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About the launch date: Is it August 3rd for all PC players or do early access players still get, well, early access to the full version of act one prior to the official launch? Any clarification would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for making this fantastic game, can't wait to play!!!

**incoherent joyful screaming**

This looks incredible. Game of the decade.

There is just so much to praise in this last PFH, and so much information to go through - I can't even...

Very excited for this game and a little intimidated by how epic it is in size and scope.

Yes that's a great idea to give some time to start before the official date, for collector edition

but I'm a bit confused how it will work : will it clean my profiles except the recent ones ? Will the first chapter be modified by a Steam update ? I won't have access to the revamped menu and the additionnal faces, hair, piercings, body shapes etc.

+1

Swens wording left me quite confused aswell.
IF the most early date, when we get to play is 3rd August ... does that means that there will be no Act 1 only restriction?
Or will we actually play Act 1 til 6th September? O_o
Or will we be able to start play actually 31th July ... but will only have Act 1 til 3rd August?

Its also worth mentioning that FAQ still mentions 72h early acess ... even tho, as we know by now, dont have to mean anything. :-/

I've been purposefully trying to stay mostly in the dark with this game - skipping early access and only taking a peek at a couple of trailers, having seen the very first livestream for it and recognising that it's going to be a game I'll want to play and experience as blindly as I can.

That said, I did catch the end of this latest stream, just to see how the game is looking before the final release in a more raw form.

I don't want to end on a sour note, as the game is ultimately shaping up really nicely, I think, so I'll start with the negatives.

First of all, from the (admittedly, little) footage I saw, the game seems like it needs another pass before release and the date probably should have been pushed back a bit - not brought forward. I was planning to check out some reviews before potentially buying around release, but now I'm really considering holding off a bit, maybe wait to see if we get yet another Enhanced Edition in a year's time. So, it's nice to see raw footage - don't ever change that - but do consider delaying more for future titles. I can't imagine a broader audience seeing this and getting too excited. From overall stability to animations and little glitches here and there, it just doesn't look like it's all quite there yet to me.

Secondly, the writing. It's just... not very appealing to me, I'm sorry to say. I understand it's D&D and the current image D&D is going for seems to be over-the-top adventures with larger-than-life characters, but I'd really appreciate a more understated appraoch, personally. I won't go into spoilers, but I'd have thought that we're past the good vs. evil phase in RPGs and moved onto more nuanced characters and stories, but apparently I'm wrong on that.

Now, the good!

Very excited to experience all the ways you can approach various situations with all the different systems in play. This is something that I already found to be very impressive in D:OS1 and 2, and BG3 seems like the next step forward. And not just exploration and combat, but this time also story choices seem to have an actual impact on the events in the game, which is quite nice. I will admit that the choice system doesn't really look like anything groundbreaking, I feel like Swen might be overselling that aspect a bit, but time will tell.

Aside from some of the technical and animation quirks I mentioned before, the presentation in cutscenes seems very good. Certainly a massive step up from D:OS2 which had... none! Not quite up there with all the big boys in terms of quality, I don't think, but it's still very impressive to see the jump up in production value compared to Larian's last title.

The combat itself looks really fun, as it has from the very start. And with the variety of builds and options available to players, I can see myself itching to replay the game for the gameplay variety alone, not to mention the potential story branching I mentioned above.

And, as excited as I am for the combat, I also couldn't help but notice all the options that were given to the player to help avoid it, which makes me even more interested in the game. While I may not be impressed with the writing, I do appreciate the dedication to providing the player with interesting choices and tying this back into the D&D character mechanics is excellent.

And finally, the game looks to be absolutely massive and brimming with engaging content. The questing appears to be there to provide you with actual fun, memorable experiences and stories. For me, this is very important and it's great to see Larian seemigly continue to deliver on that front.

Salo, do we on PC who bought early access (and get automatically upgraded to the deluxe edition), get to start playing on July 31st?

Is that 72 hour early access to Act 1 (before August 3rd) still happening?

Yes, please, please, could we get clear response if 72hours early access is still a thing?

In stream Sven said:
“That means that the game is coming to everybody on early access 4 weeks earlier instead of 3 days that we said initially. you are going to get it on August 3rd, you will be able t play all of the Baldur’s Gate3”

From that I understand that early access IS August 3rd, and no act1 restriction is made. Is August 3rd actual release (and no benefit is given to those pre-ordering), or is it still early access (so one August 3rd and later one will need to buy Digital Deluxe or higher to play the game). He also didn’t list 72h early access when listing Digital Deluxe perks.

I'm starting to think Larian is unsure. They talk about this in the same paragraph as the collector's edition code being sent to them earlier, but never clearly say if we PC players (early access players) get to start playing 72 hours BEFORE August 3rd.

So, Salo, could you please clarify for us? Thank you so much.

if you have the game [on Windows pc] and a Larian account then you are in EA... everyone in that group gets the 72 hours so Steam and Gog = yes Mac and Ps5 players = no

you can assume 31th of this month [their time zone] but Larian proved once more they are not ready and i'd give it at least another 48 hours judging by the bug fest of a panel we just watched... i mean yipee but clearly still work to do

if you payed for the Game on Steam or Gog and have a Larian account then you should be upgraded to delux ed of the game which gets the extra bullshit dlc like an extra song etc

the CE issue is a major fuckup [off topic] and now they have a FEW extra copies as shown in the panel from Hell... game wise you get the same stuff but people with CE also get the box and the bits inside it

J-Just..

LOL!! I know, right?

i have played the demo for 800 hrs. I think you are wrong.

Umm, which part exactly?

If you're referring to the negatives - mate, I hope I'm wrong. And if it's about the positives, then I hope you are wrong

Any news on this matter?

Salo, or anyone at Larian, we need official clarification:

Do we on PC who bought early access (and get automatically upgraded to the deluxe edition), get to start playing on July 31st? (restricted to Act 1)

Is that 72 hour early access to Act 1 (before August 3rd) still happening, or has it been nixed because of the date change?

I'm assuming the silence means, you may still be trying to figure this out, which I completely understand, but let us know and we'll stand by and wait (and I'll shut up, heheheeh)

Im quite sure you are aware Larian, but there are also some other topics that occured after last PFH and could use some clarification.

Like rolled stats, racial AS bonuses, hirelings, and many others ...
Any answers would be HIGHLY appreciated.

I too have some questions I would like clarified,

Can I change the color of my genitals ?

Will I be able to have multiple colors I can add to my genitals?

Can I pierce my genitals?

Will I be able to manscape my genitals?

Will I be able to run around naked as a monk , and will I be able to see my colored Genitals?

Lastly, in all seriousness, If I play a Deep gnome can I give myself half orc Genitals? and likewise if I'm a half orc can I give myself Deep gnome genitals?