D&D General Baldur's Gate 3 will now be releasing August 3rd on PC and September 6th on PS5, increased level cap, race & class details and more

[Paul Farquhar]

I've only made page 4 so far, but why can't we have a game not filled with morally grey all the time? I just want to be a hero.....solasta has issues, but at least we're the good guys if we want.

Try Jedi Survivor. An actual role playing game needs to offer choices.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

No-one outside Valve knows exactly how the Steam sales charts are calculated, and a lot of people have tried to work it out (because it matters to people selling games on Steam to try and get on there), but current best-guess is that the dollar value sold is the primary determinant. Hence how hardware appears on there - it may not move that many units, but each on is worth as much as several full-price games (or dozens, even, as with Valve Index VR device). I don't see any free games in the Top Sellers list, and I'm not sure if they appear on it. It's unclear how free-to-play games work - they do appear on the chart. It could be microtransactions/currency sales, or it could be Valve assigns them some sort of dollar value (probably low).

On the chart I'm looking at, which is the main top sellers list, BG3 is at #2 behind BattleBit (which is selling insane numbers), which yes, is definitely impressive, especially during a sale when it's not on sale. Funny too because a lot of awful internet people and weird Starfield boosters/fanboys were saying that the gay love scene and bear business would drive people away for sure, but the precise opposite seems to have happened. I think what weird haters don't get is that most people who like CRPGs like choice, and what that scene really showed is that Larian are supporting even very "out there" choices that other companies would be afraid of. So even if they aren't into that specific thing, the fact that that out there choice is there, means a lot of wild choices they might want to make may well be.

Perhaps its the same way the controversy surrounding Hogwarts Legacy boosted it sells. Folks come in to see what the fuss is about, like what they see of the game and buy it.


BG3 have to be selling 100,000s to millions of copies now.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

There is talk about changes in the intro sequence, specifically with respect to Daisy, but there may be some Origin-specific intro content.

I seem to have missed that, was it reveal via stream or twitter?

 

[Zaukrie]

Try Jedi Survivor. An actual role playing game needs to offer choices.

Bunk. That's like, your opinion. There isn't a lot of morall grey in lost mines......

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I seem to have missed that, was it reveal via stream or twitter?

Nah, just discussed on the official forum by someone who was at the presentation and played the new build.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Bunk. That's like, your opinion. There isn't a lot of morall grey in lost mines......

You never sided with the goblins and destroyed the town? The PnP game always gives players the option to do whatever they like. Hence the existence of murder hobos.

 

[Burnside]

I've only made page 4 so far, but why can't we have a game not filled with morally grey all the time? I just want to be a hero.....solasta has issues, but at least we're the good guys if we want.

In fairness, I have played through EA as unabashedly good and it has caused no major issues. One companion became grumpy but apart from one tantrum (which had more to do with jealously over romancing a different companion) and some sulking from that one character, who nevertheless did stay with the party, I really encountered no negative consequences for playing a good character.

In terms of getting approval from morally sketchy companions, I have a strong suspicion that siding with their dreadful opinions and worldviews gets you their short-term approval, but disagreeing with them incurs short-term disapproval but long-term probably influences them to be less evil.

In terms of non-joinable NPCs, there is little ambiguity tbh. It's generally quite easy to tell who is evil and who is good, and act accordingly if you want to.

 

[Zaukrie]

In fairness, I have played through EA as unabashedly good and it has caused no major issues. One companion became grumpy but apart from one tantrum (which had more to do with jealously over romancing a different companion) and some sulking from that one character, who nevertheless did stay with the party, I really encountered no negative consequences for playing a good character.

In terms of getting approval from morally sketchy companions, I have a strong suspicion that siding with their dreadful opinions and worldviews gets you their short-term approval, but disagreeing with them incurs short-term disapproval but long-term probably influences them to be less evil.

In terms of non-joinable NPCs, there is little ambiguity tbh. It's generally quite easy to tell who is evil and who is good, and act accordingly if you want to.

Thank you.

 

[Zaukrie]

You never sided with the goblins and destroyed the town? The PnP game always gives players the option to do whatever they like. Hence the existence of murder hobos.

I wouldn't call that morally grey..... And no. I'm just not into playing evil. And, I'm not really sure if we are taking play each other here ...

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I wouldn't call that morally grey..... And no. I'm just not into playing evil. And, I'm not really sure if we are taking play each other here ...

There is no one forcing you to play evil in BG3. It is just there if you want to choose it (as it was in BG1 and 2, only BG3 does it better).