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Wow, this game has major issues in act 3 on ps5. This is almost unplayable. The lag, stuttering, hiccups, crashes, delays and soft locks are insane. How has this not been patched out yet. There is just too much going on in this city and the system just can't handle it. I had read about the poor performance in act 3, but did not expect it to be this bad.

Archer wrote:

Easy on the spoilers mate ;)

I tried to romance Astarion and he laughed at me and told me he had standards. I am crushed.

But Minthara has the hottest sex scene in Act 1 imo. Surprised me and made me blush. I'm glad I was alone for that one, lol.

sinnie wrote:

Yeah that’s the drow booty. She’s scandalous.

Shane12m wrote:

My bad. I removed the post.

Archer wrote:

This seems to be better after today's hotpatch. I also turned off performance mode. Not sure which helped. Probably turning off performance mode, as the notes for the hotpatch don't mention anything about performance fixes. It still has some big lag issues and what not, but way better than before. It also doesn't crash now.

The tracking/ targeting / 3D is rough in some cases on ps5 too.

All these issues in act 3 are really making it hard to play the game. It was okay until I got past the opening area of the act. Now its back to being a complete cluster fudge of issues. I just sat waiting for the world to catch up to me because everything froze for over 2 minutes. And then when my companions got to me, it started rifling off all kinds of actions that had been queued, and this caused it to crashed to dash. This happens so many times. So frustrating.

Archer wrote:

Looks like the latest patch might have broken the game. I had issues with framerate and texture pop-in at the very beginning of act III, but I don’t remember having many if any performance issues after that. That really sucks. Hopefully Larian gets on it asap.

https://forums.larian.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showf...

Heavyd814life wrote:

Yeah I saw that just a bit ago. There are also a handful of other similar topics on there. So at least they are aware. Hopefully its patched within a reasonable time. I might just start my Dark Urge character now while waiting. Because currently its not fun trying to play that area.

It’s almost like no one even played this through on ps5. Lots of issues here too.

Ahhh procrastination paying off...

Archer wrote:

Damn it dude I just stopped playing Banner Saga and booted BG3 up again. I totally forgot about the Dark Urge character! I also didn’t even realize you could customize them. I thought the character was a pre-made Dragonborn for some strange reason. Time to spend 3-4 hours on the character creator again…

Heavyd814life wrote:

I really liked the Banner Saga trilogy. And I totally get replaying this again over anything else. Even with the current issues for act 3 on console. I did the same with DoS2. Back to back playthroughs. And I'll be doing/am doing the same with this game too.

I also read about the dark urge...

And yeah. I spent over 90 minutes making mine today, lol. Ended up making two actually, and will play each for a bit to see which I like better. I made a Drow ranger. And a Tiefling paladin (who will become an oath-breaker if I stick with that one long enough). I also thought about making a Gith warlock. But I don't think I'd like a warlock build in this game. My first character is a halfing bard/monk.

Rangers and any range class are much more powerful in 5e. You can do some silly stuff with crossbows and pets. Add that stealth. Yikes.

Yeah, invis/hide, blind and dark in this game are insanely strong. I don't think they are actually that strong in table top 5e. But I love it in this game, lol.

Archer wrote:

I've barely made any progress. Got to the grove and then spent 2 freaking hours tweaking the skin tone on my Drow because she looks different depending on the lighting and it was pissing me off. I have serious issues lol.

And yeah man, love the Banner Saga games. I played the first one years ago and loved it. No clue why it took me so long to jump into 2 and I'm actually surprised I remember so much about the story from the first game. It's pretty great so far. I was in the mood for something tactical and it's definitely scratching that itch. I think I'll finish up before jumping back into BG3.

Still waiting for them to release a physical copy in the US on PS5. Japan is getting one in late December.

Yeah. I ordered the Japanese one, as it's multi-language. I'm not 100% convinced that they're going to release it physically in the U.S.

Sun wrote:

Bleed_DukeBlue wrote:

I saw it on Play-Asia as I was shopping today.

I ended ordering River City Girls 1+2 and Double Dragon Collection (includes DD1-3 on NES, Super Double Dragon/Return of Double Dragon, Double Dragon Advance).

Nice. I ordered mine from Play-Asia as well. I ended up getting that and Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster on Switch.

Sun wrote:

Bleed_DukeBlue wrote:

Ordered BG3 from Play-Asia as well and I was going to pick up Baten Kaitos but apparently the remaster doesn’t include the English VO. I remember the English VO for the first game being a bit rough, but that’s half the nostalgia for me. And the VO for II is legitimately great (at least I remember it being great) so it’s such a bummer they removed it.

This evil playthrough is, something else. I just did some crap that most games don't let you do. And honestly if feels bad. And then a nice lady wanted to hook up. And after that I did a thing. Now I only have two companions. And am locked out of getting another one later because of the thing. Even the dog ran away.

Ah that's too bad. I never played the originals.

Heavyd814life wrote:

Bleed_DukeBlue wrote:

I had forgotten about that one. I guess there will not be a NA physical release, might have to get a copy there.

The Play Asia version of BG 3 is going to be edited/censored. FYI.

Archer wrote:

Playing dark urge first run. It’s asking me to do quest breaking murders and I’m not sure I’m ready for it. Going to try to find a work around for a specific request tonight.

Archer wrote:

lol the dog ran away

I finished my dark urge run but quit at the final boss fight. I'm trading time between 2 redemption durge runs now. Mostly because one I killed Gale on purpose (oops) and the other I killed Shadowheart on purpose. Also Astarion doesn't like me very much in one. So I'm going back and forth with those two.

Astarion is the only one who ever likes what I do. I’m not trying to please him though. 🤔

https://x.com/larianstudios/status/172412597096824...

Xbox fans, and fans of physical media, watch this space for a formal announcement. It's going to be a busy week

Feeb wrote:

He legit laughed at me when I tried to bed him and said "I have standards." lmao

Feeb wrote:


Who is it asking you to murder?

Archer wrote:

There is a workaround it seems.

That is who I thought you were going to say. I'm actually looking forward to see how that part of the game plays out differently in an evil durge run vs a standard good run. There are a lot of interesting dynamics in that act.

Yes. I did the deed and saw the absolute havoc so I reloaded and decided I need to sleep on it. Also looks like I need to get a new partner before I skip that…

Yeah. From what I can tell, it seems like it's just that you can't toggle on explicit content, and they removed the option to torture someone in this one part of Act I. I have the uncensored version on Steam, and I don't feel like I'd be missing much with the censored version, but I'll see for myself when I get the Japanese one in December.

Kommie wrote:

Turn-based Baldur's Gate 3 has sold 21 mil copies while Final Fantasy 16 has sold 4.

https://dotesports.com/baldurs-gate/news/baldurs-g...

I know that includes steam for BG3 and not FF but still. To me this just shows fans still love turn based games and Square Enix is still determined to get them off of them when it comes to FF for some reason. There hasn't been a new turn based FF since 2001.

Mostly because it’s not on pc.

Feeb wrote:

FF16 won't make up that difference on PC. 15 sold over 10 million but that was total PS4 + Xbox One + PC.

Of course not. FF is washed up niche franchise- truth be told- And XV was possibly the worst received of all of them. It’s still not apples to apples making this comparison. People don’t understand that FF and jrpgs in general - are niche.