Submitted 11 months ago by Goronmon@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
https://www.destructoid.com/your-evil-deeds-may-be-causing-baldurs-gate-3-bugs
You can tell this game is beloved. I don’t think I’ve seen this many bugs talked about as funny / cute quirks when they’re just… bugs. It isn’t cats getting drunk in DF, it’s a memory leak-like issue that affects your save the longer you play.
It reinforces the idea that the devs are treating players right and making a game that people want to succeed. It’s not like anyone spun Subnautica save corruption as “you just collected so much stuff, you rascal you”
Obviously it helps that it’s a great game. But I had fun with the bugs. I had one guy who, when pickpocketed, would instantly bolt out the door and down the street at the speed of sound.
IDK, if I found myself being pickpocketed by four grim individuals, armed to the teeth and covered in blood, I can’t say I wouldn’t do the same.
I’m not thrilled with the idea that we lower the bar for game developers based on how biased we are towards them or not.
I feel like the games should speak for themselves and we shouldn’t aim for special treatment.
I think it’s less bias towards Larian, and more that they did so many things right with BG3, we can accept some bugs, as long as they are working on fixing them. It’s such a massive game with so many moving parts that some bugs are inevitable, but they don’t stop the rest of the game from being amazing.
Have you played the game though? It’s filled to the brim with content. I already have a lot of hours in and I think I’m only about half through the game. You talk to friends and everyone is telling a different story of how they approached a problem in the game. Almost every conversation in the game has voice lines.
It’s absolutely not flawless. Controls are clunky, path findinf of your compagnions is weird most of the time etc. But you absolutely see that this game is a labour of love and not a quick cash grab. Plus again, it’s massive and it’s one of the few games where I actually understand them not being able to fix every bug in the game.
So I wouldn’t say that we lower the bar with them in relation to bugs. They have raised the bar in content and overall quality so high that you are more willing to forgive / overlook a lot of the issues, as long as they are not game breaking.
What’s silly is when they immediately know you’ve stolen something, even though nobody was around when you took it. You shouldn’t have to sneak if there’s nobody there.
Pronell@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Well that’s hilarious.
My second run on my PS5 has been so terribly glitchy. And yes, it’s a Dark Urge run.
My response to being caught is to murder some more.
PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 11 months ago
“Something’s wrong. Murder isn’t working, and that’s all we know how to do!”
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
Ah, the ol “kill literally anyone and everyone you can interact with” playthrough.