So I've played Baldur's Gate 3 a few times now and have a few characters, and what I've come to realize would be nice is a character selection interface in the main menu. I suggest this because I'm the type to have multiple playthroughs going all at once when I play these types of roleplaying games (I did the same in Divinity: Original Sin), so it would make it a lot easier to find the playthrough I would like to play today if I could select a character in the main menu, rather than have to scroll through all my save files in the "load game" menu. I'm thinking like the character selection menu BioWare did in Dragon Age Inquisition.

I don't know if I'm the only one who thinks like that? I couldn't find a thread with this suggestion after all.

profiles

I haven't played DA: Inquisition but yes, something like that would be great. They need to group saves by character/play through. PF: Kingmaker has a very neat foldering UI for their load menu and DA:O, which I am replaying right now, also has function like this in how you can switch between characters in the load menu.

It would make old save games much easier to find and improve the user experience so much.

I think that's exactly what profiles are made for. I haven't tried, as I was happy to have all my characters and their saves in the same profile. But I'd bet this feature is already present.

I haven't tried it either. But profiles as a term is something is associate with changing players, not changing characters, so I wouldn't had checked that out under that name.

But profiles are more for different players, no?

Doesn't mean you couldn't use them another way.

Feels a bit cumbersome maybe? Especially if several family members use the computer.

And I'm assuming you can't just delete a profile as easily as you could save folders.

This.

It functions as a workaround, but it's not intuitive and also includes unnecessary extra steps for the player, trivial as they may seem. Kingmaker's system was better.

I would also like to see character specific saves ... and option to change characters whenever i want ...

Profiles could be usefull ...
But then you need to go to menu when you wish to switch between characters. :-/
There is no way to simply load "someone else" saves when you get tired of one character, and wish to try another. :-/

Since this feature was allready present in games so old as KotOR 1, Mass Effect 1, or Dragon Age: Origins ...
I would dare to presume that we have the technology. :-/

//edit:
Also i didnt check yet, but i dare to presume that every new profile will get default settings ...
Dunno about you, but i dont quite enjoy the idea of go through whole settings for every single new character. :-/


Nope ... it takes simply two clicks ... one for little "x" icon, and second to confrimation button, simmilar to deleting save file, but in this case you will delete all your save files.

In main game menu there needs to be something that says which profile you are on with out having to click the button to change profiles. ty