PC Gaming Baldurs Gate 3

[Allanon]

Yes Grandpa that is correct. The game save files are on your PC or Console.

You can't access the Server that mirrors all of your Hard Drive activity and information unless your GS-12 or higher with corresponding intelligence clearance through the NSA Metadata Harvesting Reservoir at the Fort Meade Adjunct facility located within the Yucca Mountain Complex. Temporary clearance can only be granted from the onsite Information Intake Officer on Duty anyway so you don't even need to worry about it.

You forget that I do not play online multi-player games and so it is a blind spot for me. What I know, such as it is, is second-hand information. The games I play are all offline games.

 

[Husky_Khan]

You forget that I do not play online multi-player games and so it is a blind spot for me. What I know, such as it is, is second-hand information. The games I play are all offline games.

I know. It's a fair concern. It's just kinda easy to find out so I am legally compelled to chide you.

Speaking of multiplayer, that is saved to the host computer as well so you can play with your bingo group.

 

[Allanon]

I know. It's a fair concern. It's just kinda easy to find out so I am legally compelled to chide you.

Speaking of multiplayer, that is saved to the host computer as well so you can play with your bingo group.

Not that old yet, and I prefer to find out about these things from people at sites like this. That way I know I'm getting the information from people who actually know about these things.

 

[Buba]

There was an interesting post on Larian Studios board, namely, that Japanese players have no idea what is going on in the game.
Anybody heard anything about this? Korea same?
I will copy and paste and link as IMO interesting.

Larian, You Have Underestimated Japanese Audiences

First, I'm glad that Baldur's Gate 3 have basically reignited D&D in Japan, alongside the WotC's new promotions and the Honor Among Thieves movie. That said, the developers didn't seem to have any input from players completely new to D&D itself. In an interview found onli...

forums.larian.com

Mind you, the forum makes even a fuddy-duddy like me cringe and likes to send "504 error" to viewers and users.

First, I'm glad that Baldur's Gate 3 have basically reignited D&D in Japan, alongside the WotC's new promotions and the Honor Among Thieves movie. That said, the developers didn't seem to have any input from players completely new to D&D itself.


In an interview found online (『バルダーズ・ゲート3』開発者インタビュー。世界で絶賛されるRPGに秘められたこだわりとは), your developers have said new players shouldn't be worried about the Forgotten Realms lore even if you're unfamiliar with it. But the reality is, in most cases, they had no idea what they're doing mechanically.

Current Japanese video game market have become utterly detached from table game/TTRPG side and had not much of cross-pollinations, unlike how Baldur's Gate 3 is. To most of them, BG3 and D&D in general was a game that runs on a completely alien set of mechanics. Then the game's poor tutorial kicks in.

I've heard many words about mechanics being not clear and poorly explained. Some have left characters encumbered all the time or kept using weapons and armors not proficient with just because they could equip it. Of course, Spell Slots might've thrown many off too.
Throwing players into character creation before teaching them the mechanics looked like a bad idea too (like d20 rolls or actions in combat.) As a DM myself, I always do that with monster-esque stat blocks that explain itself.
Even beyond that, tutorials and UIs in general felt severely underexplained.

Your friends over Spike Chunsoft have included early game guides, but that was only for early adopters on PS5, which ended up becoming way less of whole.


Back to the lore: not being familiar with the source material didn't just mean not knowing what to expect in gameplay, but also in mechanics and lore. I've heard words about that starting from a Mind Flayer ship with heavy sci-fi vibes threw people off the loop for whoever expected classic high fantasy vibes. Having a Western origin makes a fantasy work look "genuine" to them, not expecting the wild and wacky side of D&D.

(Sidenote: the "isekai" thing your rep have mentioned in the interview might've been a bit out of date. Isekai have gone out of fashion a little bit: now people are reignited with what a classical fantasy (without isekai) can offer and we are exploring what's beyond that without the cheap power fantasy. In recent years, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End and Delicious in Dungeon have gotten anime adaptations, both of which builds on the RPG archetype we have built even after the first decline of D&D in mid-90s. Even the author of Delicious in Dungeon is a huge fan of D&D, have played the Planescape: Torment which we never got a Japanese version.)

Despite everything, it's not like we're completely clueless, though: I've seen some community content creators (especially the few D&D content creators that existed before BG3) and trashy curation media (that just curates X/Twitter or message board posts and reposts them to get views) have caught on to the game. Still, the game did not do enough explaining on itself. That's where we were blaming for.

I just thought the detriments might've been out of your expectations and I wanted to tell.

 

[Carrot of Truth]

What is the faster non violent way to break your oath as a paladin?

 

[Buba]

I always did it violently
Maybe through some dialogue options concerning the juvenile delinquent? Goblin lass? The brawl inside Druid Grove between Zevlor and the Mercenary Captain? Breaking/stealing the Bard's lute? Letting the Gith Psychobitch bully Zorru? Bullying the Hobbit you save in the "hidden" passage? Exorting the Flying Gnome? Being mean to Scratch? Telling Councellor Florick to fuck off? Coup de grace to the poisoned boot snatcher?
Could vary by Oath, mind you.
Further on during the game accepting a snippet of Auntie Ethel's hair makes you lose the Oath. Been there, done that
Speaking of which - maybe somthing related with Myrina's husband?

 

[Abhorsen]

What is the faster non violent way to break your oath as a paladin?

Probably to denounce your god/sell your soul to the lowest bidder by announcement.

 

[Carrot of Truth]

I always did it violently
Maybe through some dialogue options concerning the juvenile delinquent? Goblin lass? The brawl inside Druid Grove between Zevlor and the Mercenary Captain? Breaking/stealing the Bard's lute? Letting the Gith Psychobitch bully Zorru? Bullying the Hobbit you save in the "hidden" passage? Exorting the Flying Gnome? Being mean to Scratch? Telling Councellor Florick to fuck off? Coup de grace to the poisoned boot snatcher?
Could vary by Oath, mind you.
Further on during the game accepting a snippet of Auntie Ethel's hair makes you lose the Oath. Been there, done that
Speaking of which - maybe somthing related with Myrina's husband?

Well I made a Paladin of devotion and acted like a murder hobo but the oath refused to break. So I made a Paladin of Vengance and used the wand on the chicks dead husband and that broke it.

 

[TheRejectionist]

I am borderline goody-two-shoes (or whatever idiomatic expression you lads use) in BG3 and most other games with the exception of obvious titles like Red Dead series and the GTA series (and a few others where you are a bad guy killing other bad guys).

 

[Carrot of Truth]

I am borderline goody-two-shoes (or whatever idiomatic expression you lads use) in BG3 and most other games with the exception of obvious titles like Red Dead series and the GTA series (and a few others where you are a bad guy killing other bad guys).

I was just trying to make an oathbreaker paladin but the game bugged out and I was struggling to break my oath.

 

[TheRejectionist]

I was just trying to make an oathbreaker paladin but the game bugged out and I was struggling to break my oath.

Oh did I try that. I tried not respecting the vow of vengeance but apparently I was still in the grey area allright.

 

[Carrot of Truth]

As a Mommythara enjoyer I feel attacked.

 

[TheRejectionist]

As a Mommythara enjoyer I feel attacked.

Honestly, for the sake of a completionist run, in the future I will spare Minthara. But she is one of those characters you kill asap like Saint James and Dermot in Fallout New Vegas.

 

[Carrot of Truth]

Honestly, for the sake of a completionist run, in the future I will spare Minthara. But she is one of those characters you kill asap like Saint James and Dermot in Fallout New Vegas.

You can get her without killing the grove now, Also she's a Paladin so way more useful than Halsin

 

[Buba]

You can get her without killing the grove now,

Larian succumbed to the "I want to eat my cake and have it too" whinos ...
You could recruit her without killing anybody at the Grove (personally, that is. The killing is done by Gawblins off screen) by ignoring the big Act 1 quests and making a beeline for Moonsrise Towers. I've done it on 5th, better players than I can do it by 4th level Honour Mode.

she's a Paladin so way more useful than Halsin

There is Rescpecify ... personally I give her a makeover and fix her - she Fighter now.

 

[Carrot of Truth]

Larian succumbed to the "I want to eat my cake and have it too" whinos ...
You could recruit her without killing anybody at the Grove (personally, that is. The killing is done by Gawblins off screen) by ignoring the big Act 1 quests and making a beeline for Moonsrise Towers. I've done it on 5th, better players than I can do it by 4th level Honour Mode.

Tbh not being able to recruit her before without destroying the grove was kind of dumb. Basically the main reason they changed it was because many players didn't even know recruiting her was possible.

 

[Abhorsen]

Larian succumbed to the "I want to eat my cake and have it too" whinos ...
You could recruit her without killing anybody at the Grove (personally, that is. The killing is done by Gawblins off screen) by ignoring the big Act 1 quests and making a beeline for Moonsrise Towers. I've done it on 5th, better players than I can do it by 4th level Honour Mode.

You can also do it by knocking her out instead of killing her, according to the wiki. I like the respect for subdual damage.

 

[Carrot of Truth]

You can also do it by knocking her out instead of killing her, according to the wiki. I like the respect for subdual damage.

That's basically the only way to get her now is to make sure you knock her out rather than kill her.

 

[S'task]

It really bothers me the one Paladin is such an evil bitch... and that a good playthrough gets TWO Druids. They really didn't consider party balance when designing the companions. You do get a passable core, but the only role you have any real variety in is main melee tank. One arcane caster option (Warlocks are not something that can trade for Wizard they lack the utility and AoE magic), one real healer, and one trappist. Your PC can fill any of the roles, but given the most common "Tav" was a fighter it meant you basically had no character variety in your party. You could do a non-standard party layout, sure, but in the end if you stuck to a classic adventure party you were basically stuck.

Not sure why they ended up with that layout, it seems weirds that they'd do that and then give you TWO Druids and a Ranger... none of whom really fill in those roles well.

 

[Abhorsen]

I really missed all the variety that there was in the original two Baldur's gate. But I sunk like 1000 hours into that though, so I am a little biased.