Baldur's Gate 3 - Larian Studios
Baldur's Gate 3 - Larian Studios
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KenMasters
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This was not on my radar at all, but it's getting so much positive press lately that I think I'll pick it up. Looks like the sort of game you can really sink your teeth into.
Lord of the Pies
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Preordering this on PS5 for sure. Turn-based combat isn't generally my thing but the hype on this 'once in a generation' RPG that has devs arguing over whether the bar should be raised for everyone with an anomaly like this, sounds like a no-brainer.
It's astonishing that it has more hours of cinematics than every Game of Thrones season combined. 174 hours of them, holy ****. Granted that's a lot of playthroughs with different characters, but still a strong incentive to do so.
It's astonishing that it has more hours of cinematics than every Game of Thrones season combined. 174 hours of them, holy ****. Granted that's a lot of playthroughs with different characters, but still a strong incentive to do so.
AdrianH
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Digital or physical?
Lord of the Pies
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Not a fan of physical. The only physical game I've purchased for this gen is Cyberpunk for Xbox, which was R500 at BT Games on the day I bought my Series X and not on sale online. And it was lucky because that game has a fancy retail package for the standard edition.
Even if I wanted physical for BG3, I don't even see a local retail release for it.
AdrianH
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Just wondering then why pre-order?
Lord of the Pies
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72 hours early access on PS5.
AdrianH
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Ah fair enough.
Lord of the Pies
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Not that that would always be a reason for preordering. I didn't bother to preorder Diablo IV and that had early access. But I want to support a game like BG3 and the efforts to release it on console.
KenMasters
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cowbrains
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Busy playing this on the steam deck, so settings are varying from medium to low but running pretty well. Need to give it a proper shot, but my initial impression was that its a little cumbersome to play with a controller. Not as seamless as an experience as I found with Diablo 4
Lord of the Pies
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I hope it's not bad with a controller. Was planning to wait for the PS5 release rather than playing on Mac. Seems to play reasonably well on M1 Pro, but PS5 would be better.
AdrianH
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Try keyboard and mouse on PS5?
Lord of the Pies
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I only have wireless peripherals, and all paired nicely with my Mac.
I'll assume the console release will be suitably optimised for controllers. Playing the PC version with a controller might be a different experience to console if it's optimised for keyboards and mice. Who knows. If it's awkward for consoles I assume there will be backlash and a subsequent update anyway.
Interesting. Reviewers actually felt it plays well with a controller compared to other crpg's.
These games will always be more awkward on a controller compared to k/b & mouse. Just a lot more options to use compared to an arpg.
Looking at the keybindings for k/b for bg3 vs diablo 4. It's 72 keys vs 47.
These games will always be more awkward on a controller compared to k/b & mouse. Just a lot more options to use compared to an arpg.
Looking at the keybindings for k/b for bg3 vs diablo 4. It's 72 keys vs 47.
AdrianH
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And this is why I will suck at these games. Too many shortcuts to remember.
cowbrains
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It still works well and if I dock the SD, I can easily connect my mouse and KB. But there's a lot more navigation with finding things as well as inventory management. Jericho on discord plays with both and he mentioned it as well