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hsr, 6 months ago

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/pictrs/image/456e4ad3-63b3-46fc-924b-c1a65dc5dab7.png FOM OPEN UP!

hsr, 6 months ago

Cisco needs to open a restaurant where they cook with heat from servers.

hsr, 6 months ago

Don’t forget George “He turned into me” Russell.

hsr, 6 months ago

I think it’s understandable that people meme him for all the "we are checking"s, because when we hear Charles ask him a question, there rarely is a straightforward answer. I’m not sure if it’s a Ferrari thing, a Xavi thing, or maybe the broadcast person who decides which message to play focuses on Ferrari’s incompetence, but imo he appears clueless more often than other engineers.

hsr, 6 months ago

Still no answer from Crofty so I’ll try to lure him with a meaningless stat: Max has spent over 27 hours leading races in 2023. If he used his steering wheel display to watch Drive to Survive during that time, he would be a couple episodes into season 5.

hsr, 7 months ago

I’m pretty sure the article is referring to the 1.6 patch, also called Edgerunners update, which released around the same time as the animated series.

hsr, 8 months ago

Unity executives kind of forgot they can’t change US law on a whim like they changed their Terms Of Service.

hsr, 8 months ago

Are you trying to summon Louis Rossmann?

hsr, 8 months ago

I thought I’d refresh my memory of DOS2 by watching a playthrough on Youtube and noticed some very suspicious references to Project Gustav and mind flayers. After some digging I found out Tarquin’s plan worked out, apparently he’s wreaking havoc casting Source magic in Baldur’s Gate.

hsr, 8 months ago

Brainwashed by an ancient cult, no less.

hsr, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago)

One of the reasons why we trimmed the epilogue is because we were afraid the ending cinematics were becoming too long and would detract from the epicness of the experience.

Deception check critical failure. Larian pls.

I was willing to grant them the benefit of the doubt when it comes to some disjointed writing/quests in Act 3 if they were pushing for a quicker release, but now they come out and say

It’s just important to know that what ultimately shipped was planned long ago, in function primarily of making Baldur’s Gate 3 fun to play, not for us to close development quickly.

Well… more power to you I guess, though I really, really hope they’re just bullshitting and will make a Definitive Edition in a year or so.

hsr, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago)

Because some Act 3 content was scrapped in a way that leaves hanging threads with no resolution, awkwardly pointing you to things that were changed/removed, such as:

spoilers obviously- Cazador’s Mansion entrance is through some kind of ramparts in Lower City. You only learn about Cazador from Astarion’s quest (and those Gur people I think), then you most likely kill him right after meeting him in his dungeon. This quest doesn’t tie into main story whatsoever. Based on some speculation (of course there’s no way to find out what were Larian’s true plans for this character), Cazador was meant to be a politically important figure in Upper City, and possibly had more related quests. If devs dropped this idea, that would explain how Cazador became a random boss enounter that doesn’t really have any impact outside of Astarion’s quest. It also makes sense why entering his place is so weird. - Gortash’s coronation takes place in Wyrm’s Rest, a military fortress of the Flaming Fist and not, you know, High Hall where the parliament and other members of Baldur’s Gate upper crust (ahem Cazador) plot their political intrigues. Also Gortash doesn’t even get a Chosen’s form like Orin or Ketheric during their fights. - Omeluum’s ring, which was supposed to protect you from Absolute’s influence, has been at some point turned into an anti-charm item. In EA it used to block your illithid powers, but they’ve been reworked since. The dialog doesn’t really reflect that. - Kithrak Voss gains some battle scars and loses a part of his ear when you meet him later. AFAIK this is not explained at all in the game. Apparently it’s a relic of a now removed fight between Orin and Githyanki in the creche. - That Iron Flask quest with a trapped spectator has a lackluster resolution, possibly because it was related to Upper City at some stage of development. Edit: - Infernal Iron, Enriched Infernal Iron, Soul Coins that have very little use - Gold, Silver, Bronze bars and a bunch of other items that feel like they should be useful for crafting - All the talk about ‘consequences’ of using tadpole powers. No, actually there are no consequences. ___

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Personally I think in Act 3 general pacing is a bit wacky, also the amount of quests there are in Lower City is overwhelming. Is this a result of moving a bunch of quests that were originally intended for Upper City? No way to find out.

Of course it’s perfectly normal to cull content that seems too ambitious, time consuming etc., Larian just didn’t properly cauterize what was left after removing all that stuff, which made the story flow really weird in some cases.

Also in the release Panel From Hell (timestamp here) it was mentioned that Crystal, the associate writing lead spent 6 months working on various ending permutations, and now we don’t get to see most of them because they’re too long. Oof.

hsr, 9 months ago

On this note, does anyone have experience with Minthara later in the game? Does she even have a companion quest chain like everyone else? From what I’ve read her interactions are more limited compared to other companions.

hsr, 9 months ago

I think I’m in the middle of Act 3 and I’ve had every companion I met in Act 1 ask me out, except for Karlach. Yes, I helped her with the infernal engine upgrade. I’m just slightly confused, maybe I picked a wrong dialog option early on.

hsr, 7 months ago

Great, some nightmare fuel to refill my nightmare tank.