Baldur’s Gate 3 - Discussion post #1
Baldur’s Gate 3 - Discussion post #1
I figured we should have a post for random thoughts, questions and other comments that people might want to do without having to create a new post just for that.
Do people agree this idea? We can have these up (possibly pinned) for a while. Maybe a few days, at most a week.
Please keep discussion spoiler free, unless you are using the appropriate tags.
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This is certainly a good idea. I've had random thoughts but my friends bailed on the game already 😭
What's been top of mind lately is how I don't find any of the companions boring. With every other Bioware/Bioware-like game I've played with this companion system, there's always been a dud. I'm on a second run now and I'm really impressed with Lae'zel's writing and mocap. Maybe I'm imagining things but I could swear she was quaking during a scene where she was particularly full of zealous fervor.
Gale is the other one that I never put in the party on my first run. I know not everyone likes him--and I'm still not sure I really do--but his story is still interesting to me.
Edit to add: My second run here is with Storm Sorcerer, and this could be the most fun I've had in a game with a lightning build (always a top power fantasy for me). I love how loud the sound effects are. Too many games have little bzzt bzzt sounds with lightning spells and these are all big booms. Even a cantrip like Shocking Grasp!
How can you not like Gale? He's adorably charming. I find it hard not to take him and actually do some stuff with someone else, but then... I have that issue with them all because they are indeed all interesting and fun to be around. I can't even choose a favorite, which was always easy in past games like BG1/2, Torment, and NWN (Minsc, Morte, Deekin).
Yes! The companions are so good that for the first time in a game like this I could decide on a core party for my first play through. I’ve always been able to eliminate a lot of characters as boring or not my speed, but not in this game. I got as far as the crèche in act 1.5 before I got too frustrated with it and installed a party size mod so I can just bring them all with me