Sabo 442 Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 17 hours ago, JonbX said: Damn i just got owned by these 3 big goblin dudes, went to try again and the part i rolled the dice on before the goblins the first time had a different outcome then i got owned again by different goblins I played this for 3 hours now, i think ima call it quits for tonight lol You could always take advantage of save scumming. It ain't "honorable" but you're dealing with literal dice rolls so fuck that honor bullshit LOL. Lady Luck gonna try and be bitch? Nah, re-roll. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Remij 4,690 Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 5 minutes ago, Sabo said: Oh wow, that's a coincidence. I literally just ordered a PS5 barely 5 minutes ago because Best Buy has a good sale going right now. Hearing it'll work well with controller is enough to convince me. Nice! Yea, it's quite nice on the controller. When you switch between M&K and controller, the entire UI design switches as well. It's not some half-assed implementation where you can use a controller to move around PC designed interfaces... it changes it completely. Moving your characters feels great, as you have direct control over them during normal traversal. Feels good to run around like that. During combat it's like a typical tactical game where you move the cursor around then confirm and they'll move to that spot. The buttons are mapped well, everything is easy enough to access. I'm impressed with it. I'm glad too, because this game is awesome to play on the Steam Deck, and going back and forth between them is something I'll be doing quite a bit. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Remij 4,690 Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 (edited) Oh and the game just crossed 814K concurrent players on Steam I'm not sure how much higher it can go. I'm thinking 830-850K max... but it would be amazing if it could get to 900K or 1M. And just as a note, Cyberpunk 2077 sold ~7.5M copies day 1 on PC.. and reached 1M concurrent players. Baldur's Gate 3 is likely around 5M copies already. Bigger than FF16 on PS5 at launch.. that's for sure. Edited August 6, 2023 by Remij Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JonDnD 2,647 Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 46 minutes ago, Sabo said: You could always take advantage of save scumming. It ain't "honorable" but you're dealing with literal dice rolls so fuck that honor bullshit LOL. Lady Luck gonna try and be bitch? Nah, re-roll. I skipped past them for now but yeah i did save scum a few times so far. I went to prison for accidentally stealing so i did it there. I have no care for honor. Im playing on easy and i still find it pretty hard. And there is some fuck shit that can happen. I revived a character in battle then after battle he died from burning. I went to help him and got wrecked from necro. Then i had to play some flute puzzle to bring him back and my whole team was basically dead. Luckily i made it back to camp. This game is a fucking handful 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
-GD-X★ 7,761 Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 9 minutes ago, JonbX said: I skipped past them for now but yeah i did save scum a few times so far. I went to prison for accidentally stealing so i did it there. I have no care for honor. Im playing on easy and i still find it pretty hard. And there is some fuck shit that can happen. I revived a character in battle then after battle he died from burning. I went to help him and got wrecked from necro. Then i had to play some flute puzzle to bring him back and my whole team was basically dead. Luckily i made it back to camp. This game is a fucking handful Your experience makes me want to get this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JonDnD 2,647 Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 15 minutes ago, -GD-X said: Your experience makes me want to get this I played like 7 hours already lol. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sabo 442 Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 1 hour ago, Remij said: Oh and the game just crossed 814K concurrent players on Steam I'm not sure how much higher it can go. I'm thinking 830-850K max... but it would be amazing if it could get to 900K or 1M. And just as a note, Cyberpunk 2077 sold ~7.5M copies day 1 on PC.. and reached 1M concurrent players. Baldur's Gate 3 is likely around 5M copies already. Bigger than FF16 on PS5 at launch.. that's for sure. LOL FF XVI... The more I hear about that game, the less interest I have in it. How the hell is FFO: Stranger of Paradise, the SPIN OFF game, more of a Final Fantasy game than a fuckin' MAINLINE game? The series has completely lost its identity. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JonDnD 2,647 Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 I just killed the final enemy in the castle and left the castle and got attacked by a whole town of goblins and died Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JonDnD 2,647 Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 56 minutes ago, Sabo said: LOL FF XVI... The more I hear about that game, the less interest I have in it. How the hell is FFO: Stranger of Paradise, the SPIN OFF game, more of a Final Fantasy game than a fuckin' MAINLINE game? The series has completely lost its identity. I couldnt care less about the new FF game after seeing what people were saying about it. I play it when it comes to PSN+ next year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
-GD-X★ 7,761 Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 3 minutes ago, JonbX said: I just killed the final enemy in the castle and left the castle and got attacked by a whole town of goblins and died Were you able to save? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JonDnD 2,647 Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 3 minutes ago, -GD-X said: Were you able to save? No i thought it autosaved i had to do it again Its ok, im at camp now 🥴 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
-GD-X★ 7,761 Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 14 minutes ago, JonbX said: No i thought it autosaved i had to do it again Its ok, im at camp now 🥴 O damn. At least you can manually save. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Remij 4,690 Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 5 hours ago, Sabo said: LOL FF XVI... The more I hear about that game, the less interest I have in it. How the hell is FFO: Stranger of Paradise, the SPIN OFF game, more of a Final Fantasy game than a fuckin' MAINLINE game? The series has completely lost its identity. Yea, the combat is apparently pretty great, but it's the same gameplay loop repeated the whole game with no variety. Cutscene, fight enemies, got to the next area, talk to NPC, fetch item, return to them and repeat.. There's apparently no interesting diversions such as mini games to break up the monotony.. nor are there any interesting goals to accomplish within the world... just bland sidequests fetching dumb shit for people and repeating. The RPG mechanics are very very basic at best. They're trying to find something which hits with the new generation of gamers I guess... nothing wrong with that.. but that doesn't mean we have to like it either. Baldur's Gate on the other hand is like god damn... you want to roleplay? Have fun! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JonDnD 2,647 Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Godlers Gate I played 10 hours 2 nights. I wont be able to play tomo Rolling some dice to see if i go to work tomo LOL 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Twinblade★ 3,937 Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 12 minutes ago, Remij said: Yea, the combat is apparently pretty great, but it's the same gameplay loop repeated the whole game with no variety. Cutscene, fight enemies, got to the next area, talk to NPC, fetch item, return to them and repeat.. There's apparently no interesting diversions such as mini games to break up the monotony.. nor are there any interesting goals to accomplish within the world... just bland sidequests fetching dumb shit for people and repeating. The RPG mechanics are very very basic at best. They're trying to find something which hits with the new generation of gamers I guess... nothing wrong with that.. but that doesn't mean we have to like it either. Baldur's Gate on the other hand is like god damn... you want to roleplay? Have fun! FFXVI is so goddamn weird man. My feelings on the game are constantly fluctuating in a way that I really haven't experienced before.....at least not in a long time. Its such a bizarre game 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Remij 4,690 Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 19 minutes ago, Twinblade said: FFXVI is so goddamn weird man. My feelings on the game are constantly fluctuating in a way that I really haven't experienced before.....at least not in a long time. Its such a bizarre game Yea, I hear the story is good and the combat is great, but it can be a massive slog at times. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Twinblade★ 3,937 Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 1 minute ago, Remij said: Yea, I hear the story is good and the combat is great, but it can be a massive slog at times. Both the story and combat have their own issues. The game at its core tries to be Game Of Thrones, which are actually the strongest parts, but then all of a sudden it'll inject moments of over the top fantasy/supernatural stuff that just seems completely out of place (even by regular FF standards). The combat can be quite flashy especially when you try to set your skills so you can juggle enemies DMC style, but ultimately it can be a bit shallow because of the damage sponge enemies and the fact that its sorely lacking in RPG elements. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Remij 4,690 Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 (edited) 95 Metacritic (only 6 reviews so far though) https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/baldurs-gate-3 Edited August 7, 2023 by Remij Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sabo 442 Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 5 hours ago, Remij said: 95 Metacritic (only 6 reviews so far though) https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/baldurs-gate-3 I get the feeling this is going to be the "Witcher 3" of this console gen. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. House 3,371 Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 3 hours ago, Sabo said: I get the feeling this is going to be the "Witcher 3" of this console gen. It's the Divinity Original Sin 2 of the generation. I think most people aren't aware how successful that game was and that it got critical reception equal or better than Witcher 3's. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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