The Absolute Garbage That Is Modern Gaming

[@gauklerkonig9783]

Baldurs Gate 3 is full of Woke BS

[@Kapppa]

@@gauklerkonig9783 true, having gay sex with an evil octopus is too woke, I can't believe they'd indoctrinate our children like this.

[@Ragitsu]

@@Kapppa Old school D&D was far more willing to have evil monsters exist as a monolith and, of course, be *inherently* evil; nowadays, with 5e, there is this weird insistence that we treat evil monsters as some sort of misunderstood human or, worse, that evil monsters are supposed to be paper-thin analogs for real-world ethnic groups. It's as if they missed the memo on what escapism means.

[@VictorGarcia-lb9pk]

pin of shame

[@growcactus]

True but, I'm ultra MAGA and still tapped that squid ass.

[@Paintedarch]

I don't know why but I enjoyed Divinity Original Sin 2 far more, and was more engaged in the story

[@Delalow862]

BG3 Is just insane. Such an amazing game, can't remember a game that made me WANT to do multiple playthroughs in such a long time.

[@katiatall]

Exactly, in the 20 years I've been playing video games, this is the first one I started going through for the second time in a row, and now it's my third, incredible replayability, story, character development and gameplay.

[@ItsOlDino]

I have 170 hours in my first play through. Still not done 😂

[@chrisbarnett5303]

@@ItsOlDino I have about that much and I'm still only half way through Act 2

[@DjDoomtrain]

multiplayer is so great ngl, a bit weird in the beginning but if u play with other maniacs its rly fun

[@erickchristensen746]

I can remember games I wanted multiple plays of. Diablo 2, All the Monster Hunters, all the Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Elden Ring, Borderlands(all of them). And now bg3 There’s plenty of them for me

[@th3n3wc4d]

It is kind of crazy how much of an impact Baldur's Gate 3 has had on the gaming sphere. It came out at the perfect time, flanked by Diablo 4 and Starfield, two games that should be massive blockbuster hits, that seem so tedious and mid compared to this juggernaut of a game.

[@katiatall]

and cyberpank with new DLC three years after the release, and the game is empty and with bugs, where except for the story and marketing never appeared anything

[@siggie8610]

how is cp77 empty and still buggy? Stop living in the past lol @@katiatall

[@FeeFeeFee4]

And that this was by an indie studio!! I am (was) a big fan of Pokemon but seeing Game Freak, and other AAA companies churn out rubbish year on year is so disappointing :(

[@Xparkman30]

​@@nebyliczayou got those backwards

[@Cool_as_the_Northern_Wind]

@@nebylicza is starfield that bad? I gave up on expecting anything more than a boring moneygrab for anything blizzard related, but i had hopes upfor big beth

[@illumenaudie]

You made a really good point about bg3 being a complete package. I've been asked why I like the game so much when older crpgs are "better" in a myriad of ways, or when other games can offer different things. Similar to Elden Ring, I think BG3 just is more friendly to people who aren't already megafans of this style of game.

[@Kapppa]

Yah, I talked to a few people about what made it good. Most people gave examples like "Pathfinder WotR had better roleplaying etc but overall I'd say BG3 was a better experience." It's not like the very best at any one thing, but it is exceptional at everything. I could have explored ease of access a bit, though.

[@diooverheaven6561]

@@Kapppa Pathfinder is great as is Baldur's gate. Altought while playing BG i from time to time tought about playing Pathfinder

[@tmzFRM]

​@@diooverheaven6561 pathfinder is nice and all but... It is far from a directly enjoyable experience. There's nothing in the game that tells you how the classes are supposed to work (well, I guess there's trial and error)... I've played 3.5 so I could remember a lot, but even then, with the things I've forgotten and the things that are new, I had to search for a Pathfinder core rule book before I could know how to level up properly. So I wouldn't say it is intuitive, or that it functions as a game independently in the way BG3 does. Sure, when you're familiar with the mechanics, there's a lot you can do in terms of combat... but there's less you can do - including during combat - than with BG3 (just think the numerous shenanigans that became viral). I think this is a reflection on the differences between core systems: Taking 20 "Illusion of Choice" make a great video about this: Pathfinder ends up being more railroady than D&D even with more apparent options because, in the end, there are less ways to solve a problem and you're more heavily penalized if you're not good at the correct way to deal with it.

[@Tarmax94]

I inform myself to an obsessive point before playing any game, during that documentation process, games give me the "itch" and then I buy the game, if they do not give me the itch, I move to the next game in my list and start over the documentation process, no other game like BG3 has ever given me the itch, only BG3, and after 400+ hrs combining PC and PS5 (yeah, game soo good I bought it twice) this is my fav game ever and my personal GOTY.

[@dominika3762]

Nah, I'm a huge fan of RPG and especially cRPGs. And this is my fav game of all time. Imo better than previous Baldurs Gate. And overall, better than my previous fav of all time Planescape Torment. Because its genius in so many ways. And when it's not perfect, its still very good. So overall, it's close to perfection

[@Aweal7]

I do agree completely with this. Publishers are largely at fault here in the defense of some of these developers. Cyberpunk and NMS have received several free updates which doesn't excuse the launches for many but does show the devs care even if publishers don't.

[@tepigninja7198]

Absolutely agreed! I started No Man’s Sky a couple years ago and im still actively playing it, and I just recently picked up Cyberpunk a couple weeks ago. It’s absolutely amazes me how good both of these games are now despite launching in horrible states. Yeah I agree these games should not have released in such bad states in the first place, but the fact the developers fixed the problems and tweaked things really tells me that they *do* care. I get publishers need to push a schedule but man the reception these two games would of gotten at launch had they have been polished like they are now would have been incredible.

[@ChaoticGoodPeasant23]

Nobody doubted CDPR would fix Cyberpunk. They were angered that CDPR caved to investors, who aren't going to buy the product to begin with.

[@Dradgit]

@@ChaoticGoodPeasant23 You would be surprised at the sheer number of people who doubted they'd continue fixing the game over time. There were a few dozen threads a day after launch.

[@AthenaTennosN]

CDPR did ruin Gwent, though, the most beauituful and intricate CCG to ever exist (so far, anyway). Extremely questionable balancing decisions that started when the game was in a near-perfect state (which resulted in truly massive power creep), weird monetization, no advertising. Most people have moved on, but the disappointment is still there. They just aren't quite the same company that made W3 anymore. Hell, even W3 involved a lot of crunches...and cut content. It would be wrong to say its success spoiiled them, the team had been bleeding talent even prior to the release of the game.

[@LordTrashcanRulez]

​@@DradgitGamers are generally uninformed and stupid, no offense but if the fact that multiple comments here alone praise this game for being indie doesn't say it, nothing else would.

[@HarvestLockwood]

I have some smaller disabilities (carpal tunnel, arthritis, tendonitis) that make it really hard for me to play games now (I'm only 28 lmao). But this game's combat being turned based, and even being able to turn on turn-based mode at any time, allow me to play at my own pace without having to press a million buttons at the same time and worry about dying because my reaction times are too slow. And because I can play slowly, my hands also don't hurt at the end of a session, even multiple hours in. This is the first game I've been able to play in like a year without pain. So, thank you for that part of it, too. This game wasn't made turn-based for accessibility, but it sort of accidentally became an accessibility feature.

[@adnaP_esreveR]

I feel like being able to activate turn-based mode out of combat can count as an accessibility feature. Or at least a quality of life feature that also works for accessibility. It didn't exist in the previous Larian game, Divinity Original Sin 2. There you kinda needed to act fast if you needed to do something out of combat that was time sensitive.

[@deadlyrobot5179]

I also have carpal tunnel, but I can't stand turn-based, but it's a good thing it worked out for you. Also, the auto save in this game made the game unplayable for me. Me: loot half the map and carefully talk to the NPCs to progress the story Me: accidentally click on an apple in an area The NPCs: it's death for you thief Me: trying to reload the game from the last autosave and finding out that the last autosave was 40 minutes ago Me: hell nah

[@moonwatcher99]

@@deadlyrobot5179 You do know about quicksaving, right? (I'm not being snide, this is a genuine question.) I made a post it note for my husband, because he's not used to playing pc games where that's a thing, and it basically say, "F5 (or Pause + Y on controller) before lockpicking, talking, pickpocketing, or combat." And you can actually quicksave even in the *middle* of combat.

[@KingQuatto]

@@deadlyrobot5179you can turn auto save off

[@deadlyrobot5179]

​@@moonwatcher99 This game is so good that I keep forgetting to save, the autosave shouldn't be that busted that I have to manually save the game. Cyberpunk 2077 has a fantastic autosave, and I never got annoyed going back to an autosave save file. But in BG3 is extremely annoying.

[@ZombieWolfe]

What's funny is that when devs actually care about their customers and don't want to take their money their customers throw money at them wanting the devs to take it.

[@shanemaxwell1784]

Honestly. I went to buy the collector's edition pack for Baldur's Gate 3 to support Larian for another fantastic game, only to discover I already had it because I had bought the game in early access. WHY WON'T YOU TAKE MY MONEY LARIAN?

[@patricepochet8504]

XD u made my day man @@shanemaxwell1784

[@CLOYO]

@@shanemaxwell1784 Buy on other platforms?

[@haxican6114]

I know they won't do it, but I would be completely okay with paying for a DLC just cuz I want to throw money at them

[@BlitzkriegBryce]

I've done that with Deep Rock Galactic, more than once.

[@LoverOfKitsune]

Two minor details that make Baldur's Gate 3 even better: Mods, and coop gameplay. Did a full hundred plus hour play through with a friend where we were dedicated to the party members we started the game with. It's so much fun trying to build up synergy together. Agree on big decisions. Have multiple ideas for how to complete puzzles or be clever in combat. By the end of the game I cared more about throwing people into other people because it was funny instead of casting fireball. No play through will ever be the same. Each build will be different. Each character having different dialog options. It's brilliant, and I love every second of it.

[@kyero8724]

If your game needs mods its not that great. No Ingame chat for Co op, No indicator that people in your Co Op are even in the dialogue screen. Mass amount of bugs that you ignore because of a brain defect. etc

[@Xoulrath_]

God that sounds awful. I will never play this game with anyone else. Hell, I'll probably never finish it since I'm not in love with it like so many others.

[@Xoulrath_]

​@@kyero8724ah, a person of taste who understands just how IMCOMPLETE Baldur's Gate III actually is.

[@kyero8724]

@@Xoulrath_ theres a mountain to go through. Ive seen companions appear in chats like Gale appearing out of thin air when the old wizard appears. theres also the god waful pathing that the AI takes you if you want to loot anything. AI gets so retarded when you try to travel through poison clouds. or do a jumping puzzle. the "Non Lethal" option often still kills people in the story. Jump is strictly tied to strength so any Dex class is incapable of jumping to get advantage in a fight or exploration a pain. while plated melee classes can jump 50ft into the air.

[@kevinhulvey7018]

These two above me are so salty. It’s 300 hours of entertainment, quality story, and an absence of any predatory monetization. If ya can’t enjoy it because characters feel like superheroes and there’s bugs in a 300 hour long masterpiece, keep to yourself then lol

[@Kimzao86]

I'm not a fan of turn-based games, never played D&D, but I'm on my 5th playthrough, I have over 500 hours, and I just can't stop playing it, I keep finding new stuff I had no idea was in there, and the game keeps impressing me with the amount of branching and consequences for your actions and dialogue choices.

[@Cool_as_the_Northern_Wind]

May i interest you in an experment? You know, of the pleasant variety. Try to play Baldur's Gate 2 and see how long does it take you to get fully immersed. Is 1 of the best rpgs ever made, but has 22+ years and lots of technical limitations (obv) The main difference is the amount of reading through which many encounters and event are presented to you. My theory is that after the few first hours of disorientation, you'll fall for the game just as hard, because the core of what you (and me and everyone else) loved about BG3 was already there; the clever writing, the weird complex companions, the ridiculous amount of freeedom granted to the player, the hard, dynamic encounters... Look, if you promise to give me feedback about your experience, i'll help you get a copy of the enhaced edition. seeing that even non crpg enthusiasts are getting the dnd bug makes me pretty happy.

[@alecadams5494]

How you at 500 hours and the game came out like 2 months ago, touch grass maybe lol?

[@deafblind-w6k]

@@alecadams5494 says the boy who plays genshin omegalul. At least he’s a human being

[@alecadams5494]

@@deafblind-w6k stopped playing years ago, even then, I barely made it to 20 hours within it's first month, I pre-ordered BG3 and just finished my first playthrough with 100 hours, you can't disagree with me and say 500 hours in two months is crazy, like assuming he was playing everyday that's like 8-9 hours everyday straight, practically a full time job😭😭

[@lolakola2917]

yo i play both, genshin takes 15-20 mins a day, its on-going game.@@deafblind-w6k. it's completely irrelevant that he plays genshin. don't be so toxic. 500 hours in 2 months is almost 8.5 hours a day for everyday of 2 months. touching grass is good advice at that point :)

[@JustVoody.]

The first time I played this game with my friend, I played for 7 hours.

[@saddoombringer2149]

See nongamer or people that have lives get hooked by this game is kinda like see someone taking their first sip of beer

[@skaetur1]

Encouragement!

[@proverbialking3452]

Those are rookie numbers....you gotta pump those numbers up

[@Stuartette]

I forgot to eat for 2 days when the game first came out

[@saddoombringer2149]

@@Stuartette Jesus Chris 👀 that’s actually not normal behavior

[@RomeDrori]

I feel like I need to point out that that don't make BG3 the new standard tweet was entirely misinterpreted. Gamers want meaningfully games with no padding, it doesn't need to be 150 hours long, but aside from that great vid.

[@catandrobbyflores]

I'd give larian 20 bucks for just a cosmetic item pack and I know it would be worth it.

[@rayyanali4471]

BG3 is fucking long but with zero padding.

[@Hemlocker]

Even that makes no sense to me though, almost nothing in the game is "padding", and anything that someone might consider such is almost certainly optional anyway...

[@LadyStoneheart312]

​@@rayyanali4471I think he means that copycats often fail to grasp the essence of what made the original games good. Games went for open world cause of Skyrim's success but often failed to actually put any soul in their world, leaving it with a bunch of fetch quest junk. It actually makes their world feel emptier rather than bigger. Or soulsborne copycats with annoying gameplay without any of the innovation that makes from's games stand out

[@sheddingfeathers3622]

Meaningful games should be hundreds of hours worth of gameplay value. Who even pays $60 anymore for a 9 hour campaign of cutscenes and quick time events.

[@MrsKeeker]

The 'FU' segment is exactly how I have felt about gaming as a 97' baby who saw the rise and fall of SO MANY GAMES! BG3 IS AMAZING

[@mordor1779]

When did a dev from cdpr ever criticized BG3 ? It's the opposite they're all praising the game on twitter. Jesus it makes my blood boil to see them be considered on the same level as the worst like Activision when they made such a game with cyberpunk in terms the insane art direction, scope and size the world and level of detail in the architecture with a city like we've never seen before, the quality of the stories told and the characters, the side quests, the atmosphere and soundtrack and how dark and depressing this setting is, how it has such a unique identity about it. God people are so dumb

[@blazex224]

Honestly I feel like the failures of Blizzard, EA, and others are overshadowing the crazy successes in gaming this year. Remnant 2, Lies of P, Armored Core, Jedi Survivor (save the optimization), Zelda, Baldur’s Gate 3, and so many more releases stack this up to be such an insane year for gaming

[@ZekromEXPlays]

Lies of P is just stolen Bloodborne Assets...

[@WellThatWasLameLL]

no Knack this year tho, so its still an L overall

[@Hodoss]

A bit of a tangent, but we shouldn't say "Blizzard", that's playing into Activision's hand. There is no Blizzard, has been dead for a while. This is Activision wearing its rotting skin.

[@peterpan4038]

@@Hodoss Lets not forget about King, it's Activision Blizzard King. King, as in the mobile game giant that got added to the Activision Blizzard shitcake Bobby was already brewing up for his shareholder buddies.

[@Hodoss]

@@peterpan4038 Lol I see, "Do you guys not have phones?" I guess the goal is to turn most of their games into Diablo Immoral.

[@efxnews4776]

To be fair, both CDPR and Hello Games, did more than fix their games, they improved, Cp77 was fixed more than a year ago, and the subsequent patches from update 1.2 were mostly improvement updates, the last one that came for the DLC (wich basically give a whole new playtrough) was a complete overal of the game and reworked a LOT of things that folks didn't even expect before. Same with No Man's Sky, wich now only do updates in the game to add more cool stuff to it, so it is a bit unfair judge so harshly this to companies NOW, not saying they didn't deserve the criticism, but they DO deserve the credit for doing the RIGHT THING at the end, even WORST than a buggy mess is a company that not only get away with a bug mess, but also has the AUDACITY to tell players to "UpGrAdE yOuR pC" for the poorly optimized trash they released yes, i look at you Todd (wich basically let Red Fall die out without even care to fix it). Both NMS and Cp77 are great games (i consider Cp77 a masterpiece now) and NMS is a great game made with love to last forever.

[@kokorodav7622]

"Changes on gaming it brung" huh? I ain't seeing any, I don't see people copying bg3, nor being inspired by it. Good game though, just not as good as most say

[@timmoman]

After playing BG3 through and being a huge Divinity series fan, I cannot feel but a little disappointed. I can truly understand the awe of playing it if you’re never tried Larian’s previous works, but for me the whole game was a WAY too long without any real reason for being so. The worst offender however, was the constant bugging which creates situlations which can become impossible to complete and player keeps wondering is he/she/they doing something wrong or is all caused by some bug. This would’ve been called game breaking in old days, but I understand how much more important weird sex/gender stuff and revealing modded outfits are for modern woke gamers.

[@Kapppa]

I had to make this review because Videogamedonkey refuses to do it himself

[@skaetur1]

I see how much edits you did. 👍

[@patrioticbat]

The video is definitely not late at all! It's never too late to talk about something you're passionate about. Hell, people are still dropping Witcher 3 videos 8 years later

[@TheYuleTube]

Your production value is super high, and you deserve more recognition.

[@kyero8724]

Yea we know you wanted that Clout and did the same video 1000 other people have done already.

[@alloftheexperts2111]

It's never too late to remind people of what just happened. I would not mind if you did it again in a year or so when we have a whole wicker basket full of shit game releases added to the pool of already shit games.

[@SudoYETI]

To be fair to both Cyberpunk 2077 and No Man's Sky, those are both REALLY good games now. Those launches though... oh boy

[@rylockgaming4642]

This was the most entertaining video on the subject of why baulders gate is making waves in the industry. Great jokes, great flow.

[@frickedeeky]

Baulders?

[@IridescentKySoul]

​@@frickedeekybalding gate

[@niemand7811]

The absolute garbage today are video game reviewers all over youtube and such that think their little opinion counts for anything. If video game reviews meant as much as many fools believe we would have stopped getting games decades ago. It could have all ended in the latter 90s. Gosh I've read some garbage then. And this trend has never stopped.

[@obaniumminer4757]

Cyberpunk is really good now, I would recommend everyone to try it out as well

[@darker2885]

Kinda unfair to put Cyberpunk along Redfall, especially that they gave everyone a free upgrade for consoles unlike some other studios with their games. They also did 2.0 recently which made the game a lot more interesting that before.

[@danieldevries2644]

So much bandwagoning. "Im on my fifteenth play!!! OMG!!!!" BG3's popularity is a massive group hysteria session. It is a good quality game, but the Larian writing brings it down compared to earlier outings. No major KZbinr will make a negative video about BG3 because they fear the backlash.

[@Kapppa]

I am not a major KZbinr, but BG3 was genuinely my favorite gaming experience within the past decade. Also, yes, I played it before the hype. Your free not like it as much as me. I don't think anybody fears backlash. It just has so much good going on with it, and the companies business practices bought them a of goodwill with basically the entire gaming community. There's just not a whole lot to criticize other than not liking the style of game. There're like a few gripes I have with the writing in very small parts of the story, and there was like one quest that really frustrated me with bad design. The thing is that those problems came in many hours into the game and they're completely dwarfed by all the positives. If you've experienced the few problems with the game, you probably already like it a lot. For what it's worth, I think the writing was generally pretty good, especially considering the scope and winding paths.

[@AngladaFrankFrankyvape]

When The Witcher 3 released, feature complete, with writing that stomps on most AAA studios and free of microtransactions and with DLC sold at 20$ the size of any AAA RPG it was also applauded by gamers and critics for doing so yet, nothing fucking changed. The only thing individuals can do is voting with their wallets. Don't pre-order, don't participate in 3 days early access BS and don't buy games with cash shops, battlepasses and other crap that, l;et's face it, are micro no more. 40$ for a skin or a battlepass is the price of many indie or AA gems on relwase. Be clever, buy games like this one because they are the ones deserving your hard earned cash.

[@dinosdaniel3508]

BG3 makes me feel like people haven't played videogames before

[@michealwillis963]

The Baldur's Gate 3 I played was great, but super buggy. Tons of glitches. Tons of crashes. Hardly "completely".

[@KresnikOSRS]

My first playthrough I would stay up until 2/3am regularly trying to get as much gameplay in as possible. I hope I can find more games that capture me like that again. Right now I’m taking a break since I played two characters and could tell I was needing a switch up.

[@MikhailRomantsov]

Speaking of games that sold unfinished, at least cyberpunk and nms did redeem themselves and are great games to play.

[@Cool_as_the_Northern_Wind]

Wanna know the craziest part of all this? What makes BG 3 so great HAS ALREADY BEEN IMPLEMENTED MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO. let me explain. BG 3, thanks to its incredible voice acting and beautiful visuals has brought to the mainstream a rpg genre which over the years had become really niche (even though we saw a resurgence in the lst few years), the CRPG, or Computer RPG. Lots of players totally new to this kind of experience got their minds blown by the crazy amount of unique otucomes possible, unique interactions, and radical freedom of action. Which is beautiful thing and it makes me happy. But the core mechanics are not new. That depth of storytelling complexity was already reached with BG 2, Planescape : Torment and many other classics. The main difference? They were text based and many interactions resolved through very well written walls of text. I know it might sound atrocious if you never encountered this kind of approach, but it works surprisingly well. You forget you're reading this much after a very short while. Larian did a close to perfect job bringin the spirit of the genre back, but packaging it in an extremely catchy shell.. It feels like playing dnd with a caring dm and weird, funny dedicated friends. So my point is: what modern game industry is beginning to lack is OUTSTANDING, IMMERSIVE WRITING. Investing in large teams of dedicated, funky weird crazy writers and artists and designers and fucking explain to fhe investors that this is how you actually make something worthwile. but sadly, the more gaming studios are forced to answer to boards of investors, the less space there will be for the pure creative side of design.

[@thatoneguy9816]

Just be quiet dude. It’s new.

[@Cool_as_the_Northern_Wind]

@@thatoneguy9816 what is supposed to be new, exactly.

[@thatoneguy9816]

@@Cool_as_the_Northern_Wind all the bs you are taking about

[@Cool_as_the_Northern_Wind]

@@thatoneguy9816 what, the one you didn't even read?

[@thatoneguy9816]

@@Cool_as_the_Northern_Wind the bs?

[@oldsoul3539]

That anyone these days is willing to play a game they know has microtransactions in blows my mind. Maybe you have to come to terms that you actually have some kind of gaming addiction and it's not a good thing. It's like a bait and switch tactic, the flashing lights and animation of a gatcha that looks like it's designed for babies only somehow gets a pass because it's stuck like an alien parasite to something more closely resembling a game, but is also item drop gatcha. Why the fuck do wolves drop ammo? Why do birds carry gems? It's all nonsense for babies.

[@LadyStoneheart312]

I've already played this game for about 600 hours and I'm only now taking a deliberate break because a) it feels like I'll never stop playing otherwise and b) i wanna play it again later on and feel genuinely excited for it. It's really such a massive package of good content it made me feel like a kid again. Really excited to see what comes of this. If nothing else we'll get an awesome definitive edition sooner or later!

[@brycetheobald5512]

No life alert, get a job do something with your life. This is pathetic probably the same type of woman who says she wants her man too be 6 pack 6 figures and whatever else. Yet probably overweight and doesn't shave.

[@EnglishStrippedBare]

I haven't played BG3 and I'm not sure if I will. Just wanted to drop by and say tight editing on this video.

[@jmmywyf4lyf]

This game is so boring that I can barely keep my eyes open playing it. And crpg are my favorite genre.. Shallow, Slow, Boring.. That about sums it up

[@casualcookin3893]

What the hell is CDPR doing in 1:11 Witcher and Cyberpunk are ten thousand leagues above the rest in the picture and on par with BG3 and Elden Ring which was mentioned a few seconds later

[@anishapoorwakispotta7754]

Witcher 3 and cyberpunk 2077 were realised with a LOT OF BUGS This hasn't been the case with baldurs gate 3, larian is now fixing small issues. Aside bg3 release was FAR more stable than witcher 3 and cyberpunk 2077 or even Skyrim

[@casualcookin3893]

I only care about the final product which i like way more than Baldurs Gate for sure, not to mention Cyberpunk is trillion times better optimised than BG3 @@anishapoorwakispotta7754

[@What_do_I_Think]

I want to point out the incredible dialog writing. The dialogs are insanely good. So much drama, so incredible fleshed out characters. Did not find similar in any game yet. It is like reading a very good book -- but with great voice acting and cutscenes.

[@Butelish]

Just play other role playing games. Dragon Age Origin has better dialogues and that's not to mention games like BG1, BG2, Arcanum, Plainscape Torment, Fallout 1 and Fallout 2. BG3 has great dialogues, but it's not the best that was among story rpgs

[@What_do_I_Think]

@@Butelish I have played several of those. But I hold by my opinion. I have played DA:O very long and the story was good, but for me, BG3 is still better. It has the full package for me. I think, it is just your taste. Some can not argue about tastes, but please also respect mine, or I can not take you serious with such a flat statement you made! My taste is different and I also have seen a lot -- and about DA:O -- no game of that caliber came around in the last years, except BG3.

[@LadyStoneheart312]

​@@ButelishI grew up with Dragon Age Origins and have played it for probably more than a thousand hours total. I love it more than I can adequately describe in a few sentences. Baldur's Gate has at least as good dialogue if not better. Sometimes it feels like the sequel to Origins we never actually got, especially if you install some camera and movement mods to make it play like a 3rd person game

[@Pedgo1986]

Who would guess that rpg adventure needs good story :D My problem with today games is they are dumb and boring. Mechanics are reduced to chores to artificially up game time. Stories are contrived nonsense injected with today political nonsense so even escapism part is gone. And while i am casual player this idea that game must be for everyone therefore is dumbed down to bare minimum go far. Also most aggravating thing is many games have good core but some genius with agenda who never played any game always have this great idea and blow everything. Like D4 that game is great for first play but then it fall of cliff and because they had this great idea game that was always met to be single player should be "multi player" now which means they are now stuck with mechanics and balancing for MP that people dont want. In SP you can go anything it doesent matter crazy builds, items, numbers but in MP now you must level playing field everything must be equalized nothing can be too good now you cant play game as you want but how others want and allow you. This decision will kill D4 because fixing it would require too much effort and redo too many things i give them until season 5 and game will be abadoned.

[@What_do_I_Think]

@@Pedgo1986 I agree with your findings about D4. Additionally I think, that the D4 devs just took the mechanics of D2 or D3 and put it partly in this game -- but did not fully understand it. So they created all those idiotic affixes, which simply destroy fun in this game. They are nothing else but distraction. The "more is better" syndrome, which creates BAD games. And yes, they will not be able to fix it, because to fix it, they would need to completely rework big parts of the game and afterwards all characters in the game would be simply broken -- start new. They won't do that.

[@undertaker_h]

I 100% agree with the whole video. The only thing I think there are better examples of unfinished games on launch than No Mans Sky and Cyberpunk. While both had worse launch ever, both studios are not shitty scam-corporations and after years of post-launch support both are indeed great games. So rough launch, yeah, but they didn't deserve to be on the same list as Ubi, EA, Blizzard etc.

[@Dro0zzy]

I didn't show any interest for Baldur's Gate at first but that's because I didn't wanna bother to look it up as I was already pretty invested in another game I was loving super hard... But then I randomly stumbled with a video of someone playing a dragon kinda race and I instantly got like "fuck I MUST get that" and then it started... I can't stop thinking, can't stop playing, can't stop loving Baldur's Gate 3 for all it's worth, it was worth every single penny, the team behind such game should be proud for developing a true masterpiece midst so many big releases that dissapoint gamers due to escessive microtransactions and post launch DLC updates and all that frustrating stuff. Truly an actual raw gaming experience in plain 2023!

[@squirrel8397]

Same, I had no idea what BG3 was until I randomly stumbled across some clips of the game. Although I had never played turn-based games or DND, I still tried BG3 and have zero regrets. Amazing game, worth every single dollar, would definitely recommend.

[@TheKsenpai]

"The Cheese fog is coming" BG3 was a wakeup call, a quality follow up to Elden Ring.

[@Hemlocker]

My first playthrough was about 65 hours, I kinda rushed through especially in act 3 and missed loads of stuff. I just finished my second playthrough of 90 hours. I already want to do like two more (one evil, and one as a chaotic neutral bard). It's the first game in many years that has made me genuinely fear for my ability to keep up with my adult responsibilities.

[@LadyStoneheart312]

My first and second playthroughs were around 120 hours each 😅 I tried to do EVERYTHING

[@wilfredwayne7139]

I finally stopped playing after my save files kept disappearing probably won't touch the game again after that.

[@emotionalnpc]

I’ve been playing BG3 for 3 years now, and I was pretty sure that when it came out, it would just be some niche game with a small(ish) but dedicated fan base. To see it become loved by so many people, to see it reach such great success, it makes me so happy. Thank you for this video ❤

[@snusmumricken]

i'd been playing since patch 3 of the early access and 100% agree, I did not think it would get the love it deserved because of how fucked gaming today is

[@Alex-wp9oo]

Same, it’s probably because the divinity games were just that. As a side note, divinity original sin 2 is just like BG3 (except without the voice cutscene but the gameplay is very similar). It’s such a gem, I hope it gets the recognition it deserves because of BG3.

[@emotionalnpc]

@@Alex-wp9oo I hope a lot of people who crave more BG3 go to Div as well, amazing games

[@emotionalnpc]

@@Alex-wp9oo I hope a lot of people who crave more BG3 go to Div as well, amazing games

[@snusmumricken]

@@Alex-wp9oo I and other larian fan friends of mine all think dos2 is best described as the prototype for bg3. Its a bloody brilliant game but you can tell what they were working towards especially looking at divinity 1 and how their games have gotten bigger and bigger

[@foxubis6668]

No-one: Absolutely no-one: Subtitles: "The cheese fog is coming..."

[@Blorxian-hater]

The last game that hooked me in as hard as baldurs gate 3 was factorio. You know, the game commonly referred to as “cracktorio” because it’s so addicting

[@genevievec.8002]

They should have had you do their trailer. This video felt like 3 different wildly awesome trailers stitched with some good commentary. Great content.

[@zenkai8247]

I seriously don't get the hype behind this game, maybe it's only for those who grew up playing D&D and enjoy larping..

[@deceiver444]

Seeing the massive success BG3 has met overall, even with more mainstream/casual oriented audiences (who ain't particularly familiar with DnD nor huge ass tactical Crpgs), it seems like this game is potentially for anybody.

[@carlosstoneking]

lol I loved that you used that idiot for your turn based portion of the video instant subscription.

[@geolrik]

Between my main save, a coop save with my actual DND party, and a dark urge playthrough, I've already experienced so much variety that this game has to offer and know there's so much more I've still not seen, let alone will probably ever see (I unfortunately have a life outside of gaming) and I love it. such a breath of fresh air, and I'm excited to play the other BG + Larian titles in the future!! Such a based company.

[@Xoulrath_]

It's literally the same game every time, but sure, it's SO different becuase you're playing as a different character. Are people all brain dead now?

[@Hemlocker]

@@Xoulrath_ Spending this much of your free time telling everyone how much you hate something isn't brain dead at all

[@Xoulrath_]

@@Hemlocker dude, I'm retired, buddy, pal, guy. I've got nothing but free time in between these damn Hulu commercial breaks.

[@Hemlocker]

@@Xoulrath_ That's even worse. I hope I'm not this sad when I retire.

[@lefoix4629]

​@@Xoulrath_you act pathetic.

[@tahiria2270]

why did this video & bg3 completely inspire me to realise how shit the gaming world has become. It's not that my love for gaming is gone, it's that THE REAL GAMES ARE GONE. bg3 has consumed my life please help. (but dont its been 6 years since a game has grasped me this badly)

[@pmarreck]

Throw Barb with “Barrelmancer Meta” is my jam. Tossing enemies bodily off cliffs never gets old. Placing barrels as traps and then setting them off in a chain reaction outdoes a simple fireball any day.

[@mimmikyu4452]

This damned game made me start 12 playthroughs and only finish one... with COUNTLESS of missed quests... there's always something new, I CAN'T MAN, NO GAME FEELS THE SAME ANYMORE. FOR A FULL MONTH, i skipped DAYS of sleep and I was questioning whether i've slept, what day it was, have I eaten??? The only thing I was doing was shower and play, I had 260 hours in 3 weeks. 3 goddamn weeks.

[@chuchubag]

This is such a masterful use of visuals and "cinematics" (I've seen people try to troll / shit on BG3 for "not having enough gameplay, but instead it's just a powerpoint of cinematics" completely oblivious to the fact that THESE MO-CAPPED SEQUENCES ARE JUST DIALOGUES, EVEN WITH A COW THAT ONLY SAYS "MOO") from the game... all while being relatively spoiler free. That ending sequence is just pure art.

[@chuchubag]

@flamesofhellstudio Yup. Although since the latest patch I decided to kill it right there and then [MINOR SPOILERS] ... as I can't risk Dammon getting killed by the Ooze in act 2. This patch just had it untransform and just gobble poor Dammon up.

[@stucazzu129]

Titles like Left 4 Dead, Halo 3, COD4....this era of gaming will never be touched again, it will never come close!

[@Eliagiulio]

Btw, there was a Honkai Star Rail ad before the video. They still got you

[@Kapppa]

I'm Natasha, an underworld doctor

[@Eliagiulio]

@@Kapppa GETOUTOFMYHEADGETOUTOFMYHEADGETOUTOFMYHEADGETOUTOFMYHEADGETOUTOFMYHEADGETOUTOFMYHEADGETOUTOFMYHEAD

[@lolsurtr4744]

@@Kapppafeeling sick?

[@bladerunner2006]

Almost everything about BG3 is excellent, but unfortunately it‘s also full of identity politics. The companions are a great example. The females are all martial classes, „strong women“. The males are all casters. It‘s like the game has a no-masulinuty-clause. Same goes for their personalities. The males are all timid cucks, the females are all super tough boss bitches. Totally takes me out of the immersion, feels more like a gender studies lecture than a game lol

[@Kapppa]

you've lost the plot

[@exnozgaming5657]

Don't lump CDPR and Hello Games with the rest of those shits. Yes, they made big mistakes and were greedy but they are faaaaar better.

[@jordanplanas176]

Why do your Closed Captions just repeat "The cheese fog is coming."

[@interpolisawesome]

I always say I'm gonna replay a game but never do. This one is definitely getting replayed. I've even gone back after an undesirable event happens multiple times and it never plays out like the last time. Always different. Best game I've played in years.

[@gabegillman2260]

combat never gets stale he said lol. if i could skip every battle i would thats how fucking boring it is

[@anishapoorwakispotta7754]

Maybe you are simply not into table top games.

[@cartoonvideos5]

Yea needs to be a mod to skip combat because the cutscenes and dialogue are the best part of the game

[@Ahhhh393]

I have 160 hours on the game but the longest I’ve played in a play through so far is 25 hours

[@schielkemusic]

Didnt play Baldurs gate III yet, but I totally agree with you on the gaming industry Great vid 👍

[@Marrtinike19]

lol you should play it, its probably the best game of the last dunno 15 years

[@HodajuciParadoks]

Just get vacation and explain family and friends that no one will see you and barely hear your for some time. Great game, it is like the time I was a kid and started gaming. FUN, addictive fun

[@Casual_Genshin_Player]

You must get it and play it no matter what. I don’t typically play CRPGs or dnd related games but *this* , this deserves to be played several times

[@1Ashram]

@@Marrtinike19 It is not.

[@red0014magnet]

Highlights = cutscene Lowlights = GAMEPLAY not GAME of the year

[@jamescrone1588]

I hate turn based games never liked them at all, I can tell you balders gate even though it’s turn based is one of the best games I have ever played. It’s right up there with the Witcher 3 I have around 400 hours on BG3 and I work 2 jobs and own a store 😂🤣. Bg3 is a GOAT

[@MediumChain]

Only problem is the few modern social politics that have been inserted in the background that I can only hope don't become an exceptionally obvious insertion in their next game.

[@danoeel3909]

Several of my friends are playing solo compaigns and we talk about what we're doing in the game... while most of us are having similar experiences, there's enough difference where we realize there's a LOT of options here. One friend did dark urge, and his game is turning out so different it's like he's playing a different title.

[@pierluigiruotolo6548]

Actually, the Dark Urge is an improved Tav experience. In the very same game. And they dont even charge you to have it. It's free.

[@Hemlocker]

@@pierluigiruotolo6548 Not sure I would say "improved", it's just different. It leaves less room for the player to create their own story for their character.

[@JoaoHenrique-qj3ke]

On my second playthrough and my journey so far has been completly diferent. 10/10 would sacrifice all my social life again

[@Datboi59438]

I think the problem is that people just buy everything no matter how trash. Companies do what makes money. If you stop buying trash they will stop making it

[@Butelish]

But bg3 unfinished too) Where is promised upper city? Where is promised epilogues? Why game have so many bugs? Why performance in 3rd act is so terrible?

[@TheRealEnrique1]

Y’all hype bg3 so much it’s insane. It’s a good game…. Just not “best game of all time” god of war, Zelda, hell even Smash is more fun 😂 I hate getting off work to study spells and strategies for small fights that takes 20-30 minutes. Plus the majority of y’all just save scum?? Tf is the point to the glorious story development if yall are just manipulating dice rolls

[@RoguesRetro]

I got bored of BG3 and it's been a slog trying to get back into the game. I don't like the cast of characters and couldn't care less about the overall plot of this game because of them.

[@escit1716]

I can relate to this so much. I bought it, played it an hour and refunded it. It gets a lot of things right and is certainly setting a standard for games to come but it's not cut out for me. I don't like it and it annoys me when people ramble about it being 'the best game ever'....

[@litt420]

No one ever pc FAKE GAMERS : shilling uninspired mobile games by clueless developers LOL

[@eligostheexalted]

AY! I played Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 almost six years before the third game went into early access, and I'm only 23. They might be niche, but they're fun.

[@katiatall]

it's masterpiece, games like this come out once a decade, if not less.

[@looselygaming6130]

elden ring is an okay game, its so overhyped that it's annoying

[@henkhenkste6076]

Imagine thinking BG3 isnt trash

[@deceiver444]

Except a few woke touches here and there (especially in act3) and a character design style too clean looking for my tastes, the game itself is pretty solid for a tactical crpg. Put more than 150h into it and had a ton of fun. What did you find trash in bg3 ?

[@factandsuspicionpodcast2727]

Wanna stop playing? Get to act three.

[@kucir5753]

appreciate for putting Raphael fight song in intro

[@wyldetimesreviews]

When I first booted up the game I expected to play about 3 hours and then take care of some other things... by the end of my first day with the game I logged about 10 hours.

[@nikolajanjatov1001]

I've been following this game since the early access and the vibe it leaves me with is the same as Dragon Age Origins. Especially in the end when you see that each person/faction that you ever helped comes to your aid. Great video! What is the name of the soundtrack at 8:03 ? Thanks.

[@seanedwards6169]

Don't know the name but it's from Elden Ring.

[@connor9042]

Elden Ring theme song

[@DaniSpooks]

i think its ab it of a stretch to have cyberpunk and no mans sky in the same place as red fall.... cyber punk wasn't bad, new dlc is great, and no mans sky stuck with it and fixed it and is also great, red fall on the other hand is awful in every way possible

[@danykonyohov3418]

this game suck, how can you even enjoy such a lame game, story wise it sucks, characters got no emotions and for some reason everybody got harry potter accent, gameplay suck badly

[@Kapppa]

it do be sucking

[@kuro4843]

I've done 5 playthroughs and still am not bored tbh

[@cinderpsycho1985]

I played Divinity original sin 2 and loved it enough to play Divinity original sin 1 and when Baldurs gate 3 was announced baught it. Give more complete games

[@robertbell1804]

I'm so glad I got PS2 PS3 I can enjoy good video games again.Meal while my boring ps5 can sit there and collect dust until somthing good comes out because i'm sick and tired of all these trash games

[@coopstain1728]

DUDE ACTS LIKE HE HAS NEVER PLAYED DIVINITY ORIGINAL SIN 2. LOL

[@skrtdaily5533]

Solid video, I'm so excited for the next 10 years of releases if this is gunna be the benchmark for quality

[@Asparagusk]

I'm gonna be honest, this editing is fucking incredible

[@thomasgrey9121]

Man, this video deserves much more views! Good freaking job! Faque “modern gaming industry”

[@jeremiascarinchi3130]

Most boring moderng Game. Combate system reaaally sloooow, easily beated by black desert( already old Game) and don't show Dragon's dogma to baldurs gate 3( it gonna cry)

[@deceiver444]

Don't play turn based tactical crpgs if you don't like this type of game. Problem solved.

[@jeremiascarinchi3130]

@@deceiver444 And I don't but problem with the game is not fixed. Crpgs? You just want to fk a bear boy...

[@deceiver444]

@@jeremiascarinchi3130 zoophilia has always been the single reason I started playing crpgs in the first place off course.

[@C1umsyJester]

Me and my friend are opening a DND cafe in London. Private rooms, guest DMs that visit (we’d love to get some VA’s in aswell to record the opening narration) make the cafe tavern themed aswell. Hoping with the success of BG3 and with how big dnd is, we’ll be able to get new people into dnd aswell as give dedicated play groups a badass area to play. Backdrops, sound boards for the DM, smoke machines, speakers, unique maps, exciting to see people enjoy themselves and learn the hobby

[@alexnieves]

It's both impressive and sad that creating a fun, well made game that is engaging and cares about your enjoyment is so rare these days. BG3 has kept my full attention since launch and isn't letting go anytime soon.

[@vaclavgembala6773]

When I hear "Baldur's Gate" I expect likeable characters, non cartoonish esthetics, strong musical motifs, dynamic battles and rewarding gameplay. I havent found anything yet in BG3

[@Ragitsu]

Awesome vaclav.

[@Mohgenstein]

Awesome vaclav.

[@vaclavgembala6773]

Awesome me

[@Ragitsu]

Too much in BG3 feels... _convenient_ . Did you get this feeling?

[@TheUnseenGate]

I spent almost 270 hours on my 1st play through😂 which is almost doubled of my Elden Ring 1st playthrough (well opening every single box and bag~ but that aside) I have never had such an amazing first and second and co-op experience in a game. Elden Ring is still my favorite combat action game of all time, but this game is definitely my favorite video game in general of all time at the moment. Edit: A major reason why I love FromSoft games so much is because they put their game before money, no in-game currency, no preorder or deluxe exclusives or bonuses. Everything is earned in game. And Baldur’s is also just like that 🎉🎉

[@mr.starly2423]

First time anyone riding this game so hard it’s disgusting to hear them speak about it. You need help.

[@JakeTheSnake016]

I'll watch this when i finish the game but your editing looks slick.

[@Mom-pl2xb]

watching this while i wait for my saves to finally load back

[@jpartnernapussakorn9681]

I'm not a fan of turn base and bird-eye view game but i love this game because it's story

[@beccad9377]

Unfortunately otto's uncontrollable dance has been nerfed pretty hard in the latest patch :(

[@elmercy4968]

I was already bored after one hour. Game is buggy, story is lame, fights are annoying. I plan to play it through, but it's no fun.

[@TheWarden04]

I messed up my save file, saw the end of the game on KZbin, stopped playing

[@deceiver444]

How did it get messed up ?