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Re: So why play Divinity ? Halycon Styxland 24 minutes ago
Why yes, having characters that one gets emotionally invested in is the ideal. Unfortunately most games dont have those.

The worst example to me is TES. I mostly just played Morrowind. Oh sure, this character is a Paladin. But he's actually evil. And this is a Necromancer. Hey, he's actually quite nice. Everyone was sort of neutral in that game, everyone was dispassionately grey. Additionally you had no group, so that was even more impersonal and boring.

The game that made me most emotionally invested was Baldurs Gate 2. Namely Imoen, Aerie, and Keldron. To a lesser degree also others, like Minsc and Jaheira. Aerie also has the by far best romance I encountered in any game. Viconia would probably be fun, too, but having an evil character in the party is a true PITA. I did like the evil characters though, they have all been really funny.

Charaters in BG1+2 that have been evil have been really evil, and characters that have been good have been really good, and even the neutral characters had a clear personality.

Despite the fact I didnt liked them much, BG3 actually still has the second best game romance I ever encountered. The "romance" in Knights of the Old Republic was just seven dialogues. I mean I always did it anyway, but it was very superficial compared to Aerie. The "romance" in Neverwinter Nights 2 was one dialogue at the very end. Like ... wtf ?

A story that provides variance definitely provides replayability, so I'm certainly all for that.
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Re: BG3 Constantley Crashing Recently gorax22 Yesterday at 07:01 PM
I have the exact same thing after 16.2. the game keeps crashing no matter what I try. Both through DirectX and Vulkan, and through direct launch. Tragedy, I hope Lariani fixes it soon. I have a Nvidia RTX 4060 graphics card with new drivers and it keeps crashing. I also filled in the Nvidia overlay, nothing helps.
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Re: Hotfix #35 Now Live! Version Number: 4.1.1.6995620 llchicken Yesterday at 04:03 PM
Originally Posted by Ussnorway
Gog has the current build which is now 4.1.1.7151330 but you can of course roll back
[Linked Image from gog.com]

I really wish Steam could do that, but unfortunately it can only roll back to "relesae_patch_7_hf3" mad
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Baldur's Gate III - Technical & Gameplay Problems Jump to new posts
Re: Screen flashing on and off ONLY while playing BG3. Newer gaming laptop. PapaBrewer Yesterday at 03:08 AM
This may not fix your issues but it permanently fixed very similar symptoms for me. In my case, newer Alienware Laptop very similar to your specs except Nvidia GPU. Never had an issue before. But once I started playing BG3 on this system started to see the very random flashing black screens that I never had before. I finally found a thread that discussed certified video cables and because they were only about $20 each I bought them on Amazon and installed them as soon as I got them. Never had a flashing black screen ever again. BTW before that I even replaced the cables with the cheap junk I usually buy just to save money. The cables made all the difference in the world for me. Hope this helps. Again, the key was high performance certified video cables and I never looked back.
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Re: Arabella - Bug?! Pseudonaut Yesterday at 02:12 AM
I have this exact same bug. I'm in Act 3, have already spoken to her in the sewers, and off she went on her merry way.

Quest is still stuck on "check up on arabella" and she's gone from the sewers.
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Still getting Act 3 crashes. bouncebanana Yesterday at 01:15 AM
Never had crashes prior to the recent hot"fix" patch but now all my saves are crashing right when they reach 100% loading. PC/Steam modded and unmodded saves. I've gone through all the "fixes" I've found: cleaning cache, verifying files, I've even reinstalled the game twice in the past week.
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Re: Game crash while trying to load any save from act 3 (PS5) Hartsonot 23/02/26 08:32 PM
Please update on when these bugs from the recent hotfix will be addressed.
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Re: German localisation – sensitive wording “Jedem das Seine” Lotus Noctus 23/02/26 08:21 PM
Good catch! Ich weiß nicht ob Larian das noch selber nachbessert, aber wir haben eine kleine deutschsprachige Modding community, die eine kontinuierliche Verbesserung an der deutschen Übersetzung vornimmt. Hilfreich wären auf jeden Fall Screenshots und Detailangaben für die Ausbesserung z. B. wo genau das zu finden ist (bin zwar selber Erfurter und mir wäre es auch direkt ins Auge gestochen, aber ich bin bisher nie über Akt 1 hinaus gekommen). ;-)
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Re: Cross-Save Not There PS5 daxtxad 23/02/26 07:13 PM
If you have the Japan version, that could be the cause. It has no crossplay because of censorship.
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Re: ACT 2/3 Softlock bug - Stuck in Wyrm's Lookout, unable to progress to Act 3 Hartsonot 23/02/26 05:40 PM
The recent hotfix has made the game unplayable for many people across platforms- issues include drop in FPS, saves not loading, frequent crashing, multiplayer not working, etc. These issues are expressed all over reddit and on this forum. I myself have sent in 2 bug reports to Larian and haven't heard back yet. Any update from Larian at least acknowledging an issue would be very helpful
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Re: Can not fly anymore... Tav'ith'sava 23/02/26 02:39 PM
Where did you get the ability to fly from? Did you unequip a magic item or change your spells? Did you equip armour that interferes with spell casting? Some context would help.
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Re: Divinity needs to learn from BG3 Romance Problems Halycon Styxland 23/02/26 10:14 AM
Yeah, dont get me started on realism in BG3 romances.

For example if men pulled what Gale pulls in this night scene with other men, they would get beaten up. A LOT.




Originally Posted by Newbee53
[...]

There are several problems with how romance is approached in BG3, but the worst is that it makes people feel out of control. [...]

In some cases this is much worse. [...] For women who’ve personally experienced men assuming that just because they’ve been nice they deserve sex, this is a nasty part of the real world they don’t want in their games. Or at least, many of them don’t.

All this could be made much more appropriate by simply doing one thing, giving us clear dialogue choices clear. [...]

Personally I kind of like Lae’zel being the start of the relationship, but not only is it not for everyone, I’ve heard of multiple people who don’t want to play BG3 simply because all the romance options happen all the time. It makes people uncomfortable and turns them off. [...]

I'm also personally frustrated with games that gate content behind building a romantic relationship with certain characters, I think mass effect and dragons age largely did this right, as you don't have to have a romantic or sexual relationship with your companions to dig into their character or learn about them as a person and they clearly mark the dialogue options that go down that path.

First of all, awesome OP !

Yes the romances in BG3 suck BIG TIME. I'm not surprised some people wont play the game just because of the obnoxious romances.

As I've said before, they should give us the option to disable romances. I would immediately enable that and never turn it off again.

Personally I always romance Karlach ASAP - not because I want to, but simply to shut everybody else up. There is nothing I like about that romance, but she's the by far most likeable of the female options. Admittedly a very low bar, considering the other two are essentially pure evil.

But realistically I play Halfling and the most I would maybe romance is Gnome, but really typically another Halfling. And yes, I also sometimes play Half Woodelf. Then thats less of an issue. Those are the only two races I really play.

I also always play female now. Mainly because female faces are better. But also for example because then Gale's scene isnt as over the top uber creepy if you are female. Still creepy and invasive, just not as much.

I also dont like that everyone is bisexual. Realistic would be one bisexual, one homosexual. Then again, given how narrow the choices are, and how the game forces me to play females, its a good thing that Karlach is bisexual and I can romance her as a female.




Originally Posted by Taril
There's 2 main issues at work here:

1) There is no nuance between "Friend" and "Romantic Partner".

It's incredibly hard to maintain a platonic friendship without any romantic advances [...]

2) Relationships are shallow.

This applies to both friendships and romance, but is more egregious for romance.

Very well said, too.
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