On that note, the only bad thing I've heard about Baldur's Gate 3 is the absurd character creation (can't change your face or physicality one bit, but your genitals? Have at it.) and obsession with weird sex. Right now, that's enough to not get a purchase from me. That said, supposedly the game is huge, plays well, and is COMPLETE. And all the other devs are seething over its reception, going so far as to say "you need to lower your expectations when it comes to games."
I'm certain they rushed the release date to avoid starfield. They talked about the upper city for months up until even the last dev livestream and yet it was completely cut at the last second? Very weird. One companion is also completely bugged and another only has a bad end due to said cut content.
For any NPCs throughout the game that have mentioned or hinted at being in a relationship, I think I've come across maybe 3 straight couples total compared to what feels like a dozen gay ones, and a 4th straight couple that breaks up in front of you for the woman to run off with her lesbian lover. At some point all this shit just feels flat out unbelievable, because in no way could the population sustain itself if 75% of the population was gay. This is including part of act 3 so far. This point has been souring my experience of the game more than anything else.
I've also come across a "female" shorty race (forget if dwarf, halfling, or gnome because I wasn't paying that much attention) with a beard and a female VA, but so far this is the only one, and they were basically a useless throwaway NPC.
population sustain itself if 75% of the population was gay
Sustainable population in fantasy settings with high mortality rates have not been taken in to account since they decided Skyrim having 50/50 male and female fighters.
Now we just notice it more since while we are seeing 50/50 men/women in real world we do not have 75% gays - yet.
The lesbian/gay romance shit always breaks immersion for me, be it in games or movies or shows. In movies/shows they always have to make SURE you know they are gay/lesbian (either outright saying it within the first two lines or "showing" it).
I'm currently playing it and is fun. The game is everything that I dislike, lots of sex stuff that the game forces on you, propaganda about immigrants, it is manipulative, the dialogue is very modern, insane diversity with loads of girl power for a medieval setting.
The diversity is very annoying, not only do you have all races but all species except for thieflings and gyth and there is no difference in culture or attitude. The days of elves as something other then long eared humans are gone.
And again the modern style of speaking is so jarring, imagine talking to random NPCs and they talk like a modern day collage girl that is on a diet of strong and independent.
Is a leftist game to an extreme, I understand there is even a drag queen later in the game.
But it also plays very nice, fighting is challenging and feels rewarding, items and levels are meaningful, there is a lot of thought put in to resolving various situation by out of the box thinking. The story so far is ok, you have a strong motivation and there is a lot of mystery.
My point, this game will shift the gaming industry even more to the left, to an insane degree. I can guarantee that gaming devs are already pushing for more gay and trans stuff because now they have proof that gay se and diversity sells.
I'm kinda surprised how they deal with goblins. They are absolutely 100% little shits that deserve everything coming to them. Even when you try to see it their way they find a way to make you regret it.
That was kind of based. The new DnD has no good and evil anymore and you can see it in the game sometimes but the goblins are just annoying.
You do not get to outright kill them though, you have the option to talk to them and they are surprisingly trusting.
That is another thing that bothers me about the dialogue, it feels completely artificial to move things along. Why are people trusting when this was basically a war zone. There was no coordination on the goblin either, the situation and reality made no sense.
Honestly I hate how bad the game is while still being addictive and fun.
My point, this game will shift the gaming industry even more to the left, to an insane degree. I can guarantee that gaming devs are already pushing for more gay and trans stuff because now they have proof that gay se and diversity sells.
One game (one!) escapes the linked traits of incompetence and abject hatred that characterizes woke games, and that's going to make a difference? The industry is already far left, there's a black female main character in 7/10 games, and eventually they're going to run out of money.
Back when I was growing up, everyone played Gears and Halo, not just the nerds. Idk who the hell is buying games nowadays outside of lootbox addict adults and kids.
This is poor speculation on my part but I think a lot of media was beginning to see that it was not profitable to be woke, it was still pushing forward despite it but it was going to end.
Now they can better blame failures on other factors simply because BG3 is a success, you can't claim force diversity, gender theory or gay/trans sex does not sell when it clearly sells. At the very least is not a factor that affects sales anymore so why change it.
Idk you're assuming that they're weighing the evidence with some degree of rationality, when most signs point to the decision makers wanting to burn cash.
It would put us in a weird spot if we continued to see woke games that play well though. That's kind of like saying it would be tough if we invented wet fire.
With the character creator what annoys me the most: a lot of if not all the female faces look like a troon. If you have the chance look at some of the jawlines, even I don't have such a chiseled jawline some of the so called female have. But if you point it out you'll have people call you coomer brain and "hur dur anime ruins everything, this is what real women look like".
Yeah its almost hilariously obvious how it went from "that wierd game where a vampire has gay sex with a bear" to "THE LITERAL GREATEST GAME EVER MADE THAT MAKES EVERY STUDIO LOOK BAD."
On that note, the only bad thing I've heard about Baldur's Gate 3 is the absurd character creation (can't change your face or physicality one bit, but your genitals? Have at it.) and obsession with weird sex. Right now, that's enough to not get a purchase from me. That said, supposedly the game is huge, plays well, and is COMPLETE. And all the other devs are seething over its reception, going so far as to say "you need to lower your expectations when it comes to games."
Apparently it plays well until act 3, then it’s a rushed, buggy mess.
Ah so a true larian studios title after all
Really works in their favour since I never finish more than 33% of a Larian title.
Ah so the MGSV issue where you can clearly tell when the original team stopped work and a new team was quickly finishing to get it out.
I'm certain they rushed the release date to avoid starfield. They talked about the upper city for months up until even the last dev livestream and yet it was completely cut at the last second? Very weird. One companion is also completely bugged and another only has a bad end due to said cut content.
For any NPCs throughout the game that have mentioned or hinted at being in a relationship, I think I've come across maybe 3 straight couples total compared to what feels like a dozen gay ones, and a 4th straight couple that breaks up in front of you for the woman to run off with her lesbian lover. At some point all this shit just feels flat out unbelievable, because in no way could the population sustain itself if 75% of the population was gay. This is including part of act 3 so far. This point has been souring my experience of the game more than anything else.
I've also come across a "female" shorty race (forget if dwarf, halfling, or gnome because I wasn't paying that much attention) with a beard and a female VA, but so far this is the only one, and they were basically a useless throwaway NPC.
Sustainable population in fantasy settings with high mortality rates have not been taken in to account since they decided Skyrim having 50/50 male and female fighters. Now we just notice it more since while we are seeing 50/50 men/women in real world we do not have 75% gays - yet.
The lesbian/gay romance shit always breaks immersion for me, be it in games or movies or shows. In movies/shows they always have to make SURE you know they are gay/lesbian (either outright saying it within the first two lines or "showing" it).
I'm currently playing it and is fun. The game is everything that I dislike, lots of sex stuff that the game forces on you, propaganda about immigrants, it is manipulative, the dialogue is very modern, insane diversity with loads of girl power for a medieval setting. The diversity is very annoying, not only do you have all races but all species except for thieflings and gyth and there is no difference in culture or attitude. The days of elves as something other then long eared humans are gone. And again the modern style of speaking is so jarring, imagine talking to random NPCs and they talk like a modern day collage girl that is on a diet of strong and independent.
Is a leftist game to an extreme, I understand there is even a drag queen later in the game.
But it also plays very nice, fighting is challenging and feels rewarding, items and levels are meaningful, there is a lot of thought put in to resolving various situation by out of the box thinking. The story so far is ok, you have a strong motivation and there is a lot of mystery.
My point, this game will shift the gaming industry even more to the left, to an insane degree. I can guarantee that gaming devs are already pushing for more gay and trans stuff because now they have proof that gay se and diversity sells.
I'm kinda surprised how they deal with goblins. They are absolutely 100% little shits that deserve everything coming to them. Even when you try to see it their way they find a way to make you regret it.
That was kind of based. The new DnD has no good and evil anymore and you can see it in the game sometimes but the goblins are just annoying. You do not get to outright kill them though, you have the option to talk to them and they are surprisingly trusting. That is another thing that bothers me about the dialogue, it feels completely artificial to move things along. Why are people trusting when this was basically a war zone. There was no coordination on the goblin either, the situation and reality made no sense.
Honestly I hate how bad the game is while still being addictive and fun.
One game (one!) escapes the linked traits of incompetence and abject hatred that characterizes woke games, and that's going to make a difference? The industry is already far left, there's a black female main character in 7/10 games, and eventually they're going to run out of money.
Back when I was growing up, everyone played Gears and Halo, not just the nerds. Idk who the hell is buying games nowadays outside of lootbox addict adults and kids.
This is poor speculation on my part but I think a lot of media was beginning to see that it was not profitable to be woke, it was still pushing forward despite it but it was going to end.
Now they can better blame failures on other factors simply because BG3 is a success, you can't claim force diversity, gender theory or gay/trans sex does not sell when it clearly sells. At the very least is not a factor that affects sales anymore so why change it.
Idk you're assuming that they're weighing the evidence with some degree of rationality, when most signs point to the decision makers wanting to burn cash.
It would put us in a weird spot if we continued to see woke games that play well though. That's kind of like saying it would be tough if we invented wet fire.
With the character creator what annoys me the most: a lot of if not all the female faces look like a troon. If you have the chance look at some of the jawlines, even I don't have such a chiseled jawline some of the so called female have. But if you point it out you'll have people call you coomer brain and "hur dur anime ruins everything, this is what real women look like".
Yeah there are at most two tolerable faces per race. Mods have already implemented so many better ones by now.
Any mods in particular? I've not had time to play and also only found one good female drow face.
https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/205
That seemed like a thinly veiled marketing campaign to me. "OH MY GOD guys their game is SO GOOD I don't think we can ever top this guys!"
Yeah its almost hilariously obvious how it went from "that wierd game where a vampire has gay sex with a bear" to "THE LITERAL GREATEST GAME EVER MADE THAT MAKES EVERY STUDIO LOOK BAD."
Totally not suspicious at all.
But I already played Shadows of Amn...