Can You Beat Baldur's Gate 3 While Locked In First Person PoV?

[@ProxyGateTactician]

I've created a video explaining how I did this here: check it out if interested kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqiucmiMZ7pgrqs

[@jekkin8972]

I think more people would find a tutorial very helpful. I would love to try first person. Great video btw

[@SpartanOli]

Yes, it'd be very useful. Also, is it easy to switch between 1st and 3rd person?

[@ProxyGateTactician]

@@SpartanOli You can set it to be easily switched yes, but the way I had done it was not able to be switched.

[@KamiKazeKayaK]

Yes right now please.

[@dkthunder3]

I want to do this, especially if there ends up being a good mod for AI for the rest of the party.

[@JRandall0308]

“Larian’s ability to make ropes nonfunctional is truly unmatched.” - killing me.

[@cyrus6461]

The fact the rope item is useless for everything besides selling us annoying

[@MsLilly200]

@@cyrus6461 Right? That annoyed me so much. Like, I wish it could at least be a one use item able to remove or lower fall damage from certain heights or something.

[@elenalizabeth]

“Once again the rope is a lie” 😂😂 6:22 I had never noticed before that the ropes don’t move. Maybe it’s too finicky to get small movements like that when most people wouldn’t even notice it 🤔

[@tobiasw2032]

it's unbelievable how good the game still looks from 1st person. ofc it's gorgous from 3rd person but you'd suspect it to get worse close up. yet it looks still amazing

[@ProxyGateTactician]

Exactly how I felt the entire time

[@YourCrazyDolphin]

In fairness, you are supposed to be able to see things from up close on occassion. The game isn't meamt to be plaued first person, but dialogue brings you down close to the character models and console sometimes uses a more traditional 3rd person camera when moving around.

[@Here_is_Waldo]

This is why it's frustrating that so may RPGs try to force third person or isometric view. Everything looks better in first person, so why not give us the option?

[@TaranTheWanderer49]

This mod was made for the sole purpose of petting scratch\owlbear and the minthara scene

[@clarencewalters338]

*Bushy Minthara Mod has entered the chat*

[@electricVGC]

The Dark Urge Minthara scene, surely

[@marcusaaronliaogo9158]

Must follow evil elf woman

[@MrParadux]

Would that even work for cutscenes?

[@Luvilli]

which minthara scene?

[@josephstalin5414]

All you need now is the real-time combat mod and you've got a real nightmare😂😂😂

[@ghost-sd1zi]

That's in development is the thing 😂

[@MrHestolemyname]

@@ghost-sd1zi I think he knows that, considering is he said '' *the* real-time combat mod'' lol

[@guardian3227]

@@ghost-sd1ziBouch did a video on that mod, that was amazing

[@Takatacion]

So... Skyrim😂

[@hexbrennisteinn]

​@@TakatacionSkyrim but being ganked by every thing all the time

[@brocksells197]

Super fitting that Act 1 had basically no ceiling issues and was super interesting to explore in first person compared to Acts 2 and 3

[@ProxyGateTactician]

I did find that funny as well. 0 times in all of act 1 did I have any ceiling issues. Act 2 was only like once or twice Act 3 was often.

[@EALoArt]

Amount of ceilings/time in bg3 📈

[@fisch37]

@@EALoArt 📉

[@CreativeExcusesGaming]

@@ProxyGateTactician 2:29 you can see through the tunnel into the grove in Act 1. Literally unplayable

[@ProxyGateTactician]

@@CreativeExcusesGaming lol ur right I forgot about that one

[@jonesycreations3975]

please modding gods make this into one mod that wont break the game, this game genuinely looks incredible from this perspective. imagine a party of 4 multiplayer and you all had this? insane how much that would change the game.

[@shaniaduchene8063]

That was my thought too. It would be so cool!

[@kadencoates8774]

Most of the required mods are native, so it's not super game-breaking. My party of 3 is running it right now.

[@andycampbell3929]

Skyrim 2.0

[@curlyparmesan]

Ugh every moment of this is just pure joy. The little rhyming poem. The quick funny jokes. Love this playthrough, what an enjoyable experience.

[@DeaftJoe]

That wildshape jumpscare was nuts.

[@ProxyGateTactician]

haha that's how I felt when I cast the spell

[@vitterling]

I've never noticed the "Gortash AI art" before but it's now my headcanon that this is the only image of him the Narrator has ever seen and that's why she describes him like that lmao.

[@bunnyboygamille]

There's a whooooooole bunch of copies of that poster in the basement of the Gazette. Like, Gortash is forcing them to print a bunch of those portraits and then they're plastered all over the city. I take a lot of joy in ripping them all down.

[@vitterling]

@@bunnyboygamille Poor Narrator fell for the propaganda.

[@sephikong8323]

Personally, since the description came from the Elder Brain itself, I believe it's from back when he was still in the Elder Brain's colony, like at least before Karlach was sent to Zariel, so that would be at least a decade younger, and considering that I have Gortash as being in his late 30's to early 40's max, age wise that tracks, and I believe he was genuinely handsome when younger (I mean, he currently doesn't look ugly, just worn down, Bane worship probably took a toll on him). I believe this description used to reflect him, it's just that it has never been update to specify that he's now middle aged

[@rottenhoney3418]

the Halsin bit took me off guard and I loved it

[@JohnCena-fd5yw]

i feel like i can't be the only one to catch the "its hard to overstate my satisfaction" portal reference about fireball

[@ProxyGateTactician]

lol right before that I had said "the rope is a lie" as well.

[@tamias3196]

I'm amazed they even rendered ceilings in this game since afaik you practically never see them

[@ProxyGateTactician]

You can slightly see them if you're in dialogue with an NPC, but that's about it. They did a lot of work for something you don't see 99% of the time though ur right

[@oorto1393]

This is cool. I would also recommend the facial animations mod, since you're up close and personal so often you'll notice the lack of facial animation. The mod works great and makes everyone use natural looking facial animations when you would expect (combat, idle, etc)

[@MrParadux]

Good point

[@jimdelsol1941]

I'm not sure which one you are refering to. Any name / link ? I'm interested.

[@NoName-tl4by]

Facial animation makes characters look not like themselves I've used the mod and Lazel looks super weird when she smiles

[@shadow11829]

​@@NoName-tl4by because Lae'zel would never smile lol.

[@ВладиславБулаев-л3э]

​@@shadow11829she does smile, but rarely unless you romance her.

[@kostyavorobyov965]

2:59 "Outside the cave I took a stroll DOWN BY THE RIVER" I see what you did there...

[@Frostweather]

The script for this video is peak entertainment, good sir. Thank you!

[@ProxyGateTactician]

Thanks! I found it much easier to write it from a first person sense. Which is weird... It's the same game. It felt easier to write and edit and I can't explain why

[@Erika-Bella]

Nah nah nah that poster of Gortash legitimately had me choking on my lunch 😂 Absolutely incredible how a grand total of like 5 people in this game seem to actually know what that dude looks like. Even the poor narrator apparently got catfished by that poster lol.

[@kittyshippercavegirl]

1. Why (oh the game looks awesome this way) 2. Pet the owlbear :)

[@ProxyGateTactician]

It actually shocked me how good the game looks like this while playing. Everything is so detailed even though we see it from 30 feet in the air most times

[@fisch37]

@@ProxyGateTactician Explains the loading times

[@pedrotrevisan7057]

15:50 Bigger and harder things... i see what you are doing there bud 🧐

[@Sleeman0980]

A game designed for top down tactical looking this good in first person is an incredible feat

[@makiiavely]

jesus imagine being able to toggle between isometric and first person views in the base game, the attention to detail is so good in this game that it's sad we don't get to see it in its full glory

[@ProxyGateTactician]

I noticed so much more stuff in this PoV than ever before even with 1700 hours played in the game.

[@makiiavely]

@@ProxyGateTactician no wonder, this game is an immersive sim in everything except the typical first person perspective, I think Swen Vincke himself said that games like Dishonored were some of their greatest inspirations so I can only wonder why Larian didn't at least try to implement that as well, even if it's half-baked or only thought for exploration and not combat because the game looks incredible even if it wasn't designed with 1st person in mind. thanks for the video btw, i really liked it. And that gen AI joke with that gortash poster was hilarious, I cracked hard

[@ProxyGateTactician]

@@makiiavely Thanks! I normally end up cutting so many jokes but decided to leave more in this time so it's good to hear that some landed

[@ВладиславБулаев-л3э]

​@@makiiavelyI think Swen mentioned at the last BG3 related conference in August that they attempted to do dialogue scenes from the first person perspective, but there were a lot of issues with it, so they had to do it in a different way, the final result of which we can see today 🙂

[@Vallun]

The pace of the commentary was better this time, sounds more natural taking pauses than constantly rushing the script (even if the zoomers want that)

[@ProxyGateTactician]

Thanks for that feedback. i've been trying to work on that a lot, but still know I can do better. Glad to hear people noticed

[@D_Mac72]

@@ProxyGateTactician The cuts are a bit too sharp and quick for a 20 minute video. It's a great video concept, but it's okay to let something breath. Especially something that's highlighting how good something looks.

[@Paradox484]

​@@D_Mac72though it does draw intrigue. I'm so tempted to run this specifically because there weren't the kind of sustained shot or breathing room I want to have. One hell of an advertisement.

[@Allurian90]

What an outrageous betrayal of the games most crucial character. The heart and soul of Baldur's Gate! Zumbo Pumbo's family will remember this

[@chipskylark5500]

HEAD ON directly to the forehead

[@The_Real_Danger_Mouse]

2:35 "Perhaps the ability to look up is something we take for granted in our daily lives."

[@L0rdF4ng0]

fun fact: Pigs cannot look up into the sky, due to how they're built anatomically. so most pigs have never truly seen the sky.

[@MrAlbinoGhost]

the blighted village archers are always pulling off the most insane trickshots through all the little holes and windows

[@S3RGEANTSarcasm]

It's soo crazy seeing this game in first person lol.

[@tubadan963]

Bg3 first person is by proxy a second person game if you control the other characters from your own’s pov, neat

[@ProxyGateTactician]

The whole video is by proxy even.

[@zwrulez185]

@@ProxyGateTacticiangoddammit.

[@drattoX]

I love how there's Skyrim and Oblivion music in the background 😂 very befitting of this challenge

[@sdust_88]

DOS2 as well :)

[@pileofbread3456]

You’re right, Gortash isn’t cute. He’s a handsome young man with a quick and easy smile

[@wnyduchess]

Younger* man, in relation to ketheric

[@anroroco]

@@wnyduchess I mean, ffs, compared to Ketheric, even Halsin is a younger man.

[@chainsawboy2388]

@@anrorocoHalsin helped kill Ketheric back when he was still a Shar worshiper so idk if that’s true.

[@anroroco]

@@chainsawboy2388 But Ketheric was old BACK THEN.

[@totallynotmarcie]

"once i got my bearings, i was able to *drag-on* the fight..." har har. great vid; ive never been early!

[@ProxyGateTactician]

Now you have been! Thanks for giving it a watch

[@totallynotmarcie]

@@ProxyGateTactician of course, i needed something to do at work! 😈

[@neutrality4660]

Proxy, there is not enough love for the amazing scripts and quips you cook up man. 10/10 as always.

[@angrynerdgirl]

Right when you said you rang the bell for Gortash, an alarm went off on my phone. It was very immersive. Fantastic vid as ever!

[@romulusnuma116]

Its crazy how good the game still looks even from this unintended perspective

[@cosmicprison9819]

0:30 Not much too janky - much too githjanky.

[@ProxyGateTactician]

I wish I thought of that 1

[@Slavicsquat4871]

Best 21 minutes I’ve spent today! Thank you!

[@starsnoireart]

You’re braver than I, I could never do the mindflayer colony in first person. I would never sleep again.

[@saraesnodgrass7109]

OMG I know is Baldurs but the fight moments felt like it's Skyrim in HD 😢 amazing what u did 🎉

[@aiadeva]

This video was INCREDIBLE. So many* hidden jokes (the halsin bit and the dragged-on joke xD), pace was so good, and still the mitten squad vibes that I love. Thank you !!!

[@Nightdreamr]

12:55 the Oblivion music is really fitting for that clip lol

[@jayk9068]

The amount of detail in this game is mind-blowing. Would never have noticed much of the stuff in this video without you!

[@oki-276]

Man thank you that you blessed me with this video. I was so bored❤

[@electricVGC]

Bro punched a dinosaur in first person

[@thewillustrater2847]

Might as well just play Ark survival evolved

[@bubby7474]

This genuinely seems so cool, I would love a tutorial on how to set this up!

[@Possum_Milk]

This is awesome. First peeson + no party/summon limit = fantasy general playthrough

[@JostleJins]

woah, I was just watching a few of your vids and I stumbled upon a fresh upload

[@ProxyGateTactician]

Welcome to the fresh club

[@falsinar]

You didn't have to do Scott dirty like that 15:30

[@ZombieJaeger]

I am watching this at 1:30 am and this feels like a weird trip.

[@Jonatron101]

Every time you open the door / shut the door / throw stuff, makes me think Legend of Grimrock!

[@HPFireYT]

That wildshape jumpscare reminded me of when I forgot to unwildshape Halsin to talk to Oliver. I did this twice. Just a camera full of the inside of an owlbear…

[@MajorTanya]

1st person pov: you just found a great video by Proxy ❤

[@SuperHansburger93]

6:40: "This was a triumph. I'm making a note here: huge success."

[@ProxyGateTactician]

Apeture science. We do what we must because we can

[@bixusmaleficus]

As always, loved the commentary! Also, like the way you inserted the song title "Down by the River" so seamlessly in your commentary. Definitely one of my favourite songs.

[@Shirokroete]

10:40 That's gotta be one of my favourite sentenced, like, ever

[@seaurchinayano6140]

I'm sure experiencing longer and harder things in first person POV was thrilling

[@AgentTera]

honestly this reminds me a lot (especially incombat) of like those old 1st person rpgs. It would probably be a pain in the ass to set up and be even harder to run but I had the thought while watching that if you could somehow get this working smoothly in vr it would be the experience of all time

[@vizzzyy190]

its amazing to see how much more gorgeous bg3 is in 1st person. its a sight to see

[@jade-chan9122]

I just finished watching most of your videos and here's a new one :D yay!! Wasn't even a fan of turn-based games till now!

[@jensenmcjens4029]

8:58 I was definetly not ready for that jump scare xDD As always, epic video idea and masterful execution!

[@catcat9808]

Ok. "The bigger and harder things" joke was funny.

[@darthgigglez1461]

Yenna is terrifying running at you in first person 😂

[@sodedra5855]

great video Proxy!

[@danielthedrummer5854]

It’s a good day when Proxy uploads a new bg3 run

[@jefthereaper]

I was already planning to try a first person mod. But this video convinced me beyond a doubt.

[@emred4653]

This is really unique. Wish more topdown rpg games had options or "mods" to allow this kind of gameplay

[@simoncodrington]

Great video mate, always keen to see what new stuff you come up with :)

[@ikeymci]

R U KIDDING ME?! I just thought tonight about getting into bg3 like sao and this video dropped at the same moment? We live in simulation for sure

[@biscuitsticks3274]

Made my ears perk up when you mentioned Bioshock lol I'm also a massive fan.

[@ProxyGateTactician]

Always loved exploring in those worlds. What’s happened to gaming that there’s no new Bioshock or Elder Scrollls games for this long

[@BladeValant546]

Further showing how 1st person is more immersive, while 3rd has some more utility, this just changes the game.

[@NikaSaurusRahwr]

it actually feels like what the new elders scrolls game should look like

[@ProxyGateTactician]

I can't believe it's been so long.... My gametag back in the day was Oblivion Fan. Never knew i'll be waiting more than 10 years without a new game in the franchise

[@LYSoup]

Weekly upload? I'm hyped!

[@TheHobbitdragon]

I'm so glad you put this together, this is a completely new take on this game and I'm really happy to see it!

[@amandawray08]

The "AI" art of Gortash made me cackle! I've always tried to see what those look like, but could never get close enough. This was another great run! Thanks for sharing your pain!

[@AzaleaFaye143]

everything looks so pretty, ive always wanted something like this so i can look at everyone and everything closely :'D

[@korakys]

The first time I played, as soon as I was off the nautaloid, I alt-tabbed out to see if there was a camera mod and have been playing with NativeCameraTweaks every moment since. I never tried setting in first person mode before though; great to see the game from this perspective, although once is enough, lol.

[@ProxyGateTactician]

It was super fun to play, but only solo. It also had awful controls.... but still the best playthrough i've had in probably about a year in terms of genuine entertainment

[@HTRPD]

I CANNOT believe you left Zumbo Pumbo... I was just trying to be nice and save as many as I could. But when I read his name for the first time, I committed to keeping him alive at all costs. It's so stupid and I love it

[@TomH24297]

This video is amazing. It has a great showcase of a mod(collection) brilliant commentary, is funny and you managed to speedrun the game in 21 minutes! 😂

[@Matt-lp1xp]

This is so cool. There will be a lot of frustrating invisible walls though and inefficient movement during combat

[@ProxyGateTactician]

I found it made the combat fun and exciting because I'm now not used to it. There also wasn't really any invisible walls, but there were some invisible roofs which were weird.

[@JhuliaSalviano]

Honestly I feel like I say this at every new video but this is the best one I watched so far. I started following you right in the beginning and the cackle I have every time you make a joke is priceless. You have such a good comedic timing that is delivered to perfection with your continuous intonation, and the editing is the cherry on top *chefs kiss*. Keep the videos coming and yes we are waiting for the Disney princess run ❤

[@ProxyGateTactician]

Thanks so much! Appreciate the kind words a ton. The Disney Princess thing is on my list of ideas, but it often takes me ages to get to stuff. This 1st person PoV I'd had in my list for a year, and the cat video was on there for 6 months. I'll work hard to keep creating stuff

[@JhuliaSalviano]

@ It does look like a little of work every time so we truly appreciate every video ♥️ And no pressure at all tho (just a bit 👀)

[@Eli_Weston]

only in act one of the video and it's already making a vr mod for this game seem like such a cool idea

[@JBurky15]

Alright, now I need this + VR. I would actually buy a VR headset to play that.

[@Bishop1664]

00:11 mommy

[@Emma-fr9id]

god this hurt my head so much watch...but it was so cool. I love just looking at the pretty environments in game

[@Jules_Diplopia]

Incredible, that you managed this, and that so much of the game was able to allow you to do this.

[@darkdragonmedeus705]

I always love watching the videos to find it "It is possible to clear the game while restricted to this via abusing the sneeze mechanics utility."

[@Frostweather]

The back of my hand vs the back of my ass comparison caught me off guard hahaha

[@godloki098]

Amazing mod. Might be my first time seeing a streamer kill the Brain without explosives

[@aristoeldesarmado]

Damn you, Todd Howard! You did it again!

[@Foofalaf]

Swen posted your vid on twitter

[@ProxyGateTactician]

WOW he really did!!! thank you so much for sharing that's made my day

[@ВладиславБулаев-л3э]

​@@ProxyGateTacticiancongrats! 😄

[@PikaJim]

Now we need VR comparability

Wow, the game looks incredible from this perspective!

[@shaniaduchene8063]

7:27 i definitely did not know those statues were holding babies 🤯

[@ryoups]

It would be awesome if you could make a guide on how to Set up this all thing ! Nice vidéo btw

[@Mightimus]

Strangely but this proved to me one more time how amazing Might and Magic VII can be with modern graphics

[@seb3661]

I can't believe this game could have looked better but this video proved it

[@ThePhoenixQueen1124]

15:50 is so valid I too would do this first thing with this mod lmao

[@tylercrabtree2178]

That was a head on perfect delivery!

[@sheeppeas8214]

13:42 so this is the “handsome younger man” the narrator was describing 😭

[@First2TheKee]

"mario ass warp-pipe" 💀

[@BucklingSwashes]

It's insane how much detail Larian crammed into this game.

[@constipation4650]

That Onyxia joke made me chuckle like a mad man. I certainly do miss Vanilla's shenanigans raiding scene.