While Baldur’s Gate 3 is being widely celebrated by fans and developers alike, some are panicking that this could set new expectations from fans. Good.
While Baldur’s Gate 3 is being widely celebrated by fans and developers alike, some are panicking that this could set new expectations from fans. Good.
How many other studies are making games like BG3 or D:OS? Essentially zero.
Larian found a killer formula with D:OS and brought it into the limelight by getting the chance to develop BG3, probably one of the most anticipated games of all times… but also one that some younger generations were nearly blind to. I recall it being a Diablo vs. BG thing back in the day, and while both were awesome, kids weren’t picking BG.
And Larian is working on the backs of giants. They didn’t get egotistical and reinvent the wheel, they went with DnD 5e exactly as they should have. (I’m not sure how closely they’ve followed it, though, if anyone has more information on that. I’m not ready to start it quite yet.)
The stars aligned and Larian is receiving long-due acclaim as a result. I’m very excited for them.
It’s faithful enough to 5e that my partner and I broke out the players handbook to do some long term class planning together. A couple of things are different, like buffs to frenzy barbarian and changes to roleplay feats or spells to have a more mechanical benefit.
But yes, as a long term DM for 5e, it’s faithful to 5e.
Great to hear!
The most significant change I noticed was you can cast any number of leveled spells per turn. That’s a pretty significant shift from 5e’s rule of only one leveled spell (excluding using action surge if you dip into fighter) per turn.
However it makes the player stronger so I doubt anyone is really complaining about it.
I’ve been playing BG3 and perhaps I’m misunderstanding but you only have one action and one bonus action per turn and you only have so many spell slots per caster. Unless you have a leveled spell as an action and a separate leveled spell as a bonus action and enough spell slots for both you’d be hard pressed to cast more than a single spell per turn per character
It’s been a while since I played 5e, but if I remember correctly you could do some fuckery with Haste and/or Sorcery Points if you don’t follow that rule.
Plenty of spells cast as a bonus action. With a cleric I can cast Spirt Guardians and Spiritual Weapon on the same turn. Or polymorph and mass cure wounds. It makes a significant difference for bonus action spells.
Oh, really? That seems imbalanced, but like I said I have yet to play so what do I know.
It gets a little silly if you exploit it. Sorcerer can get pretty ridiculous.
Larian has been absolutely phenomenal through their process on both of these. Kept with the ‘it’ll release when it’s ready’ model, the exception with the alpha/early release on BG3 which I would say helped improve the quality of the Release product that much more, through testing/reports and cash influx without the ‘pre-order today, get whatever you get tomorrow’ mantra.
I agree, they made the absolute most of the early access when it has become so common for that stage to just be a money-grab or an excuse for not finishing. There’s no way it would have been as stable as it is if they hadn’t done that.