When you’ve got articles of other developers coming out saying that it puts an unacceptable pressure on other game developers to produce this level of quality and product, I’m reminded that there’s a reason why good games become timeless while other fade into mediocrity or soulless cash-grabs

@ashakitiggs4022

11 ай бұрын

yep, i feel like 17k is a clickbait number...

@KH00DANIEL

11 ай бұрын

with 90% of the market being cash grabs let the rest of them whine abt it

@Zoitful

11 ай бұрын

​@@ashakitiggs4022 still better than when Overwatch 2 PvE content became nothing more than "a clickbait".

@spikertaker

11 ай бұрын

Yes, FEEL the pressure, there're 0 reasons backed up and rich companies to not produce games that are at least as good as this indi company's game - shove your whining elsewhere.

@leykosminotauros

11 ай бұрын

​@@ashakitiggs4022he explains in the video, did you watch it?

I hope this game beats sales expectations. We need more games like this

@phero2

11 ай бұрын

I'm doing my part!

@ZephyrK.

11 ай бұрын

Early Access alone topped 3 million in it’s first year. Praying the full release can replicate or better yet surpass that in the first few months

@utisti4976

11 ай бұрын

DOS 2 sold over 7.5 million copies over the years. And that is with an IP that isn't heard of by the mainstream. A game carrying the legendary name of "Baldur's Gate" is going to sell astronomically.

@wuuduu609

11 ай бұрын

you played it, when you know, we need more games like this?

@kaisen3

11 ай бұрын

​@@wuuduu609Guess you didn't know you can put more than 20 hours into early access huh

Also depending on how successful this game is. There’s potential for tons of expansions. New sub classes/races/companions/spells/story.

I think one thing for replay ability too is having a good charisma and social skills versus not - I imagine a ton of interactions would go differently in those cases.

@flyyf1

10 ай бұрын

and charisma itself is split up into 4 sections; deception, performance, intimidation, and persuasion so depending on your proficiencies there are different flavors of charisma.

@ComradeStrogg

10 ай бұрын

Like in every other RPG basically?

@grandgibbon2071

10 ай бұрын

and resolving encounters with social skills rewards you with the combat xp you would have gotten.

@flyyf1

10 ай бұрын

@@grandgibbon2071 i didn't know that i thought it was just similar xp but that's good to know C:

@grandgibbon2071

10 ай бұрын

@@flyyf1 They made it so you can't double dip by killing the people after.

I'll be playing this for years. Mods, replaying, solo, with friends, different classes. Just tons of stuff.

@jarek85711

11 ай бұрын

From the mods, the only thing I would like is a subclass if the creators do not add them in the future, because there is nothing to beautify such a beautiful looking game in terms of appearance.

@bossrangoon3711

11 ай бұрын

Different playthrough for the origin characters as well. It’s crazy

@da_ocsta1452

11 ай бұрын

The mods... my God, the mods...

@joshholmes1372

11 ай бұрын

​​@@jarek85711bsolutely subclass and multi class options. Feats maybe too

@paulblank8368

11 ай бұрын

Hope there will be a dungeon maker tool later on similar to DOS2 (if I remember correctly).

The "restart burn out" is one of the most relatable things I've heard come from you. I've experienced that so much. There are some games I still haven't finished because I burned myself out 20+ hours in. *and I've never gotten past a certain part of the game because I always end up wanting to change by then*

@Zx2Solomon

11 ай бұрын

Really? That sucks.

@therat1117

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, it's too easy to think of another cool thing you want to do and just create another character. My solution is to have multiple playthroughs going at the same time, so I can switch as and when I want to try something new.

@pHixiq

11 ай бұрын

@@therat1117 this is exactly what I think would benefit me. Good idea !

@Thurrak

11 ай бұрын

I've had this exact thing happen to me in DOS2. I've played the first act in that game like 15 times over and I've never finished the game.

I think we're going to see a fan base for this very much like we have with Skyrim. It's just going to be a favorite game that is revisited for the next 15 years.

@AmbrosiusIII

10 ай бұрын

Except this game won’t require mods to be good

@brianrich7828

10 ай бұрын

@@AmbrosiusIIII would need to have mods to enjoy it,first or third person games are immersive. These top down type games remind me of cheesy mobile rpgs. Skyrim was at least immersive,clunky combat but it was charming. Turn based is cheap to me.

@steveharvey441

10 ай бұрын

@@brianrich7828I hope they add a true first person mod although it would be jank af with the combat system. Still would be worth it though

@lxNOLUCA

10 ай бұрын

@@brianrich7828you are cheap

@luv_sic

10 ай бұрын

​​@@AmbrosiusIIImost pragmatic disco elysium fan

14:28 I FEEL the stress of creating this wiki. Just know that hard work is incredibly appreciated by your fans!

I bought this game immediately upon early access release, played about 40 hours, and knew I was happy enough with what I had seen, and confident in Larian from my experience with DoS2, that I was willing to uninstall the game and wait until full release. This has been nearly 3 years, and I am not complaining. I am already dreading the first 10 hours I will spend in the character creation screen in order to make the first dive into this game. August cannot come soon enough for my liking.

@MidoriGa95

11 ай бұрын

Omg yes!! I too will be spending huge amount of time in character creation. Im planning which class/race etc to be my canon playthrough and make the different ones/opposite for other playthroughs. I cant wait for the release because it's when monk class (my most fav class for damage) will come out too

@Icemansnowman

10 ай бұрын

You too buddy❤ we are almost there

@Sn1pEzTV

10 ай бұрын

I was really on edge to buy it the second it came out into early access but i didn't, just bought it a couple of days ago so i could get the Deluxe Edition stuff without the need to spend addiotional $10 but i also did start it up once and checked out the still unfinished character editor and played through the ships section in the beginning, but stopped right after that and wait until the full release to see what this game has in store for me, don't want to have the beginning of the game feel like a drag through it because i've just seen and played it you know? xD

@shinnou1

10 ай бұрын

August? It says October 6 on Steam.

@chaost4544

10 ай бұрын

@@666slateran666 I just bought the early access and downloading it as I type. I was wondering how much content and replayability there was in act 1. It sounds like the game will keep me busy until full release.

I thought this game would be similar in size to Divinity 2 which is huge, but BGS3 is just MASSIVE. I am beyond hyped.

@Black-Re4per

11 ай бұрын

I still haven't finished Divinity 2.

@boi529

11 ай бұрын

@@Black-Re4per Me too... I got up to act 3 and the autosave overwrote my save while I backtracked to a previous save to see scenes I missed so I just started over for the 3rd time 💀

@XShadowWolf1926

11 ай бұрын

​@@666slateran666Story wise it falls off hard... Gameplay wise you really get to feel powerful

@XiLock_Alotx

11 ай бұрын

I am so happy that I waited until the full launch of the game, and didn’t spoil myself with the early access. Because this deserves to be played blind.

@Uni0nDirect0r

11 ай бұрын

As we all are.

Absolutely incredible in scope. You guys putting together a wiki and being almost overwhelmed about how to handle that is an incredible feat for Larian to pull off. So happy to see where they've started from and that they continue to get better and better.

@chloekaftan

10 ай бұрын

Funny how they can make 17000 different unique endings and yet have a crappy slider system for character creation from 2010 and not have your junk show up in any romance scenes. And these are the guys who made the legendary divinity original sin 2? Yeah i dont buy it. Theyre hyping this way too much, and the fact that it has LGBTQ+ and Vitiligo inclusion are already two massive red flags, considering its a western developer its almost guaranteed that the female presets are going to look like arse. I dont play games to look like someone with an autoimmune subcutaneous disease and got run over by a truck square in the face.

@Fkntiredofbs

10 ай бұрын

I would just like to see better, longer, more games that are better than this and are not 3rd person shooters

@ss_hat

10 ай бұрын

@@chloekaftan Roleplaying as someone with an autoimmune subcutaneous disease that got run over by a truck square in the face sounds like a good time.

@matthewmurray8570

10 ай бұрын

​@@chloekaftanSo, to be clear - you are pro-porn and anti-gay? I just want to make sure I read that right, because sometimes writing can be misconstrued.

@chloekaftan

10 ай бұрын

@@matthewmurray8570 whats wrong about pron in a videogame that depicts romance? Do you hear anyone in dragon age inquisition or witcher 3 complain about it? No. Im also not against gay culture, but we dont need it force fed down our throats, and the LGBTQ+ community is doing exactly that.

When Dragon Age Origins came out I immediately fell in love with it. I've played maybe 30+ playthroughs to the end. And I see myself enjoying BG3 even more than Dragon Age! So yeah, definitely playing more than once!

@theclawyaww3740

10 ай бұрын

This looks like the next evolution of Dragon Age Orgins, but with way more depth.

@ignacio4159

10 ай бұрын

Only Divinity Original Sin 2 has captured the same feeling I got when playing Dragon Age Origins, this game is the next step and will blow away all expectations.

@Zanoladab

10 ай бұрын

Isn't dragon age itself a spiritual successor to baldurs gate

With 17,000 endings, one ending could have a small quick scene cut from it and be the same to the previous one which technically is different. I'm sure thats how its going to happen on top of your choices and races.

@martijnkoning3354

11 ай бұрын

and companions etc. quickly get up to 10k with 10 ish variables

@sujimayne

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, but that won't stop so many channels from absolutely milking BG3 dry before it's even released.

@ShadoShade

11 ай бұрын

Basically the same with Fallout 3 and it's "300" endings and so on.

@SoraJustAGuy

11 ай бұрын

Even then, extremely impressive for a human generated content

@haroldallaberg6359

11 ай бұрын

yep it's pointless to boast about 17,000 endings when majority of them are just slight alterations

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@Charok1

10 ай бұрын

Very rarely replay/restart games. I like getting everything I can out of the first playthrough and taking as long as I need to make that happen. If this game is a 100 hour playthrough then I might do a second playthrough years later, or never. Even if it is a top 30 game of all time. Like I may never play Hogwarts again, but it is a great game. It takes something like the Witcher 2 breaking the plot in two for me to load an old save and play the second plot to the end after the first plot is over. I might be restarting though since I plan to make a Wizard to have the spell collecting as a mini-game, but the stats be spread out to increase skill and conversation checks that need those ability boosting items to make it work, haha. GUILD ARTISAN - Persuasion, Insight 8 [[[Club of Hill Giant Strength]]] 10 [[[Act 2 DEX gloves]]] 16 8 [[[INT 17 headband]]] 14 14

Having played early access over 800 hours with and without mods, I can truthfully say I will be replaying many times.

@e.b9996

11 ай бұрын

I have around 200 hours myself and all I can say is, same... this is going to be so good

@triston8278

10 ай бұрын

​@@thenightingale7405this comment convinced me to get it on pc

@RoyConwell

10 ай бұрын

@@thenightingale7405 You can play on console 1st since the really impactful mods won't be out for sometime like at least a year. Just wait for Larian to release the inevitable Enhanced Edition then get it on PC!

@Sexnuf4u

10 ай бұрын

@@RoyConwell idk about that. I'm using mods in early access that are great.

@Freund2300

10 ай бұрын

how. how did you play through what is there over and over again to amass 800 hours? you can't be having fun that way. why did you do that??

Given how many times I restarted the early access not because of the class system, but it was because of the races and choices. I started as a Teifling on my first run, and I thought the experience would be the same. Decided at one point to try a different class and race and I chose a Drow and omg, did sooooo many interactions change. Next thing I knew, I had spent 100hrs in early access and did not feel a thing. Thats a mark of a masterpiece for me. When I can paly it that long and not realise how much time has been spent. really looking forward to this.

"17000 endings" Yea, we've heard this from developers before. Surprised anyone at Larian would say something that will, yet again, turn out to be "Red, Blue, Green". I'm not saying there will only three endings, but there won't be more than a dozen at most. No, a single word changed in the ending doesn't count as a different ending.

@ribertfranhanreagen9821

10 ай бұрын

Yup just click bait the only way we really have that much ending is if ai the one that generate it

In terms of replayability i believe you didn’t mention that you also have the origin characters as options for a play through. Playing as them vs having them as companions will be a huge difference in gameplay, choices, and interaction. If you did each once, in addition to your own custom character, that’s at least 8 playthroughs right there. The options are staggering.

@Thurrak

11 ай бұрын

I think this might be the first time I start one of these types of games with one of their origin characters off the rip because I'm just so interested in the stories they have created for them. Astarion looks so intriguing with all the dreams and backstory.

@R4z3rbl4d3

11 ай бұрын

@@Thurrakya this, he will be my first choice for sure l, already excited to see the unique things that happen from playing as him.

@Sn1pEzTV

10 ай бұрын

He did mention it close to the end, but just briefly saying that you have them either as companions or pick them on your own, but didn't go too deep into playing them yourself tho

@johnyshadow

10 ай бұрын

I really want to play as a magic caster on my first playthrough AND play as an origin character, but sadly both Gale and what´s-his-face warlock didn´t really impress me in EA. Guess Cleric Shadowheart might have to do.

@RoyConwell

10 ай бұрын

@@johnyshadow Gale is really strong and as for the guy whos name you can't remember Eldritch Blast is the best cantrip in the game and will only get better on the full release. Did you not like their personalities or just think they were weak?

Ah man, I played KOTOR back on the OG Xbox when I was like 14. It blew my mind and is still probably my top 5 RPGs ever. BG3 is looking like I might get that same experience again, only x100. Super excited. Loved DOS2 as well so I trust Larian.

Yup I’m happy about re-spec exactly for the reason you have described, the burn out of starting the game again and again. Of course after years I’m more used to how classes works, but at the same time I haven’t play every class yet! This was a very nice video, sir. Thank you :)

Well, 17000 may seem mind blowing, but that's just maths. Fallout (1997) there are 27 ending screens with narrator, but if you count all possibilities they make up to 10.8k possible endings, realistically I'd also expect just a 2 digit number of cutscenes for the 17k.

@Thurrak

11 ай бұрын

If it was any less than like 30 I'm sure she would have known exactly the number when asked. The fact that she didn't know off hand tells us it's probably at least that much.

@mbrochh82

11 ай бұрын

@@Thurrakit's the hype phase of the marketing cycle. if she didn't tell the number it simply means she didn't want to tell it because 17,000 sounds much cooler and not telling the real number will immediately make all influencers release clickbait videos.

@michasmarzewski3670

10 ай бұрын

Fallout 1 & 2 are in the class of its own. Nothing even close (except Witcher 3).

@Lilitha11

10 ай бұрын

@@mbrochh82 I am sure 17,000 endings sounds way better than the true number. You can literally get the 17,000 variations, using just the companions final states being something like dead/alive/romanced. I am sure they do have actual different endings, but the number is meaningless. There is probably like 6-8 endings is my guess, not including companion states.

As a TTRPG'er I have my first 4 playthroughs planned based on my current and former tabletop characters, and based on their personalities I expect quite different playthroughs

@SoraJustAGuy

11 ай бұрын

Is there a sorcadin among those characters by any chance?

@zormgnoster

11 ай бұрын

@@SoraJustAGuy Amazingly no. There is: 1) Human bard, behaves like Jaskier from the Witcher, but is really a noble spy 2) An evil drow wizard 3) A War cleric kind of a mix of a Warhammer 40K inquisitor and a Warhammer Fantasy warrior priest, so good but serious zeal and vegeance based 4) Wood Elf warlock, who accidentally accepted a pact with a demon, thus condemning her entire clan

@christophercollins9333

11 ай бұрын

The ability to do that is wonderful; I hope you have a blast! Doing similar on WotR and it definitely adds to the experiences 🤙

@MrKotorX

11 ай бұрын

I have my first 5 playthroughs planned

@Swizz12

11 ай бұрын

Blue Dragonborn Tempest cleric, then (probably) wild mage sorcerer, not sure which race yet, deep gnome or halfling, then (if I'm not burned out playing this) probably a strength-based dwarven battlemaster fighter, a dex-based ranger of some type (likely drow), a wizard (race unknown), and a half-orc monk, in some order. That will take me well beyond 2023.

"Are there people that will only play Baldur's Gate 3 once?" Yes, this is pretty much guaranteed to be me. I don't play games more than once, regardless of the amount of choice, different endings, etc. I've also notice that generally speaking when I get about 40 - 50 hours into a game I start to get ready to move on and if I haven't started mainlining the primary story quests at that point I generally will, if I don't just quit playing it all together. I've been like this for a long time and I don't know why but after a certain amount of time with a single game I just start to lose interest, no matter how much I've loved it up to that point. I'd like to say it will be different with BG3, and I hope it will, but I doubt it. I doubt I'm unique in this but I have no clue if this perspective is super rare or not.

The Dark Urge is a huge motivator for me to do a second, super evil playthrough. I know you mentioned its probably fun to start with but I want to go hardcore into it on my second run!

@corwyncorey3703

10 ай бұрын

Don't forget the option of playing the dark urge that resists those urges... a whole different playthrough. Resisting wont be easy... it gets harder the more you resist... but cutting loose on those who really deserve it will be rewarding... and still closer to 'good" than elsewise. So many options...

@darrellbuckhunter6253

10 ай бұрын

I like to cover myself in strawberry jam & play the dark urge.

@leopaulek7720

9 ай бұрын

I guess Larian though just that, cuz in RPGs being a bad guy usually just makes the game harder. And with a character that is a serial killer, this kinda encourages you to play again as a monster.

@corwyncorey3703

9 ай бұрын

@@leopaulek7720 the drawbacks are obvious... and all about story. If you kill all your allies... you are alone. You can never do *their* stories... because, being dead, they matter as little now as they did when they were alive, to the self oriented empathic black hole that is the Dark Urge... or similar "serial killer" types. Evil is all about the evil one, if you are a rabid dog. OR you could play as an Emperor Palpatine type of evil... being visibly good and heroic until the moment comes... and you seize *ULTIMATE* *POWAAAHHH*

@FneudwejTube

9 ай бұрын

My 2nd playthrough I'm going FULL evil, everyone will hate me. Still on first with 110 hrs , 2nd game with a friend almost to act 2. I'm gonna play the F outta this game

This game is the new platinum standard for "AAA RPG game" & some devs already very afraid of people expectations in the future instead of challenging it LOL

@lethalbubba

11 ай бұрын

No developer is afraid of turn based games. Turn based games are niche and don't pull the player base to worry anyone lol

@markcollins2704

11 ай бұрын

It isn't even out yet. You haven't played through it once.

@Zoitful

11 ай бұрын

​@@markcollins2704And yet AAA sharks are already afraid.

@crozraven

11 ай бұрын

@@lethalbubba I am talking about the "roleplay" aspects of RPG genre for the story & characterization. Devs on twitter already seething from the amount of variations of storyline within the game. This also include how this game is potentially the best co op game & DND game based on the features & interactions alone.

@crozraven

11 ай бұрын

@@lethalbubba Also don't underestimate TBS game when it comes to RPG genre. Some of the biggest & strongest RPG fandom are mostly from TBS games.

"We are over 200 endings that is not an exaggeration" Todd Howard talking about how they endings in Fallout 3. Larian: LOL, that's cute. It's all those small variations, but it's not really 17K endings, but small variations on the same ending.

I'm loving these BG3 videos. Every day, I get to learn something new about this game. Thank you

2:27 Larian stated during the Panel that if you solely focus main story, due to length of later acts, that would take around 80 hours. A full playthrough where a player does everything there is to offer will take much longer than ~120 hours.

@wjxway

10 ай бұрын

Yup, based on how long it takes to just complete the main quest v.s. explore in DOS2, I would expect at least 150h if you go through all side quests and quest lines for 4 characters. It might be much higher as BG3 seems to contain more branches and ways to solve problems comparing to DOS2.

@patrickshaffer2138

10 ай бұрын

I've spent 141 hours just in Act 1.

@francisco_ponce

10 ай бұрын

​@@patrickshaffer2138 me too XD

Choice paralysis at character creation is a very real problem with this game. So many amazing choices. I'm already excited for my second, third, fourth and more playthroughs and I haven't even had one yet. Solasta is the current only 5e ruleset with a heavy dose of homebrew and it's fantastic.

@robyhentz9870

11 ай бұрын

People who plays the game with friends on a table probably won't be affected (gonna try to do their chars here) but yeah, first time players may be overwhelmed

@conormccue2871

10 ай бұрын

Here's my question: Can I just make a bunch of characters at start and run my own party? Or will we be making the one and then palling around with a full cast of NPCs? Loved how it all played out, but I have to admit that the Icewind Dale "Make your whole damn party and pretend you're with your friends" speaks much more to me.

@mhutch5082

10 ай бұрын

Never played dnd before but I'm torn between a priest or druid even a warlock if you can summon cool shit

@jimmym3352

10 ай бұрын

I know. That wild surge sorcerer seems interesting, or even the Barbarian variant. One of the Paladin subclasses interested me. But I'll probably stick with druid. I am thinking maybe 1 level of barbarian and 11 levels of druid?

@redneck1st555

10 ай бұрын

True the Character creation alone will take many of us including me a while to work through. After all with all that you can do to just to make your character and then the many choices you have as your class and then sub classes all that will play into you character choice. Nope definitely not a single play through game.

One of my favorite things about respeccing is the ability to respec the Origin characters in your party. If you started the game as a rogue, and then discovered Astarion, you might want to respec *him* into a different class from yourself, so you can continue to fill a unique role in the party while allowing him to adventure with you.

@drantil

11 ай бұрын

At least that's how it worked in DOS2. I remember changing the class of the draconian prince to accomodate mine.

@arturius2749

11 ай бұрын

I'm not sure it's confirmed if you can change their base class through respeccing, especially with how critical class is to character identity. Would be a little strange to change Shadowheart from a Sharran cleric to a barbarian (for example)

@Shad0wchasers1

11 ай бұрын

​@@arturius2749 I seem to remember you can respec them, but I don't know how specific they were about whether or not you can change their base class or not. It'd be disappointing if not, but the way respeccing works in the story would allow for someone to *historically* have been one class, but to function differently after the respec. Maybe Fextralife can clear that up?

@Joyapp

10 ай бұрын

@@Shad0wchasers1 I thought I heard you can respecc them, but it will remove class related quests and dialogue for companions. I am wondering if this applies to subclasses tho?

@jimmym3352

10 ай бұрын

I know I started early access a couple weeks ago when I got the game as a gift, I started as a cleric only to discover Shadowheart. Doh. Though I don't plan on playing a cleric in the main game, I'm going druid I'm certain. I like Shadowheart, but I'm not sure I need a druid and a cleric in the same party.

Can't wait for your build guides now with the new subclasses and full game!

@Fextralife

10 ай бұрын

Coming soon!

Totally agree with your replay perspective. One replay consideration you did not mention are those players who take their "personal" characters to each game. From my many years with DnD, I have a Paladin, two Warriors (subclass), Priest, Wizard, Sorcerer, Thief, and Barbarian. Each has a unique personality, sex, alignment, race, and outlook. I will be playing BG3 for months, if not years.

Imagine playing a game that the campaign can vary according to your choices and it can be played with FRIENDS! Not only play, but they can interact with the world in same level as the "host." I'm so in love with this game, never played something similar to it!

@jRsqILVOY

10 ай бұрын

Hopefully we'll get a DM mode and custom scenarios eventually.

Your points on respec being good for replayability is spot on. I've played dozens of RPGs, and the only ones I've been able to stick with all the way through on my first playthrough are those that allow for experimentation. For instance in Divinity, being able to respec at the start of Act II was huge as it allowed me to tweak my party composition more to my liking. If it had been another game without that option, I very likely would have come back to the game and just restarted since I was "only" 10 hours in and had "only" finished Act I - which probably would have lead to a loop of me never finishing the game. Instead, I actually finished the game, it's one of my favorite games of all time, and I'm working on a second playthrough with my wife!

I can totally see myself playing this game for years. I've already played through early access a few times and it's really fun how your choices can lead to totally different outcomes.

@daviru02

10 ай бұрын

I haven't even finished EA yet. I'm still trying different builds.

You and I are in the same boat with KOTOR, I have about 600 combined hours of both games just on Steam, which I originally had the first one on Xbox before I even started PC gaming. The story of them were amazing and they are the game(s) that got me into RPGs in the first place. Whenever I look at a singleplayer game that invovles choices, they've permanently set the bar for what I expect. That's just how good they were for their time. Now with BG3 releasing, the bar has been raised exponentially higher than I think any AAA developer is capable of doing. Leave it to Larian to continue this awesome streaks of RPG style games.

The sheer amount of content and the ability to play again and get something completely different than the first time is one of the reasons I'm so excited for full release. I have an very good memory especially when it comes to stories so I often find myself unable to play games, read books or watch film/TV multiple times bc I just remember the whole story. BG3 however looks like it could have multiple playthroughs without much over lap, and also if I'm lucky the amount of info gets jumbled in my brain and I can just play again bc I can't remember how each decision effects the story.

@briar_rose_

11 ай бұрын

I'm honestly in the same exact boat as you, making it hard sometimes to replay games or rewatch movies unless it was really absolutely amazing - so this game has me super excited. I haven't been this excited for a game in nearly two decades now!

I knew this game would be good, and felt like it was being slept on, but I had no idea it was going to be as good as Fextra explains it to be. Didn’t expect it to have a chance at GOTY in a year with TOTK and Starfield, among others.

@UnlimitedBlakeWorks

11 ай бұрын

I wouldn't place bets on starfield, and I'm a bethesda fan 😅

@haroldallaberg6359

11 ай бұрын

@@UnlimitedBlakeWorks wtf is wrong with you? Starfield is a clear game of the decade candidate.

@rafalos-zx6go

11 ай бұрын

TOTK as a sequel with a lot of the same stuff just doesn't seem GOTY to me

@CompleteProducer84

11 ай бұрын

@@UnlimitedBlakeWorks I mean i wasn't even really excited for it before the recent 2 hour reveal. It looks a lot better than I had anticipated, but we'll see. Taking away 76 (which was an outlier to begin with due to its always-online nature), pretty much every other big Bethesda release has either won GOTY or been in the convo.

@CompleteProducer84

11 ай бұрын

@@rafalos-zx6go TOTK was a huge disappointment to me. But its not about me - it will undoubtedly be one of the big nominees for GOTY based on its review scores and reception.

On respecing, I totally agree with you. I'm a lot more likely to keep playing if I can make those little adjustments that are going to keep bugging me the whole game. That said, my concern is that Larian probably isn't going to let you respec level 1, which is actually very inhibiting. For example, I want Lae'zel as primary companion, but I may not want her to be a two hander. I may want her to dual wield or go sword and board, but her first very valuable feat is already dedicated to two handing. Hopefully modders will fix this though. Ideally Larian would make you keep background and maybe attributes and the rest is up to you.

Definitely multiple times. And like you were talking about finding out new informatissue just yesterday. I found out that I can gain the performance skill by working with the Bard in the Druids Grove.

I'll be putting many many hours into this. I can see this being my comfort game for years to come, much like BG1 and 2 were for teenage me.

I have over 600 hrs in just the early access.. yea.. there will be a playthrough for every char idea i come up with >

As a massive D&D nerd who is a forever dm and who has somehow held off from playing this game till launch so that I can have the full experience I plan on playing this game dozens of times both single player and with friends.

That's just insane. I love it ! Really speaks to their hard work and really shines through the nature of DnD.

@barcster2003

11 ай бұрын

They made d and d 5e the videogame. I'm impressed with what I saw.

Great video!! Each one of these vids makes me more excited for the BG3 release, so thanks for posting!

I am on my like 5th playthrough of Divinity Original Sin 2 with a friend, and we just got a new encounter the other day that I have never seen in act 2. I was insanely suprised because I dont know what we did to trigger it, but we still got new content.

That sounds amazing. I can't wait to try that game, I haven't played BG 1&2 but will find some retrospective. I don't mind playing games multiple times, Kotor 1 was my favourite game of all time too and I played that game around 15 times. Last thing I want to say about Baldur's Gate 3, coming from Belgium myself I'm really proud Larian Studio is making such great games.

This could potentially be an RPG I keep coming back to forever. Especially with mods.

Some people do only play games once, though. It's why 'multiple endings' for them isn't always a great selling point. If they go through the game one way, and learn that there was one or twelve other ways they could have played each story beat or 5 different endings, they feel like they've missed out instead of gearing up for another playthrough. It's especially a problem when there is one ending in a game that is clearly 'the best' that you only could see because of a key decision made halfway through the game, or decided to be evil just one time, or didn't choose to save a character you honestly disliked, etc.

@Alleyezonjimz

11 ай бұрын

I think most people only play most games once, keep in mind also that this game could take up to 200 hours to complete, if you want to explore most of it, however most people will probably get bored and rush in the end, and still, that may take up to 100 hours.

@Maximum7077

11 ай бұрын

​@@Alleyezonjimzi think they found ways to keep us excited.

Man. My favorite part of Kotor 2's ending was that it wasn't how your choices colored your ending but colored the endings of the characters around you. I wish more games did characters like Kotor did.

@RuthwikRao

10 ай бұрын

Cyberpunk kind of did this well.

Even just looking at Baldurs Gate 2. You could stick to purely main story quests but the amount of side quests, content, character story missions, extra areas was insane. Some of those side missions were huge with multiple choices within them as well.

@theeidofe9716

10 ай бұрын

Just thinking about all the “secrets” hidden in BG2 makes me wonder how many years in the future we’ll be discovering hidden side quests and item Combinations.

@moomilk2516

10 ай бұрын

@@theeidofe9716 For most playthroughs I would make my way straight to Daystar after getting out of the dungeon. Could use that sword all game. I can't wait to spend ages in each zone checking every single nook and cranny.

I loved the way you but respec'ing into this perspective. I've done exactly what you explained....playing 3-4x from start because I wanted to try something different as I progressed and getting burned out and possibly not finishing game....oy...been there, done that

I'm playing an Evil Half-Orc Barbarian with my buddy who is playing The Dark Urge Evil side as the main character. In my own playthrough, I'm gonna play a good character who works more as a double-agent between the sides. It's all just so massive to even think about. Ive never played a game this reactive before in my entire life, and that was just in early access. I loved Karlach in early access and can't wait to have her with me on my good playthrough.

this game is insane. on top over all of the differences in choice it adds rolls that you may or may not pass. such a brilliant way to make a game repayable. i cannot wait to play this with everyone i know.

That burnout thing you’re talking about with starting over is why I’ve still to this day never beat DOS. I love DoS2 and I beat it multiple times, but I can’t bring myself to finish DoS after all the times I’ve started and tried

After playing around a few games for a couple hours each i finally got inspired to do make a playthrough as a Githyanki and only use Lae'zel and the Githyanki Hireling. Compared to my previous playthrough it feels like an entirely different game. I am blown away by how much variety and different choices you get. This game really feels like an entirely different game when you approach it from a different angle. Theres so many variables, and different ways to build the party.

I think you nailed it! The thought that immediately came to me while you were explaining how big the game is, specifically the endings, I don't see myself playing the "save before every little thing and reload when it doesn't go the way I want." With that much replayability I'm gonna let the chips fall how they may. I can't wait!! 😁👍

@corwyncorey3703

10 ай бұрын

trying and failing is a whole different set of cutscenes as well... much more like a tabletop playthrough... and thus rewarding in its own way. An Ironman kind of playthrough.

This is what the gaming industry needs. Someone willing to push the gaming envelope or die trying… . The hype is real.

I've been a gamer since 1978. I've played just about every major RPG released since then, including all of the D&D games starting with the Gold Box series. I'm more excited for this game than I've been for a game in a long time. I've played several hundred hours of it in early access, and it is already at a "game of the year" level of quality. I will be playing it through multiple times upon release.

I am so happy to be lost in early access on PC and I can't wait to reset my character and explore even more of the variety it has to offer. Definitely convinced this is the contender for GOTY. Can't wait for more content! Thanks for the vids, as always!

I'm gonna play this game like forever, one playthrough for each class each race, each origins... it's insane ! LOVE BG3 ! and thx a lot to Fextralife for these amazing videos !

Yes, I totally agree, I have a huge problem with restarting over and over and over for a different build, so respeccing is brilliant for me! I want to be able to multiclass experiment, and maybe flip back to my original build, without having to restart all of my progress. That’s a huge bonus for me. I only ever got to complete two quest lines in Skyrim because of my restartitis, despite dumping in well over a thousand hours into it. I don’t want that to happen here!

I've already got 3 playthroughs planned. One by myself, one with my partner and one with some mates. They'll probably all be going simultaneously, but that should be fun since I'll be able to see a bunch of different ways things can play out. Probably won't be just those 3 either, I'll probably at least attempt a max difficulty playthrough and once there's some good mods I'm sure I'll want more playthroughs to check those out too. I've got over 700 hours in DOS2 so I'm expecting something close to that for BG3, if not more (I'm already over 100 hours just from early access)

Great review

That restart burn-out is so true for me. So many games I haven't beat because I played the first 5-10 hours so many times that I grew to despise the game in a way... even though it's hardly fair... it's just what happens.

@MrSmexyPain

11 ай бұрын

Oh and to answer your question. I already plan on having 2 playthroughs at launch. One with my friend and one solo. This is gonna be a 5+ playthrough game for me at minimum.

Jeez, who needs DLC with replayability like that?

Cant wait to play through this. Second playthrough will be with friends.

The thumbnail has my mind blown, even though to some degree I knew this to be the case not just for the ending, but for countless situation’s all throughout the experience, let alone the ending. Because of the impact and emphasis of choice and consequences and decisions with player agency, the amount of outcomes, all throughout our mind, boggling, and I am beyond appreciative to larian For just going all in in the most genuine and authentic way to bring this dungeons and dragons world to life. For the passion and love that they have shown with all of the time and energy they have put in to what they’ve created here in order to transport the player into this world in such a authentic way.. I said it once, and I’ll say it again, this is not a game, this is a experience/journey/adventure that you will be on for years to come, and I cannot be more excited! Real escapism, a.k.a. real entertainment. It’s a sad thing that in a industry full of multibillion dollar companies, real escapism is such a rare thing. I think it’s time the majority of consumers started having higher standards for multi billion dollar companies and setting requirements in order to access their eyeballs and wallets. Because if you think about the amount of astronomically wasted potential we have missed out on for the past five years or so with countless projects… It should anger you a bit to think about what you settled for From companies with limitless, resources, and finances . Also Fex to your point, for the reasons I mentioned above, that’s what got me interested initially in bg3 ! I’ve never played dungeons and dragons before, and I am completely new to this whole lore. But the more I learn about it and get into it the more I love. It reminds me of my earlier days, and how I felt towards Lord of the rings. So I very much will be learning this as I go, or looking to many of your videos to better understand ….. and I could not be more excited

Seems like the game will be the length of a full D&D campaign you'd play with friends, especially if the level cap is to be believed

@CelticX7

11 ай бұрын

what is the level cap?

@CLARENCErr

11 ай бұрын

@@CelticX7 12.

@MrPeanut656565

11 ай бұрын

@@CelticX7 12, has been confirmed if I am not mistaken

@nisfornightowl_

11 ай бұрын

@@CelticX7 lvl 12 it seems, so you won't get to be ultra powerful, but many home games end around or even before this mark

@Hitoshuratdn

11 ай бұрын

The level cap is 12? WHY?

This is a dream come true for me, I have been waiting for BG3 since I finished the second game as a teenager, and larian making it, was the perfect choice. They surely fill the gap that bioware left behind, and it looks like they are setting new standards. DUDE I CANT WAIT!

I've never touched a DnD game before. I will be checking this out because I have been a Larian Studios fan for the longest time. I am very excited to see how they handle this and how I will discover this RPG genre for myself and what DnD will do for me and to me. I pray this game not only holds all expectations but exceeds them by a large margin because the Divinity series, especially the last two installments Larian released, was absolutely fantastic for me.

mods for this game are going to be huge, we'll be playing this game for the next decade and more waiting for something else on its level to come along

I literally replay Dragon Age: Origins yearly just to do the same thing over again, and have been for a few years 😅 so you hit the nail on the head about the types of gamers that don't usually do one playrhrough.

@evedael

11 ай бұрын

Nice to meet another dragon age origins connoisseur who likes the game just as much as i do. I'm definitely in the minority but I think it's the best game bioware has released closely tied with anthem, since we can't forget about that gem. The origins system was amazing, being able to choose between 7 origins and them actually being referenced in the story is fantastic. Going back to orzammar as a dwarf noble, meeting Bhelen again and deciding if I should kill him or side with him because he makes good points. Something I also liked was how there were no right or wrong answers for the most part. Do you side with the traditionalist who is loyal and generally kind or the progressive who stabbed you in the back and does anything to gain power but would advance the dwarfs and possibly fight the darkspawn back. Do you side with the keeper who turned the humans into werewolves after what they did to his daughter or help the humans remove the curse since not everyone was responsible. That's what make good rpgs so beloved and what a lot of modern rpgs lack, I don't mind if there are good and evil choices but sometimes I want morally Gray choices in my rpgs.

@AzraelSoulHunter

11 ай бұрын

Me too. Yes I could do something different, but... how can one stop themselves from killing off the elves?

Not just what companies you take with you. But what combination of companions you take. In DA:O, Morrigan and Alistair together had some of the best lines in the game.

@skywalkker007

10 ай бұрын

I wonder if it will surpass that game. DA:O is my favorite video game of all time

@Valyn

10 ай бұрын

@@skywalkker007 I wouldnt say its my favorite of all time. But it is one of very few RPGs that I completed multiple times.

You're insight into respeccing and being a positive instead of a negative is so well thought out. When I heard about respeccing I was worried it would kind of feel like cheating and ruin the immersion. But There are games that I have played that I stopped playing cause I didn't like my character after a period of game play and going back wasn't worth it to start over. Also, you're not going to want to use it to cheat and leap frog because DnD is about character identity. You're going to latch onto what you find cool about your character and want to see it all the way through.

It's great to see BG3 rocking the boat so assuredly even before its full release. Much like the Witcher 3 when that came out. I do hope though that other developers aren't put off by the prospect of being compared to BG3 when going down the RPG route. They most certainly should look at Larion's homework however still be inspired by their own innovative ideas. I fear we will see tunnel vision by other devs on what works in BG3 and ONLY do that. Regardless though, we should see a bump up in quality going forward because of BG3. This game is a mile stone in development and I look forward to seeing what the industry pumps out after this game has had it's time in the spotlight! Itt's all very exciting.

Ive played kotor like once a year since it came out lol. That game is a masterpiece and i hope baldurs gate 3 ends up in the same class as kotor

@Nosterex

10 ай бұрын

Now we just need Larian to take on a new KOTOR once the dust has settled.. I know it's one of Swen's favourite games and he did say in an interview last year he had secured a deal to his dream game, you never know, but it's "A New Hope."

@stevenwoodward5923

10 ай бұрын

@@Nosterex Love the reference.

happy for this to come out as ive been waiting for larian to do there next game since DOS2 i just need to rap my head around the D&D system as I dont mind it but never been a D&D fan but this looks cool, and i enjoyed the early access played around 30 hours but still feel like a novice to the dice roll system even thow im a turn base game fan

I’ll need multiple playthroughs just so I can do all the romances

@barcster2003

11 ай бұрын

Which ironically might be different depending on other choices.

Sometimes i get upset that for whatever reason, i can only play a game once. There may be thousands of choices, but the path from start to finish, the choices i make, are mine. The story has been told in its entirety to me after the first end and i just cant ever find the interest to go through massive stories again for slight or moderate scene variations. I dont think thats a BAD thing, but sometimes it does feel bad like im missing out on stuff.

@The_HappyHollow

11 ай бұрын

Its at that point, some people just end up playing the game for the difficulty additions and just make different choices for the sake of it. My solution is to just put it down for a while and when I eventually forget stuff about the game (If I do) I come back to it and try to enjoy it all over with a different kind of character.

I never doubted Larian Studios. I knew they were the right ones to pick up the mantle for BG3, considering how they develop their games by doing early access and getting lots of customer feedback to make the best possible game that they can make!

@chloekaftan

10 ай бұрын

Funny how they can make 17000 different unique endings and yet have a crappy preset system for character creation from 2010 and not have your junk show up in any romance scenes. And these are the guys who made the legendary divinity original sin 2? Yeah i dont buy it. Theyre hyping this way too much, and the fact that it has LGBTQ+ and Vitiligo inclusion are already two massive red flags, considering its a western developer its almost guaranteed that the female presets are going to look like arse. I dont play games to look like someone with an autoimmune subcutaneous disease and got run over by a truck square in the face. edit: oops, i meant preset system not slider system, the game lost the slider system that divinity original sin 2 was known for.

@FinnArt

10 ай бұрын

@@chloekaftan What?

@chloekaftan

10 ай бұрын

@@FinnArt typo, just edited it now

All I know is that I've played nearly 60 hours of early access, and I'm STILL excited to replay the areas that I've "completed". This will be super fun, and of course, the mod community has been and will continue to be fantastic. I think this will be a game that I will play for a very long time.

can't wail till September 6 to play on my big TV, on my ps5!

Bethesda should take notes

@JazzzRockFuzion

11 ай бұрын

In a month and a half, it just may be the rest of the industry taking notes! 😉

Honestly, I just recently picked it up and I'm really enjoying it. I can honestly see myself constantly creating new characters just for the sake of trying out new things.

Really looking forward to this game, loved BG1 & 2, so can't wait to see this

I plan to play it a lot, but I think there will be diminishing returns after a few times going through the game, it will also get progressively easier as you wont get surprised as much. A lot is going to depend on how much you change interactions changes the journey, if you are more or less doing the same thing with different npcs it wont be as interesting from an RPG perspective, but I think it will still be fun from a combat perspective. I might save the harder difficulty for later play throughs.

I loved the early access. I have more than 100 hours in it. I am hyped for the final game. However I firmly believe that it won’t get as many awards as many it deserves. Probably Starfield will get everything because of Skyrim fanboys and from the pushback from the industry as well. There are already developers crying that we should not treat BG3 as a new standard because that would show how bad are modern RPGs nowadays. The overall industry will do everything to discredit BG3 and Larian so they can safely churn out bad games every year

@Zoitful

11 ай бұрын

Zelda will probably get most of the awards. Because you can make a fire penis man in it. Starfield is a dark horse as of now. We don't know how broken it will be at the start, so we will have to wait and see.

You should do a video on your vision of the wiki and train us on how we can help you expand it.

I'm super excited for this game. I'm setting time aside from work and IRL so i can thoroughly enjoy it! I hope the studio does well and continues to put out additional content for Baldur's expansions.

Technically, to have 17k endings you would only need to have 7 major decisions with 4 choices each. 4^7 = 16 384

@AusSP

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, if one of those choices is based on Race, that's times eleven or something. Fallout 3 had hundreds of ending permutations, but barely any real changes between endings.

@frenchfry9370

11 ай бұрын

Sounds about right, realistically it will have 7 maybe 8 "real endings" with minor changes depending on small variables like (x NPC stubbed his toe because you left your gear in front of his shop) Actually... there might even be 2 - 3 per Origin character

@matthewalvarez6884

11 ай бұрын

I didn't believe, so I pulled out the calc app. That's kind of nuts how that few major decisions and choices lead to that many possible* variable outcomes.

@dominiktopolski7318

11 ай бұрын

@@AusSP Huh, I didn't think about races or classes, it would be too easy to get to 17k with those. 11 races * 12 classes * 2^7 origin ( succeed/ fail origin quest for every companion, I guess) = 16 896

@godlik3r304

11 ай бұрын

That's true but assuming that all those 4^7 endings are different from each other.

I’ve felt the frustration of a build that worked well upfront but felt underpowered as the game progressed. Yeah, respecing is key to stop me from hating my character and stop playing a game.

@Thurrak

11 ай бұрын

Yea even if it's just to make minor tweaks to the class it's super helpful. I've hated it so much when I make a mistake in speccing in an RPG and then have to live with that mistake for the rest of a 100 hour campaign.

Definitely planning on playing BG3 many times over for years to come

I’m one of the few that will very likely only be playing one complete play-through of Baldur’s Gate 3. There’s just not enough time to commit to this size of a game more than once for me - there’s too many games in my backlog I still need to get around to playing on top of multiple other future releases. Still, the thousands of permutations and differences is exciting and I can’t wait to eventually play this. Sounds amazing!

I wish I had the time to play this game as it looks amazing but overwhelming. I enjoyed watching streamers playing early access.

The only thing I'm worried about when it comes to this game is that the companions cutscenes are still seemingly tied to long rests, and that you can totally miss a lot of them if you don't long rest after everything

@harijaja

10 ай бұрын

I mean, in DnD Long rest are a must after basically everything XD

@Sapemies58

10 ай бұрын

Have you played D&D? 😂 If you're worried, pick a spellcaster and I guarantee that you're going to long rest OFTEN

There are 8 base storylines: Custom Char, Dark Urge, 6 companions. There are a multitude of race/class/subclass combos. Probably 50-100 main endings with many of the little story element endings as a blurb or couple second scene recounting.

I'm already planning 2 solo playthroughs to start with and two separate co-op play throughs with 2 different people I know and that's not even taking into account that I want to do at least one playthrough with the Dark Urge origin.....that looks awesome.

Everyone knew what Larian could do. Everyone knew that this game had extremely high chances of being one of the greatest masterpieces ever made. Everyone had insane expectations even if he wanted to control them to not be disappointed. And even after all this, Larian not only surpassed them, but they completely shattered even the most insane expectations anyone could ever had.

@andreicristian9575

10 ай бұрын

🧀 And the cheesiest read award of the day goes to...

@scapingby

10 ай бұрын

i cringed so hard my face turned into a fist reading your comment.

Ambitious doesn't even begin to describe that number. That's revolutionary.