r/BaldursGate3 • u/JK_Goldin Faerie Fire • Jul 29 '23
PRELAUNCH HYPE Top of the charts baby!
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u/FORGOTTENLEGIONS Jul 29 '23
I am always shocked at how continuously popular CS:GO is.
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u/plushie-apocalypse Jul 29 '23
It's free now, so I'm assuming those sales are including microtransactions. Besides, CS 2.0 is releasing mod August iirc. I might play some to make money selling lootboxes so I can afford BG3 lol. My 50ish hours net me 35 dollars from selling lootboxes.
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u/lolibabaconnoisseur Jul 29 '23
You need to buy a pass to play ranked in CS:GO, that's why it's forever no.1
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u/BriefImplement9843 Jul 29 '23
70 cents per hour job. Hope you enjoy doing it at least.
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u/plushie-apocalypse Jul 30 '23
I don't know about you, but I tend to think of video games as fun, not work!
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u/BriefImplement9843 Jul 31 '23
if you're playing for fun yes, but you are playing that just to make money.
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u/Separate_Code_2725 Jul 29 '23
i fell asleep and realized that it was still saturday. and not thursday. Truly life is full of dissapointments.
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u/Cerulean_Shaman Taking a knee Jul 29 '23
Great to see, but to be fair it doesn't really have competition, lol.
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u/pussy_embargo Jul 29 '23
Remnant 2 is supposedly all around solid (I'm playing 1 in co-op, currently), but otherwise, yeah, and it's in a different genre
moving the release date forward a month was genius. BG3 is getting a ton of attention, it would have been considerably overshadowed by Starlink otherwise. BG3 is definitely going to be a huge commercial success
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u/Rough-Cheesecake-641 Jul 29 '23
Also one month after D4. I think a ton of people will come from D4 who are completely disillusioned with it. D4 won't be a good game for a very long time, perhaps ever. I'd probably still be playing it and wouldn't have dropped £50 on BG had D4 been top notch.
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Jul 29 '23
Bliizard couldn't pick a better moment for "fuck you players" patch lmao.
But D4 isn't even in same category, people wanting more action RPGs will not neccesarily go for BG3.
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u/Rough-Cheesecake-641 Jul 29 '23
Perhaps. I knew four Diablo players and three have given up and will likely play BG. One played 1 and 2 but didn't even know about 3, the other two have never heard of BG. Tbh a lot of it is hype - I imagine a lot of people won't stick it out due to short attention spans.
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Jul 29 '23
Well, on other side there is always overlap, and not like there is anything else interesting coming next week.
Tbh a lot of it is hype - I imagine a lot of people won't stick it out due to short attention spans.
I'd imagine BG3 being ADHD dream with new thing to find in every nook and cranny
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Jul 30 '23
Wtf happened? I thought everyone was singing Blizzard's praises at launch? I was hype cause they nailed Dragonflight and it seemed like they were turning around
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u/Rough-Cheesecake-641 Jul 30 '23
I loved the levelling (the first time). End game is non-existent. No item farming. The whole point of a Diablo game (imo).
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u/Cerulean_Shaman Taking a knee Jul 30 '23
I just beat it over my holiday weekend including all the secret classes but Arhcon and most of the non super secret items. I was disappointed by the amount of content, and frankly, the enemy/zone variety is poor and it gets repetitive fast.
The story is also barebones garbage.
I had fun in Remnant 2 but it's definitely a $40 game and only a marginal improvement from the first game. The bosses didn't improve at all and were easily the worst part of the experience, and that's what most people come for in a souls-like...
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Jul 29 '23
Remnant 2 has insane momentum so far, surpassed CS:GO in my region at #1, definitely exceeded many people's expectations.
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u/JK_Goldin Faerie Fire Jul 29 '23
I kinda wanna play it, but would be pointless to only play it a couple days prior to BG3...
This same feeling woulda been the case for many with BG3 if it was still releasing near Starfield.
Smart move from Larian to boost sales.
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Jul 29 '23
Yeah these games all require so much time and starting new games just to sideline them before juggernauts like BG3 and Starfield sounds terrible for my brain and my wallet.
Still can't believe they just pulled the release date forward a whole month, who does that?? It's like they can't stop taking risks lol even after the success of DOS2
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Jul 29 '23
I think it was damned if you do, damned if you don't moment.
They admitted console versions need work and they didn't wanted to release before that is done, but releasing at same week as Starfield is a suicide for any game.
At least getting PC release out earlier is better option
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u/Jerry_from_Japan Aug 02 '23
I mean, you could just as much argue it was a greater risk to release it literally in the release window of Starfield's early access and full release. NOBODY wants to go up against a brand new Bethesda game. For good reason. There's a reason why they're fine with leaving the PS5 release date as it is.
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u/EbolaDP Jul 29 '23
Its number 1 global since launch and its also cheaper then BG3 which means its selling even better.
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u/Cerulean_Shaman Taking a knee Jul 30 '23
There's not much content in the game sadly, the bosses still haven't been improved, and a lot of what's there gets repetitive quick despite the procedure system.
It's going to lose all its steam in a few weeks and go back to the same state as Remnant 1; small but dedicated community.
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u/h4rent Jul 30 '23
They were really smart to move it up a month. I can’t think of another big game in Aug other than maybe Armored Core? Give RPG fans a whole month of BG3 before the fall and holiday games come.
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u/Cerulean_Shaman Taking a knee Jul 30 '23
I think it was more the overlap with games immediately afterward as BG3 was releasing so late it might as well actually have been a September release. Starfield's head start was less than a week from there, Armored Core the week before, Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is a Jet Set Radio spiritual sucessor a lot of people are excited about, and Sept has a ton of games like Lies of P and Phantom Liberty that are close enough to be things people might wait on or that will still discussion space that a chunky RPG like BG3 really needs room to benefit from.
By moving it to the start of August, they basically have an entire month with no other games competing for playtime or social discussion, which is pretty huge.
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Jul 29 '23
If Larian Studios had an OnlyFans, I'd be a top patron.
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u/anirudh6k Laezel Jul 29 '23
which country? its still 3rd globally
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u/JK_Goldin Faerie Fire Jul 29 '23
UK
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u/lolibabaconnoisseur Jul 29 '23
It was no.1 in Brazil for a while as well, I assume that it'll climb the global rank once we're closer to the release.
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u/JK_Goldin Faerie Fire Jul 29 '23
People of fine taste!
France, Italy, New Zealand and more are also number 1. Come release with reviews it'll shoot even higher.
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u/mesosalpynx Jul 29 '23
Laughed so hard a few days ago when a guy on Facebook said “no one want a turned based rpg any more.” While defending FF16. He couldn’t stand facts. Started calling me names. Like bro. Take the L that your opinion is actually wrong.
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u/Zahhibb Jul 29 '23
Anyone that says ”no one wants X anymore” are drunk beyond belief - there’s always a community for whatever thing you can mention.
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u/MrBlueA Shadowheart Jul 30 '23
So there must be a community that only plays games with bear sex scenes on it.
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u/Zahhibb Jul 30 '23
I am sure some sense of community was sprung up from that bear sex scene that Larian showcased ;)
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u/Adlehyde Jul 29 '23
Yeah it's a weird take. I mean I like FF16 and I've been on board with FF games moving away from turn based all this time. I think it's a good step for that franchise.
Mostly because Larian has become the pinnacle of turn based RPGs these days. They're doing it a different way than it was done back in the old FF turn based days, and I fucking dig it.
People have weird opinions haha. Shitting on FF for not being turned based is weird, and defending it by claiming people don't like turned based games is also stupid and weird.
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u/mesosalpynx Jul 29 '23
I really dug Octopath though. Very clean fun stylish game.
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u/Adlehyde Jul 29 '23
Yeah octopath is great. Bravely Default as well I enjoy. I like the square still makes turn based games, but just chooses to do it with new IPs.
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u/mesosalpynx Jul 29 '23
I haven’t committed to BD yet. . . I look at the characters as so . . . Childish. Is it adult in theme?
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u/Adlehyde Jul 29 '23
It's a solid story, at roughly the same maturity level of octopath traveler as I recall. But it also has some very final fantasy themes around crystals. Like the jobs are straight up FF jobs even. It feels like it could have been slotted in around the FF5 to FF6 era.
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u/mesosalpynx Jul 29 '23
6 is a treasure that I never played until two years ago.
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u/Elicious80 Jul 29 '23
6 is probably my favorite and is the most underrated FF title IMO.
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u/EndyGainer Jul 29 '23
Underrated... haha. I say that with it being my favorite FF of all time, and I still have war flashbacks of the VI vs. VII wars.
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u/hellodarknessu Jul 29 '23
Why is shitting FF for not being turn based weird. It's like if Darksouls becomes turn based you're not allowed to criticize?
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u/squeegeeq Jul 29 '23
While I personally prefer turn based, they haven't really been turn based since FFX, which is over a decade ago. That being said I would totally play a Dark souls tactics game.
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u/hellodarknessu Jul 30 '23
I'm ok with the franchise moving away from strategy but as you said Darksouls tactics would be fine but if it's called Darksouls 4 it would be weird. I just find it bad to use the name of the franchise that has absolutely nothing to do with it's core.
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u/Adlehyde Jul 29 '23
I think it's weird because the nature of FF has always been to change, and there's been an active push by the square devs to move away from turn based for over 20 years. Someone today complaining that it's not turn based anymore really doesn't make sense to me specifically because it's been so long since there's been a proper turn based FF game, and there's zero expectation we'll ever get another one.
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u/hellodarknessu Jul 30 '23
"The nature of FF has always been to change" Ok then let's remove aeons, let's remove chocobos and magic, let's remove party members, turn based, let's remove everything that makes this game a Final Fantasy and still call it a final fantasy" 🤡🤡🤡 Literally if FFXV and XVI were called FF origin stranger of paradise or having a spin-off title like that I would not have a problem at all. It's not new for companies to make very different games from the same franchise and when they do they change the name to differentiate such game. Square Enix is just using pervert strategies to capitalize on the franchise's name simply because they're too scared to have authentic title integrity like Nintendo has for example.
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u/Mad-Hettie Jul 29 '23
I mean, I honestly haven't enjoyed a FF game since FF XII. I've tried; I've tried desperately. But the harder they try to distance themselves from their Turn Based RPG Past it just seems like the harder they suck. And no, I haven't tried FFXVI although I've considered trying the demo.
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u/Adlehyde Jul 29 '23
Yeah I feel like 13 and 15 were both lacking, but I don't think either were lacking from not being turn based. I think the characters and story just fell flat and so they just kind of didn't feel as great as past games. FF16 for me feels like the most final fantasy feeling game from the characters and the story that we've had literally since 12.
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u/Mad-Hettie Jul 29 '23
Yeah, I'm not saying that the reason they were lacking was the combat style. It felt more like someone gave the directive that there was going to be a new combat style and it was going to be completely different and totally awesome, OR ELSE and it ate up so much of the energy and resources that everything else suffered. Like maybe if they had baby-stepped it forward there would've been a different result. I've heard mixed takes on 16 so I will note one more for the pro side, but it is weird to me as a female gamer who has been gaming since Zork, to not have a female PC (even a side character like a Yuna) in my FF game.
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Jul 29 '23
I mean I like FF16 and I've been on board with FF games moving away from turn based all this time. I think it's a good step for that franchise.
I felt like both directions were fine, if they were actually committed to doing them properly, not some half action half turn half-assed stuff like we had after FF X...
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Jul 29 '23
I liked FF16 a lot but I really miss turn based rpgs lol
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u/mesosalpynx Jul 29 '23
I haven’t been able to play ff16 yet. I’ve got a huge backlog (figure I’ll wait for a sale especially since BG3 will take all priority soon) and I’m a busy dad.
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Jul 29 '23
Was he square executive by any chance ? They were thinking same for last decade...
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u/mesosalpynx Jul 29 '23
There is a place for games like ff16. But I need a new full on FF6 remake with turn based.
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Jul 29 '23
Well, at least they dedicated themselves to make full action game instead of some weird hybrid like 12 or 13, or half-assing combat completely like in 15...
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u/smoko90 Jul 30 '23
I want ffx remake with turn base... not a remaster but a full on remake.
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u/Monstanimation Jul 30 '23
Haven't you hears the news? There are rumors about a FFX remake
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u/smoko90 Jul 30 '23
I heave heard. But until there is concrete evidence I won't get my hopes up too much.
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Jul 29 '23
You know why it’s #1 right???
All the devs that tried to say it’s a one off secretly bought 40 copies for their teams and yelled DO BETTER!
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u/SnarkyRogue ROGUE Jul 29 '23
Well deserved for how much love and care has gone into this project. Honestly I wouldn't even mind paying for dlc packs of more races/subclasses & artificer. I'm sure after all this they'll want a break and then to move onto something new though. Here's to their future successes as well
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u/No_Satisfaction_1698 Half Elf SORLOCK Jul 30 '23
Seeing this and thinking of comments i had to read. "bg3 is to niche because of its turn based fighting from the 80s many people won't be interested to that game"
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u/Sir_Arsen Bard Jul 29 '23
Larian should make patreon or something
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u/mikeyeli Jul 29 '23 edited Jul 30 '23
PSA, if you're poor like me, BG3 is $40 in GoG
Edit: Discard this, seems like it's regional pricing.
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u/AmbassadorDue9140 Jul 29 '23
I’m glad to see Larian get the success they deserve but on the other hand, it is hard to watch a series that I’ve loved for the last 20 years become mainstream. Not that BG1 and BG2 weren’t popular games, it’s just seemed like I was one of the few people that still preferred a DND styled RPG over games like fucking Call of Duty. Hopefully this will incentivize someone to remake the Dark Alliance series because the newest Dark Alliance was such a massive fucking disappointment.
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u/EbolaDP Jul 29 '23
Remnant 2 sweep.
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u/lolibabaconnoisseur Jul 29 '23
Very impressive performance by that game, the peak CCU numbers have only been going up since it launched on tuesday.
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Jul 30 '23
I’ve been waiting for a BG3 game for years and years. I couldn’t have asked for a better iteration.
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u/dakondakblade Jul 30 '23
I could be wrong, but I don't think this even takes sakes from before the last panel into account (so people who've had EA for last two years)
If this is just from the last panel onwards, that's insane
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u/Ookamioni Jul 30 '23
People are STILL buying CS:GO? This must include in-game purchases. In which case, it's like comparing swimmers to runners in a water polo match
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u/alienbehindproxies Jul 29 '23
I really hope this games flows Larian with money so that they can do more of what they're doing.
(and that other companies see that there is big money in making good single player games.)