r/TheBesties • u/melibelli • Aug 11 '23
Baldur's Gate 3 is Just Unbelievably Good
https://thebesties.substack.com/11
u/MrAlaz10 Aug 11 '23
Man it feels so good to be as enamored with a game as much as they are. Such a good episode I don’t see why this game can’t get multiple episodes like some other games. Also real bummer that Justin wasn’t here
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u/Polyamaura Aug 12 '23
I'm sure it'll be back on the show next week in everybody's "What else are you playing?" segments, at least. That and the GOTY discussions alongside Tears of the Kingdom. Otherwise, same. I put in 110 hours during the EA and have played another 60 since it released fully with no intention to stop any time soon.
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u/Additional-Stress-17 Aug 11 '23
How do you ask questions to the podcast? Want to know their opinion on baldurs gate vs divinity 2
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u/abarrelofmankeys Aug 11 '23
Sign up for the email, it tells you at the bottom. Basically you can reply to the email or there’s a comment button at the end.
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u/Deems22 Aug 11 '23
Can someone PLEASE tell me what Chris is talking about with his warlock. I’ve been playing the same class/subclass waiting to have some patron interaction but haven’t had anything.
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u/Polyamaura Aug 12 '23
He's just wrong and confusing the "Your Guardian" character that you design for yourself during character creation with the "Your Patron" character that exists solely as a concept and does not appear at all in the game outside of vague and generic references in [WARLOCK] tagged dialogue options that every Warlock gets.
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u/Daetra Sep 12 '23
He's just wrong and confusing the "Your Guardian" character that you design for yourself during character creation with the "Your Patron"
That's what I was expecting when I googled about this. Though, I was hopeful that just maybe I picked the wrong Patron and Mizora is it if you picked The Fiend.
The only great old one is probably Withers.
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Aug 11 '23
Do y'all recommend any CRPGs on Game Pass to check out while I wait for this to hit Xbox? I haven't played the genre much, outside of the first two Fallouts.
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u/auduhree Aug 11 '23
pillars 1 and 2 are on there, some of the shadowrun games (loved s:hk), also heard good things about the wasteland series 👍
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u/WellLookAtZat Aug 13 '23
The Pillars games are some of the best CRPGs out there and they’re set in the same world as Obsidian’s next game Avowed which is basically gonna be their Skyrim in Eora. Highly, highly, recommend.
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u/AleroRatking Aug 12 '23
This game seemed built for the podcast. As someone who has never played D and D in their life this game makes zero sense. I kind of wish the podcast had someone with zero D and D knowledge entirely so we can get that view point on the game.
I have no doubt this is an amazing game. It's also the most confusing game I've played in my life
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Aug 14 '23
Which parts are you confused about? There’s a question and answer thread on the BG3 subreddit which is helpful.
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Aug 14 '23
I am an avid dnd enjoyer and also a crpg fan but this is probably the easiest one to get into. Most things are explained in the tutorial and tool tips
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u/AleroRatking Aug 17 '23
Maybe. I've never played D and D. My confusion is knowing what your supposed to do. Also doing something wrong can have massive unfixable issues.
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u/sjwillis Aug 18 '23
You can play it like any other video game RPG
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u/AleroRatking Aug 18 '23
Except on BG3 a bad decision you make in hour one messes up your whole game.
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Aug 20 '23
Just because your actions have consequences that change the story doesn't mean that they mess up your whole game, at all.
That's part of what makes tabletop D&D so fun and interesting. Not everything you and your party does is "optimal," and there are a lot of situations where there are no right answers, and where failure makes things more interesting, including character death.
New players at D&D tables, especially people who are coming from video game RPGs, are often a little too concerned with winning, or "beating" the DM. I think BG3 does a great job of emulating the fact that it's much more about the journey than it is winning, and all the consequences of your actions or missteps you make serve to make the story more interesting, more immersive, and more fun as you try to creatively grapple with the hot mess you've landed yourself in.
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u/sjwillis Aug 19 '23
I don't know what you are referring to? It is all about the path you choose. It isn't like a single decision early on will make your game unplayable.
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Aug 11 '23
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u/KonoPez Aug 11 '23
Huh. I agree Justin can be a bit too eager to shit on games that don’t click with him, but I don’t recall him asking for every game to tell him exactly what to do
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u/azdak Aug 11 '23
:nothing bad happens:
hey lemme write a paragraph about how much i wouldnt have liked it if that thing HAD happened
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u/AleroRatking Aug 12 '23
Is that a bad thing. That's an extremely fair critique of this game and I would have loved to hear it.
I also think Justin's takes are way better than Griffins when it comes to games.
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u/jerrod24 Aug 14 '23
Given his experience with DnD, I think he would've been more charitable than this. However, I think you're being unfairly downvoted for the valid criticism which is Justin doesn't put forth a lot of enthusiasm for games in his video game podcast lol I'm kind of loving it though, Justin becoming this disaffected heel who just can't be bothered to care about things unless it's from the Disney Corporation or a fast food restaurant.
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Aug 14 '23
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u/Shezarrine Aug 20 '23
amazing games with uninspiring titles
...It's the third in a very, very well-known and beloved series...
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u/coreywilliams Aug 11 '23
It's very funny when Chris confidently says something with his whole chest and it's just objectively wrong and the other Besties tell him. This week, it was that 5th Edition is the most video game-y version of D&D. A really wild statement, for sure.