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Fresh off The Game Awards Swen met with some familiar faces to play some Baldur's Gate 3

Elijah Wood and Sean Astin join Swen Vincke in a totally normal game session, where absolutely no evil powers were awakened and no squirrels were harmed.

 

[TommyCronin6969]

Whole video is legit Tolkien edging material

 

[Kilau]

Beorn

Beorn was a Skin-changer, a man who could assume the form of a huge black bear. He aided Thorin and Company during their Quest of Erebor.

tolkiengateway.net

 

[Revolutionary]

I'm surprised Elijah hadn't already played it.

Unless he's just acting like he hasn't, of course...

 

[reektann]

This was fun. I am going to play BG3 this slow - should be done by 2027.

 

[struggler_guts]

Hilarious, I would watch a full playthrough

Sean "Yay more reading" lol

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

Samwise looks so old.. they both do, damn it time flies.

 

[j0hnnix]

Did any of them choose Penis B?

 

[rodrigolfp]

Doing a disservice for them with controller gameplay. -_-'

 

[BouncyFrag]

Samwise looks so old.. they both do, damn it time flies.

Soon they will both make their journey to the Undying Lands.

 

[Power Pro]

 

[rhodesianshepard]

Elijah Wood is great when it comes to video games

 

[Krathoon]

Yeah. Conan and Elijah totally did not like Final Fantasy 15. It was hillarious.

Basically, the men in the game do not act like real men. It is something you have to accept going in.

 

[Mister Wolf]

Ok that's enough Larian. It's time for you to get started making Neverwinter Nights 3.

 

[ManaByte]

Elijah Wood is great when it comes to video games

 

[N0S]

Dudes shouldve played Gollum, nice Xbox controllers btw.

 

[mclaren777]

I'm tempted to buy this game for my wife as a Christmas present, but I still can't decide if she would like it.

We played Untold Legends together when we were engaged and Dungeon Defenders shortly after our wedding. We had a great time, but we haven't played anything like it since.

Anybody have success playing BG3 couch co-op with their spouse?

 

[FoxMcChief]

Interesting that they are playing on the Xbox.

 

[Rentahamster]

Interesting that they are playing on the Xbox.

Probably so people know that it's out on Xbox now.

 

[RoadHazard]

Interesting that they are playing on the Xbox.

Perhaps it's sponsored. By someone.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Probably so people know that it's out on Xbox now.

Well, it was #1 on the Xbox store. I think people know the Video Game Awards Game of the Year is on Xbox consoles.

 

[Rentahamster]

Well, it was #1 on the Xbox store. I think people know the Video Game Awards Game of the Year is on Xbox consoles.

Every little bit helps. I would think that casuals who are watching the video just to see Sam and Frodo while knowing little about BG3 or gaming in general might not be aware of a lot of things.

 

[ManaByte]

Probably so people know that it's out on Xbox now.

Could just be Xbox controllers on a PC.

 

[Rentahamster]

Could just be Xbox controllers on a PC.

Also very likely. Those are my controllers of choice on PC too.

 

[rodrigolfp]

Interesting that they are playing on the Xbox.

Nope. PC. 3:34 you see a triple screen setup.

 

[digital_ghost]

Nope. PC. 3:34 you see a triple screen setup.

New Xbox dashboard requires 3 screens to display Ads.

 

[Touch fuzZy. get BizZay]

"Mr Frodo, when I penetrate this bear, it'll be the farthest I've ever been from home"

 

[FingerBang]

This video is amazing and full of LotR references. I would love to watch them play more games together.

 

[poodaddy]

I'm tempted to buy this game for my wife as a Christmas present, but I still can't decide if she would like it.

We played Untold Legends together when we were engaged and Dungeon Defenders shortly after our wedding. We had a great time, but we haven't played anything like it since.

Anybody have success playing BG3 couch co-op with their spouse?

Can't speak to this one specifically, but I got her to try Divinity Original Sin with me one time, as she loves RPG's.

She did one session with me, never once touched it again. I find that couch co-op with the wife just doesn't really happen anymore, we just enjoy different types of games, and we play games very differently as well, and that's ok. I can be annoyingly methodical on games like this, so I'm not sure anyone would want to co-op with me on an RPG lol.

 

[-Zelda-]

I wonder if either of them play video games in real life. This and other videos like it by Elijah always seem so genuine.

 

[Doom85]

I wonder if either of them play video games in real life. This and other videos like it by Elijah always seem so genuine.

IIRC, Elijah seemed pretty knowledgeable when he previewed Final Fantasy XV with Conan O’Brien.

 

[-Zelda-]

IIRC, Elijah seemed pretty knowledgeable when he previewed Final Fantasy XV with Conan O’Brien.

I would legit watch frodo and sam play games if they had one of those youtube let play channels set up.

 

[NecrosaroIII]

Can't speak to this one specifically, but I got her to try Divinity Original Sin with me one time, as she loves RPG's.

She did one session with me, never once touched it again. I find that couch co-op with the wife just doesn't really happen anymore, we just enjoy different types of games, and we play games very differently as well, and that's ok. I can be annoyingly methodical on games like this, so I'm not sure anyone would want to co-op with me on an RPG lol.

I got my wife to play BG3 with me. It was a great time.