WotC World Reveal of Baldur’s Gate 3 Gameplay at PAX!

[MonsterEnvy]

The UI can change remember this is early in development.

 

[Gradine]

Because it doesn't. See for example the action economy Prakriti already mentioned.
This is a variant of the Divinity combat system with D&D names, no matter how much some people here want to sugar coat it. Even the devs themselves said they did not want to copy the D&D rules.

Divinity:OS1 actually had individual initiative; Side Initiative was new to D:OS2. It's about the one thing I wish they hadn't stuck with, but it does allow for some alternative interesting strategies. It's not a deal breaker for me.

Otherwise:
-Divinity has Action Points; BG3 has clearly delineated Action/Move/Bonus (although it appears there's a broader range of what can be done with Bonus actions than what 5e RAW allows)
-Divinity has spell cooldown timers; BG3 has cantrips/spell slots (I saw several people unfamiliar with 5e's cantrips erroneously claiming that BG3 got rid of spell slots/has unlimited spells)
-Divinity does not have death saves; BG3 does

I mean, yeah, this actually turned out to be way more faithful to 5e base rules than even I was expecting.

 

[darjr]

I dint play video games, I’d rather do something else... but I think I’m going to play this.

 

[Gradine]

Also it definitely sounds like at least at some point you go to Baldur's Gate so... that puts it above BG2 in that regard at least

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Should point out I am a Baldur's Gate fan who has never played Larian's games. This still looks very cool to me and worthy of picking up where 2 left off.

Like some stuff is janky and could use some work, but that's to be expected for stuff early in development.

 

[Sorcerers Apprentice]

Because it doesn't. See for example the action economy Prakriti already mentioned.
This is a variant of the Divinity combat system with D&D names, no matter how much some people here want to sugar coat it. Even the devs themselves said they did not want to copy the D&D rules.

Sorry, but that's complete nonsense. What we saw was 95% D&D 5E and maybe 5% Divinity.

 

[Gradine]

Also I'm seeing a lot of people worrying about there being goofy humor in it and I'm just like... you've played Baldur's Gate, right?

 

[Urriak Uruk]

Yeah it's definitely using D&D 5E rules.

Game seems fine to me. Not really for me, just because if I have spare time I'd rather actually play D&D instead of mimic it in a video game.

But gosh, that cinematic is incredible. It's honestly gorgeous. There is barely anything off about it, save maybe the Githyanki's facial expressions. I'm glad this game was made simply for me to see that cinematic.

 

[Gradine]

Also can we talk about how awesome the intro cinematic was?

(Githyanki pirates riding red dragons fight an illithid Nautiloid/Spelljammer(?) and crash on the outskirts of Baldur's Gate)

"Meh this isn't D&D just Divinity with some names changed, pass" - ?????

 

[MonsterEnvy]

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