Originally Posted by Count Turnipsome
I mean is that a dangerous foe or a buddy cop comedy.

[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]
Not to mentioned slapstic that happens right after.

Not wanting to sound negative yet again...though I really want to love this game...that screenshot really illustrate this weird Larian artstyle I feel is great for a Divinity DOS games but really strange in a D&D Baldurs gate game. Its way too colorful, too bright, the lighting is just off the charts makes the scene feel silly/funny instead of scary & atmospheric. It needs more...darkness...grittiness...roughness...contrast...
Right now its too shiny, colorful and bright.
IS this a rating thing? Or a platform thing? It needs to be appropriate for kids so the game is getting brighter and brighter (seems like past versions where a bit darker?) as release approaches. Or people nowadays just wants a bright and colorful game?
I mean the original BG2 trailer is pretty horror educing lol. Sets the tone perfectly...and it BUILDS UP. .From a dark weird dungeon, to a bustling city to explore to etc...
BG3 has higher age rating and has more explicit violence/sex then old games so I don't think it is it.

BG3 has a "candy" quality to it's look, but I don't think it is entirely that either. The game has a different vibe, but it's D&D5e thing as well. Personally, I don't think BG3 look is too bad outside some things that just feel off to me (like body tight armors).

I would personally blame poor use of cinematics - cinema has language and that language communicates stuff. Adding cinematics to your game can be advantegous, but can also work against you if you use it poorly, BG3 rarely does more then point a camera at a model.

In this point of the story PC have been captures, got tadpole and is using assault on the ship to run for their lives. Mindflayers are clearly a threat to us. But that's not what BG3 communicates, especially in the shot I attatched that frames both actors as equals. That demistifies the creature, and it being a monster with glitchy tentacles only makes it hilarious. Imagine Riplay just hanging out with Xenomorph like that. A while ago I pasted Witcher3 Gaunter o'dimms pact scene as a comparison:

(starting on 5 minute mark)


See how he appears from shadows, in close up shots he is shot from below to make him a more towering figure then Geralt, Geralt is sitting down, with Odim going down to his level, showing their power dynamic. It could be a laughable scene, if it wasn't handled well. You can make an average looking joe look creepy, and you certainly can a tentacle monster that just eye raped you look creepy.

Last edited by Wormerine; 03/11/22 12:57 PM.