Baldur's Gate 3 announced

[Syt]

The only problem is that the Bag of Holding can become full.

So I noticed.

[Tamas]

The only problem is that the Bag of Holding can become full.

Literally unplayable.

[Zanza]

In the base game, you can keep all the clutter in your class holdout, no? Can't remember if you have something similar in ToB. The Pocket Plane or so?

[Syt]

In the base game, you can keep all the clutter in your class holdout, no? Can't remember if you have something similar in ToB. The Pocket Plane or so?

Technically yes, but I didn't acquire the class holdout till quite late.

[mongers]

Just making a reference to a very specific adventure 

And it wasn't the DMs fault, he was just playing it as written!

Yeah okay if your DM selects a tournament module and runs it as written, then yeah that's what you're going to get. Still is the DM's responsibility.

Ok I never actually played D&D in the 1970s, I was born in 1977, and I never actually ran this module. I was just making a joke and a nerdy reference.

'We' played D&D in the late 70s, the Giants, the D series incl. Kuo-Toa and some of the S1 series episodes stand out; I don't recall much about Tomb of Horrors, probably wasn't that good.

[The Minsky Moment]

BG3 final info: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1086940/view/3655285307835439472

Download will be 122GB (no pre-load, apparently not possible if the game was in early access), unlocking 3rd August at the below times. Some more info about the game in general (voice actors, mind flayer skill progression, etc.). There's also some info on 4K requirements.

With a good CPU and a GeForce 3060, you can play at 1440p at 60fps. Native 4K will require double fill rate, so we recommend using a top-end GeForce 4080/4090 or AMD equivalent. And of course, with DLSS, you can reach 4K with lower requirements, thanks to the wizards at Nvidia.

OK but what we really want to know is well it runs on Steam Deck.

[celedhring]

We played Tomb of Horrors with my high school DND group. It was a pure dungeon crawler, and a pretty memorable one I'd say, but really thin on the story part of the experience. But we didn't care much for that at that age :p

[Jacob]

Steam says BG3 has LAN and Online Co-op. Do any of you know how that feels? Is it really good? Kind of shitty?

... and presumably it requires two copies of the game?

I'm seeing online references to split screen being available on Xbox and PS5, but haven't seen it mentioned on PC. Do any of you know if it's possible?

[FunkMonk]

BG3 final info: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1086940/view/3655285307835439472

Download will be 122GB (no pre-load, apparently not possible if the game was in early access), unlocking 3rd August at the below times. Some more info about the game in general (voice actors, mind flayer skill progression, etc.). There's also some info on 4K requirements.

With a good CPU and a GeForce 3060, you can play at 1440p at 60fps. Native 4K will require double fill rate, so we recommend using a top-end GeForce 4080/4090 or AMD equivalent. And of course, with DLSS, you can reach 4K with lower requirements, thanks to the wizards at Nvidia.

OK but what we really want to know is well it runs on Steam Deck.

Yeah. Once I read that I bought it 

[Zanza]

I will get it next weekend. Not sure if it runs on my machine though.

[Sophie Scholl]

It would have been cool if they allowed at least partial pre-downloading of assets. 

[FunkMonk]

Started the game on Steam Deck and can confirm it works. Default settings are medium, running at 30fps. Even has controller support.   

[Sophie Scholl]

Storymode is... not very easy. Ooof. I honestly think it might be broken. I don't see any of the differences between it and normal.

[Solmyr]

I will get it next weekend. Not sure if it runs on my machine though.

A friend is running it on his PC built in 2014, so it's apparently quite lenient. You may have to adjust some settings down.

[Tamas]

On my Intel Core i5 10600K and 32GB (or is it 24, can't remember right now) RAM with a GeForce 1660 it runs very smoothly in Ultra, although in 1080p only.