I love that they gave you an origin character where it actually makes sense to just murder hobo your way through the game

@Nr4747

10 ай бұрын

"It's what my character would do" is rightly despised at tabletop RPG tables the world over - but it's honestly totally fine in a single player CRPG ;-)

@Lord-Skeletor

10 ай бұрын

​@@Nr4747When it's used to excuse power/meta gaming or just plain up being an asshole in real life. But "it's what my character would do" on the whole is not a bad thing at all. I know you were referring to the meme, I'm just clarifying for new DnDers

@LightStreak567

10 ай бұрын

Or learn to overcome the urge

@stephan4921

10 ай бұрын

@@fishtacodeluxe1940 I'm imagining you will be able to learn about your past, fight the urges and maybe eventually overcome them. From all the reveals it sounds like that goblin creature is somehow involved, probably you can either side with it, or go against it. That's just my guess :D

@Lord-Skeletor

10 ай бұрын

@@happyslapsgiving5421 I hope to resist you often have to roll for it, then it could make for an interesting remorseful character trying to do good while also being forced to commit heinous acts.

Mortis, I hope you cover BG3 in depth as you did the Pathfinder games. I'm pretty sure you and WolfheartFPS are the only people keeping the community sane right now, since the hype is building immensely as we approach the launch. Really looking forward to your videos on it!

@Darkholow

10 ай бұрын

Hear hear..I've only seen Mort and Wolfheart talk about BG3 and it's kinda disappointing to see given how big of a deal this release will be for CRPG fans.

@zzz-tu8ft

10 ай бұрын

@@Darkholow I'm sure more youtubers will talk about it once it finally releases

@MuthaLicka

10 ай бұрын

​​@sirhc8927 Huh? Which one would that be? I don't think either of them are really creating clickbait.

@bretthughes27

10 ай бұрын

As someone who has never played DnD, or BG1 or 2, Casual Veteran Gamer (Mechanics, Tier lists, Spell ratings), Spell&Shield (Lore), and Aestus_RPG (Builds) have also done an excellent job of enhancing my enjoyment of BG3 EA.

@brilobox2

10 ай бұрын

@@sirhc8927‘I played the game and here’s what I saw’ = clickbait and ‘milking’ apparently.

There seems to be a strong theme of parasitism/invasion/autonomy in the game, with all the tadpoles plus stuff like the infernal engine, vampirism etc. I know this partially continues the themes of the Bhaalspawn story from the first two games, but it feels like it's going beyond that.

@Lord-Skeletor

10 ай бұрын

Yeah actually now you say it I notice every character has a parasitic relationship with something incredibly important to their life, even if you forget about the tadpoles.

@Arcling

10 ай бұрын

I think it's because every companion can also be a main character, so each of them needs to be extra special. Looks like it's going to be different for non-origin companions.

@mattmorehouse9685

8 ай бұрын

Gaining autonomy seems like a good theme for a western rpg such as this. I know Kingdoms of Amalur has a similar theme, with everyone else having a set fate, except you. You're fateless and can choose your own path.

Love how they thought of everything. Want a custom team? Hirelings. Want a more directed main character? Origin characters. Want to murder hobo your way through the game & be an evil bastard? Dark Urge. Want to fully choose your main character? Custom character. It's truly brilliant. They have honestly sat there & thought of everything a player would want to do.

@121juggernaut

10 ай бұрын

If you give a woman enough money, she'll buy everything. If you give a bunch of nerds enough resources, they'll put everything in the damn game. Most games fall flat because the top hats restrict the developers.

@Lord-Skeletor

10 ай бұрын

@@yzfool6639 I'm unsure what you are asking for, there is backgrounds in the game (acolyte etc.) And your class/race combo that are all said to be reacted by the world and NPC's. Its impossible, completely, for any game to react to the backstory you have made up in your head for "Tav" before they come into the story proper.

@KingslayerSrb

10 ай бұрын

@@SamBrockmann .... what are you talking about? There are so many dialogs and situations in EA where your background influences your choices, you can absolutely play a custom character. Did you even play EA?

@KingslayerSrb

10 ай бұрын

Like, the whole EA was about a custom character because that was the only way to play, no origin story was available in EA so a custom character is a default

@SirCanuckelhead

10 ай бұрын

@SamBrockmann Name a game that has origin characters that you can play as but gives you more as a custom.

I’m new to the Baldurs Gate universe so these videos are great and super helpful

@LightStreak567

10 ай бұрын

The Baldur's Gate games are set in the same Dungeons and Dragons world as the movie Honor Among Thieves. The first two games are set little more than 120 years before Honor Among Thieves and Baldur's Gate 3. Edit: That also includes the Neverwinter MMO, the Neverwinter Nights games, R.A. Salvatore's Drizzt books and Ed Greenwood's books about Simon's ancestor Elminster.

@jamkas5113

10 ай бұрын

If you're interested in the lore, Baldur's Gate is set in a Dungeons & Dragons setting called the Forgotten Realms, which has itself plenty of other content to dive into. Including, as mentioned, the recent Honor Among Thieves film but also a lot of older games and books. I'd recommend the Legend of Drizzt book series if you're into reading novels. They are fun easy reads ;)

My second playthrough is always evil, so a Dark Urge monk who wanders the countryside challenging warriors to duels and laughing maniacally as he crushes their bones beneath his heel.

@DoolallyProductions

10 ай бұрын

@@SamBrockmann I was thinking more of the villains from the old 70s and 80s kung fu movies. You know, beat a village down then chuckle as he strokes his long beard. Who cars anyway, if I want to play Dr. Evil as my sense of evil, then so be it. It doesn't need to be nuanced.

Man I pre-ordered this 2 years ago I cannot wait!!!!

@kangsate3459

10 ай бұрын

Time flies fast huh

@icenturion831

10 ай бұрын

@@kangsate3459 true, i remember booting it up 3 years ago, no we are only a matter of weeks from the game of the decade

@Sinitsu

10 ай бұрын

@@icenturion831how many playthroughs are you planning?

@victorcarranza2071

10 ай бұрын

@@Sinitsu Im planning minimum 3 haha, Karlach -good, dark urge as druid spores - evil and then custom character probably as dragonborn

More specifically about warlock pacts, some language suggests that it depends on the specifics of the term of the pact if the power can be rescinded by the provider, and some pacts are written such that the warlock's side is fulfilled at the point of signing the pact and then they're free to go do whatever with their new power without breaching it (for example, Mammon lets you simply _buy_ a pact with gold. Lots of gold, but still only an upfront payment).

@randomindividual948

10 ай бұрын

Love me some pacts, sometimes you make a deal with a demon, sometimes you devote your life to understanding an eldritch horror and sometimes a fairy likes your face. So much variety.

@plundypops

10 ай бұрын

The phb doesn’t go into any detail, so it is for sure up to a dm if the power could be revoked or not. Especially since almost no one actually drafts a contract with stipulations on character creation.

Its about to be a big year for you man and i couldn't be happier. The quality in your videos have been great since the very beginning

My first playthrough will most likely be a custom character. I like the origin stories but this is an RPG and I enjoy creating my own character and roleplay my way through too much to give that up in favour of a more "cinematic" experience. I know I'd be able to also roleplay the origin characters in any way I want but since they already have a backstory and defined personality, it feels more natural to me to just create my own character filling the role I want to play instead of forcing one of them into it. I'll eventually try them out to experience their story in first person though.

These videos are getting me SO HYPED for the full release!

I think I will feel the 4 character limit in this game ... I typically dont like to switch around and like to have a fixed "core" team but I might have to in this game.

@Arthur_Revan

10 ай бұрын

Agree, 6 is the best number: 1 - Leader a.k.a PC. 2 - Favorite "Must Have" ( Like Varric Tethras in DA2 ). 3, 4 - The ones you enjoy the most. 5, 6 - Other guys.

@zeno6554

3 ай бұрын

or girls @@Arthur_Revan

Karlach caught my attention immediately while playing early access last week. Im really interested to see where her story goes.

appreciate these videos before the launch A TON!

I'm a big fan of paladins and fighters, so I'll either make a custom paladin or a dark urge paladin (it could be interesting RPing a bloodthirsty urge character as a chivalrous upholder of justice), or Lae'rel :D

Nice timing. I was looking for this exact video on your channel yesterday. :) For the first time , I think I'm going to play one of the origins characters.

Thank you for these guides and overviews!

Was looking for a video like this last night and couldn't find a good one - mortismal you have great timing and as usual your videos are a cut above the rest

My first party will probably consist of a full custom character (I love the Dark Urge already, but wanna see what's new for Tav first), Shadowheart (who I think has a bombshell of a plottwist waiting in her story), Karlach (I quite like her ferocious but well-meaning personality so far, and she'll make a fine substitute for Lae'Zel), and probably Wyll (he's my least favourite origin character so far, so I want to see how Larian changed his writing). Do note: just because Wyll is my least favourite, it doesn't mean I hate him. It's simply that I find the likes of Gale and Astarion much more fun to be around, and Shadowheart and Lae'zel offer distinct party benefits other characters can't. Wyll...kinda just comes off as a bit boring at first, although I have enjoyed speculating about the nature of his pact and how he, despite being arguably the most good-natured of the group, probably can't be trusted.

@proffitt46

10 ай бұрын

Just note, that the devs said Karlach and Wyll will probably kill each other on sight. Don’t know the details. But Karlach is pretty anti-Devil. I’m sure we can find a way to talk it out, either way you’ll have a cool story!

@alecchristiaen4856

10 ай бұрын

@@proffitt46 I'm aware of this phenomenon and prepared to navigate the difficult situation.

@alecchristiaen4856

10 ай бұрын

@@littleoldmanboy I get shadowheart along because she's the ONLY healer in EA, so my parties have to include her unless I played a paladin, bard, or druid. Personal peeve of mine that she's a trickery cleric, cuz that's the most useless domain in EA.

@alphanoodle1877

10 ай бұрын

Because the racist vampire is far more interesting than a people protecting adventurer using a demonic pact to protect those in need... Yes, seems legit

@alecchristiaen4856

10 ай бұрын

@@alphanoodle1877 look, Astarion is NOT a good being, and IRL I'd hate him. But this is a game, and most of the things he says are straight up hilarious.

Another deep insight, structured, just Quality. Perfect, thank you.

After I finish my BG2 play through I’m just gonna start playing to warm up lol I can’t wait any longer. You and wolfheart do it the best!

Glad theres a lot of interesting origin stories, makes that first playthrough as an origin a fun and exciting pick over a custom straight away (thinking the amount of content you miss as a custom)

I played a bit of early access (70 hours) and seeing videos like these talking about content i just had no idea about (I had no idea who tarlac was) makes me so excited for the depth of the full game. My first party is probably going to be Karlach my druid tav shadowheart (my fav origing charachter) and either gale or one of the new companions/hirelings

I don't know how well they will manage the self imposed task, at the end, but here Larian is saying they've made the c-RPG that plays like ALL other c-RPGs ever published, combined, you chose the way: - blank slate main character with blank slate companions - blank slate main character with regular companions with side stories - blank slate main character with origin character companions, which you can keep, substitute or kill - all of the above with Dark Urge playing character, which is half blank slate and half written with choices - all of the above with origin character as playing character (multiplied by the number of available origin characters). ...Talk about re-playability. Thanks for your videos!

@Pedone_Rosso

10 ай бұрын

BTW, if just half of it works, this is already a milestone title in the history of c-RPGs. With a game of so many connected moving parts, I'd call a "flawless" launch if they limit major bugs to: - 1 or 2 game breakers that get patched fast with save file recovery, - and 3 to 5 broken quests that don't brake the game (i.e. side story companion with broken personal quest, hopefully not an origin character: you can still get rid of the character, add in a good fit for your party, and play it from scratch once it's fixed). I would be also a bit surprised if there won't be any material for bloopers videos during cut-scenes, with characters clipping in or out of your field of view and the likes. I'm loving this game already... won't preorder anyway, because a good rule is a rule.

I really liked Karlach's dialog right as the video closed: The eternal battle between bad and worse". Something about that just struck me as hilarious. I don't know that I'll be dipping into playing as the Origin characters any time soon, but it's going to be fun figuring what you can of them out in the meantime.

@danschmehl7824

10 ай бұрын

Def playing a paladin barbarian with her background.

your videos are perfect, they provide the information i need without giving me spoilers. im also a bit sad that there isnt any half-orcs/dragonborn companions

I love the concept behind these origin characters! They have their strengths and weaknesses. Shadowheart has gotten me out of a few sticky situations already!

Last time I remember playing the first patch of Early access it was really difficult to keep Laezel happy (due to her pragmatic nature) and since I like playing goodie two shoes (For the most part) I was afraid that she was going to leave my party for me wanting to help everyone I encountered and I would be without a frontline "tank". Astarion is a bit hit or miss for me and so is Wyll (he doesn't bring much to the table either). The only companions I'm interested in are Shadowheart, Gale, Laezel and Karlach and majority of them will be removed from my party permanently once I can recruit Jaheira and Minsc so I gotta prepare my character to do the rogue`y job early. The Dark Urge as a origin feels very interesting to me, because it comes with both a mysterious backstory (supposedly) and you can also make it a custom character so it's best of both worlds so to speak. I would be interested to play a Seldarine Drow as a Dark Urge and attempt to suppress the murder thoughts every chance I get. (mostly because evil playthroughs are not really my thing at all).

Great video! Very excited for this game!

Sweet. This just helps me decide what party I'm going to use.

A nice video for those who haven't got to know them yet) Personally I love all of them, they are all great in their own unique way, and I mostly want to explore their paths as Tav on my firts run. Then I am choosing between Shadow/Astarion for the second run.

Great job, thanks a lot!

I can't remember the last time I got hyped for a game, but I'm looking forward this. I'm glad my favorite and best youtuber is all over it!

Love your content, so hyped for the game!

I genuinly cant wait till the game comes out and you just have so much more to make content on while I wait for it to release on console

I'm going to play as a custom then probably pick one of the origin characters. It's going to depend on whichever one interests me the most in my first playthrough.

So excited for this game. Great video😊

I am a little worried of what you miss out when you make a custom character. In DOS2 I played Fane, and it definitely felt like you miss a lot with a custom character..

@aliquidcow

10 ай бұрын

In the case of Fane, there's a lot you miss by picking literally any other character, since his story has a lot of unique stuff in it, it's almost a different story. I always recommend that people play as one of the other Origin characters and then as him, if they have the time.

@ramulus694

10 ай бұрын

@@yzfool6639 I completely agree with this statement, I feel like you should always choose whatever character feels right to you for your first game regardless of content behind the choice. But personally, it does make it difficult knowing that you might miss out on hand crafter stories by making a custom character in BG3 or by not choosing Fane in DOS2.

@elvingearmasterirma7241

10 ай бұрын

​@@ramulus694Me and my brother didnt play origin characters in our first round. Fane and Sebille just got dragged along through our pyromaniac adventures So you can still experience their story that way

@Dondingo4

10 ай бұрын

@@aliquidcow Yeah, I would never advise anyone to play as Fane the first time simply because its much more interesting being in the dark about a lot of important plot threads.

@aliquidcow

10 ай бұрын

@@elvingearmasterirma7241 There are some *major* things in Fane's story that you can only see by playing with him as your main character.

Appreciate the vid as always Mort. I wish you had been invited to the creator/press days they just had. From what others are saying, BG3 is one of the best RPG games ever. Apparently Wyll's story was very heavily reworked and is much more interesting now. I'm counting down the days lol been waiting 3 years for this 😂

great video!

Thanks! I chose Wyll.

And I was going to look a video about Origin characters today 😅, thank you.

I looked for a video like this about the origin characters, didn’t find it and now youtube recommend me this haha

Love all your coverage on this game!

Appreciate for pointing out that this video contains some spoilers, I've been doing great job dodging every spoiler about BG3 and i really want to jump into the game blindfolded

You have to stop hyping me up for this game

And as always great video :)

This is the video i was hoping for 😊

i'm worried that we won't be hearing from you for half a year because you're playing baldurs gate 3 :D great content! thanks!

Great video. Would love to hear your thoughts (or thoughts of others) on the alignment for each character. My guesses: Gale (Lawful? Good), Lae'zel (Lawful Neutral?), Karlach (Chaotic? Good), Dark Urge (Chaotic Evil), Shadowheart (Lawful Evil?), Astarion (Neutral? Evil), Wyll (Neutral Good)

Can’t wait for the game. I really wanted to play a deep gnome gloomstalker but thinking I will play the urge now and rethink exactly what I want to play. I think all the origin stories are interesting but I think I’m most interested in the cleric of shar.

I was trying to google stuff on this exact topic today, perfect timing.

my first Origin character that i wanna play will definetly be Shadowheart. But i first wanna do a Custom character playthrough to know the story and explore every corner of BG3. Shadowheart is probably the best character to choose if you want a choice to be Evil or Good. as she can go both ways... But you can expect a big Plot Twist later in the game. I'm Kinda scared off from the Dark Urge as Larian did say that it can be VERRY messy. And as the name suggests, the Dark Urge is probably best suited for Pure Murder playthroughs.

@v4v777

10 ай бұрын

I will pick Dark Urge and play him as i always play my Characters.. Neutral Good alignment, being in a constant fight with his Dark urges..... with the final Goal to release him at the end of his Dark Urges... and make him Champion of the Light.

@v4v777

10 ай бұрын

@@SamBrockmann Maybe.. but to each his own... i always play as myself in rpg's...Neutral Good is the Way, and i can go as far as Chaotic Good or just plain Neutral... i never do 2nd playthroughs with an Evil path... just one playthrough with the choices i would make in Real Life..... if it happens to make a 2nd playthrough... it will be only because if i wanted to explore some other options, which are also similar in Alignment with my 1st Playthrough... Well.. it is what it is:))

@v4v777

10 ай бұрын

@@SamBrockmann lol dont worry.... shaking up is gonna happen anyway.... you cant avoid that... The Evil doers will get whats coming to them.. Sword, meet Evil... Evil, meet Sword :))

@KingslayerSrb

10 ай бұрын

@@SamBrockmann ... are you okay? You seem very unhinged

Thank you!

I will be playing a custom character for sure, but all these characters sound great as companions!

Finally after 3 years, we get this game in a little over two weeks. The hirelings are a cool option for specific play styles. The Dark Urge will be for me a play through where I pretend to be a reincarnated Jon Irenicus as his elven original form Joneleth.

Just wanna say thanks for the content. Some mornings are harder than others, but your content makes it easier

You're the best! Just what I wanted for a video :)

I'm gonna be rocking both two separate saves. One evil and one good. Again so hyped for this game

My first playthrough will be Karlach, I like her background, the class-race is pretty cool and she has 17 strenght haha it will be super fun smash people with her

this is exactly what i was looking for

I’ll definitely do a dark urge with draconic sorcerer dragonborn.

It is offocial guys, Mortim is going to be a Baldurs Gate 3 channel for the next 3 years(after full release) with new guides, secrets and info.🎉

I wonder if the alignment of the origin characters are set or can change. For example, Shadowheart feels like she could go either way, good or evil. Would be pretty cool if the player and his actions could steer companions to become more evil or good.

@KyouNoToshokan

10 ай бұрын

In the Livestream it was said that you can lets call sweettalk your Companions into alot of things if the Dice is with you that is.

@stephan4921

10 ай бұрын

I think you will be able to shift their alignment over time, to some degree. They've strongly hinted at that and outright stated that you can convince them to go along with a lot of stuff. Even in EA there's some hints of this happening with Wyll for example and shadowheart too I can totally see going both ways.

@Koshea69

10 ай бұрын

If you can switch Shadowheart to good would she pick a new goddess to worship? Shar would not be handing out spells to a good character.

@stephan4921

10 ай бұрын

@@Koshea69 Well, all we have is speculation and what the developers said at this point. (Minor spoilers) There have been a lot theories that she has some ties to Selune, maybe there's an opportunity for some sort of redemption arc with her, IDK. In EA it has been shown multiple times that she's ultimately good at heart, albeit a bit selfish and very pragmatic. From all we've seen of her so far, I can totally see her going both ways.

@KyouNoToshokan

10 ай бұрын

@@Koshea69 The Game doesnt seem to care about alligments.

Can't wait to playthrough as Lae'zel and just be nice and good to everyone

why does that high elf look so GOOD. Can't wait to play this... whenever I have time & it goes on sale 😅

I’m super excited for the game! I’m probably going to go with the fighter or the wizard, as I’m new to DnD.

@JaySwag77

10 ай бұрын

I might recommend a sorcerer instead of a wizard--they're much less complicated, and you still get to do showy magic!

The Origin characters are cool, though I will do my first playthrough with a custom character. It's not my favourite class by a long shot, but I finished BG1 and 2 + expansions for the first time with a Human Paladin, and I think I might keep that tradition for BG3.

You know, it does feel rather strange that shar, the so proclaimed godess of absence and loss would restore ones memory

I've been trying to limit my exposure to the early access so that I can experience v1.0 with fresh eyes, so all of this is new to me. All I can say is man am I excited!

nice thank you!

Thanks!

@MortismalGaming

10 ай бұрын

and thank you!

Hopefully we can change their appearances. I just can't imagine playing Gale if he keeps his mullet and perfectly trimmed beard.

I'm so excited for this game that it burns me up I don't have a system that'll run it. It sucks being broke haha. Oh well, I'm sure there'll be plenty of Playthroughs to watch. I can experience it vicariously through others.

Mortim, can you do a video about the various classes too? Some of the classes like warlock are quite tricky and confusing. At least they were for me... Appreciate your thorough and stoic videos.

@MortismalGaming

10 ай бұрын

Yeah thats the plan

My first play through will definitely be a custom character. Now, my second play through will probably be the origin character La'zel. Thanks

Origin characters are honestly kinda similar to origin system from Dragon Age: Origins, makes me wish more games had similar systems

@Fynzmirs

10 ай бұрын

I vastly prefer the DA system to the one in BG3. DA Origin stories gave you just enough connection to the world to give you a backstory, while still allowing you to play the character you wanted. Larian's Origin characters are just prewritten characters, with their own personalities and names. The only one which is similar is Dark Urge, which I like for this reason alone (tho I dislike murderhoboing in games so...). I really hope there will be either a) something unique to Tav aka the custom character so that playing him doesn't just result in less content (as was the case with custom characters in Divinity Original Sin 2) b) another, less murdery origin similar to Dark Urge

@jackdunc

10 ай бұрын

@@Fynzmirs You can play the origin character's however you want, their personalities are not set in stone.

@t.t6294

10 ай бұрын

They're nothing alike lmao

@Fynzmirs

10 ай бұрын

@@jackdunc I'd like that to be the case, but it wasn't in DOS2 so that's where my worries come from To clarify: you obviously can act in a way contrary to the pre-written character, but that doesn't negate their personality. It's like in Witcher 3, where you *can* act contrary to Geralt's personality, but you're still playing Geralt and so those choices often feel arbitrary. Compare to, for example, DA:O where you are presented with a set of choices that are equally plausible.

THANK YOU

I feel bummed at how much we know about them already, so much of their intrigue feels like it could have been milked out longer, even if its just towards the end of act 1, Gale, Astarin and Shadowheart specifically I felt like they kind of sprung it upon us immediately and someone like Astarion especially could have reeeeeeeeallly had a lot more sneaky stuff going on before the big reveal

Glad I can play a custom character for my first playthrough without sacrificing the extra tie-ins that origin characters get. Going to play a Halfling Rogue with a little emphasis on Charisma, maybe multi-class Bard - I want to be good at all of the skills, and probably just stay back and shoot my crossbow in combat.

Besides Dark Urge, you can still play a regular custom character, called Tav by default. Somehow no one mentiones that, and even Larian never mentioned it during the last panel from hell. Both Tav and Dark Urge are completely customizable, but Dark Urge will have different, more dark actions and dialogue options, and some backstory. Judging by EA, there will be some different background options for Tav too, but it`s unclear whether he/she, too, will have anything unique.

Great overview. Wish to know now, what party are you planning for your 1st or maybe later playthroughs

@MortismalGaming

10 ай бұрын

I'll swap them all in and out first time through

I'm a bit torn, but I think I'll jump into my first playthrough as a normal character so that I can experience the core of the game as "me", so to speak. I'm guessing I'll end up playing as most of the origin characters sooner or later though :) Most interesting ones to me currently are Wyll, Gale, and Asterion because it seems like making different choices would have a more interesting or significant impact on their storylines

these characters just sound so damn good, it will be hard to choose who to party with!

I surmise that being a very narative driven story it might be that the very best way the game is intended to play out is by actually choosing one of the origin stories to play as the main character. DOS2 was like this to an extent and it paid off experience wise to be one of the pre-made characters. Also it adds replayability in the sense that next time around instead of making char x MC you do char Y and make all the relevant choices for that char and see the story play out that way. its a ton of fun for sure.

I started playing Astarion for my first play. I wanted a Rouge, I really liked his look, the Vampire thing seemed awesome (especially his ability), and I was able to tweak his stats and abilities to suit my playstyle. I will miss his personality I saw in his introduction since he became a silent character. Other than not being able to interact with him from an outside perspective, I hope I there isn't any other downsides to playing his story. That is my main worry.

I would love to see your thoughts on Kenshi and Starsector !

This game is going to be so mind blowing. 2023 was the year of great games...for me at least. I got Diablo 4...which I am in love with. Getting BG 3...which fascinates me to the max. Then Starfield in September...which really excites me.

While I await the PS5 launch I'm gonna be using these types of videos as "prep" so to speak. I'm quite new to this particular universe but have some experience with DOS2. I think I might choose Wyll, the whole pact dynamic is very interesting with him having to go after certain people on behalf of Mizora. My second choice would maybe be Lae'zel.

The best way to explain warlock pacts is that they're binding in both directions.

I'm making a custom charcter but when my buddy comes to play splitscreen I'll prolly play Shadowheart. For my Compaions on my Solo run I will be bringing Shadow, Karlach, Maybeeeee Astarion or Gale Idk yet.

I love the concept of the dark urge because whenever in divinity original sin 2 there was basically zero reason to go custom character in regards to getting content and often when playing an origin character in divinity original sin 2 it felt as if I was making a choice the my origin character would never make but I went with an origin character because of the extra content but the dark urge and being able to bring all companions with you past act 1 solves all that while giving you origin content so even if you go custom you wont feel as if you missed out .

@Ocean5ix

10 ай бұрын

The reason to go custom character is.... role playing? The most important thing in these kinds of games? Why would I want to be Red Prince if I can just be myself and have him on my party and play his quest anyway?

@sofaericsson6392

10 ай бұрын

@@Ocean5ix custom characters in DOS2 are as deep as henchmen in OG BGs. Which is why you always forced to use most likeable Origin character and box your fantasy into them.

Also Whylls story was a bit off in early access, I really liked his vibes. Such a good hearted idealist. I’m still intending to pick him as my origin for the 2nd playthrough.

In dos2 I always played as an origin character but a comment on another bg3 video has me questioning that. The comment said that playing as an origin is like overwriting their personalities with your own. Add to that the stricter class settings of bg3 and I think I will just play a custom and pick companions that complement my class choice.

Just like DOS2, I'll start with an origin character and party, but will inevitably play again (likely without even finishing a 1st playthrough) with a character I make myself. I mean, I spent 60 hours in the first chapter of DOS2 mostly trying new character and party builds, haha.

I'm torn between chooisng an origin character and creating my own. It would be cool to have first person perspective on their personal questline but creating my own character also seems like fun.

@Atrigraphy

10 ай бұрын

Can't decide either...

I think the backstory, voice acting and feel of the origin characters are great however I do feel like the lack of variety leaves something to be desired. Maybe some DLC characters are planned or more companions will be revealed throughout the game but as it stands I'm a little disappointed.. Collectively, theres 4 elf variants, 3 humans. Thats 7 of the 10 current companions that are the same in a world so vast of different races. No Drow (unless you like Minthara), halflings, dwarfs, orcs or gnomes as your origin/companion characters. As I said earlier though the stage they created for a lot of these characters are amazing so far but I had hoped for a little more variety. With that said though, that wont take away from how excited I am to play and complete multiple playthroughs of the game. Awesome video as usual !

I hope at least some of them let you completely pick a class just because, if you played Divinity, custom characters tend to lose our story wise a lot. I kinda hope at least some of the cast are more tied to their alignment or nudge you toward a certain class(es) without locking you in. Like I want to play a Gloom Stalker, which seems like it could fit Dark Urge or Astarion, but I guess we'll have to wait and see. I'll likely play an Origin character at launch regardless.

I'm still not clear on if there is something that takes the place of the Origin character's story if you make a custom character. That there was nothing in OS2 was one of it's biggest criticisms and they said early in development that they would address it, but then never talked about it again.

@KyouNoToshokan

10 ай бұрын

Coming from EA im guessing the Dark Urge is Larians way to adress that, Custom Charackters dont have any background or Charackter Quest.

@nikidelvalle

10 ай бұрын

@@KyouNoToshokan The Baldur's Gate 3 Fextralife wiki says that each background you choose during character creation has unique quests they can complete throughout the game. Is that wrong?

@KyouNoToshokan

10 ай бұрын

@@nikidelvalle Most it did in EA was giving different Dialog options depending on your Background and some Proficiencys. Nothing that would count as a Story Arc if your looking for something like that.

@nikidelvalle

10 ай бұрын

@@KyouNoToshokan I see... well, they did say they added a bunch of new reactivity to Act 1, so maybe there will be something there at launch. Guess we'll see on August 1st when the Act 1 early access begins!

My initial playthrough will be a dwarven dark urge bard, intending to fight against the violent impulses.