I didnt finish DoS2. It's quite excellent but the game is just too long. And the inventory bloat got kinda tiring too - a shame, but I just couldnt go on any more. Superb cpmbat system for a turn-based game. I just dont know if I want to slog through another inventory manager - I'm not big on fantasy anyway.
Baldur's Gate III?
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After seeing the trailer and some of the gameplay preview, I'm pretty optimistic for the game. Looks like there will be quite a bit of flexibility in play, with more options than have been in the prior titles. Some weirdness present--plot points like being implanted with an illithid tadpole making a vampire mortalish again, rather than ceremorphosis just failing--but I'll reserve final judgement until I play it.
Still seems like it's Baldur's Gate in name only though, with different character in a different time period, and an edition of the game far removed from AD&D 2nd edition. However, if it's good, I won't hold that against it.
As for Witcher...the first one is probably on my list of top three single player video games of all time, along with Planescape: Torment, and the original Deus Ex. I'm pretty indifferent to the more popular second and third games however...mostly because of some annoying changes to make them more appealing to the masses and combat systems I found more obtrusive and limited.
Yes. Well, Githzerai don't, but Githyanki and the degenerate Gith of Athas do.
It's a strange and seemingly arbitrary bit of fantasy ecology, since they are decedents of humans. Maybe the illithids that originally enslaved them, or Gith herself, were fans of Carnosaur?
Still seems like it's Baldur's Gate in name only though, with different character in a different time period, and an edition of the game far removed from AD&D 2nd edition. However, if it's good, I won't hold that against it.
As for Witcher...the first one is probably on my list of top three single player video games of all time, along with Planescape: Torment, and the original Deus Ex. I'm pretty indifferent to the more popular second and third games however...mostly because of some annoying changes to make them more appealing to the masses and combat systems I found more obtrusive and limited.
Yes. Well, Githzerai don't, but Githyanki and the degenerate Gith of Athas do.
It's a strange and seemingly arbitrary bit of fantasy ecology, since they are decedents of humans. Maybe the illithids that originally enslaved them, or Gith herself, were fans of Carnosaur?
Well, the Bhaalspawn story was finished with multiple editions ago so they're not going to dredge that back up just for a sequel. I think if it's a D&D story set in the City of Baldur's Gate that's qualification enough. Possibly also with the angle of the character being the vessel of a power they don't understand.
Humans descended from lizards and fish and in a universe of weird magical mutation who can say what strange things the illithids did to their slaves.
Humans descended from lizards and fish and in a universe of weird magical mutation who can say what strange things the illithids did to their slaves.
On Steam...
Ah, so an announcement about an announcement!
Ah, so an announcement about an announcement!
True enough - and if an alleyway can give birth then anything can happen
However, weren't the People only philosophically and politically split at the proclamation of two skies? Anyway - it still looks like a fun game and I'm really looking forward to it.
Latest community update.
We are getting snu snu in BG3!
We are getting snu snu in BG3!
Anyone going to try out the early access McGuffin on this later this evening?
I'm very tempted to give it a go because there literally is nothing else I'm playing at the moment until CP2077 drops in 6 weeks.
I am annoyed this is a Early Access thing I dont really see the reason for it in a game like this. I do like the developers however they did a great job on the DOS series and feel they will do same for the BG series.
So I'll wait until I get home and hover the finger over the buy button and see if my lizard brain will overcome my rational human brain. Haha.
Anyone else then for later?
I'm very tempted to give it a go because there literally is nothing else I'm playing at the moment until CP2077 drops in 6 weeks.
I am annoyed this is a Early Access thing I dont really see the reason for it in a game like this. I do like the developers however they did a great job on the DOS series and feel they will do same for the BG series.
So I'll wait until I get home and hover the finger over the buy button and see if my lizard brain will overcome my rational human brain. Haha.
Anyone else then for later?
I have a friend who's likely to have it - I'll ask around for feedback, since I'm interested too.
My thinking is that Larian say theres going to a good 25 hours in the first Act they are releasing with one play through character. That's not bad considering you could go back in and play a different character in a different way completely.
I am mega intrigued though to see what Laria have done with the series
I am mega intrigued though to see what Laria have done with the series
Would love to, by my personal account is empty at the moment. Lots of expenses going out.
A Baldur's Gate made by Larian has everything to be the greatest CRPG of this day and age and I'm very looking forward to it.
However, IMO playing such a game (or any other story-heavy RPG) in an early access stage would mean completely spoiling the story and world and overall ruining the experience, so I won't go anywhere near it until it's completely finished. The first playthrough on any RPG is always the best, when everything is still new and the whole world is being discovered for the first time, so I'd rather not waste it on an unfinished, buggy, feature-incomplete build. I'd rather let someone else be the guinea pigs
A Baldur's Gate made by Larian has everything to be the greatest CRPG of this day and age and I'm very looking forward to it.
However, IMO playing such a game (or any other story-heavy RPG) in an early access stage would mean completely spoiling the story and world and overall ruining the experience, so I won't go anywhere near it until it's completely finished. The first playthrough on any RPG is always the best, when everything is still new and the whole world is being discovered for the first time, so I'd rather not waste it on an unfinished, buggy, feature-incomplete build. I'd rather let someone else be the guinea pigs
You are bang on correct and that is the single biggest reason I might waver and not play it later.
But....
There is nothing else that's worth playing at moment until CP2077 drops in 6 weeks.
Urghh it's hard choice.
It's on my Steam wishlist...but I'm still distracted by a few other games. I'll grab it in a week or so.Downloading now. Not really, it's paused for about 2 hours now and still at 0% in a waiting queue.
Oh well, with my slow bandwidth I guess I'm looking for a whole week of downloading. It's a monster of 66 GB!
I got it downloaded in about 45 mins.
Its definitely an Early Access title but a good one...I'd say this is in a polished beta sorta state. The jankiest thing at the moment for me is the spoken audio cam be a bit odd and the autosave function ... dont rely on it, make your own saves
Its playing so far very like a Larian game though so it's good on that.
Its definitely an Early Access title but a good one...I'd say this is in a polished beta sorta state. The jankiest thing at the moment for me is the spoken audio cam be a bit odd and the autosave function ... dont rely on it, make your own saves
Its playing so far very like a Larian game though so it's good on that.
Busy day at work but I've tested it a bit now and then
It really doesn't like triple screen, and cursor object activation is completely offset on my setup making selecting pretty much everything a real pain.
It seems quite a nice game from what I've experienced so far, but I still don't think it's Baldur's Gate.
It really doesn't like triple screen, and cursor object activation is completely offset on my setup making selecting pretty much everything a real pain.
It seems quite a nice game from what I've experienced so far, but I still don't think it's Baldur's Gate.
Busy day at work but I've tested it a bit now and then
It really doesn't like triple screen, and cursor object activation is completely offset on my setup making selecting pretty much everything a real pain.
It seems quite a nice game from what I've experienced so far, but I still don't think it's Baldur's Gate.
I never played the first 2 games so I cant comment
From GoG, if I can buy there above other platforms I always go GoG.
Had a lot of fun messing with this today, ran into some hilarious bugs... but with so many goofy rules and possibilities jammed into it, how could it not be riddled with hilarious bugs at the start of early access? No wonder they need a year to work on it. If they do a good job polishing and release better DM/creation tools than the Divinity games -- they'll have something really special here. It'll definitely be better than Neverwinter Nights 2.
I find the "Divinity 3" jibes pretty dull, they've seriously upgraded the hell out of the engine and I much prefer the D&D ruleset here. There's a ton of passion poured into this thing and it's hardly a ripoff or shortcut of any kind. You're not going to be a teenager playing BG2 again, but then again - Dragonspear didn't magically transport you back either. And it got absolutely pummeled in reviews and commentary despite the hells Beamdog went through working with Infinity Engine to deliver that oh-so-authentic experience. Ya can't go back! Except by playing the Pathfinder games while experiencing sleep deprivation, maybe.
I'd hold off until launch unless you were a Larian or D&D nut and wanted to provide feedback. And by that, I mean argue endlessly with folks online over which edition is best.
Or wait till Christmas or so for the major glitches to be removed. They are gonna catch a lot of flack for a high profile title like this being in Early Access for so long, but these folks have a pretty good track record when it comes to improving their games.
I find the "Divinity 3" jibes pretty dull, they've seriously upgraded the hell out of the engine and I much prefer the D&D ruleset here. There's a ton of passion poured into this thing and it's hardly a ripoff or shortcut of any kind. You're not going to be a teenager playing BG2 again, but then again - Dragonspear didn't magically transport you back either. And it got absolutely pummeled in reviews and commentary despite the hells Beamdog went through working with Infinity Engine to deliver that oh-so-authentic experience. Ya can't go back! Except by playing the Pathfinder games while experiencing sleep deprivation, maybe.
I'd hold off until launch unless you were a Larian or D&D nut and wanted to provide feedback. And by that, I mean argue endlessly with folks online over which edition is best.
Or wait till Christmas or so for the major glitches to be removed. They are gonna catch a lot of flack for a high profile title like this being in Early Access for so long, but these folks have a pretty good track record when it comes to improving their games.
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Storyline possibly, even probably, although I did enjoy all 3 stories for NWN2. But as i understand, no ability to make/host persistent worlds, which is a shame. I can imagine you'd be able to make some pretty awesome persistent worlds with it.
God, yeah. It's painful that those sorts of things never caught on enough!
With the D&D license and the kind of obsessives that go with it, I still think the mod scene will be pretty lively for this one compared to the D:OS games.
(Mask of the Betrayer was a lot of fun! I never really fully messed with the sandbox one, I think that came out right after I had my fill of attempting to use the hideous toolkit. They didn't have enough time to make it as polished as NWN1, and heightmaps are terrifying when you don't know anything about 'em!)
With the D&D license and the kind of obsessives that go with it, I still think the mod scene will be pretty lively for this one compared to the D:OS games.
(Mask of the Betrayer was a lot of fun! I never really fully messed with the sandbox one, I think that came out right after I had my fill of attempting to use the hideous toolkit. They didn't have enough time to make it as polished as NWN1, and heightmaps are terrifying when you don't know anything about 'em!)
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