Opening weekend in numbers (4/4) (reddthat.com)
Baldur's Gate 3 is defying game industry trend-chasers — and is being rewarded for doing so (www.windowscentral.com)
The more annoying aspects of modern gaming are completely absent in Baldur's Gate 3.
Forgotten Realms (Sword Coast) Interactive Map (www.aidedd.org)
For those wanting to get some geographical context of the Baldur’s Gate and the Forgotten Realms, this links to an interactive map with many of the well known places, including Baldur’s Gate itself....
'We owe them a huge debt': Baldur's Gate 3 lead writer hopes they did '90s BioWare proud (www.pcgamer.com)
Larian Studios' lead writer Adam Smith reflects on the long shadow of Baldur's Gate.
First conversation with Withers (lemmy.world)
[Gamerant] Baldur's Gate 3: All Romanceable Characters (gamerant.com)
Opening weekend in numbers (1/4) (reddthat.com)
Baldur’s Gate 3’s Statement On Microtransactions Warms The Heart (www.forbes.com)
Baldur’s Gate 3 is looking to be one of the best games of 2023 in a year already full of some of the best games of the generation. And their stance on microtransactions is great.
Official Us Appreciation Topic
I only knew Us for a tutorial I kept reloading until I was sure what was up with the brain, but if anything ever happened to him (I’m guessing he’s a he?) I would kill everyone in the Forgotten Realms, and then myself.
Baldur's Gate 3 PC tech review: polish that puts other AAA games to shame (www.eurogamer.net)
Baldur's Gate 3 is a game of the year contender - but how does its PC release stack up in terms of visuals and performa…
Baldur's Gate 3 gets its first patch/hotfix, addressing numerous bugs, crashes and visual issues (www.dsogaming.com)
When you respec Astarion as a Bard and roll a critical success on perfomance (feddit.nl)
Reference for those in need: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Astaire...
Baldur's Gate 3, analog stick/controller or Mouse/Keyboard (kbin.social)
On PC, character movement is controlled by mouse clicks, but on PS5, players have closer control of their characters outside combat with the analog stick. This feeling of control over the character is a nice exchange for mouse clicks and could bond players to their character even more. While there are plenty of other small...
He means well. I think. (lemmy.world)
Baldur's Gate 3 minmaxer finds terrifying 240 damage-per-turn Monk build, carrying on D&D's long tradition of rules-based ultraviolence (www.pcgamer.com)
Standing here, I realise.
We just broke the highest number of concurrent Steam users at 875,343! (steamcharts.com)
For context, Larian Studio founder Swen Vincke predicted that the game could reach 100,000 peak concurrent users during its debut period, and that was a fairly optimistic prediction. I work in IT, and really feel for those folks. I hope they designed their infrastructure to scale!...
Baldur’s Gate 3’s Metacritic Score Now Tops ‘Tears Of The Kingdom’ (www.forbes.com)
Eight of the 14 reviews in for Baldur’s Gate 3 are 10/10s. Nothing is below a 9.
Based review from a Ubisoft Developer's alt account (lemmy.world)
The best thing about being a Bard is that Performance is a free action
So before I end my turn, I always start jamming on my lute, standing over the body of the bugbear I just slaughtered.
I made my guardian look like Jesus and it makes scenes with him the funniest things in the world (lemmy.world)
That line hits a lot differently when it’s being said by Jesus Christ wearing a suit of armor.
Found the best weapon in the game! (lemmy.world)
Could this be a bug or some Larian silliness?
Patch #1 Now Live! (baldursgate3.game)
The first large major patch has just been released, with more than a 1000 fixes! .
Easter egg in the TOS that we all agreed to. (lemmy.world)
The best thing about Baldur's Gate 3's companions is that they keep getting in your way (www.pcgamer.com)
Nobody was sworn to carry your burdens.
In 15 hours I barged into a barn where two monsters were having sex, accidentally became worshiped by fish people and lost my eye to an amateur surgeon.
This sounds like somebody’s Saturday RPG session recap. Larian have managed to capture the spirit of this quite well!...