video game Baldur's Gate 3 serves 2023 GOTY & Best PC Game of all time (so far). Surprised?

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4 hours ago, Tripthelight said:

Is it hard to play? What’s a good gameplay comparison? ….Elden Ring was too much for me. 

It's not hard at all, even on balanced mode, and there's an easy option

 

Gameplay wise, it's most similar to Larian's previous effort: Divinity 2. Also similar to Disco Elysium.

 

 

1 hour ago, PMM said:

i have BG 2 but i never played it
ngl i hate those type of games but i wish that BG 3 wings GOTY so Hogwarts Legacy wont

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Also should I play 1 and 2 before playing 3?

You don't need to play 1 or 2. 

 

Re: Hogwarts... that was never in contention for GOTY. 

 

Unless Starfield somehow surprises, and I don't think it will, I think TOTK will take most of the awards, even over BG3.

[DanyelP23]

1 hour ago, PMM said:

i have BG 2 but i never played it
ngl i hate those type of games but i wish that BG 3 wings GOTY so Hogwarts Legacy wont

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Also should I play 1 and 2 before playing 3?

I don’t even understand who the fk is Baldur and why everyone wants to go to his gate so no, you don’t need to have played the previous games. This one is aparently set 100 years after BG2. The plot is easily understandable without pripr knowledge of the game.

 

@Tripthelight I would not say it’a hard to play. You are not pressed by time as it is turn based so it’s not like you need to hone your reflexes against a boss very long. You can pretty much press f5 to quicksave at any point so you can do that before a bossfight and then learn the boss’s weak points and go back to the previous save. Plus, in most cases there are multiple ways of approach to almost all battles.

[PMM]

1 minute ago, DanyelP23 said:

I don’t even understand who the fk is Baldur and why everyone wants to go to his gate so no, you don’t need to have played the previous games. This one is aparently set 100 years after BG2. The plot is easily understandable without pripr knowledge of the game.

 

@Tripthelight I would not say it’a hard to play. You are not pressed by time as it is turn based so it’s not like you need to hone your reflexes against a boss very long. You can pretty much press f5 to quicksave at any point so you can do that before a bossfight and then learn the boss’s weak points and go back to the previous save. Plus, in most cases there are multiple ways of approach to almost all battles.

 

4 minutes ago, elevate said:

 

You don't need to play 1 or 2. 

 

 

 

ok. now waiting for sale. 50EUR is a lot I will buy it someday

[Tasty]

Literally best game of all time period.

[Starshine]

I can't believe I put like 50 hours into Act I.

The side quests are really well done so I'm doing all of them. 

[DanyelP23]

1 hour ago, Starshine said:

I can't believe I put like 50 hours into Act I.

The side quests are really well done so I'm doing all of them. 

I think I clocked in around 60h for act I But I redid some things with quicksave cuz Astarion dissaproved. Also I replayed an entire hour in the Ghityanki Creche so I could get Bloof Of Lathander before I beat the boss there and doublecross

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Vlakith by lying to her and not stabbing my Guardian

What class - race - background did you pick?

Edited August 17, 2023 by DanyelP23

[Starshine]

13 hours ago, DanyelP23 said:

I think I clocked in around 60h for act I But I redid some things with quicksave cuz Astarion dissaproved. Also I replayed an entire hour in the Ghityanki Creche so I could get Bloof Of Lathander before I beat the boss there and doublecross

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Vlakith by lying to her and not stabbing my Guardian

What class - race - background did you pick?

I chose a lore bard, high elf, entertainer.  I usually always choose a support role, but I didn’t feel like playing cleric. I’m kind of new to these type of games and just wanted more story/dialogue in my first run. Hbu 

[DanyelP23]

46 minutes ago, Starshine said:

I chose a lore bard, high elf, entertainer.  I usually always choose a support role, but I didn’t feel like playing cleric. I’m kind of new to these type of games and just wanted more story/dialogue in my first run. Hbu 

My character is pretty similar. Bard College of Lore, Entertainer (I was undecided between this and Noble), high half elf instead of elf though.

I'm in act 2 now and I think I start to get the gist of all the game mechanics, but I'm still afraid that I waste my spells and don't use them tew much.

My biggest problem is I don't know when it's appropriate to use long rest. I tend to not use it for quite a while even though I have the resources

 

[Starshine]

4 minutes ago, DanyelP23 said:

My character is pretty similar. Bard College of Lore, Entertainer (I was undecided between this and Noble), high half elf instead of elf though.

I'm in act 2 now and I think I start to get the gist of all the game mechanics, but I'm still afraid that I waste my spells and don't use them tew much.

My biggest problem is I don't know when it's appropriate to use long rest. I tend to not use it for quite a while even though I have the resources

 

Wait we have the same character, mine is high half elf too. Tbh I just wanted the cutest one and the other races weren’t serving. 

I’ve been respec-ing my companions a lot, I just turned Astarion into a Gloomstalker Assassin and he does so much damage and has so many turns if I dual wield. Karlach is great too as a Barb and front liner.  Gale.. idk what to think about him and I feel like I’m not playing him right.  

I’ve really been long resting like every 3-4 fights and using the healing spells/potions to avoid long resting too much. I think Bard gives us an extra short rest. I kind of understand the combat now and been changing my play style a bit. I tend to ungroup Astarion from the battles to sneak and take advantage of the environment. In the beginning I was playing like it was Pokemon.  The only thing I feel like I’m missing out on though are the potions/elixirs and items like grenades.

[Stardom]

Bioware better see this and remaster Dragon Age: Origins 

[DanyelP23]

1 hour ago, Starshine said:

Wait we have the same character, mine is high half elf too. Tbh I just wanted the cutest one and the other races weren’t serving. 

I’ve been respec-ing my companions a lot, I just turned Astarion into a Gloomstalker Assassin and he does so much damage and has so many turns if I dual wield. Karlach is great too as a Barb and front liner.  Gale.. idk what to think about him and I feel like I’m not playing him right.  

I’ve really been long resting like every 3-4 fights and using the healing spells/potions to avoid long resting too much. I think Bard gives us an extra short rest. I kind of understand the combat now and been changing my play style a bit. I tend to ungroup Astarion from the battles to sneak and take advantage of the environment. In the beginning I was playing like it was Pokemon.  The only thing I feel like I’m missing out on though are the potions/elixirs and items like grenades.

I'm not sure if I want to re-spec Astarion. I have him on Arcane Trickster and I find his magic spell do a lot of damage (or better said have higher percentages of success) especially in boss fights. I might try it for fun to make him assassin to see how easy  I can one-shot monsters with him though. He's so good for disarming traps though, I have +18 on him, which is basically 95% chance of success. It is fun but I always remain with 4 inspiration points bcs I don't get to use them.

 

 

I find Gale kinda useless but I do have 2 good quarterstaffs (Arcane Blessing & Mourning Frost) so I keep him in my rotation. I love Lae'zel and Karlach though - simply because they're so easy to use during fights and have multiple actions/attacks

 

Btw, how are you handling money? I have like 17k gold and I'm not sure if I should even buy stuff or still save.

[Starshine]

1 minute ago, DanyelP23 said:

I'm not sure if I want to re-spec Astarion. I have him on Arcane Trickster and I find his magic spell do a lot of damage (or better said have higher percentages of success) especially in boss fights. I might try it for fun to make him assassin to see how easy  I can one-shot monsters with him though. He's so good for disarming traps though, I have +18 on him, which is basically 95% chance of success. It is fun but I always remain with 4 inspiration points bcs I don't get to use them.

 

 

I find Gale kinda useless but I do have 2 good quarterstaffs (Arcane Blessing & Mourning Frost) so I keep him in my rotation. I love Lae'zel and Karlach though - simply because they're so easy to use during fights and have multiple actions/attacks

 

Btw, how are you handling money? I have like 17k gold and I'm not sure if I should even buy stuff or still save.

17k gold?  I have like 4k because I have been buying stuff. I don’t really pickpocket even though I should. 

[DanyelP23]

I did some save scumming with Astarion until I stole 1k from the Underdark thielfing trader and 1k from the Zentharim hideout trader.

Theoretically you can do this to all the traders that you have once in between 2 long sleeps. But I stopped abusing it since in 9.5/10 cases I triggered other NPCs which I do not want, and I also get easily annoyed doing the same "mecanic" again and again Basically I loot everything, put it in camp and then go sell it.

Did you  already finish act 1? And who are you romancing?

[Tasty]

2 hours ago, DanyelP23 said:

I did some save scumming with Astarion until I stole 1k from the Underdark thielfing trader and 1k from the Zentharim hideout trader.

Theoretically you can do this to all the traders that you have once in between 2 long sleeps. But I stopped abusing it since in 9.5/10 cases I triggered other NPCs which I do not want, and I also get easily annoyed doing the same "mecanic" again and again Basically I loot everything, put it in camp and then go sell it.

Did you already finish act 1? And who are you romancing?

I'm a Drow warlock folk hero in act 2, pretty sure I'm romancing Halsin.

4 hours ago, Starshine said:

Wait we have the same character, mine is high half elf too. Tbh I just wanted the cutest one and the other races weren’t serving. 

I’ve been respec-ing my companions a lot, I just turned Astarion into a Gloomstalker Assassin and he does so much damage and has so many turns if I dual wield. Karlach is great too as a Barb and front liner.  Gale.. idk what to think about him and I feel like I’m not playing him right.  

I’ve really been long resting like every 3-4 fights and using the healing spells/potions to avoid long resting too much. I think Bard gives us an extra short rest. I kind of understand the combat now and been changing my play style a bit. I tend to ungroup Astarion from the battles to sneak and take advantage of the environment. In the beginning I was playing like it was Pokemon.  The only thing I feel like I’m missing out on though are the potions/elixirs and items like grenades.

You start getting so much food that you could pretty much long rest after every fight, I at least short rest after every one to get my warlock spell slots back.

Edited August 18, 2023 by Tasty

[Starshine]

3 hours ago, DanyelP23 said:

I did some save scumming with Astarion until I stole 1k from the Underdark thielfing trader and 1k from the Zentharim hideout trader.

Theoretically you can do this to all the traders that you have once in between 2 long sleeps. But I stopped abusing it since in 9.5/10 cases I triggered other NPCs which I do not want, and I also get easily annoyed doing the same "mecanic" again and again Basically I loot everything, put it in camp and then go sell it.

Did you  already finish act 1? And who are you romancing?

I’m romancing Halsin and Astarion.  I’m pretty sure Astarion hates me tho bc I’m going the good guy route. I just started Act II and reached the inn.

[Ciel]

I am so so so hype to play this!! I'm set on being a Bard but idk about my race yet...debating half elf or those red people

[willmcclure9]

Cant wait to get this on PS5, BG1 and 2 were my entire childhood  

[DanyelP23]

3 hours ago, Starshine said:

I’m romancing Halsin and Astarion.  I’m pretty sure Astarion hates me tho bc I’m going the good guy route. I just started Act II and reached the inn.

The way I made no effort and rejected multiple times both Lae’zel and Gale and for her I have exceptional approval and for Gale very high. Meanwhile for Astarion who I’m trying to romance I have just High (57 points) I also did mostly “good hero” choices.

 

Do you guys use the parasites to get more Ilithid powers? I have taken 5 and I am debating  if I should continue or not

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Cuz I don’t wanna transform into a Mindflayer myself at the end

 

[Nutitle]

I really hope this one wins GOTY

[Starshine]

On the topic of side quests, they flow through the acts so seamlessly and weave into the main quests that I can’t really consider them side quests. Whew GOTY right there. 

[DanyelP23]

The way I failed to 

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protect the portal with Halsin after I woke up that guy at the Last Light Inn and then Halsin died so I had to reload. I need to get to it again but postponed it a bit.

To be fair I think I needed to take a long sleep to recover my spells.

 

Meanwhile, my  guardian visited me for my first long rest in Act 2 and he served an outfit right out of Legends of Olympus / Ancient Greece mythology

 

 

I don't wanna brag but I feel like I snapped a bit in character creation with the Guardian in terms of beauty and uniqueness. On Tiktok/Twitter/Youtube, everybody's guardian is either extremely basic looking, or str8 up ugly because it was made in a rush

Edited August 19, 2023 by DanyelP23