Zelda Fan tries Baldur's Gate 3 (Game of the Year?)
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- Опубліковано 7 гру 2023
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was outdone by Baldur's Gate 3 for Game of the Year at the Game Awards 2023. So in this video, as a Zelda fan first, I try Baldur's Gate 3 and see what it's about!
We start off our adventure by meeting Lae'zel and Shadowheart as we survive a crash land from a Nautiloid.
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The developers have a sense of humor that I appreciate.
@@mystikarain same with the people handing out the game awards 😂
"Everything looks really linear" is the most hilarious misconception possible
I learned very quickly that wasn't the case lol
Many people doesn't realize, but there's quite an amount of decisions to make even in the tutorial. Save Us, cripple Us or let it have its full autonomy, save Shadowheart or leave her trapped, interact with the capsules and release the Mindflayers, help the Mindflayer fight or run straight to the transportation control. Heck, even the first thing, the tadpole cauldron gives you the choice to touch it or let it be. You can end the tutorial half dead with miserable Exp or Lv2 with a new fire sword.
BG3 is a bit more linear than bg1 and 2 were. it's kind of "open-by the chapter" kinda free range , like for instance you can do diferent things in chapter one in different orders, but once you pass to chapter 2 you can't go back to chapter 1. while BG 1 and Bg2 you had almost free range of all areas from the start (more so in bg1 , by bg2 things were tightened up a bit more for narrative reasons. )
@@ZeldaMaster I appreciate this comment ❤
@@DenverStarkeyyou can go back to act 1 after you get to act 2. When you do a certain thing, you get a warning that you can't go back but that's near the start of act 3 anyway
The most impressive part of this was that you landed a hit with sacred flame.
Lols... 😂 It will never happen again...
Preach! Sacred Flame has alot of potential as a cantrip that deals radiant damage but damn, i miss 90% of the time
Igmiss!
@@robertfishburn8545it's because the hit is based off of the creature's dexterity saving throw. It is more likely to hit a slow clumsy characters
Real Shit, it always pissed me off and made me get mad at Shadowheart even if it isn't her fault
I am a hardcore Zelda fan too, but trust me, Baldur's Gate 3 deserved to win. Play the game for 20 more hours and then you will be able to say that you've scratched the surface of it. Yeah, that's how big the game is. You can easily stretch the playthrough to 100+ hours. It's absolutely mind-blowing. I am a person that never really got into top-view rpgs and found them overwhelming and overall not my type. But this game is something else man.
Same i’m a big Zelda fan and I thought tears of the kingdom was disappointing again to be a Zelda fan you don’t have to say every game is a masterpiece because they’re not tears of the kingdom was a really good game but it’s not a 10 out of 10. It has a lot of walls and if we keep saying the game is perfect, it will never improve
Same
100 hours seems small too tbh. I’m over 75 hours in and not even started act 2
@@DrSoggyWaffles A fellow completionist I see. It took me 90 hours to get to act 2, and then I realized I actually hadn't finished act 1 yet, so make that 100+ hours for act 1 content alone. I'm currently about 235 hours into my first playthrough and still not even close to finishing act 3.🤣💀
@@DrSoggyWaffles 200h i didnt end yet
That reaction to Totk's loss definitely gave Michael Scott energy 😂
Ngl you were my childhood, and now I'm edging to you as an adult. Time flies fast man! 😁
Hey, didn't expect to see you here
@@fryingmilk
WHAT
@@fryingmilk 🤨
''Loss'' ? =/
I think ''Best Adventure game'' is a very commendable Award still if people even go by the Games Awards lol. And look what it fought off: Spiderman 2, Jedi Survivor. No joke that award! Basically the same Statue as the overall GOTY one too!
As a Zelda fan and BG3 fan I felt way more from the story of BG3 and I love turn based. I know what happens at the end of TOTK Good overcomes evil. BG3 you can become that evil or be good. On my 6th playthrough atm in BG3 and no playthrough has been quite the same. Just really fun.
I was FULLY convinced that ToTK had game of the year in the bag.
Then BG3 came out, and the clips I saw of the companion characters convinced me to try it out. I'm into DnD but I'm not a PC gamer and had no idea what i was getting into. BG3 blew my mind in the best possible way. It took over my life for a full month and i still havent finished my first playthrough. Its insane just how much content there is. It makes $60 actually feel like a bargain, and Larian studios has earned my deepest respect for how much care theyve shown for the game and it's players
if totk was the definition of "you can do whatever you want" mechanically, the best way to put it is that bg3 is the lore-equivalent of it. you can beat the game 100 times without playing the same way almost entirely. so many different choices that you almost forget that its a fancy top down strategy rpg, because it plays like a flawless open world game.
you can also do whatever you want, mechanically in this game, with limitations of course, you cant destroy the buildings for example. On top of that, also the story, you dont like the NPC? kill it
@@ampur2 Correction, you can't destroy ALL of the buildings lol
@@jukesdtj656 that's literally what I said, no need for correction. The buildings mean all the buildings, I didn't say some or most, Although you can destroy some doors and walls.
spoiler alert
You can destroy the temple the githiyanki creche is in by messing up with the booby trapped mace deep inside it and then failing to deactivate it. Granted, it's very much possible to die as a result of it if you don't get out in time but nonetheless you can still blow it up
@@ampur2 ? You can't even do a proper Perfect dodge, so pls stop that.
This is why I think bg3 won
* Bg3 is the first western game in a while to be everything that was promised
* There's no micro transactions because Larian is heavily against them
* They take community feed back and suggestions even adding things they never planned to add because players wanted it
* They're constantly updating the game and fixing bugs (minus that short time everyone at larian went on Vacay a well deserved one)
* Even minor characters have large personalities and intriguing back stories
* All of the companions have their own stories and quest which are intriguing as well
* The world feels alive with emotion and heart
* They've taken feed back from the previous baldurs gate and added more depth with the origin character "The Dark Urge" which gives the player character their own story. The dark urge is the fully customizable origin character from race, gender, and class.
* The voice acting and amount of emotion is wonderful
* After 2 play throughs I'm still coming across things I didn't know where there so there's tons of replay value
* Larian plans to add full mod support and there are already hundreds of mods for the game
* There's something for almost everyone that plays it. Be it the story, combat, or romancing. bg3 brought people into the genre they had no experience or no interest in that includes myself. Larian put together a wonderful game
* Overall almost all of Larian loves dnd and were very passionate about this project and it is very well shown in the game and how hard they're still continuing to improve everything and take in feed back and suggestions
But with that these are all my takes. I adore bg3 I think anyone who even has a small amount of interest should play and give themselves a new experience. Now not everyone is going to love it of course because everyone has their own opinions and everyone is different. I loved Totk however I think with everything bg3 deserved the win.
This probably falls under the world feels alive but there's a real tangibility to the world. I've caught myself many times not progressing and just staring at characters armor in the conversations. It's some of the best looking and most realistic armor/gear I've seen in a game. It looks like there's real weight to what everyone is wearing.
100% they were able to translate a lot of what makes dnd feel so alive even though it's just a tabletop game I remember seeing a clip of someone from the company talk about having to do their best to get the most realistic weight for literally everything in the game good clip fun watch @@chaost4544
Full mod support? Hell yeah!
Also truly evil playthrough with dark urge, actually nice romance
yap
I just started playing Baldur's Gate 3 today to see why this game won and I have to say, the few hours I've played have literally been non-stop fun.
The openness of this game is unreal and it honestly feels like I can do whatever I can think of. It's truly remarkable.
I've never played D&D before so I had no previous experience going into Baldur's Gate 3 so it felt very new and definitely took a massive learning curve.
I don't wanna raddle on any longer so to sum it up, I definitely think that Baldur's Gate 3 deserved game of the year and I have had a ton of fun thus far.
Yeah, I haven't played it, but I have played DND before sand like it a lot. I'm not gonna question why Baldurs Gate 3 won, TOTK wasn't good enough to beat the great games up there like Spiderman 2 and Baldurs Gate 3
It’s a waste of time tbh there’s only a small group of people that would really like it so it’s wild it won goty for me
@@wordedhalo6746 have you ever played it?
@@bravobird9435 why would I? I’m not spending triple A game prices for a 20 year old PC game
@@wordedhalo6746 the game isn't 20 years old you clown. It came out in August of 2023
Really awesome to see you play the game! Very deserving of goty. However I think a lot of people in this comment section don’t understand why it won. Don’t get me wrong I loved both games and they both deserved goty but Baldur’s Gate 3 was important, it will be a game people are talking about for years as the standard for rpgs moving forward a lot of people loved this game and it brought dnd to the mainstream for instance me, never played dnd, but I was interested in it and Bg3 was the perfect introduction for me and a lot of other people.
Don’t get me wrong I loved tears, I love Zelda, the franchise is my 2nd favorite series behind halo, it means a lot to me. But baldur’s gate needed to win as it’s more than a game, it was a message to the industry that games like it are still possible and people do want games like this and they will fucking SELL.
So please, don’t insult another game just because you wanted another one to win, appreciate them both, this year was stacked with games that would have won goty any other year.
🎉 If I can give you a thousand likes I would. This is the most mature comment I’ve read in this section.
@@Travel-Adv thank you! That means a lot!
BG3 did what BOTW did when it released: it got everyone talking earnestly about how it could change the industry. Thats a big part of why both games won GOTY.
@@brilobox2 exactly!
This is so true! BG3 winning is also a win for Gamers as well as for the exceedingly talented and deserving Larian Studios ❤
I've had no previous experience with D&D type games until BG3 and thoroughly loved this game
Best way I've heard it described and I'm paraphrasing Josh Sawyer here. It succeeds in spite of DnD, not because of it. It's worse off because it uses the system. Larian being what they are is why it's incredible.
@@matthewsteinmetz729 the fuck? DnD is the foundation for all of larian games....it is NOT worse off because it uses the systems, MORE games need DnD systems. Unless, if by systems you simply mean "Dice Rolls", which is what i truly suspect, because how can you say having a billion options for combinations of classes and abilities (inherent to dnd), racial bonuses (again, DnD), mixing and matching weapons/armor even if they dont make sense (DnD allows all of this.) For fucks sake, i have never even PLAYED dnd, and yet, this game was fantastic and in fact i started loving dice checks. In fact, larian dumbed it down. Yuo can only get to level 12 in bg3, but in DnD you can reach level 20 (Although most campaigns are around level 15.) and thats because once you pass level 12 in DnD you start encroaching onto god powers. "In spite of DnD".....lmaoo
TOTK was so worthy of the GOTY award but Baldur's Gate 3 deserves it so much. Outside of the game itself, it boosted the crpg genre to mainstream and has amassed players from different genres to come and try it. It caused a resurgence and literally shook the game industry for being something outside the "known" norm.
One thing that really stands out in BG3 is the origins. You will meet them and have them join you as companions, but if you play with them you get your own unique storylines. The one I tend to recommend is Dark Urge, which is a custom character, but tied into the plot, an amnesiac struggling with an overwhelming bloodlust, which they can choose to fight or give into those baser instincts.
I respect you having an open mind. Let this be an example for everyone else and the incessant tribalism out there on the internet. Nice job!
I'd keep watching you play this! Also a quick tip, your characters are ready to level up. You need to open the menu to do so. Have fun!
ZM can't still believe Baldur Gate 3 won Game of the Year so he tried out the game and see what's the fuss all about 😂
You are a legend man keep it up. Im proud of you 😊
Too bad other Zelda fans can't be so open minded
@@bravobird9435it’s an inherently flawed genre I would have been happy with literally any other contestants winning
@@wordedhalo6746 Zelda had a lot of flaws too
@@bravobird9435 fs but I think the base game is probably better. I think the genre of top down rpg is inherently flawed. It’s hard to put yourself in the perspective of your character when usually you’re looking through the eyes of god
@@wordedhalo6746 it's hard to put yourself in the perspective of a character who never speaks in any manner. See I can say random ass shit too, you've literally never played bg3 so how can you say you can't relate to a character you've never played?
I really enjoyed watching this! My family and I used to play Zelda in the early days of N64 and these days I mostly play "cosy" games. I watched a playthrough of BG3 a few months ago, adamant I didn't want to play it myself. However, I gave in and bought myself a copy for my 60th birthday. Two months later I have 8 different games on the go (including a Dark Urge which is very unsettling) and 450 hours under my belt. I don't like the dice rolling but understand the necessity of it but I absolutely love the game and the community are so helpful and friendly. Whenever I get stuck I leave a comment on a video and multiple people will give me advice and tips. Better still no-one makes fun of my age or inexperience. Playing the game is like being part of the story, like starring in your own fantasy film! I think it deserved GOTY well and truly. xxx
i'm so glad you decided to try this game for yourself. i have a blast every time i play it, solo or with friends
I’m so happy that winning GOTY is bringing even more people to trying the game, more people to share the joy of BG3 with! I’ve been a Zelda fan since OOT in the early 2000’s and I was so excited for TOTK and absolutely LOVED it. But I gave BG3 a try on its full PC release and it quickly joined RDR and LOZ as my favourite games/ franchises. It is an incredible game and you’re in for such a rich, complex and sometimes heartbreaking adventure
Happy gaming friend ❤
Yeah, if this game didn't come out I would have voted for totk, but the reason I voted for this is because I think it will push the Zelda team to do better next game hopefully
The gaming world, and the world generally, needs more people like you! 💘 You are a heavily invested Zelda fan who is willing to explore BG3 in an effort to understand why it won over your favourite, rather than trashing the game without giving it a chance. I cannot reiterate enough just how awesome that is, these days especially. I absolutely love BG3, and I have not played any Zelda games. The only reason for that is because I'm exclusively a PC gamer; I know you can use emulators, but right now I'm just not in a good head space to mess with tech, so hopefully one day soon. It was honestly so much fun watching your reactions; if ever you did a full blown Lets Play of BG3, I'm pretty sure I'd watch it.
I hope BG3 ends up being a game you enjoy (because investing time in things we ultimately don't like always feels kind of bad).
Have an awesome day!
Same. On all counts. I hope your headspace gets better soon
I am so glad this game is so well put together that it can pull together so many different types of gamers. I recently got a friend into D&D only like 6 months ago, and she doesn't play many video games but now she's trying BG3. And plenty of people have come from the opposite who have never tried D&D and are loving it. Sven is so smart and wants everyone to be able to enjoy the game, but without sacrificing the game to "appeal to the masses". It shows that if you just make a good game, people will find it.
if ever you are interested in checking out an old Zelda game that doesn't take much tech wizardry to set up I'd be more than happy to help.
Zelda a Link to the Past is rather easy to play on PC. All you need is an emulator (free and safe is snes9x) and the file (I can point you in the right direction for that if you are interested) (and ideally a controller to play with haha)
I also hoped for totk but it's pretty cool that baldur's gate won with it being made in my home country, Belgium!
Your country just revived computer RPGs in a big way.
It would actually to be so cool to watch you stumble around this game, hoping for more content💕💕
After visiting the salt mines on twitter, it's refreshing to see someone go out of their comfort zone and giving the game a fair chance.
That’s why you stay away from twitter unless to laugh at it
I have been heavily addicted to the game ever since I got it, it's absolutely insane. Playing it and seeing other people play it makes me so giddy
I love watching people play it for the first time and experience the joy and wonder I did the first time I played it.
I need HELP!
As a long-time Legend of Zelda fanboy, i have not had fun with a video game like i did with BG3 since the original Twilight Princess.
The amount of content, the story, sense of adventure, and the emotional roller-coaster ride was everything i wanted in a video game for a very long time. I absolutely love Tears of the Kingdom, but, BG3 just scratched so many more itches for me. I can understand why people don't like it, but, it's very, very deserving of GOTY.
Same experience here, I was calling people out when BG3 came out for saying that it would win GOTY over Zelda, I was like there is no way that is better than the masterpiece TOTK is, then I finally tried it on September, currently I have 500 hours and multiple playthroughs, I understood why people liked it and I’m so happy I gave it a chance.
It should be the standard of games we should be getting at this time. Unfortunately, it is 'innovative'. We need more games that are complete and worth the price like BG3, Witcher 3, etc.
I’m a long time Zelda fan who loved Twilight Princess, it’s my favorite Zelda game. I restarted BG 3 again after taking a break (it’s so complex), but your comment has inspired me to stick to the game and see it through.
Interesting that you also liked TOTK, I started the game as well (after not liking BOTW) and so far it’s not bad . I’ll most likely continue my TOTK after BG3.
One minor object glitch. "GOTY everybody"
RIght.
He's gotta vent somehow
I have never seen your content before, I was just looking for reactions on the GoTY award and came across your video. So far I really admire your commitment to allow Baldurs Gate 3 a chance to appeal to you despite not being a game similar to Breath of the Wild and Zelda games. I highly enjoyed it and look forward to more of your content.
It’s great to see fans of other franchises play this game. I am an elder scrolls nut and I started playing this 2 weeks ago. I love it. It’s very different from anything I’ve played before
Shadowheart is a cleric whose main ability is spells, not melee. Keep her at range and use magic. She also has healing magic and buff spells so she can give the front liners support.
Clerics can main melee, spells, or both; they can also main ranged, and their spell focus can be very versatile even more than a Wizard for the most part because they aren't squishy for the early levels. , I find her more powerful as a melee-focused spell-caster.
@@jnewgot bit you don't build front line melee around a cleric. They are best being middle row character as they have a good ac and cn hit in melee, but they are not set up as high damge melee combatant
@@SmokeSolo1975"you don't build frontline melee around a cleric"
war domain cleric casting ancestral guardians: What's that? I can't hear you over the sound of my hammer cracking skulls!
That might be how you wanna build her but she’s quite good in a melee cleric build, it’s really free with how you wanna build any character
She can be insanely strong front liner if you build her correctly.
This game is SO good. You can play hundreds of hours and still find new content. I haven't finished it and I'm on 90 atm. It's super detailed, you can pretty much do anthing you can think of in game
"everything looks really linear". Eheheh, you'll soon find out that it's the opposite. I'd recommend to keep playing as single player though, at least for a first playthrough. You are also talking a lot including over cut scenes, it's better to just concentrate but hey, you do you.
I absolutely think it deserves goty, I hate people overreacting, saying it's rigged etc (when that's impossible due to how it is run). So good on you for giving it a try.
Before bg3 I had no interest in this style of game at all and I knew nothing about d&d, I think this was an introduction for a lot of people. I watch Neil Newbons (Astarion actor) streams/videos and saw how passionately he was talking about the game and his character etc. I'm so glad I gave it a chance because I am obsessed. The story, characters/character development and just the writing overall is amazing.
I am also a hard-core Zelda fan, and 100% believe that BG3 deserved GOTY
Not the Live Action Zelda I expected, but one I am very much looking forward to, heh!
Hope you’re having a great time with this time ❤
This game is incredible the voice acting and play is a master piece it really is just beautiful
The thing i will say about BG3 is that it may not appeal to everyone at face value but to the people it does appeal to, it does everything we've been wanting and does it to such a high degree. Appreciate the playthrough homie, I'd watch more
respect to ZM, unlike so many heretics in the comments he actually tries an game thats outside his norm.
Zelda and Baldur's Gate share decades of love. Let no one break it.
When I first play this game I'm kinda shocked by how much freedom for me to play it, truly a new experience
So far I'm really loving this playthrough! It's awesome watching your enthusiasm steadily grow as you discover new things despite dubious first impressions of turn-based combat and linearity. Really hoping you come to enjoy this game for everything it has to offer :D
Link being in a universe so far from home he gained part speech xD
I appreciate you giving this game a try. I'm a huge Zelda fan, and before I played Baldurs Gate, Tears of the Kingdom would have been my GOTY too. But after finishing Baldurs Gate, I was just blown away by how much care & detail went into the game, you really feel all the love that went into making it. BG is definitely a different kind of game than TOTK though, and there's a bit of a learning curve at first, but you get the hang of it eventually. I think both are amazing games and I'm glad we got to have two great games to play this year. I hope you enjoy BG and if you keep playing I'll keep watching :)
This was a great video zelda master, seeing you give bg3 an honest try and not bash like other channels may is pretty respectable buddy, hope you have a fantastic adventure in BG3 man!
This was very big of you, and I’m thrilled to see you trying BG3. It was the next game I played after TOTK and it felt like a perfect follow up. The only reason BG3 wins over TotK for me is the replayability. The news of no master mode or other dlc kind of broke me, and it was nice to step into a game that is so different every time you play it.
I sincerely hope you continue this series, it’s always wonderful to watch someone’s first experience with the D&D rule set. I’ll be watching eagerly.
I love Zelda and I’ve played every 3D Zelda games and a bunch of 2D ones, spread over half of my life. But when I played Baldur’s Gate 3 it immediately became my favorite game of all time.
Ranger with a hunter subclass would have been ideal for link. Can wear medium armor, can sword and shield combo, and even gets a spin attack.
There is a spell, I think it's called disarm, and you can basically steal the fire sword from the demon dude
It's the command spell, you can also pick up the exploding purple things and set them around and explode the dude once his hp is low enough
@@nisfornightowl_ lol that's what its called, thanks XD.
I didnt know about the exploding part tbh lol
Pro tips to a beginning player: (1) Between battles you should do a “short rest” to heal up… Then every two short rests go to camp and do a “long rest” to get Shadowhearts spells back. (2) In general during a combat turn each character gets to do each of the following: (a) move (b) one green action and (c) one bonus action (yellow)… (3) During combat try NOT wasting your bonus action on drinking a health potion if you can avoid it… Use bonus action to do more damage (yellow attack) and heal between combats instead.
This depends heavily on class. Some classes have an assload of bonus actions to choose from, some get very few. It's often a good idea to try and maintain a healthy balance between action/bonus action/reaction abilities (reaction is another class of thing that you can do *in response* to something else happening that you regain at the start of your turn - an opportunity attack is a reaction for example that is taken when an enemy moves out of your threat range) in as far as you can. Obviously this is kind of minmaxing stuff though, it's not strictly necessary. And if you need healing a healing potion can be the best choice.
Zelda is and always will be a legendary adventure series with innovative and unique gameplay, but BG3 is a new pinnacle of RPGs. I have never played a better CRPG in my life.
I seriously don't understand why anyone expected ToTK or SM2 to win a game of the year. Both were sequels that looked and functioned practically the same as their previous installments. Perhaps DLCs of the year would have been a better award category for them?
Bro, you got a new sub here just for your open-mindedness and willingness to try something new and for being able to rationalize your favorite thing. Not winning something. In this day and age that has to be commended and I look forward to watching the rest of your play through!
I appreciate any content creator who is willing to step out of their comfort zone and try things they may not initially be drawn to. Hope you love the game man!
I’m thinking of trying this game out too, thank you zm!
Awesome. Now I want to see your whole playthrough ! :-)
will there be more parts, I would love to see more of your playtrough^-^
You pick an origin character - you ARE the origin character. Each one can be a companion (unless you choose to BE one) and they all have excellent stories that tie into the overall narrative. It's a really clever way to experience the story of the game from multiple perspectives and adds to the replayability. I've been a lifelong Zelda fan but this game deserves all the praise it's been getting and more. It's incredible and definitely IS the game of the year. I appreciate you "trying" it but if you went into it with a little less of a chip on your shoulder, you'd actually enjoy it. Also: If you want to use magic or stealth or other fighting styles - pick a different class. Rushing through character creation can lead to an undesired experience if the style you chose without finding out what it does, doesn't suit you.
not that character creation is final though, I think the one thing you can't change is race, everything else about class and appearance can be changed later on if you aren't feeling your build or your character
Bro I was the biggest fan of urs I’m so happy ur back I didn’t realise how much I missed ur unmatched energy
Given my reservation to some of the comments made, I'm happy to give credit where credit is due. I'm glad you are giving it a chance given that you have had no experience with these kinds of games! You're in for a treat and I am jealous of your being new to this! 😅
Oh man you are in for a great ride with BG3!!! Definitely one of the best games i played in my life for sure! This is coming from a zelda fan also!
It's great that you have kept an opened mind an allowed yourself to experience this masterpiece. I have over 250hrs on BG3. Got 3 seperate campaigns going and I feel like I am just starting to understand all the intricacies of BG3. So many different ways to approach every encounter. The breadth and depth of this game are astounding. As much as I love the Zelda franchise (played every single one since the very first on the NES), Larian created something truly remarkable with BG3 and without a doubt have earned the GOTY title.
I love that your reaction to the game you wanted to win losing was to play the game it lost to. Refreshing. 🙌
Really enjoy seeing the game approached from your perspective. Like I'm seeing it though your eyes.
Can't wait to see Part 2. I think you've got a winning formula here....
Just subscribed! It's really nice to see BG3 from a new player's perspective who isn't familiar with D&D. I hope you get into it and will be looking forward to more gameplay
It is genuinely super cool to see someone who wasn't specifically a BG3 fan give it an honest try after the game awards! Incredibly refreshing to see! Thank you for taking the time to play a little and just see what it's like. I promise if you decide to continue you will not be disappointed! 😊
Shadowheart is your healer, so I’m glad you saved her too. lol
700 hours into BG3 and I'm still discovering new things. It's insane how much work they've put into the game. I only just found out that you can solve an invisible floor puzzle by shooting arrows at the floor, for example.
Wait...what?
@@StudlyFudd13 I'm guessing in Shar's gauntlet
Recreating someone you like is one of the best ways you can play a game like this.
A huge thing to remember - TOTK is a sequel with many pieces recycled from BOTW. Same as Spiderman 2 is to SM1. This loses a game a lot of points. I won't fault anyone for loving or hating BG3. But what it did was fresh and it showed up many of the AAA studios pretty hard in 2023.
If you love RPGs you will love this game. Also, this is a great date night game.
ToTK is an amazing game, but I wanted Larian to win not just because I was my fav game this year but because Larian has been really diligent about listening to players. Hope you enjoy!
I concur on the date night part. Me and my partner played it for like 6 hours straight just got completely lost and I've also gotten a few mates onto split screen with me
Please make more videos of you playing BG3! I really enjoyed this! I loved your TOK videos and I’ve almost finished BG3, but actually really enjoy your gameplay and watching someone not steeped in DND and this type of game playing it. Feels fresh and different! Please do more 😊
Oh man, I envy this guy discovering the lore of the Baldur’s Gate for the first time. He is in for a ride.
you know I'm on Act 2, heading to Moonrise Towers and you taught me something my friend; I genuinely didn't know we could pick up those Nautiloid tanks; the purple item you had around the end of this video. I knew we could move them but not pick it up and stow it in our backpack so thank you for teaching me something today 😁
I hope you make this a series. I would totally watch.
Thanks for trying it! You are in for a rollercoaster!
My first playthrough was almost 200 hours, and I even missed some content
Ive seen the beginning of BG3 a few times, and this was the first time I saw the brain grow legs and be your partner! :O
Respect that you are giving the game a shot instead of just kicking it down! Will def be watching your play through! I hope you enjoy and come to love the game like many of us have ❤
Liked the video. Hope you will like BG3. :)
It is not open world game, but in my opinion it is not bad in BG3 case. May be it is good idea to see some videos about D&D 5th edition mechanics implementation in BG3 if you do not know/remember them well. This game is very friendly to people who do not know D&D (to hit chance shown in percentage, weapon damage shown in min-max. etc..) and there is tons of explanations about each stat/spell/effect in game , but still it is good to know basics. Just few very simplified basics about combat that can help you:
1) in combat mode each turn each character have movement/action/bonus action/reaction points. At the level 1 - 1 for each. Skills/spells use action or bonus points. They are shown at bottom of you screen. When you use skill pay attention what type of action it will consume.
2) beware of attacks of opportunity (when you move from enemy in melee range). If enemy have reaction point it will hit you. You can use disengage action to avoid this, but it consumes action point (so not attack in this turn).
3) do not forget ''"high ground" rule. For ranged attacks (spell/bow etc.) person who have high ground have advantage. Person on low ground have disadvantage.
4) use jump action to get in places unreachable by movement. This game has full 3d landscape. Jump consumes bonus action.
5) spells (except cantrips) use spell slots. Spell slots usually can be regenerated by long rest.
I would also add that 1 & 2 are mostly true but there are some classes, potions, and objects that can change this. But that is typically the norm ❤
When I was watching this it reminded so much of like final fantasy and I said my older brother would love this. He likes these style of games
Ahahaha! You hid the clothes in character creation and UA-cam chose that very second to run an ad for a cartoony game, and at first I thought you inserted that to cover up the nudity. I laughed so hard.
As someone who has played D&D for decades and played the original Baldur's Gate, it's interesting to see someone play this game as a blank slate. I recognize most of the references to earlier games and the setting of the Sword Coast of Faerûn and city of Baldur's Gate. It's fun watching someone discover this without having that background.
Damn you caught on fast to how to fight in D&D for a newbie. I'm impressed and I'm subscribing.
Glad you're giving it a try. I've been playing this since launch on pc and only finished it a few weeks ago after over 100 hours. Tears of the kingdom was definitely the runner-up among the nominees (if not then Alan Wake 2) since it, like Baldur's Gate, gave the player unparalleled freedom. The difference and what gave BG3 that slight edge is that it did what Botw did for open world games but for RPGs and I'm certain we'll see a bunch of games in the coming years trying to replicate what this game did. Hope you enjoy this run and hopefully many more to come after!
I know this is the first on the series but god it took so long for him to press R1
I remember playing and growing up with a link to the past back in early 2000’s when I was like 7 years old(Yes I know I’m old now). I always loved and cherished that series because that is what introduced me to gaming. Growing up and being introduced to PC and being 30 with roughly 17 years of experience with it, it's hard to detach myself from it and try consoles like PS, X and even Nintendo switch. It's refreshing to see the perspective from other players trying this game!
i really enjoyed your gameplay and energy, I'm hoping to see more from your campaign as Im already invested in link's adventure 😂 and as a new fan, I really appreciate trying this game with an open mind! I know this game is not for everyone( and that’s okay!) but it’s disheartening seeing a lot of ppl online threatening each other over a video game rather than coming together to appreciate the similar passion we all have!
Love the vid. Just hope you are actually reading the tips. Gonna drive me crazy if it takes you a long time to figure out you can level up or that you have other actions you can do during combat
Its great how you actually spent time playing this compared to others who are just salty. I feel like most people who play on controller will have a hard time getting used to combat compared to desktop as the UI is a bit more straight forward in pc compared to consoles.
This is probably one of the reasons why people get bored immediately specially who are used to multiple button combinations from controllers..
Don't know if its been answered. But if you picked to play as Lae'zel then you would be confronted by a Githyanki from the same creche as her.
He would essentially play the role of Lae'zel during the Nautiloid section.
Unfortunately he then rolls a Nat 1 on Superhero Landing, and you can figure out the rest from there.
Cutscenes look really good,look likes a movie lol 😂
This is how to have a healthy mindset. Respect. Now if only those Spider-Man 2 people would watch this
Spider man 2 woke
to me the further you'll go into the game the more you'll see why it deserved the win the sheer amount of reactivity to you decision and actions the games has is insane. stuff I did in the first few hours of gameplay came back to bite me well into act 3. You can feel the way your actions change things in the story on a level I have never before experienced in a game.
Fighters can attack multiple times with action surge which you'll get at level 2
I love how u made your character Link and roleplay as him. That's the whole point of an RPG to role play as your character. To think, what would my character do? Way more fun playing the game when you're connected to your character and play as them. great video, I love your willingness to understand
the game isn't for everyone, but it's nice to see you willing to try it!
the game isn't exactly open world, but you can go just about anywhere in the areas it gives you. there are a lot of different routes, different choices.
choices are the big thing here. help Shadowheart or leave her, try to kill that big demon in the nautoloid or not, use command to drop it's sword and steal it. the ability to choose your own adventure is why people like it
Build guide for Link: Fighter Battle Master (no need to multiclass cuz Battle Master is a solid class on its own). Choose Defense for a neutral +1 to AC or Archery if your going for a more ranged style of combat. Your Combat Maneuvers are up to you but Parry, Reposte, and Menacing Attack are reliable. You’ll come across better weapons, shields, armors and elemental arrows as you make progress. You can also purchase/find color dye to use on your gear to better fit Link’s aesthetic. Stoked for this playthrough cuz I was thinking of doing the same after my main playthrough (currently in the beginning of Act3, Lv11).
I respect that you actually have the game a try
Respect for having an open mind about the game instead of being enraged. You're in for a treat!
This was fun to watch
"Shadowheart! She fine?"
I mean, she's definitely fine...
As someone whose an avid totk fan, im so glad that other ppl in the totk community arent too salty about the loss and are mostly open minded. I loved both games so much BG3 was just so large in comparison its understandable why it won
My girlfriend and I have. Baldur’s gate night once or twice a week. It’s been a lot of fun!