Last night for over an hour Larian livestreamed Baldu’s Gate 3 gameplay. It was wonderful. Larian boss Swen Vincke played the most anticipated role-play game on life. He showed off player choice, the tweaked user interface, and the new narration. Since the presentation viewers are now choosing which path they will choose. The viewers are now choosing between killing the hobgoblin or the venture into the Underdark.
This year during development some of improvements have been made. The narrator who leads players through the game has changed to the second person/present tense narration from past tense. Previous gameplay showed the side initiative. Now it has evolved over the past month. Now automatically characters with individual initiatives can be grouped. It will allow players to align their attack in a group initiative system or try out combinations.
Elsewhere changes have been made to the system of initiative. Other enemies and characters have opposite initiatives. For the first time, the team has shown the inspiration system. Inspiration points let the player reroll one of their dice. The dice will come in handy if it means the difference between death and life. During the game, players get inspiration points as a gift for finding special solutions.
Larian is working towards releasing the game Baldur’s Gate 3 in Early Access form in August 2020.
