but where's bing bong and unhinged narrator mode
Spoiler for the epilogue:
Epilogue
Shadowheart mentions (at least on Selûne path, when you romanced her) befriending a peculiar Imp named Bing Bong after your adventures in Baldur's Gate. So I guess in this universe Bing Bong is alive and well in Faerûn.
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Game is fucking legendary. Every ounce of respect, already earned.
Wild Shapes that do not have weapons will now benefit from having the Tavern Brawler feat.
Aaaaawwwwwww yeah!
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I'm playing the new difficulty and its great. If you fuck up there is no way back except to your last save. You can't even quickload. I don't think it's more difficult than tactician so far but I'm still in act 1.
I'm still in act 1, so they have a permadeath mode?
I think you can choose to play on after dying, but you won't get the golden dice after completion.
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I might do this for my second play through with my gf. Increase the stakes. Can you still load if you die?
I don't know yet as I haven't died yet but I believe death is final in that mode.
In the words of Scar:
Be prepared.
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I really, really hope they are working on the ability to make custom campaigns etc. similar to NWN. That would make it the perfect game for me.
Somehow, I'm still in act 1, 40 hours in and savoring the whole time
Take your time, it's worth it. I reluctantly finished my "first" playthrough (not counting my actual first attempt when I started as the dark urge and restarted after 20 hours because it was clearly fucking everything up) at around 250 hours played. This patch is making me consider starting again. Best game I've played in ages.
Take your time brother. There is no rush. The game has literally been getting better with time.
Can we play this from our completed game, or do we need to load a save from before the final fight?
In the patch notes somewhere, it says you need to do the final fight again. Reload from the brainstem works.
Thank you. I'm glad I didn't delete that save when clearing space for my second playthrough! PS5 only allows 50 saves total for some reason.
I reloaded a save I had from within the fight. I can't get those spoiler tags to work, so I can't get into more details without revealing the finale, but you definitely don't have to repeat the whole fight. You just need to get to a point before it jumps into the epilogue to trigger it.
130 GB download for a patch? Guess we're just redownloading the game every month now.
I'm pretty much at a loss for words here. This feels like a definitive-edition style update we're getting basically for free. It's 30 gigs of goodness, so game-changing in fact that you need 130GB of space just to let it shuffle everything around, and Larian's straight up recommended just doing a clean reinstall if you're having trouble. Baldur's Gate 3 fans haven't just been eating good, we've been feasting.
Yeah, only with my connection, I can pretty much expect the next overhaul to come out just around the time this download is finished.
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Man I’m glad I waited on this and Cyberpunk to be more feature complete
Cyberpunk, sure. But you honestly didn't even HAVE to wait with BG3. I know it didn't hurt though, so congrats if you're planning on digging in soon!
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With all the added endings soon the end will be longer than the game. But I'm not complaining.
Been playing the game since its release and im happy to see this improvement. Just checked out the epilogue and it has multiple endings as well haha.
On top of that, it opens a few doors to future content on top of the existing ending cutscenes which looks awesome.
Cant wait for a sequel or the next chapter of the baldurs gate 3 story
What are you hoping the epulogue will be and why is it >!finding Karlach's heart!< ?
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