Swen entered the boardroom & said: “Let’s get something going”
Having played DOS1 & 2 i can tell you I was AFRAID
DOS1 is something so sentimental to me & Soooo close to being a perfect game
DOS2 took that game, tried to hammer out the parts of it that held it back and they created a Monster. Despicable armour systems that removed the validity of a dynamic party of mages and boots-on-the-ground slappin' & slammin' tough guy types. Terrible initiative rolls. Self serious writing for a story that really truly & respectfully went…. Nowhere. And the list goes on my friends
I will say DOS2 is the only game I have called in fake sick to work for…. shhhh but that has to count for something
And now we enter Baldur’s Gate!!
Game of year!!!!!! Wooo wooooo yipeeee wahoooooo!!!!
After years of Larian asking nicely to work with the IP, Wizards of the Coast gave in and gave us the RPG we have been waiting for
Larian now the developer for hire. Proving that this is the team best kept on a leash. Additional bondage always optional but heavily encouraged
On a whim sweet @curse and i picked BG3 up and tried to keep our expectations LOW. Lower than low. And here we are today 1 1/2 playthroughs down, countless to go. We love this game. I LOOOVE this game and I’m having so much fun
If you want more in depth gameplay etc reviews please see the ones written by my partner @curse and our best friend @moschidae
NOW let me introduce you to the girlies and tell you their stories:
literally clearing my throat so hard right now aheheheeeeemmmmmhmhmm
Siobhan (spent the whole game as ‘Sioban’ because i forgot how to spell it when we made characters & then could never be bothered to correct it)
Githyanki Bard
Loves her friends, just wants to sing them songs. Hypeman.
Shitty at arrows, less shitty but still not great at armed or unarmed melee combat
Kinda pretty ok at spells just doesn’t have good ones up often because too busy casting weak heals. Master of the Knock when Goma (Orc Paladin) failed [nearly] every lockpick check [late game…] [i’m just lying]
Banned from that Baldurs Gate cemetery for grave digging/robbing at the behest of a thief... I swear i thought it’d turned out okay. I had his consent to steal his stolen goods officer ……
Had to kill all her allies at Last Light after seeing Shadowheart’s quest through to what I thought would be most accurate for the character. I said LET ME AT ‘ER the rest of the fucking game……… reader beware….
Abandoned Gale for out-hamming her. Would die for Karlach. Hunky Halsin could almost get it. Joking… mostly…
I will say (serious tone) the romance still being a big part of this game had me so scared so much all of the time. DOS2’s aggressive horniness ruined our experience and made me feel like I couldn’t even be nice to any other character without them promptly needing to get in bed together. It seems a bit better in this game but I still don’t want to touch any of it and I would echo others suggestions for future games that there be options for choosing romantic partner preference and imo the option for turning off the romance prompts entirely. If you like it, I love that for you but it just ain’t for me
Renata
Half-Drow Cleric (not finished playthrough yet, so much to learn)
House of Ilmater
xXPunishedxPrincessXx
Dies for her friends often. Can’t save everybody. I didn’t make a bad character it’s just all part of her lore u see. She is getting better with age and experience and potions and haste spells
Still would die for Karlach but now she is in fact my stay-at-camp wife, I neeeeed Gale going crazy with his wizard rizz this time ‘round. Doesnt drink which was NOT received well by my very favourite Thorm at ALL :c
But she will continue to do good things I’m sure. We are cruisin’ and goozin’ through this playthrough here I tell you what
RE: Epilogue Update
I cried the whole time looking for my best friend and grew increasingly surlier talking to every other companion in my camp until we talked to Withers. Sioban played Old Battles for Karlach on her spider lyre and the crowd went wild. Thank you Withers and thank you Larian. We all needed that
xoxo
brute <3
Having played DOS1 & 2 i can tell you I was AFRAID
DOS1 is something so sentimental to me & Soooo close to being a perfect game
DOS2 took that game, tried to hammer out the parts of it that held it back and they created a Monster. Despicable armour systems that removed the validity of a dynamic party of mages and boots-on-the-ground slappin' & slammin' tough guy types. Terrible initiative rolls. Self serious writing for a story that really truly & respectfully went…. Nowhere. And the list goes on my friends
I will say DOS2 is the only game I have called in fake sick to work for…. shhhh but that has to count for something
And now we enter Baldur’s Gate!!
Game of year!!!!!! Wooo wooooo yipeeee wahoooooo!!!!
After years of Larian asking nicely to work with the IP, Wizards of the Coast gave in and gave us the RPG we have been waiting for
Larian now the developer for hire. Proving that this is the team best kept on a leash. Additional bondage always optional but heavily encouraged
On a whim sweet @curse and i picked BG3 up and tried to keep our expectations LOW. Lower than low. And here we are today 1 1/2 playthroughs down, countless to go. We love this game. I LOOOVE this game and I’m having so much fun
If you want more in depth gameplay etc reviews please see the ones written by my partner @curse and our best friend @moschidae
NOW let me introduce you to the girlies and tell you their stories:
literally clearing my throat so hard right now aheheheeeeemmmmmhmhmm
Siobhan (spent the whole game as ‘Sioban’ because i forgot how to spell it when we made characters & then could never be bothered to correct it)
Githyanki Bard
Loves her friends, just wants to sing them songs. Hypeman.
Shitty at arrows, less shitty but still not great at armed or unarmed melee combat
Kinda pretty ok at spells just doesn’t have good ones up often because too busy casting weak heals. Master of the Knock when Goma (Orc Paladin) failed [nearly] every lockpick check [late game…] [i’m just lying]
Banned from that Baldurs Gate cemetery for grave digging/robbing at the behest of a thief... I swear i thought it’d turned out okay. I had his consent to steal his stolen goods officer ……
Had to kill all her allies at Last Light after seeing Shadowheart’s quest through to what I thought would be most accurate for the character. I said LET ME AT ‘ER the rest of the fucking game……… reader beware….
Abandoned Gale for out-hamming her. Would die for Karlach. Hunky Halsin could almost get it. Joking… mostly…
I will say (serious tone) the romance still being a big part of this game had me so scared so much all of the time. DOS2’s aggressive horniness ruined our experience and made me feel like I couldn’t even be nice to any other character without them promptly needing to get in bed together. It seems a bit better in this game but I still don’t want to touch any of it and I would echo others suggestions for future games that there be options for choosing romantic partner preference and imo the option for turning off the romance prompts entirely. If you like it, I love that for you but it just ain’t for me
Renata
Half-Drow Cleric (not finished playthrough yet, so much to learn)
House of Ilmater
xXPunishedxPrincessXx
Dies for her friends often. Can’t save everybody. I didn’t make a bad character it’s just all part of her lore u see. She is getting better with age and experience and potions and haste spells
Still would die for Karlach but now she is in fact my stay-at-camp wife, I neeeeed Gale going crazy with his wizard rizz this time ‘round. Doesnt drink which was NOT received well by my very favourite Thorm at ALL :c
But she will continue to do good things I’m sure. We are cruisin’ and goozin’ through this playthrough here I tell you what
RE: Epilogue Update
I cried the whole time looking for my best friend and grew increasingly surlier talking to every other companion in my camp until we talked to Withers. Sioban played Old Battles for Karlach on her spider lyre and the crowd went wild. Thank you Withers and thank you Larian. We all needed that
xoxo
brute <3
5 Comments
well worth the wait 🥳
This is one of the sweetest review I've read in a damn long time, and with each review I see I have more and more reason to try out this game
@DeemonAndGames aw!! ^-^" i'm glad you like it! it's a really fun game. of course i can only speak to the co-op experience but i still imagine someone would enjoy themselves playing solo
and if you can't swing the BG3 price tag, DOS1 is likely to go on more of sale and you can sink your teeth into a similar combat system and funny goofy mood
and if you can't swing the BG3 price tag, DOS1 is likely to go on more of sale and you can sink your teeth into a similar combat system and funny goofy mood
moschidae
5 months ago
"Additional bondage always optional but heavily encouraged" thats what she s