Third time's the charm I hope. We had Elder Ring, Tears of the Kingdom and now Baldur's Gate 3.
Big budget big games from different studios with no bullshit attached to them, selling and being celebrated like the hot cakes they are.
I essentially never pay full price for games but the combination of gameplay and the studio itself being gamer-friendly I think it's gonna be in my library soon.
Anyone here liking it? I haven’t played.
If you're into RPGs, or DnD, or general fantasy stuff, I would highly recommend it. I haven't finished it yet, but the first 20 or so hours have been incredibly fun. It's been a long time since I've enjoyed a game this much, the reviews aren't wrong with this one.
I'm not into DnD nor fantasy generally, but I am absolutely loving it. 40 hours in so far and I can't get enough. I have the itch where I'm just thinking about spells all day when I'm not playing
If you feel this way, you should definitely look in to getting into D&D. This game is the closest you're going to get to playing a D&D campaign in a video game as far as translation to the medium goes.
If you like this game, you will absolutely love D&D.
I will say it definitely has brought up my interest again. My ex used to play and I've watched some people play before, but I just feel like I'd have a hard time. I think it's just my insecurity of needing to be good at things and I feel like I'd be bad at playing. Feels like the pressure would get to me to think of good ideas and such.
I've played BG1, BG2, and a shit ton of NWN. I am an hour or two into BG3 and I'm happy so far.
Feels somewhat like 'Divinity OS does DND' but I enjoyed the system before and it seems to fit well enough to the setting.
I remember when all these games were just coming out and the hype surrounding them. My favourite was always Minsc and his hamster companion Boo from BG1.
I adore Minsc but feel like WoTC has started flooding him into stuff once they realized that he was popular. He's in a comic, in Magic the gathering now, and I think even showed up in modules and games. Their involvement in any of this has made me trepidatious, tbh. It sounds like Larian may have made a good game despite them. (I have my own nitpicks there but I'm a very inflexible and nostalgic person, so that's to be expected.)
I generally have a 1 year delay for Triple-A games, to see if they're still relevant and then maybe look into buying. I might shorten that time for this game.
I've never tried one of these games myself, but I'm happy about all the fuzz coming from this game!! I hope other companies take it as an example c:
They will take it as an example. They will release more fantasy crpgs but will not learn not to include micro transactions
I'm really tempted to buy it, but I have little time to play nowadays. It seems like the kind o game that you need to invest time to enjoy.
I've played it for 50 hours and I'd estimate I'm about half way through. So you are right. Though I've enjoyed every second of those hours. Also if you're constantly so busy you can't play a game or have you time, you're definitely living life wrong.
Have you ever heard of Capitalism?
I work most of the day and when I finish I have little time to share between studies, chores, family, partner, friends and games. Maybe during the weekends I can play more but I don't have the time I had during uni.
Edit: Fuck I'm mad with the
you’re definitely living life wrong.
Pay me a salary and I'll stop wasting my time going to work so I can go play games.
you’re definitely living life wrong.
Hard to get context across in a post, this was only intended as a playful jab. I know all too well the consequences of aging and how it sucks your time away. Though I got divorced sometime ago and my (adult) kids live with me. I work full time but from home, the time I save on the commute allows me time to cook etc and not having to be up as early allows me to stay up later at night. But because of this isolation I don't really get out much There's no "other half" and friends are in short supply, no co-workers to hang out with in my free time. Which leaves me plenty of time for video games. Now is this a good trade off! I don't think so, would much prefer to be in your shoes.
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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