Baldur's Gate III (PC, PS5, XSS, XSX)
 

http://www.overclockersclub.com/news/30841/

http://baldursgate.com/


Very Interested in this

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I've heard it's going to be a first person shooter...

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But with squad mechanics and gay romance options.

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I loved the first game. Never played the second though. I would be interested in a new update to this strong IP.

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The second game is about a million times better than the first. You should definitely check it out.

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Yes, the second one is definitely better than the first. Both are classics but BG2 is easily one of my favorite RPG's of all time.

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the second game IS the best pure rpg of all time...

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and time stop is still the best spell in game history...

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I'd love a new Baldur's Gate game!

I just bought Baldur's Gate 1 & 2 with both expansions, Planescape Torment, and the Temple of Elemental Evil off GOG.com for $19.99. Not a bad deal.

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Back in the days of awesome RPG gaming....

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Heck I even played the less than stellar Xbox ports. I guess I'm old school but I'll always prefer an isometric perspective for RPGs.

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-eek-

You can get the whole BG saga on GOG for like $10. You should definitely check it out, because as others have said it is the best RPG ever made. Its really sad how Bioware has fallen because Dragon Age and Mass Effect are nowhere near as good.

BG3 was actually in development by Black Isle before they went out of business. It was codenamed The Black Hound, similar to their Fallout 3 work in progress codenamed Van Buren. Of course the Fallout 3 we actually got by Bethesda was nothing like Van Buren at all, so I don't really have any faith that if BG3 ever is made that it will be like the old games at all. Isometric games like that are dead and gone. BG3 will most likely be a first person game like Fallout 3 ended up being. Also consider that it definitely won't use the old 2nd edition rule set. It would use the new 4th edition rules that just came out. So yeah, it really won't be much like old school BG at all.

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They weren't ports. A port is when a game is transferred across systems with minimal changes. The console BG games were completely different games.

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I don't think I ever played any of the Baldur's Gate games. I recall trying a demo for one of the console games but it wasn't my cup of tea. However, I've also read the console games were all crap.

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They are crap indeed. BG on the consoles was a hack and slash button masher like God of War or Ninja Gaiden. BG on the PC was a very strategic RPG using the D&D rules. Have you played Dragon Age? BG on the PC is Dragon Age done ten times better. In fact, Dragon Age was hyped as being the spiritual successor to BG, although in the end it was just marketing hype because it really wasn't. Dragon Age on the PC was close though since you could change to an isometric view, and the difficulty was a little more strategic than console versions.

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I'd love a new BG game. I played the original long ago. Never played the second one. I recently bought BG 1+2, and Icewind Dale 1+2 off GOG.com when they had a buy one, get one free sale. It also came with Temple of Elemental Evil for free. 5 games for $20. A good deal, IMO. I've now got plenty of old school RPGs to play through.

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This almost makes it sound like Bioware is making crap games now or something. Personally, I like the Mass Effect series better.

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ToEE is a very bland game. Its sad because it does have the most faithful representation of tabletop D&D gaming ever converted to a computer game, and that part is absolutely amazing, but the rest of the game is junk. The storyline is more basic than Diablo. The quests are all fetch quests. The amazing combat engine is the only good thing about it.

If you do play ToEE, be sure to get the Circle of Eight mod. That mod adds a lot of content and provides a better experience. Its still not a great game, but its a lot better than vanilla ToEE.

If someone ever made a game with the depth of Baldur's Gate combined with the combat engine of ToEE, it would be the best game ever made.

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Mass Effect better than Baldur's Gate? That's blasphemy!

It really depends on what you want in your games. Mass Effect, like most games today, are definitely more cinematic and almost like a Hollywood movie. However, they typically lack the gameplay depth of older games. Dragon Age and Mass Effect are nowhere near as deep as Baldur's Gate. Fallout 3 is nowhere near as deep as Fallout 1 and 2. Deus Ex: Human Revolution isn't as deep as the original Deus Ex. And so on. Personally I prefer gameplay over cinematic graphics, so I am not too much into modern gaming. Other people prefer cinematics over gameplay. Nothing wrong with it, just different preferences.

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Yeah, I have DA. Sadly, never got to finish it. I forgot to backup my save when I had to re-install Windows 7 a while back. Since I was pretty deep in the game, I haven't had much desire to start from the beginning all over again.

I rarely used the isometric camera, however. It helped in certain areas but felt mostly pointless since enemies would just magically appear out of nowhere (DAII was far worse in that regard).

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I prefer gameplay over cinematic graphics too, but I think "gameplay" is somewhat ambiguous and ill-defined so i'm not sure if that's the comparison I would make as the distinction between new and old games. For what its worth, I like Fallout 1/2 and the original Deus Ex better then their modern counter parts too, but still have Mass Effect as my favorite RPG. :shrug:

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I love Mass Effect but only like Dragon Age. I wonder where I fit in all this.

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I only like Dragon Age too. :p

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I love Baldur's Gate. I think I have near 300 hours into the second game, but I just disagree with the idea that the gameplay is deeper than Mass Effect. I guess it depends on what you are looking for or define "deep" as. Baldur's Gate does not hold your hand, I will give you that. One is truly open world and the other is structured. Combat is a major reason to play these games. With Baldur's Gate 2, even on the highest difficulty, I got to the point that I never thought about it. I could go through the motions in my sleep. Mass Effect on the other hand on the highest difficulty requires you to be on your toes. While it is still not a hard game, there is a strategy required that keeps you on edge during the game that is missing in Baldur's Gate.

Baldur's Gate has the joy of exploration and discovery that makes the game special. Mass Effect has, as you say, a Hollywood like presentation. Both games are a lot of fun during combat. I just happen to find Mass Effect deeper in that regard, and ultimately that is the reason I play games.

I am with you on Dragon Age though...

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and I have to add...reading my post again I made it sound like Baldurs gate was easy...or that combat had no depth..

This is not the case, there is plenty of difficulty until you figure it out and level up, and you will get your ass handed to you if you pick fights you are not ready for or go where you should not be. You need a lot of strategy for Baldur's gate, it just seemed to me that I got to the point that combat was mindless. I almost did not think about buffs, potions and strategy (I just used them).... Mass Effect 2 is an easy game, but the nature of the combat never allowed me to just sort of block out what I was doing if I was playing on Insanity.

Also I have a total of 130 hours on Mass 2, and WAY over 300 on BG2...so that might have something to do with it...

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PCGamer.com has an article that the Baldur's Gate page has a countdown going. Should hit zero today around 12pm pacific. I just went to the site, and it's down to 3:45:00 to go. I guess we'll find out what its about pretty soon.

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Hoping for Isometric, likely going to be first person shooter/rpg

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Or a FaceBook game a'la Dragon Age Legends.

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One rumor I've heard is an iOS port (that would be OK with me).

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Apparently the countdown was to the site going down.

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Are you serious? :lol:

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Its still down.

You know, if you are going to count down to a supposedly big announcement, you should be well prepared beforehand for any potential bandwidth overloads...

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This just showed up on Joystiq.

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/15/ba...s-this-summer/

There already is an HD mod that plays the original game in HD graphics, so I hope this is more than just an HD facelift.

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Wow. If all that was for a simple facelift, that was a whole lot of nothing. :down:

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Well, according to this article, it's more than a re-package.

http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/03/15/ba...g-this-summer/

Following an enigmatic, tedious countdown timer (that broke the website upon expiring for 40 minutes and counting), Overhaul Games has announced Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition.

BG and BG2 have been available on GOG.com for awhile, so what’ll this contribute? According to the developer, original game content. Overhaul Games told Joystiq: “This is the Enhanced Edition, it’s not a repackage. We have the original source code and are doing a significant update.” I’ve separately reached out to the developer for more information.

Right now, the game’s announcement page is still busted, so I’m not sure whether to tell you to keep F5ing or not. I’ll update with any additional information as we receive it.

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It sounds to me like they are just updating the old Infinity Engine rather than doing an actual remake. I wonder just how much they can actually update it that hasn't already been done in mods. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of BG mods out there that significantly improve the original game. Like I said before, there is even a mod that lets you play the original game in HD and widescreen resolutions, so even that is nothing new.

So far this whole thing seems VERY underwhelming. Unless it turns out to be an actual remake with a new engine, it seems like a huge waste of time.

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The site is finally working now. Only 3 hours late. :lol:

http://www.baldursgate.com/news/2012...anced-edition/

So there will be both a BG1 and BG2 enhanced editions. It also looks like I was right. Its just an enhancement of the old Infinity Engine and not a real remake. I was hoping for a 3D isometric engine similar to Diablo 3. Just reusing the old engine is major disappointment.

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Considering I just bought both BG 1+2 off of GOG.com, I'll probably just stick to playing those, unless this new game has some really cool new features.

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I wonder if it will use 4th edition rules? I really can't imagine Wizards of the Coast would ever go back to 2nd edition.

That's probably what the "modern enhancement" is. Just a change in the rule set and everything else remains the same. :lol:

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Depending on what sort of enhancements they have planned and what new content will be added to the game, I might pick it up. I was hoping for Baldur's Gate III using an enhanced version of the Infinity Engine....but I guess that ain't happening anytime soon. I've already re-played the first game using the TuTu mod and if that's all this enhanced version is then I'll pass.