Baldur's Gate 3

Frenzy said:
List of supposedly cut content, I don't know how accurate it is. https://steamcommunity.com/app/1086940/discussions/0/3812913565885064204/
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25) The Nautolid - A large portion of the Nautolid tutorial zone was cut in the final release, including cutscenes, dialogue, areas, and an optional fight with 2 injured Imps. This was likely cut for the sake of brevity more than anything.

Thats a cut I am happy about, if I had my way, I'd skip the whole Nautolid part altogether and start on the beach so I'm glad the Nautiloid was shortened
 
Noxia said:
Who is cohh and why does their opinion hold more weight over any one else?
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He is a streamer whose game tastes generally fall in line with mine, thats why I value his opinion on games, other than that his opinion doesnt hold any more weight than anyone, including people on this forum

If it helps you to understand, think of someone who reviews movies and you find that their tastes match yours, you'd then probably pay more attention to their reviews of a movie than many others. Or alternatively, think of you having 3 friends in real life, 2 of which dont like the same genre of tv shows as you and 1 who does like the same genre of tv shows as you, you'll probably listen more to the 1 person than the other 2, when they recommend a tv show to you
 
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Was almost about to complete it, but had two or three quests left but found out issues with them that the patch 1 fixed and previous decisions would have impacted it on. So... Going back some 40 hours (again) and redoing the last parts of Act 2 and then Act 3. I'll leave my Monk run for another time after this first run. :)

Estimates from my playthrough that if you want to try to maximise doing everything, you're looking close to 150 hours for a full run for a "good" aligned player. Or at least a Lawful or Neutral bent to a good aligned player at least.
 
Some of the stuff being cut is fine with me and while Act 3 did tail off a bit, it was still great. I have already started another play through to do some things differently. It’s one of the few games that has really true replay ability with very different play throughs depending on your actions.
 
It's a little disapointing about act3 however it's a tiny blip in a masterful piece of work. It's not too surprising considering how long act1 was in EA for. And we know they'll get it sorted and better than ever.
 
Lord-Jaffa said:
Yeah I saw this the other day and agree with what he's said about the difference between acts 1/2 and act 3. My experiance of act 3 is a buggy half finished mess.
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My assumption is that act 3 is that way because of them having to shift the release forward a month to avoid Starfields release. God knows what I would have done had it not moved, Baldurs Gate 3 and Starfield releasing 24 hours apart would have been a nightmare for me lol
 
Tombstone said:
My assumption is that act 3 is that way because of them having to shift the release forward a month to avoid Starfields release. God knows what I would have done had it not moved, Baldurs Gate 3 and Starfield releasing 24 hours apart would have been a nightmare for me lol
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Thats a fair point, for me its been a bit of a let down though as I like to explore everything and open every crate etc. So for it to be so unpolished compared to the early game was a bit harrowing
 
People keep talking about how masterful the previous acts were but to me it was just "okay" maybe its all the other rpgs I've played and I have nostalgic rose tinted specs on but I didn't feel any kind of strong connection to any of the characters, I became a bit invested with shadowheart and trying to bring her to the light side, fixing karlach and helping gale (I started losing interest in his character when I realised he was just a power hungry wizard really). It was definitely more of a game to me. Perhaps its because the progression felt like more of a quest list to me rather than organic and free roaming. Maybe it was the strong advances of some of the characters from the first meeting or maybe it was the hype (which I tried to avoid) which has made me feel this way.

Halsin I couldn't really give a toss about, he kept smiling at me weirdly...
Wyll was kind of interesting but less so than the other characters, I didn't have the space in my party to explore his story fully but I did randomly take him along to progress his quest line so I found out about his background etc.
Lae'zel grew on me for sure, but considering her race has existed for so long and they traverse various dimensions I would have thought she would be more intelligent.
Didn't get to meet Minthara because she aggroed in the goblin camp when I was clearing it so I had to kill her. I had no idea she would be a companion until seeing people mention it in various threads.
Minsc I haven't met yet but from what I've read they severely cut and pasted his storyline quite a bit.
Astarion just annoyed me from the get go so I kind of ignored him half way through act 1, I gave him a little attention here and there but I just could not be bothered with him.
 
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Frenzy said:
People keep talking about how masterful the previous acts were but to me it was just "okay" maybe its all the other rpgs I've played and I have nostalgic rose tinted specs on but I didn't feel any kind of strong connection to any of the characters, I became a bit invested with shadowheart and trying to bring her to the light side, fixing karlach and helping gale (I started losing interest in his character when I realised he was just a power hungry wizard really). It was definitely more of a game to me. Perhaps its because the progression felt like more of a quest list to me rather than organic and free roaming. Maybe it was the strong advances of some of the characters from the first meeting or maybe it was the hype (which I tried to avoid) which has made me feel this way.

Halsin I couldn't really give a toss about, he kept smiling at me weirdly...
Wyll was kind of interesting but less so than the other characters, I didn't have the space in my party to explore his story fully but I did randomly take him along to progress his quest line so I found out about his background etc.
Lae'zel grew on me for sure, but considering her race has existed for so long and they traverse various dimensions I would have thought she would be more intelligent.
Didn't get to meet Minthara because she aggroed in the goblin camp when I was clearing it so I had to kill her. I had no idea she would be a companion until seeing people mention it in various threads.
Minsc I haven't met yet but from what I've read they severely cut and pasted his storyline quite a bit.
Astarion just annoyed me from the get go so I kind of ignored him half way through act 1, I gave him a little attention here and there but I just could not be bothered with him.
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Thats one of the (MANY) good things that I am lucky to experience because of playing with friends, I barely know much about any of the recruitable NPCs because 90% of my BG3 time is with my mates :)
 
I should get some friends to play with, but I've always been a lone wolf when gaming, apart from world of warcraft. Something about relying on others and scheduling conflicts.
 
Gah, forgot about Jaheira. Shes okay, but really just reminded me of an exotic rebel/sidekick from something like zorro in her later years. Perhaps thats a little harsh and I would have been more enchanted by her if I had played the previous BG games.

I hate criticising stuff because sometimes I feel like I'm just whining, but it is what it is.
 
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Frenzy said:
I should get some friends to play with, but I've always been a lone wolf when gaming, apart from world of warcraft. Something about relying on others and scheduling conflicts.
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I like the occassional bit of solo gaming, but probably 90% of my gaming is with at least 1 other person. I think I've always been that way, 4 decades ago I always gamed with a friend, even though it was mostly just the 2 of us sitting side by side playing a single player game "together", and throughout the decades thats stayed the same, always been one other person at least that I game alongside
 
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