Baldur's Gate 3

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Baldur’s Gate 3 is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons, where your choices shape a tale of fellowship and betrayal, survival and sacrifice, and the lure of absolute power. (Website)

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Downloading the game, got some time to kill---any guides out there that you'd recommend? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 week ago by magic@lemmy.ca to c/baldurs_gate_3@lemmy.world

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Hi BG3 community! Currently downloading the game now that I have a computer capable of running it.

I'm at 18gb/119gb and I expect about an hour more of downloading, so I was wondering if anyone had any recommended guides for a new player? Videos, infographics, etc? I like playing as either archers or magic users, if that helps.

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[–] mj_marathon@programming.dev 47 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Go in blind. Its a great game. You're very likely going to want to try multiple different builds. I wouldn't be concerned about getting it "right" the first time, because you won't.

Save often and run into encounters with reckless abandon.

[–] Jaderick@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I’m going to slightly go against this by saying there are some important buttons to know that will make your exploration of the game better / easier

The two biggest are (for PC):

Shift - shows you the line of sight of npcs in a red cone, making it far easier to try and sneak around (especially important for Rogues)

Left alt - Highlights important interact-able objects on screen

[–] mj_marathon@programming.dev 5 points 1 week ago

Good callouts for sure!

[–] hypnicjerk@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Save often

but be willing to fail sometimes, too :)