I haven’t played any Baldur’s Gate games before but I’ve heard so much about this game that I’m going to buy it.

However, before I start, I always wonder about this: some games allow you to unlock any weapon at some point in the game, and if you miss one in some quest you can always go back. If you accidentally sell one you can buy it back or forge a new one again, or have it respawn. If you want some other class you can switch later.

Other games are not like that, and if you screw up or aren’t aware of [full in the blank] then you can’t unlock something.

What’s the story with BG3? Do I need to be careful and plan before going on missions?

  • Hillock@kbin.social
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    3 years ago

    You can’t always come back. I would say most things give you 2-3 chances and the order doesn’t matter but certain decisions are a one time chance only and if you miss it, it’s gone. And if you miss those 2-3 chances, things are also gone for good.

    For weapons the best example is during the “Prologue”. While you are still on the Nautiloid there is a strong enemy with a burning sword. If you play as “intended” and ignore the enemy, you won’t get it. And there is no option of getting it later (to my knowledge).

    Then there are a lot of other decision where you aren’t sure of any long-term consequences. During the first 3-4 hours this bothered me and I did a lot of reloading trying to find the “optimal” way. But by now I embrace it. I finally have a solid idea behind how my character would act and just go with decisions inline with that. And I will have multiple play throughs of the game almost certainly.

  • espiritu_p@kbin.social
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    3 years ago

    I am still in Act one.
    But it seems I screwed up some things which let to one character leaving my party early and a second refusing to even join it.
    A third character got killed in a scripted event. So I am now stuck with the same three companions for the rest of the game.

    While I don’t like how this turned out I decided I won’t reload just to try to make it better.
    I just sticked with my group and Play on because it felt right to do so.

    Of course I will miss out dialogues and story elements of the other characters, but I still can concentrate on them in a second playthrough.