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Larian knows Baldur's Gate 3's D&D combat is super complicated: "We used to joke you basically need a tutorial for every class" (www.gamesradar.com)

"So then it's onboarding people, teaching them how to play D&D, which is really complex"

Baldur's Gate 3 - Discussion Post #2

The previous post was starting to lose steam so here is another one....

Why did Baldur's Gate 3 blow up? Larian lead writer says it's thanks to "a big gamble" with CRPG standards (www.gamesradar.com)

"We believe RPGs are big ... So we always believed the audience was there," says Adam Smith

Baldur’s Gate 3’s Metacritic Score Now Tops ‘Tears Of The Kingdom’ (www.forbes.com)

Eight of the 14 reviews in for Baldur’s Gate 3 are 10/10s. Nothing is below a 9.

Maybe if there's DLC (startrek.website)

Baldur's Gate 3 characters were super-horny due to a bug, Larian admit (www.rockpapershotgun.com)

I was a bit taken aback when almost every character in my camp was quick to jump my bones very early on, this explains it.

Baldur's Gate 3 is defying game industry trend-chasers — and is being rewarded for doing so (www.windowscentral.com)

The more annoying aspects of modern gaming are completely absent in Baldur's Gate 3.

Baldur's Gate 3 has ruined Starfield for me (www.pcgamer.com)

Bethesda's latest can't help but feel shallow by comparison.

Based review from a Ubisoft Developer's alt account (lemmy.world)

Do you roll with failures or do you load and try for your "expected" outcome?

I used to always try for the best outcome but with this have it seems like half of the time a failure also leads to an amazing consequence and story....

Baldur's Gate 3 Caused A 40 Percent Rise In Digital Revenue For Hasbro (www.thegamer.com)

Baldur's Gate 3 has made bank for Hasbro, significantly contributing to a 40 percent increase in digital revenue for the company.

Baldur’s Gate 3 - Discussion Post #3

How are everyone’s stories coming along? Have you finished the game? If so how many times?...

Baldur’s Gate 3 Reignites Age-Old Save Scumming Debate - IGN (www.ign.com)

Baldur's Gate 3's huge launch has reignited the age-old debate about save scumming.

If Baldur’s Gate 3’s Lae'zel Were Male Fans ‘Would Be More Forgiving’, Dragon Age Co-Creator Says (www.ign.com)

The co-creator of the Dragon Age franchise has commented on the reaction to one of Baldur’s Gate 3’s main female characters, saying fans “always treated male characters with more forgiveness”.

Ex-Skyrim Developer Explains the Key Difference Between Bethesda Games and Baldur’s Gate 3 | IGN (www.ign.com)

What can you ACTUALLY use Mage Hand for?

Is it just me, or is Mage Hand useless? Like, impressively useless....

Companions: who and do you switch?

Who are your companions? Do you switch during gameplay?...

Favorite minor/side character?

The main cast aren’t the only great characters in this game, who are your favorites?...

Baldur's Gate 3 colossal new patch adds a playable epilogue set six months after the game ends with 3,589 new lines of dialogue, 2 new difficulty modes, and I'm running out of headline space (www.pcgamer.com)

It just doesn't stop.

Devs share the most popular multi-classes (lemmy.world)

blog.playstation.com/…/baldurs-gate-3-devs-share-…

We just broke the highest number of concurrent Steam users at 875,343! (steamcharts.com)

For context, Larian Studio founder Swen Vincke predicted that the game could reach 100,000 peak concurrent users during its debut period, and that was a fairly optimistic prediction. I work in IT, and really feel for those folks. I hope they designed their infrastructure to scale!...

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