Is it a bad sign that one of my first thoughts after finishing the game for the first time was "I wonder what Warlock's thoughts would be?" Have I become sheeple? Please respond, I need to know if I should be worried or not
@wearecoterminous
Жыл бұрын
sorry i can't watch and support you till i finish it :c
@Henry_the_Eighth_
Жыл бұрын
And we needed YOU to play this 😅
@andariel654789
Жыл бұрын
I definitely did not expect this video this soon. I want to play BG3 on my own but before I get through a couple Elden Ring playthroughs, Armored Core 6, FF 7 Intergrade, RE 2 Remake and Persona 3 remake and Hades 2 when it releases, I'll forget everything I've seen in this video.
@professorboondoggle
Жыл бұрын
Didn’t think we’d get this until at least 10 years after the release
@AHMAS_Hotline
Жыл бұрын
Lore +1
@jlaw131985
Жыл бұрын
When I started playing, I knew I had to get him to play.
@davidgoodwin5095
Жыл бұрын
That's how long it will take me to finish this game if I don't stop creating new characters every time I finish act 1. Lol
@ManforSomeMarkets
Жыл бұрын
Gives him an excuse to review it again ten years after the definitive version
@Hawk7886
11 ай бұрын
@@davidgoodwin5095that's literally why I didn't finish this video lol. I'm still wrapping up act 1
@Hesric
Жыл бұрын
Oh no Warlockracy sold his soul to the modern RPG's. Prepare the torches!
@Blisterdude123
Жыл бұрын
To be fair, this is a modern RPG in good old fashioned style. The goodest oldest fashionest of styles.
@danieladamczyk4024
Жыл бұрын
If he had one from the begining.
@ne0nmancer
Жыл бұрын
Warlockracy turned WOKE!!! 🤬🤬😡😡😡😡
@beepmoo8771
Жыл бұрын
@@ne0nmancerWOKE WARLOCKRACY BE LIKE GENDEROUT 2 FOR GAY PEOPLE WHAT'S PRONOUNING ON IN GENDEROUT ONLINE THE SHE (ANARCHIST GENDEROUT HER)
@BeepSmile
Жыл бұрын
@@ne0nmancer Always has been.
@ICHBinCOOLERalsJeman
Жыл бұрын
"Baldurs gate is like a cat you see, we love it, but it is also a murderer" -Warlockracy 2023
@dealwolfstriked272
Жыл бұрын
His views are always amazing!
@disk3001
Жыл бұрын
"And down came the claw"
@ethanwhite2210
Жыл бұрын
“And that, love, was that.”
@tmzilla
Жыл бұрын
The lord of murder shall flourish
@MysteryEzekude
9 ай бұрын
For many mouser cats, that is true.
@zanethezaniest274
Жыл бұрын
The magic of BG3 is that it actually convinced Warlockracy to not be a chaotic evil murder hobo towards the end of the game, if ever so slightly,
@KalashVodka175
Жыл бұрын
Emphasis on the slightly part
@YunoCake
11 ай бұрын
Vengeance for Modoc !
@phalamy9180
11 ай бұрын
Game writing so good it made Warlockracy himself have a character arc
@matthewtanner5127
9 ай бұрын
@@phalamy9180 I had watched 4 of his videos before this: originally an algorithmic suggestion for his jagged alliance 3 vid completely by accident and enjoyed it so much I clicked on the russian mexican (leaving it as ambiguous as it sounds, baby) fallout mod, then the quebecois anarchist fallout tactics mod, then the deus ex total conversion that closed with his disgust at the contemporary state of the 'state' around him and intention to leave before it gets worse. That's a hell of a character arc, and I've been watching for a week and a half.
@egonomics352
6 ай бұрын
Well, the game doesn't really do a good job at convincing or incentivizing the player to be evil in the first place. It's all just chaotic murder hobo.
@Leiliel1
Жыл бұрын
I love how Warlokcracy Dark Urge is a villain...who freed from brainwashing, came to the realization his dad is kind of an imbecile and decides to become classy, successful evil. Perfect.
@MysteryEzekude
11 ай бұрын
Sounds like a pretty accurate description of Caine the Dark Father. =P
@ciaacho1
Жыл бұрын
The fact that a single character (Jaheira), who you didn't expect much of because of her rather shallow previous appearances, persuaded you to change your character from evil to good speaks volumes to the quality of the writing, acting etc.
@Hawk7886
11 ай бұрын
This is literally the best comment damn dude
@hekatebleble4800
9 ай бұрын
This is literally how it went for me as well during my 2nd DU playthrough and it surprised me. I'd actually done an almost full evil run as my first DU char in which Jaheira died during the Moonrise assault. I'd only had some hazy memories from my attempts at playing the original 2 games, yet she still managed to make such an impact despite showing so late during BG3. Amazing character.
@egonomics352
6 ай бұрын
I mean it's not really convincing to be evil in this game in the first place... the only evil in the game is just chaotic murderer.
@Dooom65
Жыл бұрын
Finally, my favorite "small documentary about Videogames I never heard of" KZitemr is back. love you eastern european nerd dad.
@BeepSmile
Жыл бұрын
And with another small documentary about a Videogame I never heard of. :P
@benjaminsente7430
Жыл бұрын
I can´t (or want) to imagine him as a dad. That would be Baldurs Gare in real life - and he knows that!
@Dakkalazy
Жыл бұрын
I like how you chose to keep everyone's goofy looking helmets on
@CrazyxEnigma
Жыл бұрын
Nothing compares to the majesty of the Colovian Fur Hat.
@afivey
10 ай бұрын
@@CrazyxEnigma Indeed. It's like a gift. A gift from the heavens, even.
@BL00DYME55
9 ай бұрын
Something tells me he rushed through the game to release the video asap while the hype for BG3 is still high, and probably didn't even noticed the option to hide the helmets (i know it took me a while on my first playthrough to realise I could hide them). Seeing how he didn't finish Shadowheart's questline, same with Astarion's questline, the "Baldur's Mouth Gazette" questline, didn't even explore that mage tower in Act 3 with all the BiS caster gear, didn't kill the dragon, and so on. So it was all either edited out, or more likely just rushed the main story, and killed half the companions and quest givers to make a video quicker. Was made even more obvious when he said there's another 25 hours left, before he even entered Act 3 lol. Gaming is a job for most of these channels, ain't nobody got time to explore and indulge themselves. But then again, it *was* a Dark Urge playthrough, so who knows.
@exantiuse497
8 ай бұрын
@BL00DYME55 No. He missed some quests, yes, but that's going in blind for you. If you don't read a wiki or walkthrough you will miss quests. The dragon fight especially was basically impossible for him to find because Wyll wasn't around and there's nothing hinting he even exists without him. And he did finish Shadowheart's quest, he literally shows Viconia in the video. The newspaper quest is so pointless I can't blame him for not showing it. You can't show every meanimgless sidequest in a 75 minute video. The only notable quest he seemingly ignored was Astarion's quest Also wtf was that comment about him spending 25 hours in Act 3? Are you implying that's evidence he tushed it? My first playthrough was around 80 hours, so around 27 hours for each act, and I definitely didn't rush it Also, if he rushed through the game to catch up on hype, why would he have taken 2 months to release this video? The game was released on 3rd of August, this video on 3rd of October. The people that actually rushed to ride the hype released videos on the week of release, not 2 months after
@jlaw131985
5 ай бұрын
@@BL00DYME55he did a video because he loved it, not because of the hype. He doesn’t like reviewing newer games at all, and only did this one because I bought him it and he knew he had to share his thoughts lol
@ThatGhillieGuy
10 ай бұрын
"Cinematogrophy in Balder Gates. You know what? We're all gonna make it" is the most unreasonably funny line
@Blisterdude123
Жыл бұрын
I find it hard to put into words my unreasonable love for this game. I forgot what it felt like to fall in love and so lose myself in a videogame like this.
@Atrahasis7
Жыл бұрын
The only recentish game that did that to me is battle brothers.
@ninobecirevic7135
Жыл бұрын
Check out a game called wartales. I think you may like it.
@Geeler
Жыл бұрын
A redemption Dark Urge playthrough seems to be one of the best ones you can do. This game is the first isometric RPG I actually played, and I absolutely fell in love with it pretty quickly. I mistakenly chose Dark Urge blindly, without really knowing much about it. Needless to say, I was in for one of the most enjoyable story and gameplay experiences ever. Spoilers ahead I absolutely enjoyed the entire game, even act 3. I really, really liked the idea of trying to suppress the urges, as much as possible (I have a tendency to play the ultra good guy). I also went with cleric for some reason, I thought it would be cool. I am currently thinking of starting a campaign as Karlach, but I also want to do a super evil Dark Urge playthrough at some point
@FoxyFoxlyn
Жыл бұрын
I played a Dark Urge Druid, wood elf and loved my Redemption story. Romanced Astarion.
@SeruraRenge11
10 ай бұрын
@@fyaunzaun I only kinda agree. I feel like a lot of the time playing evil and going murderhobo gimps your rewards unless you have mods like "vendors drop EVERYTHING when killed" installed. Not to mention, going evil takes away 2 of your companions in exchange for 1.
@leeverguy
8 ай бұрын
@@fipipip Not really. Most of the time it's 'get more/better rewards and more content' for being good. Evil almost always gets shafted as the hardest/worst way to play. Which I guess can be a bad thing in a shitty game, which BG3 isn't.
@delta2372
Ай бұрын
Having just completed a redeemed human durge templar character that hooked up with shadowheart, I feel like it could have been Abit better, I was expecting that I would be under more pressure to not murder someone in certain dialogue scenes if I chose to not do it, it's somewhat there in act 2 but it's completely dropped in act 3. The only thing I can compare it to what I was expecting was something along the lines of the beast of darkness with guts to anyone who knows the berserk series, a mindless monster that seeks to permanently takeover my mind and kill everything in its path, regardless of it being friend, foe or lover. Perhaps I was expecting to much.
@Gh0st652
Жыл бұрын
This New Vegas mod is fucking crazy
@elite6321
Жыл бұрын
Losing Wyll is okay, but disapointing Karlach actually causes me physical pain
@koju-kin
11 ай бұрын
trash
@PeenWienerstien
11 ай бұрын
Simp
@baransimsek5943
11 ай бұрын
Just kill her so u get Wylls Robe and then u only gotta deal with him
@GlizzyGoblin757
10 ай бұрын
karlach is the reddit option
@evangelineirene6994
10 ай бұрын
You can kill her from far away withou trigger an encounter with her, then trigger the event for Wyill to report that indeed you alredy kill Karlach to get the robe, then revive karlach and recruit her 😏
@Dr_Slash
Жыл бұрын
20:19 -- I was able to figure this out pretty early on when I picked up on the fact that the Guardian refers to the mind flayers as illithids. I'm pretty sure the only characters in the game that call them that are the giths and the mind flayers themselves. The fact that a disembodied voice asks you to imagine a guardian the moment you get tadpoled, all while singing an entrancing song about how you should totally succumb to the flow and stop resisting, was a pretty big red flag as well. Also, I appreciate the game throwing a pretty good misdirection at you by introducing the Orpheus quest, so you can't be completely certain who the Guardian is even if you do pick up on these details.
@braith117
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, they did a full 180 from early access. Previously, the line was, "Who do you dream of at night?" and pushed you to use your powers ao they'd have more influence on you and your companions. I'm a bit disappointed they did away with it, but I get to fly and turn into a displacer beast later on so I won't complain.
@Dr_Slash
Жыл бұрын
@@braith117 Yeah, from what I understand, the Dream Visitor from early access and the Guardian from the final release are two completely different characters after the story went through some iteration (which is normal and happens with any game). The Dream Visitor was supposed to be your tadpole communicating with you telepathically. My guess is that the Emperor didn't exist at the time and it was just the chained Orpheus in the prism. To be honest, I like the change. The original twist (if my interpretation is correct and the twist was changed in the first place, that is) would be way too obvious, while with the Emperor you never know what to expect until the very end. Also, it would discourage players from using illithid powers and consuming additional tadpoles, which isn't great from the game design standpoint. Either way, if you really think about it, the Guardian is just the Dream Visitor with extra steps, since the Absolute is manipulating the Emperor (as is revealed at the morphic pool), who is manipulating the player.
@IEatYourSandwiches
Жыл бұрын
i feel like the ilithid thing is not the real twist about that character's identity, lol
@CQchaos7474
Жыл бұрын
@@IEatYourSandwiches yeah. Crazy that there's something more surprising about them
@Hawk7886
11 ай бұрын
Damn this is some spoilery crap ngl
@yeast7485
Жыл бұрын
Just fyi, theres a spell called "remove curse", it removes curses, like the one you had on Astarion for the longest time. Also available in scroll form
@ethanduncan1646
Жыл бұрын
Once you realize clerics have spells to counter every debuff Shadowheart will never oeave the party
@Szoki86
Жыл бұрын
@@ethanduncan1646 considering that there are plenty of healing options (including a bajillion of potions), that there is a scroll for everything and that a dedicated healer = lower dps = less dead enemies = more damage taken overall, then support clerics (healers) rank among least useful classes in the game. A party of 2 melee warriors and 2 offensive casters deals with problems much more efficiently, takes less damage in the process and requires less healing at the end of combat. For example, my party with a 6/6 Sorcerer Paladin (who mostly casts Smite and occasionally Haste), an Open Hand Monk with 3 levels of Thief Rogue, a Magic Missle focused pure Wizard and a Battle Master pure Fighter can demolish absolutely anything in a turn or two with rarely more than a scratch. The longest boss fight in Act 3 (Raphael) has lasted 3 rounds and the boss was dead midway through turn 2. Shadowheart was joining the party only for her story bits, then went right back to being a benchwarmer.
@jiaan100
Жыл бұрын
@@Szoki86 light clerics are good spellcasters, tho with the haste changes from 5e no support class buffs can compete with a sorc's twin haste. Healing in dnd is mostly for picking up downed people. Healing classes big benefit is being able to get someone up just using a bonus action, but in bg3 you can do that on any class by dragging a potion onto the ground and off-hand attacking it, which is really what makes the support role worse off.
@xamotii7988
Жыл бұрын
@@Szoki86 mf if you think Clerics are underpowered in dungeons and dragons 5e you don't have enough knowledge of the system to be making judgements like this
@Szoki86
Жыл бұрын
@@xamotii7988 you are confusing actual 5e with a video game based on 5e. BG3 is not exactly the same and a video game cannot give you as much freedom as playing the source material, nor can it react as well to your plans and actions as a DM can. A video game won't spawn more enemies if the fghts become too easy nor will it stop giving you magical items if you grow too powerful. Unlike DMs, video games are schematic. Video games exist to be won. Are clerics uderpowered in 5e? No, they are invaluable. Are they weak in BG3? Not at all. But are they more useful in BG3 than a purely damage dealing build, like a sorcadin or a fighter/rogue hybrid dual wielding hand crossbows? No. They won't drag you down, they can do some crazy things after all, but they aren't nearly as efficient as some other classes and the fights will be somewhat harder. Once you start playing BG3 without a cleric, you will realize the game never required for you to have one, because it is supposed to be beatable no matter what is your class and what (if any) companions you bring along. I finished all 3 of my tactician playthroughs with more health potions than I could ever need and Shadowheart was a resident benchwarmer (or dead) in all of them. Going from traditional 6 party members down to 4 didn't help clerics either, because it further pushes the need to balance the game around not having a specific class in your active group. This makes cleric-only problems rare and presents pure damage dealers as much more useful to have. Not to mention that haste and greater invisibility are the two best buffs in the game and those lie in wizard's and sorcerer's domain. Tl;dr a cleric is fine, but take a wizard or a paladin instead.
@NolsHub
Жыл бұрын
I actually really love the freedom the game offers, even when it risks trivialising the gameplay (because it is a roleplaying game after all). At the end of Act 2 before it made people hostile towards me and put me into scripted fights, I chose to murder most of the people beforehand while they were still neutral towards me - which made the scripted segments easier . Besides the boss, nobody was granted protection or hidden away in an unreachable location. I think its nice when you're allowed to think outside the box instead of the developers forcing their own ideas of how something should be done, or believing a game must keep a consistence of difficulty.
@Flyon86
Жыл бұрын
That was what made Deus Ex so fun, you could rig up a bunch of mines to kill a boss character or just bring a gep gun and blow them to smithereens very anticlimactically.
@ciaacho1
Жыл бұрын
Larian prides themselves in putting seemingly needless effort into things that 99.9% of players will never find.
@Prof.Pwnalot
Жыл бұрын
The game for me is way to casual. No interactions with items, every interaction comes down to either dialogue, or abilities. Simple as that. There is little thinking out of the box with this title. Actually posted up a negative review of it for that exact reason, so I'm not sure what game you are playing but my argument was they don't make you think outside the box, which is one of your points. So either I'm wrong or you are. And considering there is no interaction and limited crafting, clearly you are wrong and talking about another title. All of your points is an oxymoron since your basis for reasoning doesn't exist (Freedom the game offers), there is limited freedom. It's an openworld game, and even then heavily impacted and scaled down. It's no Bg1,2 or Div. Better yet Owlcat would have been better off instead of Larian, as Larian have cunted the formula. The game is heavily trivialized. Only thing you are right about. Again abilities, that's why it's so simple. It's a mongoloids introduction into crpgs.
@NolsHub
Жыл бұрын
@@Prof.PwnalotJesus.. Ok.. I literally made one point, not points, which wasn't an oxymoron, and it was a legitimate example of freedom when compared to other games. There's definitely arguments to be made about your claims that there are no interactions between items and there being no freedom, but I don't want to argue with a person who thinks one's opinion and perception of a game is fact and should be shared by everyone. It's not rational.
@ciaacho1
Жыл бұрын
@@Prof.Pwnalot what do you mean no interactions? what do you consider interactions?
@thaddeusodonnell3986
11 ай бұрын
Actually reading that book on thorms room gives you the dialogue options that eventually lead to you being able to skip the 1st phase of the 2nd fight w him through a persuasion check.. if you dont read that book you wont get the option, so yea curious players are awarded w knowledge, but knowledge is power.. reading rainbow🌈
@Ghouleh3133
Жыл бұрын
And as the Dark Urge's knife strikes for one last time. As the final droplet of blood falls. As the curtain closes on a desolate world. Three words are heard, whispered by scaled lips: "VENGEANCE FOR MODOC"
@ceast5273
Жыл бұрын
I never do wholy evil playthroughs because I feel bad. But this game goes so hard in how evil you can be that I'm just... impressed. And horrified. Thanks for showing me what darkness looks like, Warlockracy.
@FirstLast-cg2nk
Жыл бұрын
Personally, I prefer running a charisma-based Dark Urge (Durge). See, it's so much more entertaining to deceive and persuade people into doing what the Durge wants, so that the Durge can remove obstacles protecting their target for an easier kill. After all, Bhaal is the god of Murder, not the god of fighting. Besides, there's nothing so dangerous as a serial killer who can talk people into letting their guard down before plunging in the knife.
@HeyFox101
Жыл бұрын
"Harpers are a secret organization seemingly dedicated to fighting ME"(c) Truer words have never been said.
@unnamedenemy9
Жыл бұрын
they *say* their mission is to fight evil, but. . . Wait, no, that tracks.
@000Dragon50000
Жыл бұрын
Minthara's a lot nicer if you break her out of the mind control she's under. Funny how that works. She is ABSOLUTELY PISSED OFF at the jerks who were mind controlling her though so from that point on your options for them are basically murder, murder, murder or murder.
@CrazyxEnigma
Жыл бұрын
She's still a Drow though like Viconia she's interesting and has nuance unlike Viconia there isn't a way to "redeem" her she's evil and will always be evil which makes sense to even get her you have to be an evil sob(yes I'm aware you can get her without doing that and keep companions who would otherwise leave but shit will get wonky doing that). I've also heard she's still bugged despite having a hot fix dedicated to fixing her.
@amshermansen
Жыл бұрын
8:10 - Don't even have to kill the Cambion. Shadowheart has a command spell that has a chance of forcing it to drop the sword on the ground for you to yoink. Which is a lot more manageable (especially with savescumming) and a higher difficulty setting.
@surgeofgaming6405
9 ай бұрын
Narrator: “In lumbering style, you got away with murder.” Warlockracy: “For the 20th time today!”
@hommedegout
Жыл бұрын
A little piece of trivia on EYE since you are going to review it: "Brouzouf" is an actual French slang word, it comes from a Le Monstre (a satirical journal) article that talked about "Brouzoufland", a fictionnal country whose money, the Brouzouf, was going in hyperinflation. It is now used to designate an undetermined amount of money, usually large. You can also use it in place of Euros, like "This cost 400 brouzoufs". I don't think the generations after mine use that word, though :D As for BG3 (SPOILERS AHEAD) I sometimes wonder if the Guardian was not supposed to be the Netherbreain in earlier version of the story, as I think the song "Down the river" would make much more sense if it was the brain trying to lure you with a hot drowess (In my case)
@mrHOSOK123
Жыл бұрын
So glad I stumbled upon this comment, because it's first time I see someone to explain what brouzouf is in real life. Thank you. Also, I think EYE is an underdeveloped masterpiece, love the game for the many good concepts I never saw in other games and the gameplay itself, the story was also amazing, but its it just my cupof wacky tea tho, a lot of people hate this game for the exact same things.
@ChucksSEADnDEAD
Жыл бұрын
"The meaning of Brouzouf may have had to do with the French way of life, and has been lost to time. But the word remains."
@jmjedi923
5 ай бұрын
Your bg3 theory is half right, from what i read in earlier versions the dream person was to be another thing, where they want you to stay with them forever "down by the river" in paradise. At least from what i remember
@BreadDestroyer
Жыл бұрын
Funny you should mention Larian making Planescape Torment 2, I was just thinking that they should make Neverwinter Nights 3. The only thing missing from BG3, for me at least, is a Neverwinter Nights-esque toolset to let community modders make infinity content.
@powerist209
7 ай бұрын
I actually want Waterdeep to get a videogame. Though too urban focused but would get a dungeon crawl right under the city. Oh and getting a spotlight on Eilistraee Church dedicated to Drow Goddess version of Drizzt before Drizzt was created and also wholesome (if into nude dance).
@LeoJay
Жыл бұрын
"tell him true soul!" "I have never seen this woman before in my life" Lmao you narration makes everything extra funny.
@MysteryEzekude
7 ай бұрын
The background music (i.e. “The Entertainer”) makes his gags all the more hilarious.
@SAUglaz
6 ай бұрын
Fun detail: during the Early Access the second character you create wasn't described as a guardian. You were asked "Who do you dream of?" and the character was in a light gown rather than armor, and more forward with romantic advances during early dream visitations. I can only assume playtesters who got the chance to see further acts reacted extremely negatively to the revelation in that context so a change was made.
@tim4330
6 ай бұрын
That or some 20 year old proto cat lady with bright dyed hair complained the the dream lady was sexy so they put the heaviest set of plate armor on the dream visitor
@SAUglaz
6 ай бұрын
@@tim4330 Are the proto cat ladies with dyed hair complaining about sexy ladies in the room right now? Seriously, you should go play BG3 because it totally lets you make up a guy to be angry at.
@plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009
19 күн бұрын
The plot changed a lot Originally the "guardian" wasn't the Emperor trying to help but an manifestation of the tadpole seducing you to accept it Also fun fact, originally every character would be an dark urge, but play testers wanted to have an more "good" character that they can control at all times, thus the Tav was made But you can still notice that the Durge is the character you are meant to play
@brenomaia5143
Жыл бұрын
47:55 So, about that, you can heal her if you throw health potions near her. The impact creates a small blue smoke surface that heals anyone that stands on top of it. So you can still heal her, just not give her equipment.
@kalashnikovdevil
Жыл бұрын
Lae'Zel's got a killer arc and is top tier waifu bait for true men and women of culture. On topic though, I gotta say I was reaaaaally impressed with BG3. I tried and failed to get into DOS2, but I wanted to at least give this a shot after a lot of people I at least pretend to respect told me it was good, and surprise! It was really good!
@voltaicgamer5096
Жыл бұрын
Bae'Zel top tier
@JoshSweetvale
6 ай бұрын
Lae'zel is a good Karen. Weird concept but it works. -Is racist -Pushy -Ignorant and proud of it
@jmjedi923
5 ай бұрын
@@JoshSweetvaleshe gets better
@Todesnuss
Жыл бұрын
"The Hitleress" is the best nickname anyone has given Minthara ngl.
@jiaan100
3 ай бұрын
Makes me love her even more
@philyburkhill1
Жыл бұрын
BG3 puts to bed that stupid argument that we never would have got Fallout 3 or Van Buren because there is no demand for those types of games anymore.
@Cleanurself
Жыл бұрын
Funny you mention the Josh Sawyer should get 120 million to make pillars 3 because just tweeted that like 3 days ago saying he’s “waiting on the call from Microsoft any day now”
@exilestudios9546
Жыл бұрын
arent they still making that 3d elder scrolls style game set in the pillars universe or did that get rightfully scrapped?
@Cleanurself
Жыл бұрын
@@exilestudios9546 nope they’re still working on that, Avowed isn’t following The Watcher so it’s not considered a true Pillars game. Hopefully it does well enough for Obsidian to get a green light on PoE3 tho
@karmaphuntshok9168
Жыл бұрын
Its almost depressing knowing that another game of this caliber won't be released for some time, and definitely not by any other company. Like when I finished the game, and I had practically 100%'d it, I just felt a little empty but fulfilled.
@treesaretough
Жыл бұрын
It was late into the run when I realized it was Lae'zel who had been there for me all along. She hammered the Illithid ship captain. she hammered bandits, warriors, mechs, demons, and even demi-gods. But most of all she hammered her way into my heart. I can see why some may fall in love with Shadowheart but I know exactly why Ill stay in love with Bae'zel.
@whiteboy4045
Жыл бұрын
I think your the minority here, I haven't finished the game so no spoilers. Lae'zel is an asshole for some reason, and wants to kill the dude who is imprisoned in the relic that protects us. (I know nothing beyond that) She's done nothing but insult me the whole playthrough and I struggle to fight the urge to kill her. Not the dark urge, just a regular urge to kill the single NPC I actually hate.
@controlcore1
11 ай бұрын
@@whiteboy4045 has your opinion changed as you've played
@whiteboy4045
11 ай бұрын
@@controlcore1 no, for some reason orin kidnapped her and I let her die because she was literally the one character I did not care about I would have saved anyone else I must say though, through my playthrough i failed about 50% of the dark urge resist checks and that really tanked my affinity with everyone, I didn't get any romance options because they were all in the yellow. Lae'zel was the only one who actually was rude though, everyone else kinda kept to themselves whenever I tried to talk to them I gotta say, the dark urge storyline is absolutely amazing though. Fuckin awesome reveal at the end, finally freed myself of the urge. Had no NPCs to share my freedom with though, I used to be friends with Gale but then I accidentally wiped out everyone at last light inn. Even though I was resisting the urge, it was a lonely path. My teammate romanced karlach and went with her to the hell thing so she didn't explode, I chose to rebuild Baldurs Gate. By myself
@controlcore1
11 ай бұрын
@@whiteboy4045 oh nice! i'm starting my own run (as dirge the durge) because i've heard good things
@whiteboy4045
11 ай бұрын
@@controlcore1 oh my bad dude, I must have spoiled something for you
@dylutant
11 ай бұрын
Forgotten Realms *is* generic fantasy, at least in the sense it mashed together a couple dozen thematic settings. If, say, you're undecided if you want somewhat Tolkien-esque mystique, Arthurian legends, or a nation of Wizard KGB slavedrives who upsurge their economy by selling magical items by a cartload... good news, Waterdeep, Cormyr, and Thay are about 2 months journey from each other.
@MysteryEzekude
11 ай бұрын
You may be correct. I’ve played a few online tabletop adventures set in the Forgotten Realms and I can attest to a few claims of this popular setting being “generic” fantasy. In my experience, this setting draws inspiration from countless mythological and pop-culture sources like a melting pot of all kinds of fantastical creatures and forces of nature. Having said that, I must admit that even my homebrew D&D campaign setting, the Incognitus Multiverse, may be guilty of being a little “generic”, even though my sources of inspiration tend to be more handpicked, if anything.
@dylutant
11 ай бұрын
@@MysteryEzekudeTake it from an RPG veteran, D&D and Forgotten Realms included: it absolutely is generic, but generic doesn't have to mean 'bad', mind you. For example, Dresden Files is this super-generic urban fantasy that's like an old World of Darkness joke[0] made manifest, but it's ludicrously good if players aren't children that can't share the spotlight. Having distinct inspirations and compartmentalized influences is the bedrock of RPGs. Things become generic in a bad way when they either: a) blend all those ideas into this milquetoast, indistinct crap where races are flanderized stereotypes and the party that met in a tavern needs to aid paladin rescue a princess; b) take all that stuff and be subversive just for the sake of it, so elves are your stereotypical stuck-up rich-bitch types... but whoa-eey, a wacky tweest: instead of displaying androgyny, the elven males are so masculine even the nerdy wizards look like Henry Cavill. Forgotten Realms isn't bad. But it definitely is a hodge-podge of ideas executed all-round well, but with its own problems. I'm more of a Mystara fan, though. [0] How many regular mortals from New York do you need to change a lightbulb? - All four of them.
@MAD22324
11 ай бұрын
Forgotton realms is only generic fantasy in that it being the setting dnd uses has proliferated it so throughly to be genericised
@aoefox8043
Жыл бұрын
The corpse of the god reference is likely from "Neverwinter Nights 2 - Mask of the Betrayer", another set of games of similar genres that are also good and set in the same universe. You climb up Cyric, if memory serves, and have the option to eat whats left of his soul.
@sigilbreaker2628
7 ай бұрын
good call on the reference, though I think it's Myrkul not Cyric
@vladimirthegreen6097
Ай бұрын
It's Myrkul skull in Nwn 2 by the time of Nwn 2 he's dead same as Baal. And there is another sweet reference music theme when you speak with Ketheric in illithid colony is the same or almost the same theme which played when you visited astral plane in Mask of Betrayer and speak with myrkul's skull
@jlaw131985
12 күн бұрын
Warlock definitely knows about Mask of the Betrayer
@ASTRIAL_WONDER
Жыл бұрын
This video will bring new comers to warlockracy So let me tell what his channle is all about its about It's about exploring games made a 10 or 20 year's ago and his personality and his accent make the video 10x better This why warlockracy reviews are good they go into every thing about the games and how most of them were made by love from the creators And he isn't afraid to critize these games even if they were universly loved
@nemojotun1284
Жыл бұрын
As a newcomer, thanks! Been wondering who tf is this guy
@brothermanhyll7794
Жыл бұрын
I would describe him sort of like the Wernher Herzog of video game essayists
@RecoveringLoLAddict
Жыл бұрын
17:50 To answer your question about Shadowhart's artifact : If you don't have her in your party, you probably dismissed her by that point, in which case the artifact teleports to your inventory. (there's special dialogue about this later) If you killed her at the beach, the artifact flies towards you (special cutscene, also ressurrecting her after looting the artifact causes her to be permanently hostile towards you and attack on sight) If you didn't recruit her by that point (by abandoning her in the nautilod, ignoring her at the beach and/or not resting once)... I don't know didn't try this scenario yet. But to hazard a guess the Absolute compels you to obey and you do for a few moments, probably some special cutscene plays and you get control back after some time. This game puts absurd thought into the smallest details, there's a hidden quest where you get to kill a "special" redcap, you can choose to sacrifice one of your companion's soul to get it's favour instead. One of them being Gale which is... very special too, if Gale is sacrificed you get a special ending after 3 days and no, you can't avoid that after comitting to this choice, Gale cannot be ressurrected without his soul.
@Chopstorm.
Жыл бұрын
Shadowheart will show up in your camp and attempt to kill you, as voices are driving her insane.
@Srymak
Жыл бұрын
If you don't have the artifact by the - Absolute forcing you to listen - part of the Goblin Camp, Shadowheart shows up with the artifact. The camp scene was in the early access but isnt in the full release.
@lfemomo77
Жыл бұрын
Watching a number of BG3 reviews, but *this one* was the one I needed.
@user-nn6go1jx1h
Жыл бұрын
Ironically in order to maximize your evil as a dark urge character you actually have to be on the good path for awhile to get access to some of the more evil acts you can do.
@ManforSomeMarkets
10 ай бұрын
Yeah, especially saving Jaheira and Minsc. The betrayal at the temple of Bhaal has a beautiful payoff.
@ozylocz4078
9 ай бұрын
@@ManforSomeMarketsor giving the night song to laroakan? lol
@_Luluko_
Жыл бұрын
A shame so much got cut from the last act, feels way too short once you got Minsk.
@BeepSmile
Жыл бұрын
Boo went for the last act's eyes.
@Nergalsama01
Жыл бұрын
Hm, tbh I didn't think it was particularly short. There's plenty of content, but the main quest line could probably use a little more to round things out.
@ciaacho1
Жыл бұрын
@@Nergalsama01 there is a big, Upper City-sized hole in act 3 that becomes quite apparent once you get there. I wouldn't mind if some of the stuff from Act 3 was moved to another, seperate district - the (Lower) city is almost overfilled with shit to do, and it shows in performance issues.
@Nergalsama01
Жыл бұрын
@@ciaacho1 Yeah, I know about that. Honestly didn't miss another huge city district, though. The Lower City was full enough with stuff as it is, imo. IF Larian ever decide to restore the Upper City, I'd prefer it if they transplanted some Lower City stuff into the Upper City, like Cazador's Palace maybe, or put Gortash into a palace of his own instead of having him hang out in Wyrm's Rock.
@ciaacho1
Жыл бұрын
yep Cazador and Gortash are definitely the most lacking and I hope they do them justice in some sort of Definitive Edition @@Nergalsama01
@WK-47
Жыл бұрын
Wasn't expecting you to cover this, but I'm glad to get your usual extensive take on it. Won't be picking it up myself anytime soon and never got in to BG1/2, but I've been wanting to make sense of the game. Also as usual, you didn't disappoint. I already knew it was horny, infected with brain parasites and making the rest of the AAA industry uncomfortable, but now I know for sure. Thanks, Warlock.
@JanPospisilArt
Жыл бұрын
Man, guess I'll watch this five years from now, or whenever I manage to finish the game.
@Ikanamable
Жыл бұрын
I kind of disagree that Forgotten Realms isn't generic fantasy. It is generic fantasy but it's also (Very sorry for this pretentious ass analogy) kind of like the tarot card of the Fool, it's nothing but also holds potential for everything which is why the setting can go from generic dwarves and elves and halflings to the alien bizarre and the hilariously grotesque planescape setting (which is technically also part of forgotten realms). I think that's why it's such a good starting point for P&P beginners, it's very familiar but it lets you go wild when you're ready to tackle crazier stuff.
@chaosmorris5865
Жыл бұрын
The Forgotten Realms is nothing but unfocused garbage written by a 13 year old not particularly good writer to begin with. It's popular because it's the complete blank slate, something completely uncomplicated and basic that a bunch of teens can rally around.
@HerronRed
Жыл бұрын
Forgotten Realms is weird in that large chunks of it *are* generic fantasy. But the parts of it that aren't really stand out, and I think D&D settings are at their best when they embrace their more original elements. Beholders and Ilithids in particular leave a strong impression, some aspects of the Underdark, the Blood War. But P&P settings can get away with being bland, or indistinct, because the memorable part of that experience is the story you tell with the other players and the GM, not the world building.
@Snyperwolf91
Жыл бұрын
@@chaosmorris5865True.. Its kitchen-sink fantasy which has no real consistency, gets more and more differently and ends up being the "my own fantasy into another fantasy"-excuse . I prefer solid and good fantasy-settings that actually has its clear limits , consistency of its lore and the world itsself that has personality on its own . Dark sun ,for example, is such an underrated setting and even Greyhawk aint so much explored in many decades that should be visited again . Its like with Lord of the Rings . There are no Furries , there are now alien-tech or sci-fi aspects , there are no DBZ-esque super-powered characters and its for a fantasy setting on its own down to earth .
@Niroutley
Жыл бұрын
I have two things I would like to say, Could you do a video on a mod for Fallout Tactics called Fallout: Enclave, the Author is one of the best Modder for Fallout Tactics and it's a great mod, secondly sometime next year I would like to volunteer to make English Subtitles, I would have to send you the subtitles timepoints and stuff though since you can no longer make subtitles for videos you haven't uploaded
@therealdannymullen
Жыл бұрын
Sir, The "we'll be killing them all!" followed immediately by a rock to the head knocking you out of the ship; and your "... but *not* right now" is top tier. You are a brilliant story teller. 😂
@Chopstorm.
Жыл бұрын
I think it's a bit disengenuous to call Larian AAA, especially in comparison to Obsidian. Remember that for the majority BG3's development Larian was working with 200-250 employees, which is about what Obsidian is working with now. Larian upscaled once early access did so well in the later part of BG3's development. Also, that large budget is in large part due to it's success in early access. Obsidian could do the same thing if it was a half-way decent company and didn't bank it's entire identity on a game that came out almost 15 years ago (of which very few of that team even work there anymore).
@nobodynobody4389
11 ай бұрын
Your observation about whimsical larian writing for divinity is spot on i was worried abut this aspect as well before the release since all 3 larian games begin at sunking ship
@MikhailKutzow
Жыл бұрын
While hardly mainstream, there have been attempts at reviving the old first-person dungeon crawl style. I'm personally very fond of the Etrian Odyssey series, which started as a homage to WIzardry before developing its own identity. Unfortunately, being Japanese-made games on the Nintendo DS and 3DS, they probably had limited ability to reach fans of their inspiration in the West. Still some of my favorite games, though.
@daminit6
Жыл бұрын
the first 3 Etrian Odyssey got a quiet release to steam recently, I wish more people would talk about and notice the games now that their on PC, while each game has very positive reviews they each only have a few 100 reviews each
@burgertim7878
Жыл бұрын
Wizardy is still a thing in Japan
@darrenfox4213
Жыл бұрын
Opens with Laezel romance scene? Based choice
@treyturner9707
Жыл бұрын
no withers romance 0/10 game
@chaosmorris5865
Жыл бұрын
Its a shame the total dog shit DnD setting is so popular, Forgotten Realms really has to be the absolute worst fantasy setting written. Not only is it completely generic but its also completely unfocused. Its why you can get shit like Steampunk Gnomes living on the opposite side of a lake from essentially stone age Orcs and the two cultures having absolutely no bearing on each other asides the orcs raiding the gnomes for the sake of having some antagonists yet the orcs never actually gain or use any steampunk technology unlike in the closet historical allegory in where Indians stole all the guns and ammunition they could along with trading for them. Oh and also there's a completely out of place discount Shadow over Insmouth Fish People who live in the lake but also have no bearing on any of the other related cultures nearby. Forgotten Relams is nothing but a toss pot of generic ideas that don't mix even slightly that was written when its creator was 13. Its a damn tragedy actually well made settings like 2E Dark Sun's setting Athas or Runequest's Glorantha don't get nearly the same attention as generic half written tripe.
@kahir8642
11 ай бұрын
As a Generic Fantasy hater who routinely makes fun of Forgotten Realms, it has its place. It's a shorthand setting that can serve as a backdrop for any kind of story, because it has everything and doesn't require any lead-in to get players acquainted with it. That's the strength of a setting that's immediately understandable through its sheer ubiquity. It would be a mistake to try telling any kind of grounded, deep story with it, but the framework makes sense for dumbass fantasy adventures being improvised by nerds at a table. Specific stories can work in it because you can kind of just incorporate whatever you want for it and ignore everything else, it's boring and inconsistent but practical. The appeal of the setting isn't the setting. I personally wouldn't use something that's so goddamn boring no matter how useful it is, but I get it.
@chaosmorris5865
11 ай бұрын
@@kahir8642And that's about half the reason why I hate it, I genuinely love fantasy and hate seeing it being reduced to that dumb genre for kids and idiots where you don't have to put any effort in. Either that or miserable fetish bait the likes of Game of Thrones or The Witcher. You don't see this shit in sci fi, the same dozen or so aliens, with basically all the same non explained technology, and in roughly the same discoherent setting. With Sci Fi you're expected to be at least both partially original and explain how stuff works beyond "magic idk". Yet that's fine for well too low bar of standards in the fantasy genre. Meanwhile the actually well made settings with detail, good consistent theming, originality, and any sort of message like D&D's Dark Sun ((the best dnd setting fight me)) or Runequest's Glorantha go unnoticed while a hunk of shit like Forgotten Realms first written by an actual child gets loads of undeserved, money, attention, and most of all imitations.
@tweetophon
11 ай бұрын
"Blobbers will come back, too", "give Cleve 100 million dollars to make Wizardry 9", absolute, unhinged lunacy. Almost unsubbed in disgust, but was mesmerised by your plan for a 100 million dollars AoD2. Long live CRPGs, the highest art form of all (except blobbers, those aren't art).
@Shadest
Жыл бұрын
Even if nobody else got me, I know Shadowheart, Astarion, and Laezel got me. CAN I GET AN AMEN
@thebigidea9659
Жыл бұрын
Shit, i wanna watch this but I haven't played it yet. : /
@DIEGhostfish
9 ай бұрын
1:05:11 the best part is because Raphael is a Cambion and not a true devil, the "Die in Avernus, cease to exist" rule doesn't apply, so even if you kill him, he CAN come back as a true Devil. After some liberal torturing from his dad.
@MrGenoHydra
Жыл бұрын
What you didn't mention in this video, perhaps for the best, is the somewhat convoluted quest chain needed to discover the Emperors original identity. And as far as party composition goes i could've done an evil playthrough in Acts 1+2 as Astarion-Shadowheart-Lazael+PC Wizard was the standard party for me till the middle of act 3, except Minsc and Jaehira being quite enjoyable.
@ChristopherZubin
Жыл бұрын
I like reading. I don't mind if RPGs get a little long-winded. That said, the Karlach Avernus ending was basically Larian's pitch for the Planescape sequel to me; and I'm here for it.
@Sticksnstones77
11 ай бұрын
Lol, I saw the thumbnail and thought, "Oh, did they add body shape 3 and 4 to Dragonborns? Nice!" And then was disappointed that elves are still able to be bigger than my barbarian lizard self.
@dpm365
Жыл бұрын
Casually dropping hidden lore about Wizardry 9 reminds me of the first time I found out about Mark Blakemore. I saw Grimoir: herald of the winged exemplars during a sale and did a quick google search. I saw he described himself as a modern Neanderthal and just assumed that was a cute way of saying he made retro games. I was no prepared for the rabbit hole I was about to fall into.
@guidila8111
Жыл бұрын
Karlach best wife.
@yaldabaoth2
Жыл бұрын
Her head looks good on a spike.
@Kris-wo4pj
Жыл бұрын
I cant get her to like me. Everyone else even asterion jumps me immediately even after the patch to stop that.
@namethefifth7315
Жыл бұрын
You have to make the advance first, and if you miss the chance at the celeberation during act one (wich you can only do if if karlach is at least a fair persecption of you) then you never get anotherchance again
@StevenSeagull123
8 ай бұрын
Fantastic game! I dont recommend playing as DURGE on the first playthrough though. It plays out similar to vampiure bloodlines and the malkavian class
@ELZX01
Жыл бұрын
I literally finished the game a minute ago and said , I'l watch some youtube before going to bed and this popped up the second I did
@CrazyxEnigma
Жыл бұрын
My man let us speak a Planescape game by Larian into existence! Great review as usual, this particular playthrough really highlights the spectrum of choices available to the player and what in the meta would be considered "unoptimal" but makes for a more engaging narrative with an evil summabitch that unexpectedly turns away from it towards the end of the game.
@FirstLast-cg2nk
11 ай бұрын
The thing is, I never noticed the era of RPG Death. I was a console gamer during the era in question due to lacking the funds necessary for a computer, so my RPG choices were limited largely to JRPG games. The game where I got acquainted with character choice and consequence wasn't the Baldur's Gate series, but games like Chrono Trigger and The 7th Saga. However, some people are going to argue that those aren't "true" rpgs compared to Planescape, Baldur's Gate, etc. RPGs have, I think, always existed on a kind of sliding scale, due to technical limitations, so that the "true" rpgs could only exist on the PC market with the loosest requirements possible, which honestly limited the audience for them. Things like player agency, choice, and consequence have always been limited by hardware limitations and the developers having to work within those limits. With PCs, those limits can be very flexible, but for consoles, those limitations only change once every few years. But, in a way, those limitations can breed creativity, like how the PS1's limited draw distance required the Silent Hill devs to create the signature fog to hide those limitations from the player. The great RPGs of before were only possible on the PC, but many of them had flaws that may well have been the results of having very loose boundaries on what they could put in and leave out, as opposed to a console game where you have a very limited box to work with regarding how much can fit. Unlimited time, money, staff, and resources with unlimited space to put it into can potentially result in a bland game... like Starfield. Meanwhile, with Baldur's Gate 3, the game's actual budget likely wasn't on the scale of something like Diablo 4, but it resulted in a far more memorable and enjoyable game than D4 was, even before Activision Blizzard started pumping the micratransactions for all they were worth. Ten years from now, people will still be playing BG3. Will anyone even remember D4 by then? Starfield might, due to how easy it'll be to mod, but vanilla Starfield won't have the legs to keep it going on its own. But the JRPG, or the single route limited choices RPG if you prefer, will always have a place in my heart. I mean, yes, you can't make the same kind of meaningful choices as BG3, but the fact that the devs could focus on a single path means that there's more room for spectacle and interesting plot twists because the devs will know exactly where you're going to go and do and see. FF16 is barely an RPG in many ways, but it still manages to be one of the few AAA games that wasn't a total disappointment this year filled with AAA disappointments. I want to think that the umbrella of the term RPG is wide enough to accommodate both BG3 and FF16.
@TheBaca219
Жыл бұрын
Aylin being a direct offspring of a god would make her an Empyrean, not an Aasimar. Simillar to the deal with tieflings and cambions. Not the only lore mistake in the game but one of the most obvious ones.
@pendantblade6361
Жыл бұрын
Why did Warlockracy play as a Rogue instead of a Warlock? Is he stupid? Kinda weird seeing you cover two recent games. I'm all for it.
@MysteryEzekude
11 ай бұрын
Like he said during the character creation phase, Warlockracy made his character Amamake a rogue so that he’d be able to slay in-game enemies with maximum damage and minimum turns spent. In other words, he was most likely min-maxing.
@josephmatthews7698
6 ай бұрын
"Ive heard forgotten realms as generic fantasy. Nothing could be further from the truth." You heard that from you lol. You ripped Forgotten Realms constantly on your baldurs gate video. I love forgotten realms the problem with it os the kitchen sink approach. It has every tool and backdrop imaginable to tell whatever story you want. The problem is that makes it limited by YOUR creativity and since its the first world most start with that creativity is very limited. Like any tool however the more you use it the better you get with it and realize all stories are capable with that backdrop.
@r3v4n21
Жыл бұрын
I'm still impressed how divisive some of the companions are because I find Laezel fucking insufferable just for you to romance her lol
@jiaan100
Жыл бұрын
I love laezel and want her to step on me
@TheMrNomadus
Жыл бұрын
Bro pulled dark urge on the first play through. Impressive
@venepskeuten9206
11 ай бұрын
Leazel is in fact a solid goth gith gf. Do not regret romancing
@hitomisalazar4073
Жыл бұрын
Heh. Love that bit of "The Harpers are a group dedicated to fighting me in every game". Just made me smile because The Harpers... well even reading a lot of Forgotten Realms novels where they show up they don't really have any coherent ideology I've tracked. Mostly just "oppose evil". They're the Rebels for the sake of being Rebels in a strange way. Seeking to build nothing or achieve nothing, but only work contrary to others. Which is only slightly less stupid than it sounds to me. Because... well... one of the things I was always fascinated with in D&D is that 'Good' and 'Evil' aren't aesthetic choices from your subjective point of view as it does seem to be in reality. "Good" and "Evil" are as real and physical to their worlds as... Nitrogen or Plutonium is to our world. They are physical things that can be detected, measured, interacted with, etc. It's such a fascinating thing for me because it's so contrary to reality. "Evil" isn't just a case of being socially maladjusted. "Evil" leaves a lingering taint in the world. Something that's invisible to the naked eye, but has a distinct effect like Radiation or Electromagnetism. Source books mention things like how sources of "Evil" basically corrupt everything around them spawning more of itself, propagating until stopped. And similarly "Good" also acts the same way. As does "Law" and "Chaos". It's such a... bizarre concept to ponder. And one that honestly most D&D properties don't really use too much outside of like... things set in Ravenloft.
@kushanblackrazor6614
Жыл бұрын
The vague devotion to balance and incoherent ideology, I just never saw the appeal. It's kind of an elaborate friend's club of powerful people. Ironically I like a lot of the individual members but as a group it always felt hollow.
@ComicalConqueror
Жыл бұрын
Well it sucks massive shit, that's mostly why everyone tries to ignore it.
@ComicalConqueror
Жыл бұрын
@@kushanblackrazor6614this is because the Harper's were initially written by hacks and everyone else has been just trying to make do for years
@CrazyxEnigma
Жыл бұрын
The Harpers feel less like a coherent group and more of a chess piece to use as the plot dictates. They've been around so long they're basically a part of Faerun. Individuals like Jaheria are great characters but honestly we could do without them I feel and only the lorebeards will get upset they aren't involved.
@hitomisalazar4073
Жыл бұрын
@@ComicalConqueror I don't think so. I mean part of the fun of Ravenloft, or even when they ported Rokugan into D&D, is playing with that concept. That evil or good (they almost never use Law and Chaos) isn't actually just something where you can say "Well from my point of view the Jedi are evil!". You're in Ravenloft, you do bad things. And the world responds to it as the Dark Powers further twist the dread realms in response. That if you're say a Lawful Good Paladin (as they had to be then) in the Dread Realms you look like someone just lit a bonfire in a dark cave and further twist things away from hopelessness, despair, and darkness to an extent. Or in Rokugan an Obsidian Weapon is a weapon of madness. It's powerful. It can hack through the gristly creatures out there like no tomorrow. But... it's also a source of madness. Always risking exposure. Or Jade being something that purifies the environment around it. That it can even absorb overwhelming sources of evil that might otherwise twist you into some spawn of the pit. There's a lot of fun that can be involved in the concept. I think the reason why people rebel against it at times is mostly because... it asks for consideration. That "What do you mean my player character, who did a villainous thing, actually had an impact on the world in a negative sense?" and such. "What do you mean that unleashing an actual source of evil on the land further made the land evil?". Granted D&D could use more use of the Law-Chaos axis. People throw a fit when it's not included in a list of alignments... but I haven't seen a D&D product really USE Law-Chaos since... the mid 90s with Planescape's Blood War source book? All conflicts and story beats are set in the Good-Evil conflict.
@patrik2106
Жыл бұрын
What a modern rpg ?, did you sell your soul to buy the 2 bedroom apartment in bobruisk belarus
@quaestor856
6 ай бұрын
Baldur's Gate 3 reminded me that it's not me who grew up got tired of games, it is modern games which fail to entertain. Since I bought BG 3, I've spent 3 months playing nothing but it, completing the game 10 times in a row within almost 700 hours. It is truly a masterpiece that shines as a beacon of hope in the sea of souless husks that is modern game industry.
@emperorclaudius5499
11 ай бұрын
Baldur's Gate 3 presents the welcome discovery of a great and heroic Game, such as sometimes arise, in a degenerate age, to vindicate the honour of the human species". - Edward Gibbon
@ManforSomeMarkets
Жыл бұрын
14:36 Funny thing, you can get the whole inventory if you knock them out, then kill them for XP after you loot them.
@talimancern7724
Жыл бұрын
I like that you said the cloak looked stupid but all the hats Dragonborn wear all look terrible lol.
@boihowdie
Жыл бұрын
i admire this playthrough. he doesn't reload after losing npcs, and everyone keeps their wack helmets on.
@warellis
4 ай бұрын
I dislike that BG 3 sort of retconned the happier endings from BG 2 for both Sarevok & Viconia. Honestly that was irritating.
@bellerophon5566
Жыл бұрын
Nice. I'll watch this in 15 years.
@TheWaffleRadio
10 ай бұрын
All you need to do is get 1 character clear of the superlaser blast. Then you rez the rest back at camp lol... I love Indiana Jonesing the mace of lathander.... Just be sure to get whatever you want from the gith creche first lol Way more fun than traipsing through the temple looking for various bullshit to deactivate the trap. Just make sure you have at least 1 fast character. Also, Amamake. Is that the Eve name? It's an Eve system, that's for sure.
@TheSpankerson
8 ай бұрын
FYI. You can throw any potion on an NPC and it will apply the effects.
@jakeparkinson8929
Жыл бұрын
To absolutely maximize slayer-skin: - 11 fighter for improved extra attack or 3 attacks a turn. - 1 barbarian for an increase of 3 ac via unarmored defense (constitution). - recruit to cast warding bond that waits at camp for an additional 1 to ac. - Bloodlust elixir for 1 extra action per round provided you kill. Even then it would still suck. Being a druid is much better as a wisdom maxed monk can get an additional 5 to ac while wildshaped as an owlbear for a maximum of 22ac with warding bond. The problems with slayer-skin is that its: - once per long rest - underpowered by the time you get it at the cusp of act 3 - its a shitty deathclaw communication ended.
@ahtuno
Жыл бұрын
Its somewhat of a tradition in BG for the Slayer form (while super cool) to be completely useless in gameplay. Maybe Jergal is real and game devs are his clerics and followers
@masterbl4ster113
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, hard agree. I ended up aborting my own dark urge run because the slayer form, while fun, left me really unsatisfied after playing around with it for a short while. Didn't feel worth losing out on Dammon/most valued or romanced companion/Jaheira, Minsc and the Harpers at all, depending on the choices you make. The unique story bits were a treat, though, very fun to do as your not-first playthrough imo.
@eatit8262
Жыл бұрын
I hope you play this as not a murder hobo, because many of these characters are very good.
@dadman3992
11 ай бұрын
You know the rtwp-tb war is well and truly over when you have to pause your video about Baldur's Gate and explain to the viewer what "real time with pause" means
@fillosof66689
11 ай бұрын
Owlcat Studios were among the last holding down the fort and even offered the seamless transition in their WoTR game. But then gunplay entered tbe picture as they started working on WH 40k game and TB won once again.
@kred4849
Жыл бұрын
Fellow Lae'zel enjoyer, mucho respecto 🤝
@ashnhx
Жыл бұрын
I like to imagine that the cleric of Bane I played in the early access as one of the absolute followers that gets killed in the first act.
@busterampleforth9806
Ай бұрын
It is githyanki tradition to ride dragons: this is exactly as it should be.
@emytzu
Жыл бұрын
41:50 when a man does not fear demonetization
@zer9761
Жыл бұрын
killing minthara damn Warlock what have you done!
@pedroramires7051
11 ай бұрын
Seeing warlock murder a couple of tieflings instead of taking the dungeon backdoor behind the goblin cell 💀💀💀
@irregularpearl08
Жыл бұрын
Modern bg3 au where Gortash hoards emeralds and makes twitter even worse
@motokuchoma
Жыл бұрын
I was so happy when I saw this on my timeline. Your idea about Gazprom funding Wizardry 9 is extremely funny and I'll be playing that game in my nightmares from now on.
@uyaratful
Жыл бұрын
Jesus christ YES! Finally. You named why I hate, absolutely hate larian. Their idea of WHIMSICAL. Good god, thank you,. it's like I was able to finally sneeze.
@Geeler
Жыл бұрын
Calm down
@burgertim7878
Жыл бұрын
Settle down, ok?
@Innomen
11 ай бұрын
10:40 "Yeah, go on, make fun of my neurodivergence." JFC my sides XD XD
@somerandomdude7785
Жыл бұрын
At the beginning you didn't talk about the original Baldur's Gate 3. You know, the one that was about to be published by Interplay before they got broke.
@stevenguitink5947
9 ай бұрын
To be fair, Spelljammer came about at a much later date than Forgotten Realms, at a time when the head of TSR was actively fucking with the company and driving them into the ground. One of their writers was given an opportunity to create a Sci-Fi setting and made Spelljammer as a fuck you to the head. As revenge, she only allowed one print run of Spelljammer. To my knowledge, it wasn't until much later when Spelljammer and other settings like Planescape were incorporated into Forgotten Realms.
@yomuyugi
2 ай бұрын
A Planescape Torment developed by Larian would be so interesting
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