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Baldur's Gate 3 Trailer Explained: The Mind Flayers - And Their God - Are Coming

Baldur's Gate III was officially announced during the first Google Stadia Connect event. Here's a breakdown of the trailer and our theories so far.

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Christopher1821d ago

I really hope they play up on the ability of mind flayers to use their thralls for tracking enemies. One of the best twists would be a party NPC (or two) who are a thrall up until the third act or so.

gangsta_red1821d ago (Edited 1821d ago )

It'll be interesting to see how to even combat these mindflayers. Will they the main enemies you face off against in the beginning of the game? Because these things are enemies for very high leveled characters. They're spell heavy tanks with charm, dispell, plane shift and all sorts of things to wreck havoc. Having to deal with multiple flayers is going to be nuts, let alone ones that are taking over human bodies.

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"The only people who have it worse than the citizens of Baldur's Gate are the people who will buy Baldur's Gate III, as mind flayers are some of the most annoying monsters in Dungeons & Dragons, due to their psychic abilities that can easily paralyze an entire party with a few botched saving throws. The presence of a few giant mind flayers won't be enough to diminish the enthusiasm of the Baldur's Gate fans who have waited almost twenty years to see the return of the series, though."

LMAO, and there you have it!

Christopher1821d ago

https://forgottenrealms.fan...

My favorite roleplaying thing about them is:

Creature Sense. The elder brain is aware of the presence of creatures within 5 miles of it that have an Intelligence score of 4 or higher. It knows the distance and direction to each creature, as well as each one’s Intelligence score, but can’t sense anything else about it.

Good luck sneaking up on it and the mind flayers and intellect devourers that serve it.

jznrpg1821d ago

Use a stupid dwarf and you may not be noticed

--bienio--1821d ago

So guys what we can expect? Just in theory? Isometric view or other?

CorndogBurglar1821d ago

Larian made the Divinity: Original Sin games. It was basically an ode to Baldur's Gate 1 and 2, Planescape, and the Icewind Dale series. They are all isometric RPG's.

The only difference is the Divinity games are true Turn Based while the others are real time with a pause function.

I imagine Larian was chosen to handle this because of how well they created isometric RPG's and brought them into modern gaming. So I fully expect Baldur's Gate 3 to be true to the previous games, with updated graphics, or course.

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Baldur's Gate 3's Side Quest Design is its Secret Weapon

With a game like Baldur's Gate 3, a number of factors make it successful—but perhaps none are as powerful as its side quest design.

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Popsicle5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

Article makes a great point and I agree with it but is spoiler heavy. It should be marked. If you haven’t played through the game be warned as it even spoils parts of act 3.

Dirty_Lemons5d ago

Thanks for this dude, I am very interested in playing when I have time and am trying to avoid spoilers.

dakarli1d 17h ago

This game rocks, everything is quality, and I love the cutscenes, which remind me of Dragon Age Origin.

https://kodi.software/

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Baldur's Gate 3 PS5 Physical Deluxe Editions Delayed Due to Production Issues

While we were so hoping to not have to update owners of the console physical Deluxe Edition with any further news of delay, we’ve now run into more production issues which means that players who pre-ordered their PS5 North America copy that was expected to ship later this month, will now have to wait until July before they can get their hands on them.

shinoff21837d ago

Got that email like 2 weeks ago. Tbh I'm not tripping. I understand sht happens. I'm just glad they changed their minds on the physical release

Popsicle7d ago (Edited 7d ago )

I with you. I got the email is well. Happy to eventually own a physical copy and glad it’s not digital only.

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Nothing Can Scratch A New Gamer’s Itch For Another Baldur’s Gate 3

Baldur's Gate 3 is so good it might actually be a bad place to start with RPGs.

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Armaggedon7d ago

Baldurs Gate 3 was great, but I dont think it is as crazy as people make it out to be. I actually think Starfield is closer to being a crazy insane once in a lifetime game, but Im ready for the flak Im about to get.

AndrewM6d ago

If you think that then you either A never played Bg3 or B never watched anyone else play it, or C you don't know anything about the game, or D you played it and have no idea of the marvel it is in every single aspect of game design. It doesn't matter what game you compare it to, it doesn't hold a candle. Let alone starfield.

Armaggedon6d ago (Edited 6d ago )

A. Ive played it thrice
B. Played with others, so there are moments of watching
C. Know more than I would care to about the game
D.
Thats quite bold, seeing as there are an inumerable amount of games for it to contend with. I also know plenty of people with their own gripes with the game.

As someone that creates things, and has actively sought to gather intel and understanding, I would say Baldurs Gates very nature makes it so it would have a hard time sitting upon the lofty throne you have given it. Similar to a Bethesda game, it is a game with a very large number of permutations and variables to consider, despite being smaller in scale by direct comparison.

Exemplary mastery of design philosophy is more certain to appear in a game that is for confined. One of the reasons I see Starfield the way I do is simply Bethesedas approach of breaking the rules. Anyone should hopefully know that you just dont try to fit a Bethesda game into a space game, but they found a way to pull it off. Do to the nature of large scale open world games, whether it is efficient or not depends on the angle one is looking at.

Many people would tell me immediately that loading screens and empty planets prove that they failed to pull it off. If you play Starfield like a conventional game yes

Armaggedon6d ago (Edited 6d ago )

Part 2:
Many people would tell me immediately that loading screens and empty planets prove that they failed to pull it off. If you play Starfield like a conventional game yes, it will seem disjointed and lazy; however, to those who realize what Bethesda were going for, you will see that the game is severely underestimated. The idea of God is hated and loved by many, and there is much controversy. Starfield is closer to that idea than people even notice.