Final game will still likely be 4-player, however they mentioned it they made the UI and systems so that someone could easily mod the game to be 6 party members. The game balance will still likely be off though
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Baldur's Gate III Early Access launching at $59.99 with 25 hours of content
- Thread starter Raigor
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I have a case here. It's fine if you don't have a problem with this but this is extremely dissapointing, Them charging full price for EA is not what i would have expected. I don't like it and I don't agree with it. They can do what they want but that doesn't mean they are right in doing it.
That, is what I plan to do, if good.
I was saying I won't be paying that price for a beta, so I'll just watch the beta gameplay vid on YouTube?
From their perspective it makes a lot of sense.
The thing they probably realized is that most people treat EA as just a sale. It's a cheaper way to preorder a game. But they don't actually provide the valuable feedback they need. I know it's what I would have done. Picked it up early for cheaper and never played it in EA, because I personally think that's pretty nuts for a game like this, it's like spoiling yourself on a movie by watching some random 20 minute clip in the middle somewhere before the movie opens.
This way, they figure the people that are paying full price are the people that are much more like to actually want ot play the game early. Either to provide feedback, mess around with the character builds, or otherwise help them by providing other sorts of analytics they might find useful or enlightening in some way.
And this EA is the perfect opportunity to test 6-party balance. But Larian would rather modders provide this service for free whilst they charge for 4-party testing.
They don't actually care about early access, they just wanted a discount.
As someone who never quite got the hang of the earlier BG titles, and finally played their first D&D game this year (in their 40s!), the 5e ruleset wasn't hard to pick up. You might also want to try the demo (if it's still available) for Solasta - it's also using the 5e ruleset, and does a good job of visualizing how it works.
They dont want ppl who want a demo or those who are not sure they want to test the game in the first place. Nothing is stopping you from playing it early.
They want a very specific set of ppl who are serious about it already. If you need to be convinced of anything, this EA isnt meant for you.
It's there progrative to charge what they want for it and I can just have issues. Hopefully it makes the game better in the long run but to me this is a poor way to handle it. No matter i'll buy it someday but it definitely won't be anytime soon now.
No I have no issue with early access and it normally is a good way to get feedback, charging full price on early access is where I find it a little messed up.
Ya...I'll wait until it's out of EA. EA for story driven games like this never made sense to me.
Well the final game is still probably close to a year out so....
In this case, I'm actually OK with it..... the amount of times I've started characters, played through Fort Joy, then started another character in DOS2 is borderline absurd. I've also bought the game 4 times (PC, Switch, copy for my wife, copy for a friend).
Can't wait for the EA launch.
Stop being obtuse, you know very well we are talking about the same people.
And plenty of those people who would be very serious about helping with the beta would be convinced to do so with a more reasonable price.
Meh was bored lol. Price isnt an issue, I understand others feel EA should give them a discount, but obviously Larian feels otherwise. I don't blame them either.
I've replayed D:OS recently and almost think it's a better game than D:OS2. Reason being because the sequel is too hardcore. I don't think I'm a bad player but several encounters are just badly designed. Also, I'm not a fan of the physical and magical armors, it's much more streamlined in D:OS. I hope Baldur's Gate 3 doesn't cater too much to min-maxers in RPGs because to me D:OS2 on Classic is almost impossible. It also feels like the game is designed to be completed in a set order (kinda like the old Mega Man games) for maximum efficiency. I don't mind getting wrecked if I venture too far, but in D:OS2 facing monsters with the same level is a challenge and +1 is almost impossible to win. In D:OS I can defeat monsters 2+ levels above me without problem.
I get them purely to get my standard RPG character creation paralysis out of the way. I make like ten characters to see which one clicks with me, take a screenshot, then remake them on release.
Yeah, I beat DOS2 for the first time recently and I kinda have a similar opinion of the game's combat. Due to the armor/magic armor system, damage is the most important aspect of combat and I feel like that means you can't play as creatively as you would in DOS1. While there are some enemies that are weak to one type and strong against the other, I still feel like focusing on one type of damage (going full physical or full magic) is the most effective way to play the game. It makes the weird itemization even worse since you constantly need to keep up-to-date with gear since there's a huge difference between levels. I also feel like it forces you to do everything (all optional side quests and combat encounters) just so you can even stand a chance against enemies.
Since they're going to be using DnD 5e rules, I feel like a lot of these issues won't be a thing anymore. There's no magic armor system in 5e and gear is not as important as in DOS2. I do hope they address the XP issue and design encounters so that you don't need to be a completionist or maximize your XP gain in order to survive.
