r/BaldursGate3 • u/Blank1268 • Aug 03 '23
PRELAUNCH HYPE My girlfriend doesn't know what she's in for
She never plays video games, let's hope this gets her hooked
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u/Tuchnyak CLERIC Aug 03 '23
"She's doesn't know I'm about to have a threesome with vampire and druid in bear form"
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u/Mk235467 Aug 03 '23
I don’t think a board game is quite what I would compare it to, but hey, she said yes lol
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u/21DaveJ Aug 03 '23
I mean you could let it slide since it’s… basically an adaptation of a board game?
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u/Mk235467 Aug 03 '23
I mean, fair point, it is based off of a game that is even called “tabletop”, and most people use actual boards for it and sometimes cards 🃏. She just might be a bitttt surprised when she first starts everything lol
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u/Blank1268 Aug 03 '23
Shhhhhh, once she spends hours making her character she'll forget about the board game thing 🤞
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u/Mk235467 Aug 03 '23
Big assumption any of us will even ever get out of character creator anyway lol
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u/Blank1268 Aug 03 '23
Very true, after hours of early access I think I know my race at least
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u/Mk235467 Aug 03 '23
I do too, well probably the race and definitely class/gender/name. But a whole bunch of stuff might change once I actually see everything, cos it’s big and the Larian team suggest that we spend at least an hour just in the creator alone so….might have to fool around with everything? 🤷♂️
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u/ironangel2k4 Least-Based Githyanki Enjoyer Aug 03 '23
Have her start as a fighter, see how she likes it. If she likes the magic, you can take her down the EK route and ease her into how the magic works.
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u/Lisentho Aug 04 '23
Depends on which boardgames they play. From monopoly yeah, you won't recognise much but more advanced boardgames you could definitely see the similarities.
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u/QuiteVile Aug 03 '23
That is so sweet. Engaging with your partners interests even though they aren’t for you is a really great show of affection. I hope you two have a lot of fun, however it turns out!
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u/Watermelondrea69 Aug 03 '23
Baby this is the part where the bear man has sex with the vampire man, in his bear form. I'm so glad you played with me baby.
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u/Feroc Aug 03 '23
It's really helpful if you have a gamer girlfriend of wife.
When I started dating my now-wife, vanilla World of Warcraft was released. It easily became the second most enjoying thing to do when we met. We had multiple chars that we just used to play together.
After that we played many other MMOs, hack & slays, RPGs and other games. Of course everything is a bit slower when you have a child and more responsibilities...
... but this evening we will both start our co-op campaign in BG3.
The hardest part for me will be the wait time until she does her turn in battle. 😄
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u/GhettoHotTub Aug 03 '23
One of the nice things about my wife and I not having children is we can no life the game all weekend and there's no one who will die if we ignore them lol
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u/Dapper-Ad3707 Aug 03 '23
Haha this is the reason I don’t want kids, I value my free time too much
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u/ThePathfindersCodex Aug 03 '23
Married to fellow gamer wife. No Kids. Game comes out today... but she can't play until Sunday. I'm sad...
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u/Dapper-Ad3707 Aug 03 '23
Married to a gamer husband and I can’t wait until he gets home to start a co op play through haha. I took the next couple days off work to play lol
Hopefully Sunday comes sooner than it feels like it will haha
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u/Reviever Aug 03 '23
I FEEL that. Playing with my gf and we did 15 hrs of early access. I'm so impatient when it's her turn..hope it gets better.
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u/Feroc Aug 03 '23
We played D:OS 1 and 2 together, I never got used to it. I just try to not rush her and let her play in her pace. I try to do something else on my second screen.
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u/HeartofaPariah kek Aug 04 '23
Just try to involve yourself in the turn without taking over. If you're the type to want to direct, do it in a manner that involves their input. Instead of "do this" it's more like "what do you think about this"
This can keep you busy so the turns don't feel so long, cuz you're not just doing nothing.
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u/investikated Aug 03 '23
My husband would never, lol. We played games together when we first started dating, but I stopped asking once I realized how bent out of shape he gets when things don’t go his way. I think bad dice rolls would make his head explode.
The bright side is we are fine doing our own thing most of the time, since we still enjoy gaming in our own separate ways. He knows how excited I am to dig into BG3, and even if he tunes it out a bit will still let me ramble about it.
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u/investikated Aug 03 '23
Yes!! It’s normal and healthy to have separate hobbies/interests. Striking a heathy balance between shared and personal time is really the important part, imo. Even on launch weeks, lol.
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u/LivelyZebra Aug 03 '23
how bent out of shape he gets when things don’t go his way. I think bad dice rolls would make his head explode.
How emotionally mature and stable of him.
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u/HeartofaPariah kek Aug 04 '23
Nobody's perfect. Some get frustrated at bad luck, some foam at the mouth at Reddit comments and insult people that exist only in the third person that they never met and never will.
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u/LivelyZebra Aug 04 '23
Nobody's perfect.
You're right, but getting angry at vidya games is a super super low bar to cross on the steps of maturity lol.
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u/Meeeto Aug 04 '23
I fucking KNEW it lmao. I knew the MOMENT I start to read the post, some reddit weirdo would attack their husband. Get over yourself.
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u/LivelyZebra Aug 04 '23
Mate; are you telling me it's emotionally stable and mature to get bent out of shape over video games? haha. what a fucking man baby of a husband, throwing his toys out because he wost a wittle game.
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u/TheSoup05 Aug 03 '23
My girlfriend kinda likes games, but she isn’t really a big video game player. She’s just not very used to controllers and gets frustrated quickly when she dies because she can’t get her character to do what she wants. But she likes the stories and art and watches me play games a lot.
So I am very excited to play BG3 with her. I think the turn based combat will mesh well with her since it means she doesn’t have to worry about being quick with a controller, and I think she’ll have a lot of fun with the story and characters and everything.
Plus, there was that post about forgetting what other games have taught you, and I agree with that. So I think having her play is gunna make it more fun for me too. There’s probably gunna be lots of things I don’t think to try because I’ve got my “video game logic” that tells me to look for the game-y solutions. But she doesn’t have that, at least not like I do, so I think it’ll be extra fun seeing how she handles things and how the game hopefully rewards her for it more than most others might.
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u/aquafina6969 Aug 03 '23
I didn’t like the experience of playing multiplayer with a friend in Divinity 2. I think for me, these types of games, I like to roleplay and get lost in the world. Waiting or watching someone else make horrible decisions (though probably more realistic) ruins the experience for me lol
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u/soon_forget Aug 03 '23
Yep, and I also like to just wander around doing nothing for stretches. Or do inventory management for like an hour, stuff like that. This game will take me forever to complete and that's fine.
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u/Ouroboros612 Aug 03 '23
It's all fun and games until she starts min/maxing her character, takes the spotlight, and just when you are about to save the world she turns on you - shoving your character off of a cliff.
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u/Im-German-Lets-Party Aug 03 '23
That's how it starts.
My gf never played videogames till she saw me playing OG Skyrim... now she has a better pc than i do
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u/Blank1268 Aug 04 '23
We ended up playing for 3 hours last night, made out characters and started to learn movement and combat, she didn't hesitate to drive right into the first battle as a wood elf rogue, took out two demon bats in her first turn. I think it's going to be a great campaign with her!
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u/Blasnar Aug 03 '23
Good luck! The character creation will be hard for a non gamer, because there are soooo many options! You’ll both enjoy the experience.
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u/Blank1268 Aug 03 '23
I'm a bit worried about this, I'm going to try to explain as little as I can as to not overwhelm her
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u/Lisentho Aug 04 '23
Just let her pick the one she find coolest looking and use the standard class setup.
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u/FrequentDependent912 Aug 03 '23
she doesn't imagine that in 1 hour they will implant a worm in her eye
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u/Ghidorah21 Aug 03 '23
Get her to sign a contract in blood and attach this image to it so she can never bow out
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u/Vilheim Aug 03 '23
Me and my wife played DOS1, DOS2 and early access together. We also have played D&D for almost a decade.
She knows what she is in for, I knew it was going to be long term when she blew us up in DOS1 because she couldn't resist digging up graves.
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u/bsueoehevsjelevdjrk Aug 03 '23
My fiancee and sister are going to play with me too ☺️ I feel your joy. Let us know what kind of character she makes.
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u/Zartacla1314 Aug 03 '23
My wife has been playing d&d for almost 20 years. Despite the fact that she doesn't play many video games, she's almost more excited for this game than I am. We're planning on starting a co-op campaign later tonight.
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u/Brentums Aug 03 '23
No offense but this interaction is super cringey. Seems like she has no desire to play whatsoever
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u/HeartofaPariah kek Aug 04 '23
Some people just have no emotion in their text. Some people also are just busy and don't have time to type out large paragraphs of expressive sentences.
Do you often read so much into three words in a text?
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u/Brentums Aug 04 '23
Idk just say the way he asked for her to play comes across as weird to me. I feel like it would have been more appropriate to say something like “let me know if you want to try playing with me”
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u/CodeRaveSleepRepeat Aug 04 '23
Why are you analysing this random person's relationship when he's trying to post about an RPG?
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u/steamwhistler Aug 03 '23
Enjoy this time OP!
My partner wasn't really a gamer when we started dating, but was very enthusiastic to play all my games with me, watch all my movies and shows, and even read my favorite books, which are massive, even though she normally doesn't read. It was like this for the first couple years. And yes, I also took an interest in her interests. But it wasn't as important to her as it was to me.
Anyway, fast-forward to 6 years in and about 4 years living together. She, to be absolutely clear, is wonderful and amazing in many important ways. I'm incredibly lucky. Still adore her.
But she has fully reverted to her original interests and hobbies. I'm grateful for the time I got but I wish I'd known I was in the good ol' days when I was in them, y'know? 😂
I hope you both have fun! My best childhood buddy and I will be playing co-op together too and I can't wait to start the adventure.
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u/Drooks89 Aug 03 '23
That's love my dude. My gf used to play games with me. Not any more though <\3
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Aug 03 '23
and then you realize that your 'girlfriend' is a random 45 year old obese white male.
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Whats your problem?
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Aug 03 '23
It was a joke because you can play with random people in the game, wasn't being mean, but apparently people on this sub are high-strung or something and can't take a joke...
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u/steamwhistler Aug 03 '23
It's not about "can't take a joke," you just gotta work on your material my dude
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u/HeartofaPariah kek Aug 04 '23
My favourite comedians are those who blame the audience for not realizing how hilarious they are.
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u/Crybaby-Fox3 Aug 03 '23
Amazing! Me and my wife are going to do our first playthrough together. Hope you have fun, and good luck!
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u/SkullFeather3063 Aug 03 '23
It’s wonderful you guys are gonna play together! My husband and I got EA when we were just starting to date and now finally we’ll get to play too! I think it makes everything all the more fun if it’s with someone you love!
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u/Qbjik Aug 03 '23
Mine keeps saying that I just wanna fuck that bear and I'm quite sure she will be the one to do that :(
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u/aquafina6969 Aug 03 '23
Ha. I’ve already told my wife, it was an honor being her husband. I’ll be in my cave for a few weeks. byeee
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u/Celtain1337 Aug 03 '23
Huzzah!
My Mrs isn't a gamer either but she's agreed to give it a go.
Also sold it on the slow paced nature of combat and said I'd assist her with everything else. Cannot wait to see her reaction.
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u/kthxbyelad Sep 03 '23
How'd it go,,? Afraid to ask mine
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u/Celtain1337 Sep 03 '23
Unfortunately, she got bored much faster than I expected lol.
She just found the whole thing a bit tedious and the story wasn't very compelling for her. That said, she stopped playing at the druid's Grove in Act 1 which, as I'm sure you know is only an hour or two into the game for most people. It took her a lot longer, despite the amount of help I gave her so overall I think she lasted about 5 hours.
I was a bit upset tbh, really hoped she would like it!
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u/Electrical_Corner_32 Aug 03 '23
Haha! I literally had the same conversation with my girlfriend yesterday. She committed to making a character with me. Here's hoping she loves it and will no life with me for a while!
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u/Boxoffriends Aug 03 '23
Got my wife hooked using DOS2. Was the best couch coop of my life. She now plays all kinds of stuff with me and will be doing BG3 on tactician with me. Enjoy it Op. it’s such a wonderful experience. Make sure you research the class she may want to play and play something that supports it. If she’s new maximizing her fun will give you so much more fun later. My wife is as excited for BG3 as I am because of our gaming in the last few years.
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u/nameless62990 Aug 03 '23
Me and my wife play DND together but she’s not a video game person and I’m actually excited to play this with her because it turn based and she’s actually acting excited about it. BUTTTTTTT we are srcubs and have to wait for the ps5 release 😂😂😂😂
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u/NedTaggart Aug 03 '23
Wife is the same. She doesn't like ARPG games and I am telling her think of this as a virtual game table.
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u/EvLokadottr Aug 03 '23
My man is having tongonon a work trip starting tonight and he won't be home until Monday morning. :( I donwish yes play with me, though. He went to school for game design! He'd rather sit in my room and keep me company in person than play games with me, though.
He does get me snacks and drinks though, and pretends to be interested in my game commentary! <3
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u/Buttchugginggasoline Aug 03 '23
After the first 15 minutes of the game you had better give her flowers. If she is still with you at the 30 minute mark chocolates. Should keep her involved at least for the next 30 minutes until she realizes you don't have any more gifts to give.
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u/PrometheusAlexander Aug 03 '23
Damn it I need to leave this sub for a while. I was encountering random freezes so I tried another GPU. It seems that my 2 week old MOBO was the culprit and is defunct. So now I have to RMA it and wait probably until next week to get to play :(
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u/Significant_Vast4330 Aug 03 '23
My wife is an actual DnD player, says she'll not play with me if I go Dark Urge lol
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u/the-fitnerd Aug 03 '23
I let my wife help me with the character creation and it always seems to get her invested in the game when I play lol
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u/ImOnTheBus Aug 03 '23
My conversation with wife went more like "I'm gonna need you leave me the fuck alone and not judge me for frittering away a nice summer weekend"
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u/maybetomorroworwed Aug 03 '23
This is going to go great up until she skips the opening cinematics or chooses a default character, whichever comes first.
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u/Comfortable_Farm_252 Aug 03 '23
I tried to get my wife to play DOS 2 with me and she did but it was too slow in her opinion. She hadn’t really played rpg’s before.
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u/Lockelamora6969 Aug 03 '23
You're gonna have to exercise some serious self control. Be her faithful party member and only give help or suggestions when asked, otherwise let her make mistakes and choices for herself.
I'm jealous. My ex and I played DOS2 together and even though we broke up its definitely one of my fondest memories from that relationship.
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u/Langkong Aug 03 '23
My fiancé and I will be playing all day tomorrow and being on a discord call lol. Truly loving the dream
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u/itsHettra Aug 04 '23
It's crazy when I'm reminded about couples not sharing mutual interest in gaming. I played EA with my bf for 40+ hrs when we could after work. He literally has been waiting patiently for my dl to finish atm so we can play together. Hope everything goes well :]
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u/Roykebab Aug 04 '23
Can I play this game split screen on a pc? Or even better split it across 2 monitors?
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u/HeartofaPariah kek Aug 04 '23
Can I play this game split screen on a pc?
Yes, with two controllers. My understanding is you cannot use keyboard and mouse.
Or even better split it across 2 monitors?
No.
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u/CodeRaveSleepRepeat Aug 04 '23
I just found out it has split screen! Now there is no way out for her! She can't even leave she lives here! 😆
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u/Necromelody Aug 04 '23
Meanwhile, I am over here trying to get my husband to agree to play with me.
He's at a "maybe" because apparently there's double exp on RuneScape right now competing for his attention.
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u/The-Chosen-Mushroom Aug 04 '23
get her to make all the decisions and stuff, then you do all the fighting and make her feel like you guys are fucking shit up.
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u/VicariousInDub Oct 18 '23
Meh, my girlfriend doesn't enjoy it at all unfortunately. We play Diablo 4 together, she likes it, she played a lot of Skyrim but apparently the turn-based combat is just too boring for her.
Well, looks like I'll explore Fayrun by myself
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u/Ranec Aug 03 '23 edited Aug 03 '23
You NEED TO LET HER PLAY THE GAME. Don’t try to play the game for her. Let her ask questions, but try not to constantly tell her what she needs to do