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Baldur's Gate 3 has been released
- droptablemain 3y agoI started downloading the 125gb package the minute it became available. Looks like it'll be a while.
- oktwtf 3y agoI think I luck out and have a Steam cache in my geographic region. I often find the downloads from Steam max my net connection (1500Mbps), decompression almost takes longer than the transfer in my experience. How do you find the download speeds from Steam?
- bravetraveler 3y agoNot who you're asking, but joining anyway :D Steam will max my 2GbE connection here in Austin. The decompression is indeed a CPU hog
- rythmshifter 3y ago10/10 masterpiece of a game so far
- unixhero 3y agoI agree
- TillE 3y agoOne of the coolest things about BG3 is the Twitch extension, which lets viewers freely browse through the player's character sheet, inventory, quests, etc. And, for fun, also lets viewers vote on dialogue options. It's a fantastic idea which lets all types of streamers massively improve the viewer experience.
- Jare 3y agoI loved this in Borderlands streams. I wish all games that expect a twitch audience did it (looking at you Diablo4).
- hinkley 3y agoWeird that Blizz didn't do that for Diablo4. They did it for WoW which was pretty much the first time I ever encountered character sheets for games on the Internet.
- ecf 3y agoLook at the Diablo4 subreddit for an idea of just how little Blizzard developers cared for quality of life or how the endgame feels to play. For example, in order to try out a new build it can take upwards of 200-300 clicks to reset the paragon tree. Devs couldn’t be bothered to add a “reset all” button. Meanwhile other games like BG3 have all these extras like twitch integrations. Keep in mind that, supposedly, Diablo 4 was in development for about 6 years. Resources and development time aren’t an issue for Blizzard.
- lakomen 3y agoD4 is one of the worst games I had the misfortune of buying. It's just one long grins, no auto-generated maps, no change of how it plays, boring itemization, absolute lackluster game, no social tools. I don't understand how people stream this game. I barely hit level 60 on hardcore. It's such a snorefest. And I knew better but I watched some guy on twitch, who did have fun, yeah he had fun because of the chat, not because it's a good game. When I then bought it, it was completely different experience. I wanted to join that guy's clan, but unlike D3 a clan is limited to 150 people and it was always full. The while game is terrible. What a waste.
- ecf 3y agoThat sounds on point with my personal experience playing it. Got my first character to lvl 80 before I realized I haven’t seen a single exciting upgrade in 20 levels and there was another twenty levels to go before being able to try to fight the last boss. Then seasons were started and Blizzard was asking players to repeat the same process without any meaningful changes. It’s very clear the entire base game was vomited out and by the time people realized it was too late. Blizzard already has your money and they’re now focused on seasons to try to milk the whales with micro transactions. Casual players quitting is actually by design as it allows Blizzard to scale down their infrastructure and milk even more. Then they have their lead designer talking on Twitter about BG3 and how “not all studios operate under the same conditions”. It’s unbelievable.
- spacedcowboy 3y agoUs Mac users need to wait until September, but it’ll still be with it, based on the early-access version:)
- goosedragons 3y agoBetter than those on Xbox. :(
- 9dev 3y agoIn contrast to us PlayStation owners, at least you get Starfield, and I’m never not going to be grumpy about that >:(
- olliej 3y agoDo pre-purchasers get refunds when a publishers fails to deliver claimed platform support?
- nerdix 3y agoThe game was originally set to be released in September but they moved the release date of the PC version up to avoid Starfield. Presumably, they had to scramble to make this date. The PS5 version was not moved up either.
- Leherenn 3y agoUsually, there will be a disclaimer saying the date is non-binding and can change at any time. Same as with deliveries. My experience as well is that you can refund them at anytime.
- extraduder_ire 3y agoMost places, you can get a refund at any point before downloading the game. So, if the game's not out yet, you should be able to cancel the preorder.
- Workaccount2 3y agoCan someone give a breakdown of this game for someone who has heard the name a lot but really knows nothing about the game/gameplay?
- Avicebron 3y agoIt's a fairly good video game recreation of DnD? That's the best way I can describe it I haven't finished it, but it's pretty massive with tons of dialogue options/builds, turn based combat, so far I would highly recommend if that sounds appealing. EDIT: same people made divinity original sin II if you're familiar, it's a similar vein.
- lakomen 3y agoTurn based strategy with a not necessarily good aligned story.
- lockhouse 3y agoIs this game stand alone or should I play the other 2 first?
- smnscu 3y agoMost people will play it as a standalone game and it's absolutely fine to do so. However, if you want to catch up on the lore, there are handy recap videos such as: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWvXRM3xGlo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWvXRM3xGlo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__GI7CrYnj8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__GI7CrYnj8
- rngname22 3y agoDefinitely standalone. Having some knowledge of D&D lore or Baldur's Gate lore may enhance your enjoyment but only marginally IMO.
- rickstanley 3y agoAs the others have pointed out, you can play standalone, but if you're somewhat interested, perhaps the Wikipedia page is an "ok" start: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldur%27s_gate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldur%27s_gate, looking through the references there.
- morjom 3y agoIirc, BG3 story takes place a 100 years after BG2s story. Because of the time between them, it is very approachable as a standalone. You can carry over story elements from your BG1 save to BG2, but not from BG1/2 to BG3.
- olliej 3y agoWow, you can buy this for Mac and after you pay it says it’s not a Mac game. Stay classy steam.
- smnscu 3y agoThat's probably because the early access version was compatible with macOS (and natively supported Apple Silicon), but macOS support hasn't been released yet for the full game. It is indeed an unfortunate side effect, but I don't think it's Steam's fault (either Larian's decision to not support the EA macOS version at the same time, or a limitation of Steam of only having one version "published"). I actually asked Larian about this today: > There isn't a release date yet for the Mac version, but keep an eye out for future community updates!
- extraduder_ire 3y agoSteam also didn't support preloading the game, because it had an early access version. Really hope they fix that at some point, especially since this game's early access launch was so popular that it crashed steam, meaning this release had to take place in the morning washington-time when Valve employees are awake. I totally understand the trouble they're having though, since this release is three weeks early to avoid other highly-anticipated games that launch at the end of august.
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- batiudrami 3y agoThey do have no questions asked instant refunds if you haven’t launched the game yet
- literallyroy 3y agoAlso full refunds within 2 weeks and less than 2 hours played
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- m463 3y agoYou can get it on GOG too, which has no DRM. It is a much healthier purchase long-term.
- poglet 3y agoAlthough for the most part I prefer GOG games, there are some cases where Steam integration provides a better experience. For example, modding via the Steam Workshop and some multiplayer functionality.
- ThatPlayer 3y agoThere's a whole thread on the GOG forums about games in general that are outdated or missing features on GOG. That's why I don't buy games on GOG anymore. https://www.gog.com/forum/general/games_that_treat_gog_customers_as_second_class_citizens_v2/page1 https://www.gog.com/forum/general/games_that_treat_gog_custo...
- xedrac 3y agoValve has been doing incredible work for Linux gaming, so I'm happy to support them, despite the DRM.
- getwiththeprog 3y agoProton and Steam Deck seem quite remarkable. So yes, Steam products run well on Steam hardware... however I install a lot of WINE games and I am not seeing that Steam give back to the broader WINE community and open source project. If Steam could somehow propogate all that Linux knowledge back to the project it would be a real win for Linux gaming and a big pat on the back for them then.
- bradishungry 3y agowhat are you talking about? Valve has advanced wine lightyears since jumping into linux with the steam machines years ago, and their wine patches have lead to countless forks that people use for better compatibility. Wine was terrible before valve stepped into the linux space
- ilaksh 3y agoAny chance it will run in Linux (Proton or something)? Or is it available on any streaming game service?
- Spawnzer 3y agoIt’ll be on geforcenow soon if it’s not there yet and it seems to run fine on steam os with proton experimental
- rickstanley 3y agoYou can see the updates here: https://www.protondb.com/app/1086940 https://www.protondb.com/app/1086940, looks like some people are able to play and others aren't. There's also Gaming on Linux, which, as the name suggests, focuses on Linux gaming; anyway, this is the latest news: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/08/baldurs-gate-3-steam-deck-and-desktop-linux/ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/08/baldurs-gate-3-steam-d...
- zardo 3y agoIt says it's playable on Steamdeck, so it works at least on that one Linux device.
- ragestorm 3y agoSteamDeck proton experimental has worked flawlessly so far.
- greyw 3y agoIm playing it on Linux (Tumbleweed) right now. Works fine.
- tomatotomato37 3y agoCan anyone playing let me know how it plays so far compared to DOS2? I couldnt really get past the prison island before losing interest so I'm curious if people are finding this one more engaging
- wkdneidbwf 3y agoi mean, i thought dos2 was amazing. bg3 seems like a great refinement of the gameplay. but it’s the same style, with similar pacing, and similar mechanics. so, if dos2 wasn’t your thing i’m not sure this will be.
- alasdair_ 3y agoI lost interest around the same time as you with dos2 and I kind of lost interest with bg3 midway through the first act. (I played early access) I’ll give it another go but I’m annoyed the EA saves can’t be used so I have to start again.
- lycopodiopsida 3y agoI would be interested, too. I've played through first DoS two times - solo and with a friend and had a good time. But DoS2 I've barely finished in coop. For some reason it was a slog - the game lacked direction, there was too much of everything, the lore was not convincing, dialogues often quite silly and they've absolutely broke the fighting system. In DoS it was fine: a nice sandbox, with a caveat that it could be exploited later in the game to become overpowered. But in DoS:2 they've added armor and every little engagement took half an hour. You've lost and need to replay a fight? Now you've lost an hour of your time. Another critic of mine is the movement of enemies - why are they so slow? Why cannot I speed them up or skip their round altogether? I've just had a feeling that it wastes my time. Does BG3 still suffers from same issues?
- vunderba 3y agoAs a major fan of BG1 and BG2, I really love the emphasis on the DND roots of the game. Rather than trying to abstract away the RNG aspects, it puts them front and center with actual d20 die rolls in a slick presentation.
- marktani 3y agoThe live broadcast at https://steamcommunity.com/broadcast/watch/76561198810986181 https://steamcommunity.com/broadcast/watch/76561198810986181 shows what I assume are two devs who're having fun right now. The displayed gameplay looks absolutely incredible, they are in multiplayer and to save his mate one of them just used a spell to knock off a guard down the stairs. Absolutely DnD kind of move. I love the mix of both real-time and turn-based combat as well. A someone playing BG2 in my childhood for endless hours, seeing this (from what I can tell) top-notch release makes me really happy.
- marktani 3y agoAnd now Minsc and Jaheira are coming into play... I couldn't be happier
- syntheweave 3y agoI'm still busy with Jagged Alliance 3. And BG kind of slid off of me back in the day so I'll probably skip this too.
- weard_beard 3y agohttps://youtu.be/nK9ZUZvr70Y https://youtu.be/nK9ZUZvr70Y
- scyzoryk_xyz 3y agoYeesh, I grew up playing these games, but I am glad I nuked my Steam account. This looks like some fantastic heroin right there! Fun story - I once managed to “hack” the original BG1 by playing a little halfling thief. Around 10% into the story, there is a possibility to get an rinvisibility cloak, fast walking boots, and a little -1hp/s poisoned dagger. On every map I would break the hearts of all my friends and disband the party once and for all! Then I would zoom around the map, stabbing every monster one by one. This would pool all the XP into my little dude. Then I would reunite all of my old friends once again. They were very useful as dumb slow mules for all the valuables and treasures and whatnot. Sarevok literally did not see me coming.
- voldacar 3y agoDoes it have the terrible dialogue/writing that's found in every other Larian game?
- carabiner 3y agoApparently, yeah, it does. Reviews say the writing is generally terse, to the point, or even awful and Marvel-like. Nothing like BG1 or 2. I was about to try this in GeForce Now but now I have no interest. I had even reinstalled Steam for this. The writing in BG2 was the best part.