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[–] holiday@lemmy.world 114 points 2 years ago (12 children)

What I love is that means this game would have been a success at 100k concurrent. That makes this a runaway success. Hopefully other triple As are paying attention to what Larian is doing.

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[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.ml 103 points 2 years ago (32 children)

That's awesome. Also the lack of micro transactions makes me want to support them more. I kinda wish they had a donate button or something.

[–] magic_lobster_party@kbin.social 82 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The donate button is buying the game and their previous titles.

[–] PanaX@lemmy.ml 40 points 2 years ago

Especially Divinity 2: Original Sin.

[–] Nioxic@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Or gift friends. Then play with them

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[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 29 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The digital deluxe upgrade is basically that. You get some bonus stuff like extra bard songs, some cosmetics I think and the official Soundtrack. Stuff like that.

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[–] Hextic@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

Buy the Divinity games. They're all good.

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[–] cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 96 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We need to support and embrace this kind of games and studios more. They put so much love and effort into the game. But in the end, this game will probably profit as much as what Fortnite make in a couple months.

It's always sadden me to know that even something as successful as Elden Ring, which sold 20 millions copies and made 1.2 Billion dollars, is nothing compared to what microtransactions make in games like CoD (2 Billion dollars per year) or Fortnite (over 5 Billion dollars per year).

And people complain why they "don't make good games anymore".

[–] solarizde@feddit.de 91 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Good thing is, it runs flawless on my Linux desktop too 👍 Just one of the best games I played in years. Good it payed out for larian to invest so much time into it. Maybe a good example for others that you do not need to rush a launch.

[–] zikk_transport2@lemmy.world 47 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I love Lemmy. Geeks are everywhere. Linux is everywhere.

Seeing "runs flawless on my Linux desktop" on a gaming community is awesome! :)

[–] ZIRO@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago

Steam Deck is changing PC gaming. The better Steam Deck gets, the better gaming on Linux becomes. There are dozens of us.

[–] prole@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Can we all take a moment to appreciate Proton? Shit is basically magic as far as I'm concerned.

GE-Proton too, that dude does good work.

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[–] okamiueru@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (7 children)

I can also mention that it works flawlessly on Linux even with the GoG version (still through proton). It's uncommon for such games to be on GoG day one, and I wouldn't have bought it otherwise.

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[–] sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net 40 points 2 years ago (7 children)

The saddest thing is that with the destruction of the media over the past 20 years, I'm still waiting to hear whether it's actually any good or not.

[–] mojo@lemm.ee 48 points 2 years ago (3 children)

It's super fuckin good. If you liked dos2, it's basically that but with more immersive conversations, more potential dialogue trees, more DnD like, and more titties and dongs.

[–] aJazzyFeel@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

i was flabbergasted to see titty and (various) dodongos on my character just like that. it's rad as fuck! I've spent the past 2 hours pretty much just reading flavor text. 100% worth the asking price, especially since it runs perfectly on my potato pc on ultra.

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[–] KirinMizuki@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (3 children)

It’s good, best with a group

[–] Klystron@sh.itjust.works 35 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Definitely not unless your group is insanely dedicated to keeping it serious. All it takes is one person who doesn't care about lore or the story or some NPC talking to rush through something or make a joke and completely take you out of it. I could never play it in a group on my first serious play.

[–] Call_Me_Maple@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago

Just like regular D&D!

[–] utopianrevolt@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

it's best in any format, imo. shaping up to be my all-time favorite game.

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[–] Samuraipizzacat@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

It's very good. Larian studios really went above and beyond with the level and attention to detail. The replayability is incredible. Most streamers are still on act one and there is no shortage of stuff to do. Edit: autocorrected a word

[–] brawleryukon@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

Latharian studios

Guessing some kinda typo/autocorrect business going on here, but just to cover the bases, it's Larian, not Latharian.

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[–] tomi000@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

What are you even talking about

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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 33 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I don't hear much talk of the optimization but the simple fact this is running great on a wide range of devices says a lot of the engineering prowess of the studio. Its amazing how well this game is runningnon my five year old machine. I know thats not too old but some new games make my cooling loop hot and this one doesn't even make my components work that hard.

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago

I love headlines like this.

Larian makes such great games. This kind of success means maybe a BG4 somewhere down the line.

[–] MasterObee@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (13 children)

I haven't played any Baldurs gate before, but the hype has definitely made me look into it.

Definitely seems like a game I'd like, a fantasy RPG, I haven't always loved turned based combat, so that's one of my hold ups. What do y'all think of the combat system?

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[–] cazool@blip.cf 24 points 2 years ago (12 children)

So.... I'm the only one not playing it?

[–] sigh@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

what are you even doing right now that's so important

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[–] Heavybell@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Odd headline. Seems very rooted in the assumption of online gaming these days to me but then you get in and the article is basically just saying the game is a huge success, which is great news I'm sure we can all agree. :)

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[–] Matriks404@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I have added the Baldur's Gate series to my backlog, I will probably play these in 10-15 years, wish me luck.

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[–] Pickle_Jr@midwest.social 19 points 2 years ago (8 children)

As someone who hasn't ever really gotten into cRPGs before, how is the game? Is it hard to get into/is there a big learning curve to this game?

[–] timespace@lemmy.ninja 33 points 2 years ago

It’s heavy on the D&D 5e rulebook, if you have any level of familiarity with that it will all come naturally.

If you don’t, that’s ok too, they did a really good job describing rolls, saving throws, attack rolls, etc, in the guided tooltips.

[–] PanaX@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago

If you haven't played a game like this, there is a learning curve. I've been playing stuff like this for decades and there's still lots to explore, in purely mechanical terms, with BG3.

That said, it is very much worth the initial investment. I found playing Divinity 2: original sin very much prepared me for BG3. You could start there a little more cheaply before delving into this expensive title. At least then you can see if you enjoy this style of game.

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[–] Taako_Tuesday@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 years ago

750k concurrent players several days after release, quite the feat!

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Plus Goblin and Ogre sex. THAT was an eye opener.

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[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Why is it a problem that IT was not prepared for so many concurrent players? Yes, it has multiplayer, but it's mostly a single-player game. Did they pull a Diablo?

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 34 points 2 years ago

They didn't pull a Diablo because you don't have to wait in a login queue to play single player.

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[–] jandar_fett@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I absolutely adore and admire those at Larian studios. Divinity 2 is one of the best games I've ever played. I hope I can play BG3 one day since I don't have the funds for a system that will run it or better yet, it becomes available on Geforce Now or something because I got a damn wedding to pay for and bills to pay!

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