I hope Larian never trades their individuality and creative freedom for corporate bs. As long as studios like them exist, people like me will fork over the money. It feels good to own the game and support them. I know a lot of players feel the same.
Same. It´s one of the more expensive games I´ve bought, but hands down one of the best. Fx. Diablo 4 was about the same price, but isn´t even in the same universe of quality as BG3
@@DamienVryce-dd6gm from what Swen said it’s not that they don’t NOT want to make an expansion but more that they’re not sure how they would. The game is capped at level 12 because DnD gets absolutely crazy and nearly impossible to balance once spells like “Wish” start getting introduced, so they don’t know how they’d make an expansion without raising the level cap, unless they make an expansion that takes place alongside the base storyline rather than after it.
Ketheric had one of the most impressive voices I've ever heard in a video game. It feels, believable. A devote, religiously radical old solider. Never actually been knocked back by a voice in a video game. The whole character around the voice is the perfect combination.
The fact that they hit every point from the community update #1 over 4 years ago should be a shining badge of honor for them. I watched it after release and it could have still worked for the full game, not just early access.
@gchristopherklug It should still be on TH-cam, I believe, but they kept true to all of their goals that they claimed publicly through early access into full launch.
Imagine you're a suit at Wizards of the Coast, and this Belgian development house comes up to you and says "We want to license Baldur's Gate 3" and you say no, but your fellow suits are convinced and they agree. 7 years later, BG3 comes out as the greatest RPG of all time and the best ranked PC game of all time. How would you feel?
If I was a suit? I'd feel rich as fuck boi. But as a player I am glad they got the license 7 years ago and not today. Because if the license was sold today we would have a much worse game. Unfortunately WOTC has lost its way and it's soul. They are a soulless mindless corpo now.
What I love the most about this game is the tremendous attention to detail and the freedom of choice the player can have. The music scores are so good, sometimes I stop mid-play, just to listen
When the director of a game, suits up and let's the child inside him come out and have fun you know you will get an amazing and passionate game. This is just so rare in the corporate gaming world. Off my hat to Larian studios I truly love you. I am replaying the game the 4-th time.
I'm already finishing a fourth playthrough and have a new character in late act 1 and I only bought this game in January. Already called it "game of my life" and its second most played game on my Steam account, after Stardew Valley. It has so much replayability, if not for the story forking out in many ways (for example, I wish there was somehow a way to not kill Ketheric but instead side with the Absolute as we know it), for all the builds and characters we can create and play styles we can go for. Might be the first game I 100% achievements-wise, too, although I'm still scared of honor mode as well as Jack-of-all-Trades.
It's been a week since I started playing, and I haven't even found the druid yet. Not because I couldn't find him, but because I kept getting deeper and deeper into other stories and issues. There are so much things to do. I literally spent hours reading and preparing my stats & skills, then spent hours playing with the spells against the environment. Also spent hours just listening to NPCs interacting to one another. WTF is this game? You mean I can win a fight in so many different ways? How is it possible to be this immersive? I'll never be able to finish this game at this rate!
Can't wait to get this on the PS5. Devs worth supporting. Update: I currently 20 hours in. The game is a masterpiece (so far). No game has captured my attention like this since The Witcher 3. Update (2): Finished. Definitely my game of the year.
Mine too! I've spent so many years waiting for a game that replace me The Witcher 3 experience. In august i've heard about BG3 for the first time but had no opportunity to try it (i play PS5 only). Now i'm walking through it for the third time - def the masterpiece!
He looks so happy just talking about the game. I love that excitement and just pure joy at what he's creating. I hope to god they don't go the blizzard path of evil.
I’m so excited about Maggie doing this role! She puts all of herself into her characters and just brings them to life! I can’t wait for the streamily signing for this game!
the depth and complexity of the city of baldurs gate literally took my breath away... its the closest thing to a real city I have ever seen in any video game. ever. and the best part is the dev's weren't showboating about it either.. nothing MADE you look at it, but if you stopped and listened to some of the conversations of the people you could hear all sorts of things, some hillarious, some sad, some evil... was just great. absolutely LOVED walking around the city and just taking it in. best part of the game imo.
I‘m almost 600 hours in on pc. 6 Playthroughs. Just bought it on the ps5 again to play at my familys place. I still find new stuff and everything time i am in total aww and super excited. Still watch videos of playthroughs and decisions my heart couldnt take. Congratulations to Larian Studios for getting Game of the year. Its totally earned. Definitely my new favourite game.. maybe even ever.
I hope the company will never get bought by one of the big ones. Larian reminds me on the good old times when Bioware and Blizzard North had a (gaming) soul. You barely see non-indie game devs that are not affraid to do things differently. I barely enjoy singleplayer games nowadays for more than a couple of hours. But damn was BG3 just a joy. Can't remember the last time i felt like a kid in a game and just want to discover stuff on my own. Do not really know what it was but the game catched me so hard on different ways and I really thank Larian for that experience.
Great to watch this after having played the full game and seeing what an absolute massive triumph it turned out to be. They worked hard to make this game great, and it paid off.
i’ve been binge watching everything Balders Gate from streamers playing it to Behind the scenes stuff like this because it’s the closest i’ll be to playing the game and being sorrounded by it’s lore because i can’t really afford to buy a game that expensive. Life’s been hard right now not gonna lie :/ I hope you all are enjoying the game. It looks amazing
Pirate the game if you dont know how to then you can buy it download it then refund the game open it from install folder. Larian did not put any DRM on it because they are confident for its success.
Compared to the main companions, i found Ketheric's voice acting to be on the weak side, not enough gravitas. I guess that, as it is quite a small part, JK Simmons was not involved for very long in the process, preventing him from giving a great performance? maybe?
Yeah when I heard Maggie say “to be paired with all stars JK Simmons and Jason Isaacs” I didn’t process Jason as being Lucius until I saw himself speaking… the cast for this game is crazy!
@@oldladytrexarms "feel" has nothing to do with reality, if you want to feel then just say "you feel like it's the best game you played" just saying its best pc game means you are stating a fact therefore you must be corrected.
@@williambrabston3045 nah, top 10? maybe if they correct the bugs, include cut content and expand the game to make it complete, so in 10 we shall see how the definitive edition looks like, you all lose all logic because of hype lol.
Literally the greatest game ever made. Congratulations to all the development team the cast the writers the music my God the music fantastic job to everyone on the team!!!
Боже, голоса и интонации так красочно подобраны, что я не хочу никакой локализации) Ларианы сделали умопомрачительную работу с атмосферой и погружением) Красавчики)
Wizards saying it has to be true to dnd lore is so hypocritical when you see what they are doing nowadays. Thank god larian got the license back then wotc still acted like they care for their IP.
I want to play this game so bad but I don't know when it will be released on Xbox. I played the original back in the 90's and I am in love with this universe. So when is Baldur's Gate 4 coming out? 😁
From Lady Dimitrescu to Orin the Red! Maggie Robertson is building such an impressive portfolio of work.
Wait what? Now i have to look up this actress ty
Legend in the making. . . or already made.
Neil newborn as well!
Right?! She's amazing ❤
jaw dropping performances
The devs have a great sense of humor.
Oh god, I couldn’t stop laughing at the exploding books in sorcerer’s sundries 😂
I hope Larian never trades their individuality and creative freedom for corporate bs. As long as studios like them exist, people like me will fork over the money. It feels good to own the game and support them. I know a lot of players feel the same.
Same. It´s one of the more expensive games I´ve bought, but hands down one of the best. Fx. Diablo 4 was about the same price, but isn´t even in the same universe of quality as BG3
This is what is possible for all games if the suits would just give the devs time to actually…design a good game.
@@Bexar2204I’ve bought it 3 times 😂 once on PC, another on PS5 and another for the physical release and they deserve every penny I’ve given them.
@@DamienVryce-dd6gm from what Swen said it’s not that they don’t NOT want to make an expansion but more that they’re not sure how they would. The game is capped at level 12 because DnD gets absolutely crazy and nearly impossible to balance once spells like “Wish” start getting introduced, so they don’t know how they’d make an expansion without raising the level cap, unless they make an expansion that takes place alongside the base storyline rather than after it.
as long as swen vincke is alive i think that wont happen
motion capture: 10/10
voice acting: 11/10
Ketheric had one of the most impressive voices I've ever heard in a video game. It feels, believable. A devote, religiously radical old solider. Never actually been knocked back by a voice in a video game. The whole character around the voice is the perfect combination.
And he wants picture of spiderman!!!
I agree that the voice is epic but it also reminds me Robert California from The Office and it kinda broke Ketheric for me xD
@@rzaba1152 think of Ultron instead!
Sad that he gets so little screen time
@@rzaba1152”You don’t even know my real name. I’m the f*cking Lizard King”
The fact that they hit every point from the community update #1 over 4 years ago should be a shining badge of honor for them. I watched it after release and it could have still worked for the full game, not just early access.
(to be read with the authority prononciation) O-V-E-R-D-E-L-I-V-E-R-Y
How do you mean? I wasn’t around then.
@gchristopherklug It should still be on TH-cam, I believe, but they kept true to all of their goals that they claimed publicly through early access into full launch.
Imagine you're a suit at Wizards of the Coast, and this Belgian development house comes up to you and says "We want to license Baldur's Gate 3" and you say no, but your fellow suits are convinced and they agree.
7 years later, BG3 comes out as the greatest RPG of all time and the best ranked PC game of all time. How would you feel?
If I was a suit? I'd feel rich as fuck boi.
But as a player I am glad they got the license 7 years ago and not today. Because if the license was sold today we would have a much worse game. Unfortunately WOTC has lost its way and it's soul. They are a soulless mindless corpo now.
The voice artists in this game deserves Oscar each of them
One of them is already an Oscar winner in his own right. (JK Simmons who is Ketheric's voice.)
What I love the most about this game is the tremendous attention to detail and the freedom of choice the player can have.
The music scores are so good, sometimes I stop mid-play, just to listen
And, the Hag, of course, I love that she exists in the game❤
When the director of a game, suits up and let's the child inside him come out and have fun you know you will get an amazing and passionate game. This is just so rare in the corporate gaming world. Off my hat to Larian studios I truly love you. I am replaying the game the 4-th time.
I'm already finishing a fourth playthrough and have a new character in late act 1 and I only bought this game in January. Already called it "game of my life" and its second most played game on my Steam account, after Stardew Valley. It has so much replayability, if not for the story forking out in many ways (for example, I wish there was somehow a way to not kill Ketheric but instead side with the Absolute as we know it), for all the builds and characters we can create and play styles we can go for.
Might be the first game I 100% achievements-wise, too, although I'm still scared of honor mode as well as Jack-of-all-Trades.
To everyone at Larian studios. Thank you
Don't think I've ever come across a development team that has paid so much attention to what the player wants and thinks. Awesome
It's been a week since I started playing, and I haven't even found the druid yet. Not because I couldn't find him, but because I kept getting deeper and deeper into other stories and issues. There are so much things to do. I literally spent hours reading and preparing my stats & skills, then spent hours playing with the spells against the environment. Also spent hours just listening to NPCs interacting to one another. WTF is this game? You mean I can win a fight in so many different ways? How is it possible to be this immersive? I'll never be able to finish this game at this rate!
People are going to lose their jobs and ruin their relationships over this game. It's all consuming.
Can't wait to get this on the PS5. Devs worth supporting.
Update: I currently 20 hours in. The game is a masterpiece (so far). No game has captured my attention like this since The Witcher 3.
Update (2): Finished. Definitely my game of the year.
Same! I was going to get it for the PC out of impatience, but with a game this long I want to play it comfortably and not at my desk lol.
ITS OUT NOW
Mine too!
I've spent so many years waiting for a game that replace me The Witcher 3 experience. In august i've heard about BG3 for the first time but had no opportunity to try it (i play PS5 only). Now i'm walking through it for the third time - def the masterpiece!
He looks so happy just talking about the game. I love that excitement and just pure joy at what he's creating. I hope to god they don't go the blizzard path of evil.
I'm more hoping this doesn't draw corporate big wig attention and they don't go the way of Bioware slowly getting destroyed by EA, tbh.
i want to see raphael's behind the scense music video
140 hours in. Almost at the end of it. Missed so much content.
What a legendary game.
I’m so excited about Maggie doing this role! She puts all of herself into her characters and just brings them to life! I can’t wait for the streamily signing for this game!
One of the only characters in the game that made me genuinely uneasy
I get goosebumps every time I hear Orin. 'Disgustingly good performance' is what I would call it.
I freakin love this game. Great cast. Having a blast playing it.
the depth and complexity of the city of baldurs gate literally took my breath away... its the closest thing to a real city I have ever seen in any video game. ever.
and the best part is the dev's weren't showboating about it either.. nothing MADE you look at it, but if you stopped and listened to some of the conversations of the people you could hear all sorts of things, some hillarious, some sad, some evil... was just great.
absolutely LOVED walking around the city and just taking it in. best part of the game imo.
Threre is something with JK Simmons voice that pops out in the game. Which makes Ketheric very intimidating.
Gotta say, the voice acting in this game is S-tier talented. It's hard to choose which will be nominated for GOTY.
I‘m almost 600 hours in on pc. 6 Playthroughs. Just bought it on the ps5 again to play at my familys place. I still find new stuff and everything time i am in total aww and super excited. Still watch videos of playthroughs and decisions my heart couldnt take. Congratulations to Larian Studios for getting Game of the year. Its totally earned. Definitely my new favourite game.. maybe even ever.
I hope the company will never get bought by one of the big ones. Larian reminds me on the good old times when Bioware and Blizzard North had a (gaming) soul. You barely see non-indie game devs that are not affraid to do things differently. I barely enjoy singleplayer games nowadays for more than a couple of hours. But damn was BG3 just a joy. Can't remember the last time i felt like a kid in a game and just want to discover stuff on my own. Do not really know what it was but the game catched me so hard on different ways and I really thank Larian for that experience.
Great to watch this after having played the full game and seeing what an absolute massive triumph it turned out to be. They worked hard to make this game great, and it paid off.
Now I finally understand why I got a sudden feeling to get insurance every time I heard Kethric!
Same
Swen have sooo much cool nerd energy ! i dont know if its only on camera
So Swen ran to WOTC and kidnapped one of their executives and that’s how the licensing was acquired
That’s so, so undeniably DnD. I love it lol
I love how excited and happy he is. His joy makes my day lol
i’ve been binge watching everything Balders Gate from streamers playing it to Behind the scenes stuff like this because it’s the closest i’ll be to playing the game and being sorrounded by it’s lore because i can’t really afford to buy a game that expensive. Life’s been hard right now not gonna lie :/ I hope you all are enjoying the game. It looks amazing
Pirate the game if you dont know how to then you can buy it download it then refund the game open it from install folder. Larian did not put any DRM on it because they are confident for its success.
Just pirate
@@VonRibbitt i don’t have a pc only ps4 :/
@@kavid8120 dam, well i hope you get to play it someday
@@VonRibbittNever pirate bg3. That's such a huge missplay.
i'd be lovely to see some of the BTS of voice acting and morion capture
After 80 hours so far this game is freaking astounding
Ketherics Voice, JK Simmons, is very underrated. Such a deep rich Tone, i loved listening to him.
He's def not underrated lol, one of the stars in this cast and instantly recognizable
What are you talking about. Simmons is not underrated lol.
@@GabrielFerreira-nd5hv Not to mention he's a massively famous actor. 😂
@@RaXXha Oscar-winning and shit, people say "underrated" for anything lol
Compared to the main companions, i found Ketheric's voice acting to be on the weak side, not enough gravitas.
I guess that, as it is quite a small part, JK Simmons was not involved for very long in the process, preventing him from giving a great performance? maybe?
Larian, thank you for giving us such a awsome game & giving us so many memorable moments with it that will live on for a very long time.
Larian Studios is the next level in gaming industry. I loved DoS and loved BG3
Appreciate the compilation of updates throughout the years.
GET IT MAGGIE SHES THE MERYL STREEP OF GAMES
Why am I just now realizing Gortash is Lucius Malfoy….. fuck that’s amazing.
Yeah when I heard Maggie say “to be paired with all stars JK Simmons and Jason Isaacs” I didn’t process Jason as being Lucius until I saw himself speaking… the cast for this game is crazy!
i love how all the team seems so passionate about the game !!
Thanks for this masterpiece
Incredible work by all voice actors. Very memorable characters. Bravo!
goes to show treating devs with love and respect leads to absolute bangers
watching this they are my new favorite studio
Larian Studios are next level!!!
GAME OF THE YEAR LETS GOOOOO
Probably the best PC game ever made. Been gaming 21 years and... nothing has captured me as much as Larian's BG3
no game is the best game ever, there are many far more important in world impact than BG3 if you were to ever say "best game ever".
@@Real_SkyRipperIf they feel that way then let them. Just like how you get to feel the way you do.
@@oldladytrexarms "feel" has nothing to do with reality, if you want to feel then just say "you feel like it's the best game you played" just saying its best pc game means you are stating a fact therefore you must be corrected.
@@Real_SkyRipper its probably the best PC game ever made. Hell the 2nd one was one of the best games ever made.
@@williambrabston3045 nah, top 10? maybe if they correct the bugs, include cut content and expand the game to make it complete, so in 10 we shall see how the definitive edition looks like, you all lose all logic because of hype lol.
These devs did PR job 10 times better then those 6 figures "PR professional"
Jason Isaacs gives me chills
the first playthrough of this game was like a spiritual experience
ok honestly? this is astounding
Literally the greatest game ever made. Congratulations to all the development team the cast the writers the music my God the music fantastic job to everyone on the team!!!
They did it. i want more from them...
This is one of the dialogue of all time. 💯
This game and soundtrack hits hard, unbelievable production values.
Great work. I use to play BG2 and never thought that you overcome this jewel. BG3 is real masterpiece gyus.
I love the part in 6.47, the genius which brings order in the chaos.
yeah maggie ...didn´t know she´s involved too...amazing ❤ thats why i always play games in original language. they are great
the game is... man, completely fantastic!
I have a complain to Swen. He didn’t put any IKEA in Baldur’s Gate.
And where's the Abba OST ?
@@direnova6284 Big time!
Swen is a Belgian, not Swedish...
Although I agree having an IKEA in BG3 would be really convenient.
01:55 Goosebumps
Ohhhh baller! Lady D (Maggie Robertson) is in this game!!!
How coincidental that he was messing with the iron flask and THEN picked up the beholder... hm...
"Affectionately unhinged" Is both a disturbing and very accurate sequence of words to describe Orin.
this game is truly a masterpiece.
That's how it looks like when devs make a game with passion!
I felt the passion, I feel so extremely proud of them
Every one of these is a master piece. Awesome game engine.
Best RPG since Skyrim
One of the best games ever made for sure!
6:43 I love this
I enjoyed the camp locations. Having companions in consistent locations might have been good though. So much time I ran around looking for someone.
The real video game of year
jk simmons as ketheric was incredible, incredible baddy i loved it so much
they realy know how to have fun 18:16
It's very strange that after 300h playing BG3 i just think that the voices suits more the characters than the "real voice owner" person hahaha
The second I heard Ketheric speak I made sure I heard every piece of dialogue I could
Baldur's Gate 3 GOTY 2023!!! What an amazing game.
Боже, голоса и интонации так красочно подобраны, что я не хочу никакой локализации) Ларианы сделали умопомрачительную работу с атмосферой и погружением) Красавчики)
they did a fastastic job.Ohh man the game is sooo good...
I honestly didn't even catch that Ketheric was JK Simmons. Holy shit.
Awesome
Imagine being in the same room as JK Simmons, bro. Words can't convey how envious I am of Maggie
This was my favorite villain in the game by far! I wish she was recruitable for evil playthroughs.
Daamn. I very much wish there was more of Kethric
Proud to be Belgian just because of Larian Studios
They need a vacation
Game of the year!
HOLY SHYT!!! Did not know Lady D was in Baldur's gate 3.
G.O.A.T GAME IN MY LIFE
Wizards saying it has to be true to dnd lore is so hypocritical when you see what they are doing nowadays. Thank god larian got the license back then wotc still acted like they care for their IP.
Hope they will remake Neverwinter Nights too, i missed that game so much even after decades.
Lucius Malfoy sure had a makeover
I want to play this game so bad but I don't know when it will be released on Xbox. I played the original back in the 90's and I am in love with this universe.
So when is Baldur's Gate 4 coming out? 😁
Best game story wise since mass effect
You gotta love Maggie
Jk Simmon appeared in everything now, from winning oscar to become voice acting badass character
You definetly can say wizards of the coast leaders are dragons, because of.. you know, greed xD
32:58 they were making a totally different game hahahaha
Maggie Robertson as Orin was perfect casting!
26:34 is that Scratch?