Baldur's Gate 3 (PC, PS5, Xbox Series) [no open spoilers]

[EzekelRAGE]

Is there a solid amount of voice acting or a shyt ton of reading to do?

Uhh........kinda hard to say, it's like both. All NPC's you talk to (which seems to be every NPC) are voiced, along with the convos your companions may have (them responding to you or others). But you as the MC, you dont have a voice in the convos, just text options. Which is weird since you choose a voice in the character creator. I guess it's for those lines when you out walking around.

 

[Afro]

Is there a solid amount of voice acting or a shyt ton of reading to do?

Mostly VA, your character is silent, but there is a Narrator who explains what you are thinking and seeing.

 

[Ciggavelli]

I’m so bad at combat.

I kinda hate this turn based shyt. I’m in act 2 and it’s kicking my ass, even on explorer mode.

I may need to respec everybody. I don’t know what I’m doing

 

[EzekelRAGE]

Ayo......WTF, shyt got me speechless

Spoiler: Major Spoiler, for stuff right before you get to Baldur's Gate

Spoiler: Real shyt dont click this if you havent literally stepped foot in the city(Baldur's Gate). This is about something that happens right before you get to BG

Spoiler: Final warning, major spoiler that may ruin some parts of the game for you. The fact that I have 3 spoiler tags should warn you how this affects the story for yo. You have been warned......

This raggedy bytch was a Mindflayer the whole fukking time. My guardian was woman. i got fukking catfished brehs.
The whole time Im going thru the astral prism, Im like "damn, the mindflayers and gith having a full war in this bytch. I wonder how the gith got in here . Doesnt matter, i gotta go save guardian bae, I might get a chance to sleep with her after this "

I walk up on the emperor mindflayer getting his ass whooped by the gith monks and I'm like "damn he getting them hands put on him, I wonder where bae at "

Then the Emperor reveals he really was my guardian.

Mind fukking blown
This why you said I needed to eat the worms.......

Then I said "Convince me it was really you as my guardian"
He lists off some of my deeds, and then ends the list with 'Remember when you came to the plain and you comforted me?"

 

[Hopeofmypeople]

Based on all these reviews I highly doubt Statfield is going to beat this based on hype and reviews. This is a generational defining game, also Starfield is the same then it’s a wrap on which is the greater success.

 

[the elastic]

I was all excited to buy and play this shyt tonight on the P5....only to see it's not coming out until Sep

 

[Mowgli]

How does perma death of side characters work

 

[east]

65 hours?! In a week? I wish I could dedicate that much time sheesh.

in a row, and im about to start another sesh

Spoiler: about companions

i missed getting lae'zel twice, is she gone forever?

i also chopped off gale's hand to satisfy my dark urge, no regrets there

 

[DaSk8D00D]

Crazy that this was almost a stadia exclusive

On one hand it’s laughable because we all know the fate of stadia, however getting more games like this in their catalog they could’ve actually done something in the industry

 

[Afro]

How does perma death of side characters work

Side characters? Someone dead, they dead. Companions die, they can be resurrected at a cost or just left dead.

The story will continue on.

 

[daze23]

Crazy that this was almost a stadia exclusive

On one hand it’s laughable because we all know the fate of stadia, however getting more games like this in their catalog they could’ve actually done something in the industry

I don't think it was ever gonna be a Stadia exclusive. it just had it's reveal at a Stadia event, and was gonna use some Stadia exclusive streaming features

 

[Mowgli]

Side characters? Someone dead, they dead. Companions die, they can be resurrected at a cost or just left dead.

The story will continue on.

I meant companions. Your party members

 

[Afro]

I’m so bad at combat.

I kinda hate this turn based shyt. I’m in act 2 and it’s kicking my ass, even on explorer mode.

I may need to respec everybody. I don’t know what I’m doing

What helped me was taking a step back to read all my tooltips and beginning to understand what each character is capable of.

Spell slots only replenish after a Long Rest, so I need to save big spells for bigger fights. Cantrips are free,

Then understand that I need to take control of the battlefield ASAP when a fight starts.

I enjoy my Paladin, but I have to keep in mind that he is best at single target damage, he won't just wade in and AOE an entire team.

Having a spellcaster makes things far easier. You can have them cast Darkness, Fog, Cloud of Daggers, etc, to close off a part of the field so you can funnel enemies into killboxes.

Using T on enemies gives you a full breakdown of strengths and weaknesses of enemies. Example being in Act 2, you will spend a good amount of time in the Shadowlands. So Radiant damage will be your saving grace.

Keep in mind that enemies still play by the same rules you do. A good idea is to hide two people first, so that they can circle around and clip mages/archers before they can really do damage.

 

[Afro]

I meant companions. Your party members

You can rez them with scrolls or pay a character in your camp to rez them for a fee if they die during battle or you cannot find their body.

If you kill them in a cutscene as part of a choice, they are dead dead.

 

[EzekelRAGE]

Act 3 bigger(content wise) than act one? Act 1seemed big as hell