Topic: Baldur's Gate 3

I have the old BGs, also played some BG2 when I was too young as kid back in the day lol.
I want to play them, but the combat is just so painful and just plain bad. That keeps me from playing a number of CRPG narratives like I want to. The writing and choices should still hold up though for anyone wanting to play.
but speaking of BG2, I wonder if BG3 will be as nasty. That game was dark and I have a feeling BG3 may not be as dark in comparison.

Also, I'm really looking forward to this, but I'm really disappointed in humans' racial bonus. It's nothing compared to what other races get and more carrying weight almost looks like an intentional insult.

@Jaz007 humans did take a bit of a dip for race choice, however they still would make a strong case as the best choice for a "Jack of all trades" achievement run.

After watching many videos, I have finally decided the class and group I'm going to use for my first playthrough. I'm going Good, Lore bard (race choice will be my daughter's to try and get her to join me for a coop run). I'll take a respec Shadowheart Life Cleric, Gale, and Karlach. Can't wait. Hard to keep myself from watching more videos.

As interested as I’ve become in Baldurs Gate 3 from all the glowing praise… my backlog together with my brief dalliance with Divinity Original Sin 2 means I’ll probably end up giving it a miss (until my diary opens up a bit at least). Glad everyone is enjoying it though.

@Elodin What opportunities do you have to respec through the game, exactly?

@kyleforrester87 Within the first couple hours you get a character who goes to your camp and allows full respec. Except for race and possibly background. All stats, classes and subclasses can be respec. You can also respect the companions fully, although it may break their storyline a bit. It cost 100 gold every respec. So basically nothing.

@Elodin So, aside from race (which tends to be Human for me, as dull as that is) I don't need to sweat the character creation screen too much then? As much as I would like to spend hours developing one, I tend to be anxious to get into the game as quickly as possible as well.

@kyleforrester87 correct. Without deep diving into all the classes and choices and you find that your current character isnt too your liking later it will be easy to respec. Larian Studios did a great job allowing for respecs, with so many choices, analysis paralysis could easily set in. I know some who respec just for a certain fight then respec back. I don't think ill be doing any respec except for Shadowheart. I feel it breaks the roleplaying aspect even if it is only me playing. I often have backstories in my head of why my player chooses certain things.

@Elodin Yes, I don't really like the idea of respeccing - it's more fun to own your choices, and I generally tend to enjoy going from a basic sword and board dude and filling it out from there, even if it's not the most efficient path. I don't really like it when you feel almost obligated to follow a build guide. I'd respec if I somehow worked myself into a corner, but that doesn't seem too likely given what you say and my past experience with DOS!

Kind of bummed about the lack of cross-play with this game. A friend has it on PC and wants to do co-op, but apparently PS5 and PC won’t be able to play together. I wonder if that’s in the cards for a future update.

@Th3solution They said in a tweet that it’s planned for the future, just not at launch.

@Jaz007 Ah, great! Nice to know.

Really can’t wait for this. I’m currently playing through Baldur’s Gate II for the first time and it’s got me even more excited to play this. Just have another 3 days of work to get through and then 9 days off, most of which will be spent playing Baldur’s Gate 3.

Cross saves confirmed for Xbox and ps5. Nothing on cross play yet.

@Elodin Cross play was confirmed to be a post-launch plan in a tweet a while ago.

@Jaz007 cross play from pc to playstation? If so. Fantastic!

I finished the first and second games, plus their expansions. Really enjoyed playing through them. It’s got me so much more excited for Baldur’s Gate 3.

Well done. I completed BG1 a couple of years ago, really enjoyed it. Started number 2 but didn’t get too far before getting distracted.

I preordered BG3 yesterday, gunna get it preloaded and looking forward to enjoying it over the weekend when I have a bit of time!

@kyleforrester87 The first game is my favourite. It’s a bit more open than both the Siege of Dragonspear expansion and second game. I really enjoyed just heading off in a random direction and not knowing what I was going to find.