Baldur’s Gate III
4-Aug-23 4:06am
#1 Bleed_DukeBlue
Anyone else playing this? It’s still early, but I’m already pretty sure this will not only be my game of the year but also one of my favorite games of all time. Larian impressed me a lot with Divinity: Original Sin, but this is just a masterpiece so far. Also, it has cross save, so you can play on PC and then move up to five saves over to PS5 via the cloud when that version comes out (although you have to buy both versions to do that).
#1 Bleed_DukeBlue
Anyone else playing this? It’s still early, but I’m already pretty sure this will not only be my game of the year but also one of my favorite games of all time. Larian impressed me a lot with Divinity: Original Sin, but this is just a masterpiece so far. Also, it has cross save, so you can play on PC and then move up to five saves over to PS5 via the cloud when that version comes out (although you have to buy both versions to do that).
8-Nov-23 7:29pm
#81 Feeb
Yeah
you can side with her and wipe out the grove. Pretty awkward party afterward.
#81 Feeb
Yeah
you can side with her and wipe out the grove. Pretty awkward party afterward.
8-Nov-23 7:46pm
#82 Archer
Wow, this game has major issues in act 3 on ps5. This is almost unplayable. The lag, stuttering, hiccups, crashes, delays and soft locks are insane. How has this not been patched out yet. There is just too much going on in this city and the system just can't handle it. I had read about the poor performance in act 3, but did not expect it to be this bad.
#82 Archer
Wow, this game has major issues in act 3 on ps5. This is almost unplayable. The lag, stuttering, hiccups, crashes, delays and soft locks are insane. How has this not been patched out yet. There is just too much going on in this city and the system just can't handle it. I had read about the poor performance in act 3, but did not expect it to be this bad.
8-Nov-23 10:32pm
#83 Shane12m
Archer wrote:
So I let Gale do his thing at the end of act 2. I was shocked that actually ended the game and got credits. It even popped the good ending trophy, lol. I thought it was going to be some "oh it didn't actually work, so continue on anyways" kind of thing. Nope, it does what it says its going to do, and game over.
Easy on the spoilers mate ;)
#83 Shane12m
Archer wrote:
So I let Gale do his thing at the end of act 2. I was shocked that actually ended the game and got credits. It even popped the good ending trophy, lol. I thought it was going to be some "oh it didn't actually work, so continue on anyways" kind of thing. Nope, it does what it says its going to do, and game over.
Easy on the spoilers mate ;)
9-Nov-23 9:11am
#84 sinnie
I tried to romance Astarion and he laughed at me and told me he had standards. I am crushed.
But Minthara has the hottest sex scene in Act 1 imo. Surprised me and made me blush. I'm glad I was alone for that one, lol.
#84 sinnie
I tried to romance Astarion and he laughed at me and told me he had standards. I am crushed.
But Minthara has the hottest sex scene in Act 1 imo. Surprised me and made me blush. I'm glad I was alone for that one, lol.
9-Nov-23 10:04am
#85 Feeb
sinnie wrote:
I tried to romance Astarion and he laughed at me and told me he had standards. I am crushed. But Minthara has the hottest sex scene in Act 1 imo. Surprised me and made me blush. I'm glad I was alone for that one, lol.
Yeah that’s the drow booty. She’s scandalous.
#85 Feeb
sinnie wrote:
I tried to romance Astarion and he laughed at me and told me he had standards. I am crushed. But Minthara has the hottest sex scene in Act 1 imo. Surprised me and made me blush. I'm glad I was alone for that one, lol.
Yeah that’s the drow booty. She’s scandalous.
9-Nov-23 6:45pm
#87 Archer
Archer wrote:
Wow, this game has major issues in act 3 on ps5. This is almost unplayable. The lag, stuttering, hiccups, crashes, delays and soft locks are insane. How has this not been patched out yet. There is just too much going on in this city and the system just can't handle it. I had read about the poor performance in act 3, but did not expect it to be this bad.
This seems to be better after today's hotpatch. I also turned off performance mode. Not sure which helped. Probably turning off performance mode, as the notes for the hotpatch don't mention anything about performance fixes. It still has some big lag issues and what not, but way better than before. It also doesn't crash now.
#87 Archer
Archer wrote:
Wow, this game has major issues in act 3 on ps5. This is almost unplayable. The lag, stuttering, hiccups, crashes, delays and soft locks are insane. How has this not been patched out yet. There is just too much going on in this city and the system just can't handle it. I had read about the poor performance in act 3, but did not expect it to be this bad.
This seems to be better after today's hotpatch. I also turned off performance mode. Not sure which helped. Probably turning off performance mode, as the notes for the hotpatch don't mention anything about performance fixes. It still has some big lag issues and what not, but way better than before. It also doesn't crash now.
11-Nov-23 4:39pm
#89 Archer
All these issues in act 3 are really making it hard to play the game. It was okay until I got past the opening area of the act. Now its back to being a complete cluster fudge of issues. I just sat waiting for the world to catch up to me because everything froze for over 2 minutes. And then when my companions got to me, it started rifling off all kinds of actions that had been queued, and this caused it to crashed to dash. This happens so many times. So frustrating.
#89 Archer
All these issues in act 3 are really making it hard to play the game. It was okay until I got past the opening area of the act. Now its back to being a complete cluster fudge of issues. I just sat waiting for the world to catch up to me because everything froze for over 2 minutes. And then when my companions got to me, it started rifling off all kinds of actions that had been queued, and this caused it to crashed to dash. This happens so many times. So frustrating.
11-Nov-23 5:03pm
#90 Heavyd814life
Archer wrote:
All these issues in act 3 are really making it hard to play the game. It was okay until I got past the opening area of the act. Now its back to being a complete cluster fudge of issues. I just sat waiting for the world to catch up to me because everything froze for over 2 minutes. And then when my companions got to me, it started rifling off all kinds of actions that had been queued, and this caused it to crashed to dash. This happens so many times. So frustrating.
Looks like the latest patch might have broken the game. I had issues with framerate and texture pop-in at the very beginning of act III, but I don’t remember having many if any performance issues after that. That really sucks. Hopefully Larian gets on it asap.
https://forums.laria...
#90 Heavyd814life
Archer wrote:
All these issues in act 3 are really making it hard to play the game. It was okay until I got past the opening area of the act. Now its back to being a complete cluster fudge of issues. I just sat waiting for the world to catch up to me because everything froze for over 2 minutes. And then when my companions got to me, it started rifling off all kinds of actions that had been queued, and this caused it to crashed to dash. This happens so many times. So frustrating.
Looks like the latest patch might have broken the game. I had issues with framerate and texture pop-in at the very beginning of act III, but I don’t remember having many if any performance issues after that. That really sucks. Hopefully Larian gets on it asap.
https://forums.laria...
11-Nov-23 5:21pm
#91 Archer
Heavyd814life wrote:
Archer wrote:> All these issues in act 3 are really making it hard to play the game. It was okay> until I got past the opening area of the act. Now its back to being a complete cluster> fudge of issues. I just sat waiting for the world to catch up to me because everything> froze for over 2 minutes. And then when my companions got to me, it started rifling> off all kinds of actions that had been queued, and this caused it to crashed to dash.> This happens so many times. So frustrating. Looks like the latest patch might have broken the game. I had issues with framerate and texture pop-in at the very beginning of act III, but I don’t remember having many if any performance issues after that. That really sucks. Hopefully Larian gets on it asap. https://forums.laria...
Yeah I saw that just a bit ago. There are also a handful of other similar topics on there. So at least they are aware. Hopefully its patched within a reasonable time. I might just start my Dark Urge character now while waiting. Because currently its not fun trying to play that area.
#91 Archer
Heavyd814life wrote:
Archer wrote:> All these issues in act 3 are really making it hard to play the game. It was okay> until I got past the opening area of the act. Now its back to being a complete cluster> fudge of issues. I just sat waiting for the world to catch up to me because everything> froze for over 2 minutes. And then when my companions got to me, it started rifling> off all kinds of actions that had been queued, and this caused it to crashed to dash.> This happens so many times. So frustrating. Looks like the latest patch might have broken the game. I had issues with framerate and texture pop-in at the very beginning of act III, but I don’t remember having many if any performance issues after that. That really sucks. Hopefully Larian gets on it asap. https://forums.laria...
Yeah I saw that just a bit ago. There are also a handful of other similar topics on there. So at least they are aware. Hopefully its patched within a reasonable time. I might just start my Dark Urge character now while waiting. Because currently its not fun trying to play that area.
11-Nov-23 5:41pm
#92 Feeb
It’s almost like no one even played this through on ps5. Lots of issues here too.
#92 Feeb
It’s almost like no one even played this through on ps5. Lots of issues here too.
11-Nov-23 8:55pm
#94 Heavyd814life
Archer wrote:
Heavyd814life wrote:> Archer wrote: |>> All these issues in act 3 are really making it hard to play the game. It was okay |>> until I got past the opening area of the act. Now its back to being a complete> cluster |>> fudge of issues. I just sat waiting for the world to catch up to me because everything |>> froze for over 2 minutes. And then when my companions got to me, it started rifling |>> off all kinds of actions that had been queued, and this caused it to crashed to> dash. |>> This happens so many times. So frustrating. > > Looks like the latest patch might have broken the game. I had issues with framerate> and texture pop-in at the very beginning of act III, but I don’t remember having> many if any performance issues after that. That really sucks. Hopefully Larian gets> on it asap.> > https://forums.laria...> > Yeah I saw that just a bit ago. There are also a handful of other similar topics on there. So at least they are aware. Hopefully its patched within a reasonable time. I might just start my Dark Urge character now while waiting. Because currently its not fun trying to play that area.
Damn it dude I just stopped playing Banner Saga and booted BG3 up again. I totally forgot about the Dark Urge character! I also didn’t even realize you could customize them. I thought the character was a pre-made Dragonborn for some strange reason. Time to spend 3-4 hours on the character creator again…
#94 Heavyd814life
Archer wrote:
Heavyd814life wrote:> Archer wrote: |>> All these issues in act 3 are really making it hard to play the game. It was okay |>> until I got past the opening area of the act. Now its back to being a complete> cluster |>> fudge of issues. I just sat waiting for the world to catch up to me because everything |>> froze for over 2 minutes. And then when my companions got to me, it started rifling |>> off all kinds of actions that had been queued, and this caused it to crashed to> dash. |>> This happens so many times. So frustrating. > > Looks like the latest patch might have broken the game. I had issues with framerate> and texture pop-in at the very beginning of act III, but I don’t remember having> many if any performance issues after that. That really sucks. Hopefully Larian gets> on it asap.> > https://forums.laria...> > Yeah I saw that just a bit ago. There are also a handful of other similar topics on there. So at least they are aware. Hopefully its patched within a reasonable time. I might just start my Dark Urge character now while waiting. Because currently its not fun trying to play that area.
Damn it dude I just stopped playing Banner Saga and booted BG3 up again. I totally forgot about the Dark Urge character! I also didn’t even realize you could customize them. I thought the character was a pre-made Dragonborn for some strange reason. Time to spend 3-4 hours on the character creator again…
11-Nov-23 9:10pm
#95 Archer
Heavyd814life wrote:
Damn it dude I just stopped playing Banner Saga and booted BG3 up again. I totally forgot about the Dark Urge character! I also didn’t even realize you could customize them. I thought the character was a pre-made Dragonborn for some strange reason. Time to spend 3-4 hours on the character creator again…
I really liked the Banner Saga trilogy. And I totally get replaying this again over anything else. Even with the current issues for act 3 on console. I did the same with DoS2. Back to back playthroughs. And I'll be doing/am doing the same with this game too.
I also read about the dark urge...
that you can fight the urges and not make it an evil playthrough. But that kind of defeats the entire point of the character in my opinion.
And yeah. I spent over 90 minutes making mine today, lol. Ended up making two actually, and will play each for a bit to see which I like better. I made a Drow ranger. And a Tiefling paladin (who will become an oath-breaker if I stick with that one long enough). I also thought about making a Gith warlock. But I don't think I'd like a warlock build in this game. My first character is a halfing bard/monk.
#95 Archer
Heavyd814life wrote:
Damn it dude I just stopped playing Banner Saga and booted BG3 up again. I totally forgot about the Dark Urge character! I also didn’t even realize you could customize them. I thought the character was a pre-made Dragonborn for some strange reason. Time to spend 3-4 hours on the character creator again…
I really liked the Banner Saga trilogy. And I totally get replaying this again over anything else. Even with the current issues for act 3 on console. I did the same with DoS2. Back to back playthroughs. And I'll be doing/am doing the same with this game too.
I also read about the dark urge...
that you can fight the urges and not make it an evil playthrough. But that kind of defeats the entire point of the character in my opinion.
And yeah. I spent over 90 minutes making mine today, lol. Ended up making two actually, and will play each for a bit to see which I like better. I made a Drow ranger. And a Tiefling paladin (who will become an oath-breaker if I stick with that one long enough). I also thought about making a Gith warlock. But I don't think I'd like a warlock build in this game. My first character is a halfing bard/monk.
11-Nov-23 9:14pm
#96 Feeb
Rangers and any range class are much more powerful in 5e. You can do some silly stuff with crossbows and pets. Add that stealth. Yikes.
#96 Feeb
Rangers and any range class are much more powerful in 5e. You can do some silly stuff with crossbows and pets. Add that stealth. Yikes.
11-Nov-23 9:30pm
#97 Archer
Yeah, invis/hide, blind and dark in this game are insanely strong. I don't think they are actually that strong in table top 5e. But I love it in this game, lol.
#97 Archer
Yeah, invis/hide, blind and dark in this game are insanely strong. I don't think they are actually that strong in table top 5e. But I love it in this game, lol.
13-Nov-23 5:07pm
#98 Heavyd814life
Archer wrote:
Heavyd814life wrote:> > Damn it dude I just stopped playing Banner Saga and booted BG3 up again. I totally> forgot about the Dark Urge character! I also didn’t even realize you could customize> them. I thought the character was a pre-made Dragonborn for some strange reason.> Time to spend 3-4 hours on the character creator again…> > I really liked the Banner Saga trilogy. And I totally get replaying this again over anything else. Even with the current issues for act 3 on console. I did the same with DoS2. Back to back playthroughs. And I'll be doing/am doing the same with this game too. I also read about the dark urge... ... And yeah. I spent over 90 minutes making mine today, lol. Ended up making two actually, and will play each for a bit to see which I like better. I made a Drow ranger. And a Tiefling paladin (who will become an oath-breaker if I stick with that one long enough). I also thought about making a Gith warlock. But I don't think I'd like a warlock build in this game. My first character is a halfing bard/monk.
I've barely made any progress. Got to the grove and then spent 2 freaking hours tweaking the skin tone on my Drow because she looks different depending on the lighting and it was pissing me off. I have serious issues lol.
And yeah man, love the Banner Saga games. I played the first one years ago and loved it. No clue why it took me so long to jump into 2 and I'm actually surprised I remember so much about the story from the first game. It's pretty great so far. I was in the mood for something tactical and it's definitely scratching that itch. I think I'll finish up before jumping back into BG3.
#98 Heavyd814life
Archer wrote:
Heavyd814life wrote:> > Damn it dude I just stopped playing Banner Saga and booted BG3 up again. I totally> forgot about the Dark Urge character! I also didn’t even realize you could customize> them. I thought the character was a pre-made Dragonborn for some strange reason.> Time to spend 3-4 hours on the character creator again…> > I really liked the Banner Saga trilogy. And I totally get replaying this again over anything else. Even with the current issues for act 3 on console. I did the same with DoS2. Back to back playthroughs. And I'll be doing/am doing the same with this game too. I also read about the dark urge... ... And yeah. I spent over 90 minutes making mine today, lol. Ended up making two actually, and will play each for a bit to see which I like better. I made a Drow ranger. And a Tiefling paladin (who will become an oath-breaker if I stick with that one long enough). I also thought about making a Gith warlock. But I don't think I'd like a warlock build in this game. My first character is a halfing bard/monk.
I've barely made any progress. Got to the grove and then spent 2 freaking hours tweaking the skin tone on my Drow because she looks different depending on the lighting and it was pissing me off. I have serious issues lol.
And yeah man, love the Banner Saga games. I played the first one years ago and loved it. No clue why it took me so long to jump into 2 and I'm actually surprised I remember so much about the story from the first game. It's pretty great so far. I was in the mood for something tactical and it's definitely scratching that itch. I think I'll finish up before jumping back into BG3.
13-Nov-23 9:29pm
#99 Sun
Still waiting for them to release a physical copy in the US on PS5. Japan is getting one in late December.
#99 Sun
Still waiting for them to release a physical copy in the US on PS5. Japan is getting one in late December.
13-Nov-23 9:38pm
#100 Bleed_DukeBlue
Yeah. I ordered the Japanese one, as it's multi-language. I'm not 100% convinced that they're going to release it physically in the U.S.
Sun wrote:
Still waiting for them to release a physical copy in the US on PS5. Japan is getting one in late December.
#100 Bleed_DukeBlue
Yeah. I ordered the Japanese one, as it's multi-language. I'm not 100% convinced that they're going to release it physically in the U.S.
Sun wrote:
Still waiting for them to release a physical copy in the US on PS5. Japan is getting one in late December.
13-Nov-23 9:40pm
#101 Sun
Bleed_DukeBlue wrote:
Yeah. I ordered the Japanese one, as it's multi-language. I'm not 100% convinced that they're going to release it physically in the U.S.
I saw it on Play-Asia as I was shopping today.
I ended ordering River City Girls 1+2 and Double Dragon Collection (includes DD1-3 on NES, Super Double Dragon/Return of Double Dragon, Double Dragon Advance).
#101 Sun
Bleed_DukeBlue wrote:
Yeah. I ordered the Japanese one, as it's multi-language. I'm not 100% convinced that they're going to release it physically in the U.S.
I saw it on Play-Asia as I was shopping today.
I ended ordering River City Girls 1+2 and Double Dragon Collection (includes DD1-3 on NES, Super Double Dragon/Return of Double Dragon, Double Dragon Advance).
Baldur’s Gate III