Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Technical & Gameplay Problems The State of Split Screen Coop is UNACCEPTABLE, PERIOD

All I wanted to do, was spend some fucking time after work playing an amazing game with my wife. You would THINK, if a game release with split screen coop, in a FULL RELEASE STATE, this would be possible. But no.

We crashed at character creation. Reloaded. Then we freeze at the ruins in Act 1. Then we reloaded. Wife pressed "A" on the controller as the notification about her character being in the party as a controllable character popped up--freezing the game. Reload. Dialogue with the bandits--Freeze. Reload. Freezes in dialogue AGAIN. Reload.

Freeze in the middle of quick-saving the game after we finally get through the dialogue with the bandits.

Oh, and all of these freezes lead to the program not responding.

I am done. This is fucking unacceptable bullshit. There is literally ZERO excuse for the game to be literally unplayable in split-screen, in a fucking FULL RELEASE TITLE. If I didn't have so many hours in single player, I would refund this trash and never touch another Larian product again. The fact the game releases, in this bullshit state, and is literally unplayable in split screen, it utter garbage. It's not a goddamned early access game, there is no excuse whatsoever, for this load of horse shit.

I am beyond pissed off and disappointed at the same time. This is worse than Bethesda, because at least you can play THEIR games on launch. Here, I can't play split screen with my spouse, because the game will not work properly and freezes every damn time we try to do something. What an utter goddamned disappointment.

If someone has a fix, please enlighten me. Thank you (Not you, Larian, screw you guys for releasing the game in this crappy state)

So no fix or anything? Not even acknowledgement from larian that they at least know the crappy state that split screen coop is in and they are working on it? Nothing?

Tells me all I need to know.

• Is it just split-screen or regular gameplay as well that crashes?
• Have you tried verifying the game through Steam?
• Have you tried using DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) to cleanly wipe out the drivers and reinstall them cleanly?

What you can do is send an official bug report to Larian by going here;
https://larian.com/support/baldur-s-gate-3#modal

Although the frustration is understandable because the game didn't launch in the best shape as one would like, the issues will get fixed over time. Vulgarity and cursing won't really speed things up nor prompt Larian to respond.

A lot of people do not have any tech issues, which is why it's important to take the time to properly report issues through official channels so they can get caught and fixed.

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This post is hysterical. So far up your own *** haha

My head canon keeps trying to tell me that his wife doesn't want to play the game so she continues to sabotage all of the efforts.

"Gosh, honey, I just pressed A and now I can't move. Maybe we should go out tonight instead?"

"NO, WE'RE RELOADING!"