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[rofif]

Yeah that’s not for me. I like a good hand crafted story and ending. What’s the point of a story if it doesn’t have a real end.

 

[Portugeezer]

"I didn't even know the human eye could perceive so many colours"

- Bioware CEO

 

[genesisblock]

Yeah that’s not for me. I like a good hand crafted story and ending. What’s the point of a story if it doesn’t have a real end.

That's sounds like your everyday linear storyline. Why bother having multiple choices if they have the same ending.

 

[rofif]

That's sounds like your everyday linear storyline. Why bother having multiple choices if they have the same ending.

How can a story be any good if there is no story? It’s generated by variables.
Is my character or the other character this or that? It’s whatever you want it to be and I don’t see the appeal. But I guess that’s a different topic

 

[genesisblock]

How can a story be any good if there is no story? It’s generated by variables.
Is my character or the other character this or that? It’s whatever you want it to be and I don’t see the appeal. But I guess that’s a different topic

All life is generated by variables, mate. In this case, it's whatever you want within the game's lore. The story is a journey and the quality is determined how you choose to fill it with.

 

[Zheph]

How can a story be any good if there is no story? It’s generated by variables.
Is my character or the other character this or that? It’s whatever you want it to be and I don’t see the appeal. But I guess that’s a different topic

Look at it as the game offers you many ways to experience the story or even shape your own in that universe (still within some boundaries, it is not a sandbox)

 

[AV]

Gonna be a long, fun August.

 

[GymWolf]

Does this game have titties?

You have 17.000 variations of them

 

[Yoshichan]

Bought the early access a week ago and got like 90 hours playtime on this.

It’s absolutely maddening how good it is.

 

[vaibhavpisal]

How can a story be any good if there is no story? It’s generated by variables.

Linear games have good stories?

 

[crackajack]

I wonder how pretty much every game (or movie) stuggles to get even its one linear story to an acceptably good level, and this game is supposed to be great with a ton of content?
AI on the helm, Stephen King cloned? The staff consists of 1 writer for each other position?

 

[Toots]

17000? Pfft, that's easy:
You had sex with a bear
You DIDN'T have sex with bear
You were asked to have sex with bear, but you refused
You were NOT asked to have sex with bear
You were the squirrel looking at the bear having sex ... or not

Etc.

And this is just one minor encounter

You clearly did not see the bear naked

 

[Kenpachii]

I played divinity 2 for 700 hours, every single playthrough something new happens. the game always stays refreshing because of it. So i will believe them for sure.

 

[AV]

I wonder how pretty much every game (or movie) stuggles to get even its one linear story to an acceptably good level, and this game is supposed to be great with a ton of content?
AI on the helm, Stephen King cloned? The staff consists of 1 writer for each other position?

It's made by a bunch of incredibly impassioned nerds who all genuinely love D&D, who have a prestigious history and who aren't privy to executive meddling.

It's being called an "anomaly" by other developers who will not be physically able to match the level of care and detail put into this thing.

It's gonna make Starfield look like Fallout 3.

 

[Skifi28]

I can't remember the last time I was so hyped about a game, I almost feel younger again. Thanks Larian!

 

[sncvsrtoip]

Would prefer 1 ending but coherent and good

 

[CrustyBritches]

You have 17.000 variations of them

 

[Heaven Angel]

That seems like way too much, 98% of those endings will be futile.

 

[Guilty_AI]

Yeah that’s not for me. I like a good hand crafted story and ending. What’s the point of a story if it doesn’t have a real end.

I mean, you dont read stories to get to the end, you do it because you enjoy the time to time moments.

Though its not like i don't understand what you mean, we often appreciate stories through feeling the author's intent, and there's basically no intent to be felt when you can choose everything you do.

But the idea of a rpg is to build your own character and superimpose it onto the setting. Its less about cheering for him and more about seeing how this character you created would shape the storyline, it does require a certain amount of creativity and to be less of a mere passive observer.

 

[RavenSan]

I have no idea if this is the right thread to ask this question -- but I've never played 1 & 2 - should I (before jumping into 3, I mean) -- or is this gonna be a standalone story?

 

[Guilty_AI]

That seems like way too much, 98% of those endings will be futile.

Its ending variations. It accounts for stuff like who you romanced between these 9 partners or none, whether you helped a dude who went on to do x famous thing, whose side you picked in this 3 way war or none, etc.

These hypothetical scenarios alone i gave would amount to 80 ending variations already.

 

[Lucifers Beard]

Yeah that’s not for me. I like a good hand crafted story and ending. What’s the point of a story if it doesn’t have a real end.

That’s what makes D&D so good, the fact that things can play out so differently depending on how the player both approaches the situation and what kind of character the player is. This to me looks like an indicator for good world building and makes the player feel empowered.

There’s a place for special handcrafted stories, not everything has to sit in that mould though. Also, the game does have an ending, it’s just player dependant.

Also, you’ve made it clear the game isn’t for you from the other BG3 thread, you don’t need to keep banging on about it.

 

[Guilty_AI]

I have no idea if this is the right thread to ask this question -- but I've never played 1 & 2 - should I (before jumping into 3, I mean) -- or is this gonna be a standalone story?

Standalone story, no need to play the old stuff.

Though they're still amazing games on their own right, so no problem to consider playing them in the future.

 

[PectacularOz]

I don’t actually understand how this works - is this technically the largest rpg ever created then? Like do most choices really affect things, similar to an actual table top rpg?

Yes. That's the entire point

 

[Damigos]

I can only experience 15.000 different endings..
17.000 is too much

 

[supernova8]

Didn't even realize this game was already out in early access

 

[Robb]

Give me the bear sex stats.

100 hours of of possible bear sex cutscenes
5,000 bear sex ending variations
Over 10,000 bear sex positions

 

[geary]

What about the number of bugs ?

At least 17k if we asume each story moving towards one of those endings have at least 1 specific bug

 

[balls of snow]

Yeah that’s not for me. I like a good hand crafted story and ending. What’s the point of a story if it doesn’t have a real end.

Detroit become human had so many variables that my playthrough felt genuinely mine. Best ending too for what I choose to do in the game, ie made connor evil, letting kara escape etc.
Besides its the kind of thing mass effect 3 can only dream off in 2012.

Didn't even realize this game was already out in early access

Since 2020.

 

[Roman Empire]

As long the game is good and the devs are satisfied with the final product then I can't complain they going the extra mile. I don't care about not seeing everything the game has to offer, not everything must be spoon fed to players nowadays. Let the community discover shit together and see what will come out of it.

 

[MHubert]

At what point does it become too much and they are making a game that 99% of players will never see most of the content which is a total waste of effort and resources?

That is my dream game

 

[Thirty7ven]

The real goty lets goooo

 

[peish]

marketing the number of endings is worse than the size of the world map imo. im down for 3-4 well crafted endings. im now worried how the plot will keep me playing with that many variations of end game..

 

[Guilty_AI]

marketing the number of endings is worse than the size of the world map imo. im down for 3-4 well crafted endings. im now worried how the plot will keep me playing with that many variations of end game..

Its not uncommon for rpgs to do this to display the amount of in-game choices you can make

 

[Fools idol]

Baldurs Gate 3 [OT] Grin and bear these 17,000 endings

 

[Fredrik]

This is the way.

Don’t think I’ll start before Starfield but after that can’t wait to play this game! Maybe I can go parallell, they’re very different.

 

[AlteredForms]

Larian need to think about the content creators here. Who in their right mind is going to compile an ending compilation when there's 17000 of the damn things?!!!

 

[Chukhopops]

marketing the number of endings is worse than the size of the world map imo. im down for 3-4 well crafted endings. im now worried how the plot will keep me playing with that many variations of end game..

You can have a mix of both base endings and “slides” reflecting the decisions you made in the game.

I think it’s great when games offer this as it can also motivate you to do things differently in another playthrough.

 

[JokerMM]

This game feels like it's gonna be this gen's Skyrim/Witcher 3

 

[Guilty_AI]

Larian need to think about the content creators here. Who in their right mind is going to compile an ending compilation when there's 17000 of the damn things?!!!

Just compile the different bear endings

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

You know someone is going to try to get all 17,000 variation endings.

A Russian 13 year old will have them all up on YT within 22 hours of release.

 

[Fredrik]

Yeah that’s not for me. I like a good hand crafted story and ending. What’s the point of a story if it doesn’t have a real end.

Why wouldn’t the story have a real end?
There are multiple real endings and thousands of variations coming from the character variations and players choices.

 

[AJUMP23]

Game seems really amazing.

 

[FunkMiller]

Didn't know this game was mainly about bear fucking.

Pre-ordered.

 

[Sethbacca]

Who has time for this? I didn't even finish P5 due to the length.

 

[Ar¢tos]

You're right, they should drop this senseless "role playing" design strategy and revert to a long, finely tuned cinematic hallway that everyone can experience the same way!

You can drop names! I'm sure nobody will ban you for calling those games walking simulator moviegames.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

I've never played BG before but that gameplay on this page looks like some shit they show "computer nerds" play when they bust some underground hacker ring on CSI.

 

[Zheph]

Who has time for this? I didn't even finish P5 due to the length.

a lot of people actually

 

[Punished Miku]

Who has time for this? I didn't even finish P5 due to the length.

It's actually pretty good timing for PC / PS gamers I think. If you didn't play Zelda, and aren't about to play Starfield, this is probably coming at just the right time. I will probably try it sometime next year, or later. It looks pretty great.

 

[Sethbacca]

a lot of people actually

I mean, it will probably be fun , but this would 100% be a game I never finish and just give up on 1/3rd of the way through.