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Baldur's Gate 3

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Baldur’s Gate 3 is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons, where your choices shape a tale of fellowship and betrayal, survival and sacrifice, and the lure of absolute power. (Website)

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[–] halvo317@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

Ships are the undisputed best literary vehicles.

[–] PillowTalk420@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I have to say, though, it's a much punchier start than a majority of the original Bioware and Black Isle infinity engine games where you're essentially "angsty teen from.a backwater who hates his town, also happens to be some kind of chosen one who has assassins after him for unknown reasons."

Plus the whole tadpole in the brain thing actually feels closer to how a huge portion of Shadowrun campaigns begin. Brain bomb, brain slug; same thing basically.

[–] dormedas@lemmy.dormedas.com 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Ricaz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Doesn't the ship fly in DOS2? It's been a while since I played, but I'm pretty sure it does some flying teleportation stuff

[–] HumbertTetere@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

That's a later ship (your home base), the starting ship doesn't.

[–] Naz@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

Not gonna lie, I'm familiar with the D&D lore but when the ship jumped dimensions, my jaw unhinged

[–] Izzy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Is a giant tentacle monster really a ship?

[–] MelastSB@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In DOS2, there was both a ship and a tentacle monster, so I'll go with yes

[–] platysalty@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

The tentacle ship was just shorthand

[–] Nioxic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Maybe its a boat?

[–] strongarm@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well in Divinity Original Sin there is a ship on fire on the first town too.

[–] vladmech@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Haha I guess every studio needs to have their calling card, Larian's is wrecking ships as plot motivation

[–] utopianrevolt@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

for Bethesda it's starting in a prison.

[–] Uguluk@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Ha! Didn't even realize that. How funny

[–] Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Also the brain tadpole feels similar to the DoS2 dampening collar.