‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Prepared for 100k Concurrent Players, They’ve Gotten 700K
‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Prepared for 100k Concurrent Players, They’ve Gotten 700K
Larian’s Swen Vincke posted a tweet yesterday showing the game hitting 500,000 concurrent players, making it the third most played game on all of Steam He said that he told IT to only expect 100,000 concurrents at max.
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It’s not a very good game though, it certainly doesn’t feel like bg1 or 2. Feels more like a space blaster game. Don’t build any melee characters, 95% of combat is ranged (to take advantage of the verticality of course). Every encounter is clearly setup to give the opponents maximum advantage. Breaks immersion for me.
It’s just a re-skinned divinity os2. Plays exactly the same. Graphics aren’t much better either. It’s clearly setup to port to ios, and it shows in the graphics.
And the story is so stupid. You have a parasite that will turn you into a mind flayer in days. That’s established immediately after starting. But then hey, spend days or weeks fucking around doing side quests. Never mind what we said about the parasite.
The rolls are stupid, like a mini mobile game that takes you away from the story for a short period of time. The roll animation shows the die rolling like normal, then you can always see the number change at the last second. It never feels random. Way too many 1s and 20s.
The combat is tedious as fuck. The camera angle is always wonky. You can never get a decent view of the battlefield. If you zoom out more than 5 ft it translates to a completely overhead view that sucks.
And there’s no options for overwatch or reactions. Nah you take your shot now or not at all dumbass. What is this, x-com?
it’s nothing like the og bg. So sad the story and characters are woke and stupid. So sad how little it takes to placate you sheep. Baaahhhh bahhh.
There are a lot of issues with the game but nothing of what you are talking about is true.
Melee combat is OP right now. My paladin can one shot almost everything and takes no damage from missiles.
Dice rolls are random. If you're getting a lot of 1 rolls and 20 rolls then that is just your own personal luck.
Reactions are attacks of opertunity and they exist in the game.
The story is much better than BG 1 or 2. Maybe you're thinking of Planescape. Then you would be correct.
By default dive rolls are not truly random, check out the “karmic dice” setting under gameplay settings.
Larian making a better story than the original BG games? What kind of brain dead opinion is that.
Obvious troll is obvious?
For a minute there, I just assumed you were a knuckle-dragger with no sense of taste, but saying the graphics are clearly designed to be ready to port is just tipping your hand.
You might need to find a new hobby, dude.
I think it’s fantastic :) but I’m just a dumb sheep.
The other dude who replied to you is an idiot. You're just fine 🙂
Exactly what also ruined Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, etc. Dumb sheep consuming garbage media bringing ruin to francaise as producers see that they can get away with minimal effort. Thanks for numbering among the billions like yourself.
We’re all sheep, but some of us are more equal than others. Bahhh bahh.
Wasn't giving everyone bows the optimal strat in BG1 as well? I recall doing much better once I stopped trying to micromanage melee fighters.
Not what I recall from bg1 and 2. But the enemies in those games weren’t always positioned at difficult-to-access locations making it hard to use melee weapons. While using ranged weapons in bg1 and 2 might have made “management” easier for you, you’re at a major disadvantage with melee weapons in bg3 because nearly all enemies will use ranged attacks and they do their best to keep moving away from you. It’s not fun.
Then run up to them, catch them by surprise so you get a free turn to close the distance, there are options but it is tactically oriented. Also turn down the difficulty is an option, nothing lost by playing on an easier difficulty. If you're in range with a melee character they should get a reaction when an enemy runs away which gives basically a free attack action. I haven't progressed far but it feels like an expected difficulty at normal. Not saying normal is easy but you're only expected to do a few encounters before resting so your casters can perform well.
Sounds like it's just not a game for you. The fact that hundreds of thousands are enjoying suggests it is in fact a very good game.