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Baldur's Gate III | OT | Bear in Mind, Your Choices Have Consequences

Doom85

Member
PS5 version unlocked, baby!!!

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here we go batman GIF
 

skit_data

Member
Caved in and bought the Deluxe Edition on PS5, gonna enjoy it with a couple of beers (no, not bears) tonight.

Edit: Wow, didn't even realize I bought it literal minutes before it becoming available, thought it became playable yesterday or something.
 
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twilo99

Member
Got almost to the 2nd Act but Starfield got me .. I’ll come back to it once I get tired of the space stuff lol

What an amazing game this is tho..
 

TrebleShot

Member
HDR is broken have to turn it off at system level and restart game also audio has dropped out once but I have to say it looks fantastic in perf mode
 

Markio128

Member
I’ve played for an hour on the PS5 version. It looks nice enough and runs smoothly so far, so really happy about that. It controls very similar to the Divinity games on console, so it hasn’t taken long for me to get used to the control scheme.

There are a crazy amount of options for choosing a character. I’ve ended up going with a Druid Elf, so god only knows how that’ll turn out.

Love it already though and the intro was pretty epic.
 

AV

We ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space
There are a crazy amount of options for choosing a character. I’ve ended up going with a Druid Elf, so god only knows how that’ll turn out.

That was my first character, solid choice. Druid gets a fair chunk of unique dialogue considering there's a lot of druid content in the game and it's a crazy versatile class. Blow your spell slots then turn into an animal and rampage.
 

Evolved1

make sure the pudding isn't too soggy but that just ruins everything
I find the broken HDR on PS5 makes the game unplayable. The blacks are crushed worse than literally any game I’ve played.

How. HOW!?.

Modern gaming. :/

So sick of this shit.
 

Elios83

Member
I've found a fix for HDR, in the PS5 HDR system calibration menu do not keep the black level at 0 but at a slightly higher value.
I've tried with a few clicks up and it works.
 

Doom85

Member
Had a brief audio bug on the final run for the transponder in opening level, PS5 menu had audio but game‘s audio was gone even when reloading. Then I turned my headphones off and back on and that did the trick.
 

skit_data

Member
Split screen on PS5 seems really seamless, just login to the second players PSN on the second controller and while in the character creator just hit X on the second controller and the other person hops into the party and get their own side of the screen.

Took a while for me to figure out so posting it here if someone else has trouble knowing how to do it
 
I've found a fix for HDR, in the PS5 HDR system calibration menu do not keep the black level at 0 but at a slightly higher value.
I've tried with a few clicks up and it works.

Yeah, this works, I experimented myself. Huge omission that this happened.

Also, how do you get the pre-order content from the deluxe edition (the adventurer's pouch)?
 

Darkmakaimura

Can You Imagine What SureAI Is Going To Do With Garfield?
The game looks so good. It's too bad I really despise Wizards of the Coast.

I can't forgive them for all the changes they made and how they try to appeal to "modern audiences" nowadays.
 
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Evolved1

make sure the pudding isn't too soggy but that just ruins everything
It's not really possible for me to post screens but Jesus christ.... it's so bad. Just, how. Once again, I'm the asshole who pays extra for a clearly and IMMEDIATELY OBVIOUS broken fucking product.
 

damidu

Member
can any of the deluxe double dippers, try save transfer and check act3 performance on ps5
im guessing it would be pretty miniscule population lol
 

TrebleShot

Member
Will try solutions above thanks for posting guys, once my gf stops watching the wedding singer that is…where’s my portal!
 
It's not really possible for me to post screens but Jesus christ.... it's so bad. Just, how. Once again, I'm the asshole who pays extra for a clearly and IMMEDIATELY OBVIOUS broken fucking product.
Ffs get a grip

There's a work around or turn HDR off for now.
I had same issue and fixed in 30 seconds
 

Markio128

Member
I’d forgotten how tough these games can be if you’re not on the ball. The first battle against 6 enemies has taught me a harsh lesson haha. Still, at least I got to have a fun conversation with a dead Gale, as he attempted to explain how to create the resurrection scroll lol.
 

TexMex

Member
No they changed it. It’s like a third person console game now. Camera defaults to real close. You can pull out the camera though.

You can absolutely still enable point and click mode.

HDR is broken have to turn it off at system level and restart game also audio has dropped out once but I have to say it looks fantastic in perf mode

Yes it is broken, same issue Jedi had. Easy fix. Go to the system level, adjust HDR settings, on the third option, change it from 0 to 1. Problem solved.
 

Doom85

Member
I’d forgotten how tough these games can be if you’re not on the ball. The first battle against 6 enemies has taught me a harsh lesson haha. Still, at least I got to have a fun conversation with a dead Gale, as he attempted to explain how to create the resurrection scroll lol.

LOL, seriously, I’ve played 5E before, and yet the room in the overgrown ruins with like four dudes was rough. Maybe I should have waited until I was level 3 before entering here, oh well. Still managed to beat it, with everyone at 5 HP or lower (Astarion was at 1, yikes).
 

ManaByte

Gold Member
LOL, seriously, I’ve played 5E before, and yet the room in the overgrown ruins with like four dudes was rough. Maybe I should have waited until I was level 3 before entering here, oh well. Still managed to beat it, with everyone at 5 HP or lower (Astarion was at 1, yikes).
The Goblin camp was like that until you start cooking them in groups using grease on all the fire sources.
 
I'm over here at like 50 hrs and I feel like I haven't even begun! Reminds me of Fort Joy. I haven't even made it to the goblin camp yet hahahah! I got to the blighted village, then got distracted by a quest to deliver a trunk to the thieves guild. After robbing their coffers, I found a random lift which I thought was going to be a little side basement area. NOPE! Took me to the underdark and three weeks later I'm still there. There's still an entire area of the underdark map I haven't even been to.

Omg I love it so much!!! Can't wait to see what acts 2 and 3 are like.
 

TexMex

Member
I bought this because I’m a disgusting hype whore and fully expected to bounce off pretty quick as I have with these games in the past, but so far, absolutely loving it.
 
I've played 44 hours and i'm at the end of Act 2 with level 8 1/3.
I'm curious what makes people taking 60 hours in those 2 Acts.
I'm on 50h and just killed Nere (Underdark)
to be fair, my play time is probably much higher because I like to take a moment and re do some fights using different strategies and I bet the game does not count that
I explored every possible area and done every possible quest
 
I'm on 50h and just killed Nere (Underdark)
to be fair, my play time is probably much higher because I like to take a moment and re do some fights using different strategies and I bet the game does not count that
I explored every possible area and done every possible quest

I'm a little tiny bit further than that, and I'm the same: 50h. Also playing the same way. I enjoy the exploration and finding random stuff, secrets, looting every possible container as much as I do the combat and questing.

I think I hit something like 175h for dos2, so I imagine I'll be well over 200h for this one.
 

Denton

Member
I think I hit something like 175h for dos2, so I imagine I'll be well over 200h for this one.
My ingame save shows 160 hours and I am not done yet. Steam shows 210. Lot of time spent in inventory and loading screens, due to my peeking into alternative futures and then going back (doing all kinds of shit out of curiosity and then reloading).
 
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