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Baldur's Gate III | OT | Bear in Mind, Your Choices Have Consequences
RJMacready73
Simps for Amouranth
Has anyone been to the main city? In the trailers it's looks massive and I assume it's all seemless, does it feel alive? I'm hoping more Witcher 3 and less Cyberpunk
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
It hits the ground running though, with pretty exciting sequences you'd expect to see in some crazy action game instead, I guess to pull newcomers in from the start rather than the usual "it gets good after x hours" stuff, but it's pretty cool and novel as well for the genre. Ace presentation/va etc. too.
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Denton
Member
Outside of combat, yes, I play the game like this. But again, it is still somewhat restricted in that you cannot look up at all (in the screenshot this is the most "up" you can look). With controller, you have direct control over character movement (although e.g. jumping is done via separate ability and is a bit cumbersome, it does not have its own button).
As some other things in the game, it is almost perfect, but not quite. You can switch on the fly without changing some settings in menu or restarting the game, but sometimes you have to press start and go to menu or do some other action for the change to fully register.
Interiors look nice too..
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Guilty_AI
Member
This is something EA players probably knew already, but just an example of the depth in this game:
I talked with a tiefling child who was offering to sell me "magic lucky rings". He'd throw a coin in front of me to show the result would always be the one i predicted.
Naturally he was just duping me and his partner would even try to pickpocket me while i was bartering.
Then i thought what if? and decided to make a little test. I reloaded an older save and used Astarion to pickpocket the ring from the kid before speaking with him.
Then when the kid tried to dupe me in the new save he noticed he had been robbed, and i decided to tell him to his face it was me. The kid started laughing and praised me on my cunning for robbing him before he robbed me, even told me to meet his boss.
Its stuff like this, all fully voice acted and animated, that makes this game great. I hope this kind of detail lasts until the city act.
I talked with a tiefling child who was offering to sell me "magic lucky rings". He'd throw a coin in front of me to show the result would always be the one i predicted.
Naturally he was just duping me and his partner would even try to pickpocket me while i was bartering.
Then i thought what if? and decided to make a little test. I reloaded an older save and used Astarion to pickpocket the ring from the kid before speaking with him.
Then when the kid tried to dupe me in the new save he noticed he had been robbed, and i decided to tell him to his face it was me. The kid started laughing and praised me on my cunning for robbing him before he robbed me, even told me to meet his boss.
Its stuff like this, all fully voice acted and animated, that makes this game great. I hope this kind of detail lasts until the city act.
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twilo99
Member
It should run fine..
Last Hearth
Member
Just go to camp and she should be there.
Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
Quick question : what are the negatives to camping ? I’ve been very stingy in my first 12 hours to only camp twice for a full rest.
I’m worried quests will fail or advance if I camp too much l. Not sure if there is a formula to how often you should do it.
I’m coming up on rescuing the Druid and another place with paladins but need to camp for health since I’m low on potions and can’t craft more.
I’m worried quests will fail or advance if I camp too much l. Not sure if there is a formula to how often you should do it.
I’m coming up on rescuing the Druid and another place with paladins but need to camp for health since I’m low on potions and can’t craft more.
Doomtrain
Gold Member
I grabbed this on Steam Deck because it looks awesome and I’m really excited to play it. After an hour or so, I’m debating refunding it and waiting for the PS5 release next month. I feel like I’m missing a lot of graphical detail on the tiny screen, and the fan sounds like it’s about to explode. I guess the real debate is, I’m sure the PS5 will be the better experience, but I also want to dive in now. Anyone else dealing with the same thing? Any advice?
Last Hearth
Member
Some plot points will advance as you long rest, but the game is designed to have a lot of rests. Use the short rests too to maximize how far you get with each rest.
Pakoe
Member
Locations are fantastic!
And sound + music - 5/5
Interesting solution for this chest
What was the solution. I failed the arcane checks and had no idea.
niilokin
Member
I had to start a new game, shit got just too dark for me 
, I like the dark urge stuff but gonna play more as a dude who still has some control over it..
Anyone else get real bad case a regret in this game? Like have to load few saves back because the way some shit went down just keep bugging you.
, I like the dark urge stuff but gonna play more as a dude who still has some control over it..Anyone else get real bad case a regret in this game? Like have to load few saves back because the way some shit went down just keep bugging you.
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Fools idol
Banned
exactly what I posted a few pages ago - the dark urge gets really crazy, I was slaying man woman and child like it aint shit lmaoI had to start a new game, shit got just too dark for me
Anyone else get real bad case a regret in this game? Like have to load few saves back because the way some shit went down just keep bugging you.
honestly amazed how far I was going just killing main characters and the game just keeps going
dok1or
Member
SidViscous
Member
Similar boat, Steamdeck is only borderline playable - I've spent more time tinkering with settings to find something acceptable than actually playing the game. But it's cross-save, plus the developers have said they will improve the steam deck support post-launch so I'll stick with it, can always continue playing on PS5 later on.
For folks who want to save a few hours tinkering here are the settings you want for Steamdeck:
- Resolution 720p (you can 800p as you can change the aspect ratio, but for performance, stick with 720p)
- Vsync: off (set this in the steam controls instead to 30fps lock)
- Frame limit: None (as per above)
- Buffering: None or Double buffer (Triple causes crazy input lag on the deck)
- Textures Quality: medium
- All other settings: low
- DLSS: Best quality (anything below this looks like a fucking watercolour painting)
- AA: TAA (super important - this setting is essential for good picture quality)
This looks decent and locks to 30fps most of the time, 2:30 battery life. Increasing the settings is doable (model quality as medium etc) but the screen is so small, and DLSS is messing with it so much, it's not really worth the performance hit.
Weirdly model quality only affects the scenario, they only created one set of character models which is probably why it's not a very scalable title. But they look great in the cutscenes even on the deck.
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Last Hearth
Member
FinalBossWithTheMostPower
Member
I was waiting for the PS5 version, and then 3 hours ago I started casually looking at what I would have to upgrade in my PC to play. Just an SSD.
Now it has 22 mins left until it's installed. The FOMO is real.
Now it has 22 mins left until it's installed. The FOMO is real.
Patrick S.
Banned
It's more intuitive than Persona 5
Sleepwalker
Member
If money is not an issue just play it on the deck and double dip on the PS5, as far as I know the game is cross save so you'll be able to load up your save on PS5.
Guilty_AI
Member
The game has tons of prompts and explanations for everything, and since these are DnD rules you can more or less find explanations online.
Also, with quicksave you can pretty much experiment however much you want.
Honestly, good job. I was at the same level and couldn’t do it after 3 tries.
The closest was when I snuck in to whittle the eggs with arrows and then destroyed the web bridges to maximize fall damage, but I couldn’t finish it with my Bard, Asterion, Wyll, and Lae’zel. Didn’t have enough damage output and we went down easily. Wyll’s been underperforming overall for me (aside from that fire whip) so I need to figure him out still.
iorek21
Member
lol and P5 is for sure a very well explained game hahahaIt's more intuitive than Persona 5
Darkmakaimura
Can You Imagine What SureAI Is Going To Do With Garfield?
I would love to eventually see a Spelljammer crpg.
Actually there was one but it wasn't very good.
But with today's technology, a Spelljammer game would be incredible.
Actually there was one but it wasn't very good.
But with today's technology, a Spelljammer game would be incredible.
Croga
Member
Picked up a sub to Geforce Now specifically to play this on the Steam Deck (and my own PC which is aging now) and it runs like a dream, couldn't be happier considering how poor the Deck runs it on its own.
Worth the 20 bucks for the performance tier just to play this with everything maxed out on ultra with zero drops / issues at 60fps.
Makes me wonder why I hadn't done this sooner for other games on the Deck lol.
Hadn't played early access myself, but loving this so far, could be my GOTY and I'm only like 10 hours in, it is fantastic.
Side note but it's a shame a lot of the bigger titles don't get added to Geforce Now, would help a lot with other titles that the Deck doesn't run well or just doesn't support properly, like Jedi Survivor or Hogwarts to name a few recent ones for example.
Worth the 20 bucks for the performance tier just to play this with everything maxed out on ultra with zero drops / issues at 60fps.
Makes me wonder why I hadn't done this sooner for other games on the Deck lol.
Hadn't played early access myself, but loving this so far, could be my GOTY and I'm only like 10 hours in, it is fantastic.
Side note but it's a shame a lot of the bigger titles don't get added to Geforce Now, would help a lot with other titles that the Deck doesn't run well or just doesn't support properly, like Jedi Survivor or Hogwarts to name a few recent ones for example.
Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
How are you 50 hours in if it came out Friday morning ?50 hours into this and still in the early access parts (and not even close to finishing it
Tactician + Coop partner is crazy fun
SF Kosmo
Banned
Disco Elysium featured this sort of mechanic pretty heavily as well. That the closest thing I have played to this in a lot of ways.
Using GeForce Now on my MacBook Pro too, and it runs very well, rarely a hiccup.
SF Kosmo
Banned
I'd barely even put these in the same genre, they're the polar opposite ends. One is all combat and dungeon crawling (Diablo) and one is all role-playing and open-ended narrative (BG). It's like asking if you should play Cyberpunk 2077 or Doom?I know this is a tough one but for a newbie to the genre like me: Diablo IV or Baldurs Gate 3?
Never playable any series before. Let's just say I got interested in both and the main difference I spot when looking at them is that Diablo IV seems more action focused?
Lately, I'm a bit bored with video games so I guess I'm willing to try new genres and games that need more thinking, have better conversation/dialogue and offer more freedom to make your own path.
FinalBossWithTheMostPower
Member
First time playing BG...
Played 3.5 hours tonight with a couple friends in multi-player. Pure gold.
So, I finally understand why someone says "X game isn't really an RPG." The depth of customization, here, is insane and I can see how it might be overwhelming.
Playing with maxed out ultra settings, the game is beautiful. Brought my PC to the living room to play on 75 inches.
Game is effin amazing.
Played 3.5 hours tonight with a couple friends in multi-player. Pure gold.
So, I finally understand why someone says "X game isn't really an RPG." The depth of customization, here, is insane and I can see how it might be overwhelming.
Playing with maxed out ultra settings, the game is beautiful. Brought my PC to the living room to play on 75 inches.
Game is effin amazing.
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acidagfc
Member
All you need to do as a warlock is sling Eldritch Blasts, that is their bread and butter damage ability.
Make sure you pick up Agonizing Blast invocation, so it adds your proficiency bonus to damage rolls and then level charisma to 18 asap.
At lvl 5 it becomes 2d10, which is insane for an unlimited cantrip.
Their spellslots are limited, use them on something that will last, like a hex or any other concentration spell.
Gorgon
Member
Sold.
amigastar
Member
Play it. Play it now.The game is ready to launch on Steam but I was planning to do it in co-op with 2 other friends. And one of them is unavailable until the end of August.
Screw your friend
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KyoZz
Tag, you're it.
You can see the playtime on Steam and if I start a game now it will be 3 years of waiting for nothing. I must resist. But with Starfield early September... I swear he couldn't have been unavailable at a worse timePlay it. Play it now.
Screw your friend
existensmaximum
Member
What.. Is it true this game won't have a physical release on PS5?
geary
Member
I hope Owlcat can get the license for Warcraft and do justice to the francisee with a in depth crpg.
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