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

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Post by jakebasile »

mark38848 wrote: post #287
imbnwa wrote: post #170

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Many people will claim "graphics don't matter", but the reality is that they do help. Yeah, it was hard for me to get into Path of Exile over D3 and D4, despite being a technically 'deeper' game

Graphics might be good in BG3 but the art style is non-existent. Generic clear skies or scorching red purgatory fantasy setting. People flying around on dragons fighting Cthulhu's aunt. Man I'd love being able to love that.

Speak for yourself, I've found the world art assets in BG3 both high quality and well made. The detail on the characters and their arms and armor is intricate, too.

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Post by sedatk »

practice9 wrote: post #262
sedatk wrote: post #202

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Eh. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2378500/Digital_Deluxe_Ed...

Nothing essential though. Just some stuff for people who previously played DOS2

Also true.

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Post by iamflimflam1 »

I don’t really play games much anymore. Too many other calls on my time. But I have many fond memory’s of the Baldur’s gate games.

So I’m not surprised it’s doing well. I will probably try and have a play myself.

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Post by Shared404 »

Shared404 wrote: post #217
ycombinete wrote: post #87

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Thank you, can you suggest some others please! I find the usual list of couch co ops it be total trash.

I haven't played the co-op mode of Cassette Beasts yet, but I've been playing single player and have loved every second. E: Spelling, gotta love mobile.

Actually wound up playing the co-op mode today, it's quite fun once you're past the tutorial.

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Post by pastage »

CamperBob2 wrote: post #118
xwdv wrote: post #47

Any time someone gives me some max capacity estimate to aim for, I multiply it by 10 and design the system for that. That’s 10x developer thinking.

That's 10x budget thinking.

Sustained 10x usage spikes is ok to plan for, not super expensive. It is something most senior developers are pretty bad at but it is not 10x as hard just experience.

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Post by caskstrength »

AlotOfReading wrote: post #281
caskstrength wrote: post #246

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>It's a really, really good game. I'm glad they decided to make it turn based vs the real time with pause, though I know that's a somewhat controversial decision (what isn't?). Yes, but naming the game "Baldur's Gate 3" instead of something like "Divinity: Dungeons & Dragons" is, unfortunately, a successful cash-grab. Which is to be expected considering that AFAIK _none_ of the original developers or writers worked o…

What are the characteristics of a "Baldur's Gate" title beyond being a CRPG following DnD rules set in the areas around the city? Because that's all that seems to unite the other titles and BG3 meets it.

> What are the characteristics of a "Baldur's Gate" title beyond being a CRPG following DnD rules set in the areas around the city?

I wouldn't call it a defining characteristic since neither SoA nor ToB is happening in Baldur's Gate on nearby areas. But "top-down view cRPG heavy on RTwP D&D tactical combat with 6 character party" would be more or less correct, if imprecise, definition. Minsc unfortunately also seems to have become the distinctive characteristic of the series, but what can you do...

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Post by caskstrength »

serf wrote: post #286
AlotOfReading wrote: post #281

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What are the characteristics of a "Baldur's Gate" title beyond being a CRPG following DnD rules set in the areas around the city? Because that's all that seems to unite the other titles and BG3 meets it.

who knows. given that the whole dark alliance branch exists and essentially turned the game into something totally different it's not like the precedent for radical change hasn't already been set. also phrasing 'cash grab' in association to any 'Wizards of the Coast' IP as if it were any kind of surprise seems to be missing their whole business tactic for the past 20+ years. See: the new Neverwinter Nights branches a…

> given that the whole dark alliance branch exists and essentially turned the game into something totally different it's not like the precedent for radical change hasn't already been set.

But that was my point - they didn't dare to name it "Baldur's Gate _3_ Dark Alliance". It would rub people the wrong way much less if they named the new game "Baldur's Gate: Divinity" I assume.

> also phrasing 'cash grab' in association to any 'Wizards of the Coast' IP as if it were any kind of surprise seems to be missing their whole business tactic for the past 20+ years.

Cash grab from Larian. Obviously I don't expect WotC to have any ethics or integrity.

> if anything BG3 exhibits less cash-grab behaviors than the entire rest of the portfolio of WotC at the moment.

I kinda agree, but I never claimed that BG3 is somehow most blatant cash grab from the long list of WotC cash grabs over the years. I'm just disappointed that they have succeeded with it :)

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Post by 3LazTjBv-f »

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.

> no bullshit

There is stinky game launcher. It might not waste my money, but it definitely wastes my time

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Post by ivann »

wilde wrote: post #122
leshenka wrote: post #3

Oh it's okay, it's a single-player game, it's not that you need any server capacity for that. Other than download servers but it's Steam's problem, not publisher's. ...right?

Can you start it without a login? They have a launcher

You can skip it entirely with this launch option in steam: `--skip-launcher`.

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Post by ivann »

3LazTjBv-f wrote: post #298
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.

> no bullshit There is stinky game launcher. It might not waste my money, but it definitely wastes my time

You can add `--skip-launcher` to the steam launch options.
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