Yeah the article is very weird to me as well, it comes across as someone who has very little experience with RPG's in general.
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Baldur's Gate 3 |Early Access OT| Rolling the Dice
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They seem mostly positive right now. People are saying the game's pretty buggy ATM though which I guess is to be expected since the full release is pretty far.
The FextraLife preview really goes into whether or not the criticism that the game will basically be "Divinity in a D&D skin" has merit or not.
Sure is, I made a lobby :)
Mostly positive, some are too positive and at least one negative is just weird and uneven.
Not yet. Early Access does not have barbarian yet. But will be added before release
Thanks! I was apparently a bit too impatient regarding this it seems. :) It works out in the end!
One question. Why do some of you want to play an unfinished game and ruin your own experience for when it goes full release? (I'm just wondering from my own perspective of thought)
Anyone having issues with screen resolution? no matter what I change it to, it does not change- stuck at what appears to be 1080p. Using a 2080, on LGOLED tv with Gsync...
I just like messing around and breaking systems, and I enjoy seeing a game slowly evolve. Also I replay RPGs a lot anyway so it doesn't really bother me much going over the same content again.
Look at it like playing an episodic game I guess. You'll play Act 1 now and the rest at some point in the future.
I guess that makes sense. I did it on hitman 1.
This also makes perfect sense. If you enjoy that kind of experience then why not. Have fun guys
I like Larian, happy to support them and help develop the game with my feedback.
I had a great experience with supporting Hades in early access and that game kicks fucking ass now.
So long as it isn't Avengers-levels of broken, I can live with it. I've been itching to play a modern video game that uses D&D's 5th Edition rule set, and this one looks promising.
A bummer, but it's also reassuring. Maybe I can use this opportunity to create some new characters/classes that I can use for a future table top session?
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Simply play something you usually don't or wouldn't play for your "proper" playthrough if it bothers you, game is great and will give a lot of replayability with the updates. I played DoS2 so much over the span of it's life, worth!
Larian are capable at what they do, no reason to fear it :)
Still in the first few steps but I love love love the implementation of passive and active skill rolls. It super feels like a pen & paper thing already.
I bought that one in early access myself but didn't touch it until it was released. I guess I could buy this one as well but just not ttouchh it so I don't ruin the experience for myself.
No, I think the idea was for YOU to fuck right off with that 😁
The reason for them doing this has been repeated ad nasuem so I wotn go into it but I suggest maybe looking into getting DOS 2 with your buddy instead if you're looking for a co-op CRPG fix.
But...you.... don't have to buy it now. Just wait until it's more done?
I was so excited for this but £49.99 is a tough pill to swallow for just Act 1 is EA. I'll wait and see if it goes on sale at some point. I hope those who are playing are having fun!
I mean yeah that's pretty much what early access is. If you're not interested in that then you'll just end up with a better game whenever it launches into 1.0. Play DOS2 with your friend in the meantime - it's an excellent multiplayer cRPG and is well polished.
Game wont go to sale for long, long time.
Only some "long" time after 1.0 has been out.
Lmao. It's early access of a major release and you get the full game on launch. You expect them to give you the full game for less than full price? If you think about it, it's weird logic that only exists because indie games or kickstarters are usually EA games.
I'll take your word for it, as I've only played D:OSII on the Nintendo Switch.
Great game, but I'm otherwise unfamiliar with this studio's output.
Really? Where did you hear that? EA games often go on sale so I'll wait. Besides, I'm happy to pay closer to full price at release when the game is finished.
From their earlier games. They don't go on sale til at least a while after release.
And the cost being an issue boggles me. It's pretty much a preorder for the full game of course it's full price.
TRUEEEEEEEEEEE. Dude, my even hotter take is that they should've only taken the setting and thrown everything else out, because D&D sucks and BG2 was amazing in spite of it, not because of it. DOS2 might be the GOAT isometric RPG honestly.
Sven talked about it in DroppedFrames he was on several weeks ago (you can find episode on youtube).
He talked about a lot of things and one was purpose of Early Access, pricing of it etc. It's where he mentioned that EA will be full priced because of content full game will have and work it takes to get there, also mentioned that they aren't looking to discount the game for long time. They want use EA as development tool that gives them data and feedback, not as pre-order with discount and "demo".
Edit: He also says that they increased the price from DOS 2 to BG 3 because scale of the game is that much larger and they feel full game will justify its pricepoint
Not AMD, but VULKAN on a GTX980 w/ the latest drivers works for me. Running auto settings (Ultra, I think) at 1900x1200.
It took the first D:OS over 2 years to go 50% off and it only went 66%+ after D:OS2 released, and it was never on sale in Early Access and it took months I believe before they even gave a 10% discount on D:OS2.
So yeah, good luck holding out for this and really from their perspective as long as they maintain track record, the game will be at 95% positive and selling like the hottest muffins at the store for months to come, no reason to discount it.
Cool... I'm not pissed off about the game being full price, I just can't justify paying £49.99 for it at the moment. Especially when there are other finished products coming out this year that I would like to play. I was hoping it would release at £39.99 but that's just me being hopeful.
Anyway, you do you. Hope you're enjoying the game.
Wait, it has controller support or can Stadia use keyboard and mouse?
Both, controller support is beta whatever that means. Seems to be a positive experience if you go by Reddit users playing
Going by my impressions of the previous two Larian games, I don't really expect much from the story, so I don't care if I spoil a part of it.
Early thoughts. It's early access. It's janky, and rough and pretty amazing for early access. DnD goodness. The desire to re-roll a new character and replay even the first act is already high.