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‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Prepared for 100k Concurrent Players, They’ve Gotten 700K

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Post by thefz »

mastax wrote: post #18

I am a bit shocked by how popular this game is. All the signs were there, though. - Their previous game Divinity: Original Sin 2 was critically acclaimed, very popular for a pretty hardcore CRPG, and had long legs. - DnD has a lot of brand power and has been strongly in the zeitgeist for years. - There's a big cohort of millennials who have strong nostalgia for Baldur's Gate and who have plenty of money to buy games…

You forget Larian's charisma. Some comical undertones (especially in DOS 1), likeable characters, fun dialogues... the reasons are many.

And DOS2 had the best combat in decades.

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Post by password54321 »

henning wrote: post #73

I bought BG3 just because it's a AAA-quality game with no microtransactions, no battle passes, no bullshit, no pay-to-win monetization of any kind. What you buy is what you get, just like how video games generally were up until about ~10 years ago.

An extreme amount of triple A games are exactly what you described. Elden Ring, God of War, Zelda are some recent examples.

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Post by LegitShady »

ls612 wrote: post #131
fredley wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No micro transactions, offline single player. A luxury in 2023.

I don't get this take, just in the past 12 months we have seen -God of War Ragnarok -Tears of the Kingdom -Hogwarts Legacy -Star Wars Jedi Survivor -Final Fantasy XVI All entirely or almost entirely singleplayer and all receiving critical acclaim (except for the poor launch of Jedi Survivor's PC port). And the next few months include Starfield and Spider-Man 2, both blockbuster singleplayer games with no microtransac…

>-God of War Ragnarok

playstation exclusive

>-Tears of the Kingdom

nintendo exclusive

>-Hogwarts Legacy

I don't know anyone who has played it - maybe we're just not that interested in harry potter

>-Star Wars Jedi Survivor

launched with multiple huge bugs including progression stopping bugs. I'll get it when its cheap and theyve fixed everything, or they haven't and I won't. If your game is bugged from day one don't expect day one pricing to work out.

>Final Fantasy XVI

playstation exclusive.

out of your list there the only ones not platform exclusive or riddled with bugs on launch is hogwarts legacy which honestly doesn't sound like anything I'd be interested in playing.

Re: ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Prepared for 100k Concurrent Players, They’ve Gotten 700K

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Post by password54321 »

LegitShady wrote: post #153
ls612 wrote: post #131

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't get this take, just in the past 12 months we have seen -God of War Ragnarok -Tears of the Kingdom -Hogwarts Legacy -Star Wars Jedi Survivor -Final Fantasy XVI All entirely or almost entirely singleplayer and all receiving critical acclaim (except for the poor launch of Jedi Survivor's PC port). And the next few months include Starfield and Spider-Man 2, both blockbuster singleplayer games with no microtransac…

>-God of War Ragnarok playstation exclusive >-Tears of the Kingdom nintendo exclusive >-Hogwarts Legacy I don't know anyone who has played it - maybe we're just not that interested in harry potter >-Star Wars Jedi Survivor launched with multiple huge bugs including progression stopping bugs. I'll get it when its cheap and theyve fixed everything, or they haven't and I won't. If your game is bugged from day one don't…

*timed exclusive, plus Switch emulator.

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Post by hinkley »

ilaksh wrote: post #141

Takeaway: even executives with a highly technical background will often make lazy incorrect decisions that can potentially sabotage months of effort by the company. Vinke's decision to under-prepare for scaling issues has put the team in the position of needing to possibly do heroic work at the last second to prevent the online part from falling over and creating very bad experiences for users.

When your player base is predicted to be small you also can’t afford to do little niche things that 5% of players will appreciate. Depending on which strategies you’re talking about, that can add depth to the game, or extra revenue.

So there’s a deluxe edition, which is an extra ten bucks and adds some cosmetics and physical items. But with the base game at $60, the collector’s edition probably should have brought it to $75. For a game that will easily hit 1.5 million downloads in the first few weeks, let the whales fund updates and sequels.

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Post by adastra22 »

aoanla wrote: post #97
flohofwoe wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> big cohort of millennials... I feel slightly offended being thrown into the same pot as those weird millenials ;) Absolutely everybody who owned a PC for gaming in the late 90's played BG1 and BG2, no matter the age. Video games are not just for teenagers you know.

I had a gaming PC in the late 90s and absolutely did not play BG1 or 2. I briefly tried PlaneScape: Torment several years after its release on the urging of one of its fans, but didn't make it past the early parts due to being annoyed by the random thugs that would assault you if you stood still for too long, and the pseudo-realtime 2e-based combat being Byzantine and off-putting.

Yeah I haven’t played a game other than Minecraft in two decades, although I was a huge gamer in my teens. Never touched BG.

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Post by honeybadger1 »

The shills are already out from the big players denouncing the 'type of game' development behind BG3. They're justifying the reskinning of the same shit over and over and calling it the next best title when it's basically nothing but the same shit regurgitated over and over.

I am already almost finished with Act 2 and I have to say this game will keep me occupied for many a night to come.

AMAZING team they have at Larian and their passion for quality shines in this game.

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Post by D13Fd »

flohofwoe wrote: post #25
jakebasile wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I like the CRPG genre a lot, but I think one reason that BG3 is taking off is that it _looks_ like a modern AA(A?) game while the rest look basically like Baldur's Gate did in 1998. BG3 lets you see the world in a lot more detail and it helps immerse you in Faerûn. Many people will claim "graphics don't matter", but the reality is that they do help.

TBH it looks and especially feels much more like a reskinned Divine Divinity OS2 with DnD rules implanted than BG1 and BG2 (which isn't necessarily a bad thing of course, but I don't feel a lot of BG1 and BG2 nostalgia when playing BG3, instead I'm constantly reminded of OS2). PS: One thing that is a lot better than in BG1 and BG2 is that combat with low-class characters feels a lot more interesting. Not sure how muc…

The screenshots definitely look like DOS2.

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Post by LegitShady »

password54321 wrote: post #152
henning wrote: post #73

I bought BG3 just because it's a AAA-quality game with no microtransactions, no battle passes, no bullshit, no pay-to-win monetization of any kind. What you buy is what you get, just like how video games generally were up until about ~10 years ago.

An extreme amount of triple A games are exactly what you described. Elden Ring, God of War, Zelda are some recent examples.

god of war and zelda are platform exclusives. for elden ring, not everyone likes souls-like games.

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Post by deng »

csa wrote: post #137
deng wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

According to Metacritic, in addition to the already mentioned people had fun with Metroid Prime Remastered Diablo IV Persona 4 Golden Dead Space Remake Final Fanatasy XVI Pikmin 4 Star Wars Jedi Survivor Hogwarts Legacy Remnant II So this year actually seems to be pretty great w.r.t. AAA games, and the next months will be pretty ridiculous, with Armored Core VI, Starfield, Mortal Kombat 1, Forza Motorsport, Alan Wake…

> Diablo IV You must have missed the 2.2 score that it currently has after being review bombed due to recent development decisions. On a personal level, I will say that they got the campaign right, but the rest of the game is incomplete. This game should have been released as a public beta — it’s currently not close to being a complete experience, imho.

User scores are completely broken, and probably beyond repair.
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