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So one of my Top 5 games of all time is getting a sequel made by the developers of one of my other Top 5 games of all-time. HYPE ESCALATING!
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Zzulu posted:I never played Balldurs gate The original Baldur's Gate was a little meandering and had somewhat dull writing but it was a great translation of a (quite flawed) game system into a video game. The second...was just better in every single way: the mechanics (since you started at level 7 when the fun poo poo begins) the world, the writing, the characters. Everything was loving awesome. And it had a billion things to do and amazing pacing. You seldom got stuck doing one thing for too long. None of the dungeons were obnoxiously long, none of the quests will overloaded with fluff and every one of them felt meaningful and interesting in some way. The three big downsides to BG II was A) Real time with Pause is kinda stupid. It worked but it was hard to feel like you were in control of what was happening B) The plot takes over and you get pretty railroaded after chapter 2 and C) The 2nd edition ruleset had a bunch of idiotic nonsense in it. Fighting wizards in 2 was a massive chore because of the stupid dance because the 27 layers of protection they'd put up and the 27 countermagics you had to cycle through to deal with it.
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Jun 6, 2019 20:41
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Also it's one of those games where people have written absolute tomes on how to abuse it. As opposed to a lot of games that feel in control of how powerful you are at any given point in the game. Now of course some people call this 'good game balance' and they are totally correct. But good game balance is for competitive multiplayer games; single player? lemme take the chains off and wreck poo poo. high-fives Might and Magic VII for good measure
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Jun 6, 2019 20:51
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Ok if there's one thing that raises the tiniest flag it's the idea that I can just pick up a module and read through the plot of BG III before the game even comes out. But then again it isn't like Larian has the best writers in the world so it might be a blessing in disguise.
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Jun 6, 2019 20:59
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Freakazoid_ posted:The more I go down the forgotten realms rabbit hole, the more I'm convinced it was actually a retcon, because Ao is literally described as a writer who's boss is constantly calling him into the office. I'm actually convinced that 'Ao' means 'Author Override'. Like every time a writer has to break FR continuity to make some big change that otherwise doesn't make sense 'Ao did it'. Also. This thread is moving pretty fast. Is this 60$ 1/3rd of a game beta really have enough to talk about?
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Oct 17, 2020 02:11
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babypolis posted:sadly apparently PoE2 did very poorly and a sequel seems unlikely drat it all why can't people just like the things I like?
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Oct 17, 2020 03:33
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Good. New question. Is Act I a relatively self-contained narrative or is it all 'Ok I beat it, time to wait ??? years for Act 2'?
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Oct 17, 2020 03:53
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Their EA message says 'at least a year, it's done when it's done'.jokes posted:PoE, DOS2, then Pathfinder (if ever). Pathfinder is really uh... a lot. My order would be DOS2 first but all those games are amazingly worth playing. Just know that Pathfinder is somehow a 150 hour game that doesn't feel like it has much more content than the other 2. ChrisBTY fucked around with this message at 15:52 on Oct 17, 2020 |
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Oct 17, 2020 15:47
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Some may argue that going 1-20 would create horrible pacing problems. On my end? This reeks of BG 1. Actually start at level 3 or something. Level 1 is bulldonk and everybody knows it.
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Oct 17, 2020 17:26
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drat it. After 2 days of procrastinating and putting it off I finally dipped my toes into Baldur's Gate III...and promptly got stuck in the 3rd room (the ship exterior with the ledge). I'm playing a Wizard, can't jump it, don't have the jump spell Broke the spawn basin in the first room, killed the Intellect Devourer if that counts for anything.. Found 3 chests but there wasn't anything useful inside. So now I'm stuck on a goddamn ledge 5 minutes into the game.
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Oct 20, 2020 06:52
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It didn't seem like I had anywhere near the distance but this is the second time I've heard this. Thank you for your help.
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Oct 20, 2020 07:11
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I had attempted to line the jump up a half dozen times before I quit out of the game in frustration. My first try back into the game I lined the jump up perfectly. Thanks for the help.
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Oct 20, 2020 07:23
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So after almost a year I decided to try this again. I know this is still quite EA but is 7 minute load times to get into the game normal?
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Aug 15, 2021 13:25
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Makes sense thank you.
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Aug 15, 2021 14:16
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I cleared my cache, checked the intregrity of the files and rebooted my system. That helped but it was still a little over 3 minutes.
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Aug 16, 2021 22:42
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lemonadesweetheart posted:That still seems long. Are you running vulcan or directX? Are you having any issues with any other games? I'm running Vulcan because that's the default. And yeah some of this at least is my compy. It can lag pretty bad at times and not just with video games. Not sure what the issue is and I don't want to bring it into the shop. Like the most recent time I played BG III it load okayish, sputtered and lagged at the part of the wilderness with the river even at low graphical settings, hit a bug during an event where I was resting and my character was supposed to be doing something but it just showed him endlessly tossing in his sleep. I go to exit to main menu and THAT took the better part of 5 minutes. This sucks. Not like, the game, but whatever the hell my compy is doing.
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Aug 17, 2021 03:01
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Yeah ok I just realized/remembered what the problem is with about 90% certainty. My HDDs are 11 years old. Might be time to pull the trigger on getting an SSD.
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Aug 17, 2021 15:59
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I pulled the trigger. Time to wait for it to come in then completely mess up the installation and somehow destroy my entire computer.
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Aug 17, 2021 16:44
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sebmojo posted:e: https://au.pcmag.com/ssds/87914/how-to-copy-your-windows-installation-to-an-ssd is a decent guide, you do want to be careful doing it as it is possible to brick your windows install if you don't pay attention. I am now frightened
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Aug 19, 2021 06:19
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isk posted:At this point I wouldn't be shocked if, say, once you reach Baldur's Gate, Shadowheart pulls a WWE Sting and unmasks herself as Viconia Alternately: Viconia's daughter. For bonus points Viconia's daughter with the MC of BG 1 and 2.
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Dec 10, 2022 02:09
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Flowing Thot posted:Endgame lich in WoTR is very much not a good crusade. Lich Sword Saint was so fun. And that's with me not even knowing how it worked with elemental barrage. But I noped out at the beginning of chapter 5. I'm just not cut out for evil runs. I love WoTR. I have 3 playthroughs that went to Chapter 5. Never beat it. Chapter 5 a grind yo. But BG III. In almost a week! Anything less than 'religious experience' will be a disappointment for me given that BG II and D:OS2 are both in my Top 10 games of all time list. (Though I'll level with you. The beta didn't quite hit that level for me. But I also last played it a year ago. Hearing that the level cap is 12 deflated me a bit too. Even though I get why).
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Jul 25, 2023 11:46
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Seems like they've left room for a 10-20 level range sequel. I hope it's just DLC. I would prefer to not wait until 2029 to play BG 4 and finish my character's story.
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Jul 25, 2023 12:40
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Mulva posted:They've openly talked about higher levels being a nightmare with their level of reactivity, there is every chance they just....don't make higher level content. Having played Throne of Bhaal and knowing how stupid high level D&D is I can accept this even if I'm not terribly pleased about it. Shifting gears for a second: I keep hearing about how 'Reactive' BG III is but I'm not quite sure what that means in this context.
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Jul 25, 2023 14:38
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Thank you for the information friends.
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Jul 25, 2023 14:49
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ZearothK posted:Sure, people are talking about replays as if it means playing to full completion. What we actually mean is that we will never see the last third of the game, but will re-do act 1 with so many different characters that we'll feel physical pain from revisiting the Druid Grove. This but the Illithid Ship. Which I'm already sick of and I only did it 4-5 times. Also: I never finished the demo. Because I felt like if I finished the demo then there would be nothing left to do but twiddle my thumbs and wait. This way I could convince myself there was something to go back to before release.
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Jul 25, 2023 15:29
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So in D:OS 2 I played the origin characters because I wanted the additional plot stuff. But here...I don't want to play as any of those NPCs.
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Jul 25, 2023 22:26
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ZearothK posted:Given there's an achievement for multiclassing all 12 classes by endgame I wonder how functional that character would be without respec shenanigans; like what would be the best order to pick the classes? Oh please tell me the achievement involves the word 'Abserd' Also: drat it July, stop having 31 days. Be more like February.
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Jul 29, 2023 00:06
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Mad Wack posted:
Oh what the HELL the game is going to take like the whole drat day to re-download.
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Aug 1, 2023 18:27
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So I haven't played the Beta for a year. I tried logging in to delete my saves but there were no saves to delete. I assume that they were incompatible with later patches. Do I have to dig into my files to delete whatever detritus is there or should I be fine. Also: In that event how do I delete Cloud saves.
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Aug 1, 2023 20:16
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I'm probably going to roll a sorcerer because I really want to succeed at speech checks but don't want to go Paladin/Bard just to do so. Just don't know if I'm repurposing Gale or making a new character. OTOH: Dark Urge Paladin...
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Aug 1, 2023 22:53
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Is that actually vital? My internet sucks rear end (hooray for fiber never coming here) and re-installing the game will take literally all day.
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Aug 1, 2023 23:03
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Mr. Baps posted:You effectively have to reinstall it no matter what, enjoy. I am aware. But if I were to roll say, a wizard then I have to worry about Int AND charisma. Suboptimal. I could use those points in any other stat. (except strength really) I'm not so much a min-maxer but I like when the tetraminos fall into place if you get my meaning. Mr. Baps posted:You effectively have to reinstall it no matter what, enjoy. Ffffffuck.
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Aug 1, 2023 23:13
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You don't have to be a charisma-based class to "succeed at speech checks"
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It's fine. I usually run sorc over wizard anyway. Actually wait. Are there any classes that arn't covered by an NPC?
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Aug 1, 2023 23:25
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Gejnor posted:It is. The Fiend? 
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Aug 2, 2023 01:12
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It's been discussed before but the big problem with the companions is that there are 5 evil ones, 1 neutral one and 1 good one if we're talking in broad strokes. Even then they're charming enough..in a way (actually no Lae'Zael is the pits and I want to throw her into one). I just get the feeling that Larian's head writers have binged It's Always Sunny as a group sometimes. ChrisBTY fucked around with this message at 03:06 on Aug 2, 2023 |
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Aug 2, 2023 03:03
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ChickenHeart posted:Finally, after all these years the community will finally have an official, WOTC-sanctioned answer to the question that has plagued DnD groups for decades: Illithussy seeks a way to get the Illithid parasite out of them in an epic game called Baldur's Gate III.
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Aug 2, 2023 19:44
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Hulk Smash! posted:Nope. Anything you get before 11AM EST tomorrow is EA. Not even a goddamn preload. Not even a midnight download. Whelp, see you Friday BG III.
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Aug 2, 2023 19:55
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Son of Rodney posted:I realized this in EA after visiting the camp after finishing a story milestone and being able to just straight up proposition the other party members I had a friend playing a lewd bardbarian in a game once. He decided to lewd on the entire audience once so I threw a D4 at him and told him to roll for his character's dick size in millimeters. I also gave him a magical chainsaw.
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Fighticus Jim John Cena
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Perfect Potato posted:It's not all that complicated What the heck was that woman's room that Irenicus had filled with traps in his lair all about?
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