Baldur's Gate III

Just picked it up. I know they were saying series S won't have couch Co op but can't find how to turn it on the series X.

Thats perfect thanks, myself and the wife created two characters and played to the encounter or so, its going to be the blind leading the blind and neither of us bothered to read a thing about the game so we will either love it or hate it

Tried to play on controller with geforce now, wanted to throw everything out the window it was that awkward. Don't know how people can use controller with these type of games.

I had a one night stand with Lae'zel. She took the break up well.

Then fell in love with Karlach.

Briefly had my head turned when Shadowheart had her makeover but stayed strong.

It's me and Karlach 4 eva now.

Yeah you get used to the controller after a few hours. There were a few glitches with the UI which didn't help in terms of difficulty deleting or arranging the different radial menus for selecting actions. Also the fact I was very deep into the game before discovering how to select selecting multiple items quickly in the inventory. It does seem to make a lot of the movement outside battle a bit easier though, as you control your character rather than constantly pointing where you want them to go, panning the screen, pointing again, panning etc.

Once you get used to just knowing where all your actions are for your different characters on the radial menus, using a controller really isn't that bad.

But the kb/m seems a lot more well-designed and intuitive, especially during combat or when looting.

On controller? Can't remember the buttons off hand, but if you open the context menu on an item, you can pick Send To and then each character in your party's name is below. You can even do it while looting and have it go directly to them rather than adding to your own inventory and then moving to them.

Another great reason to have Karlach in your party. Her strength lets her be a mule for all the armour and weapons and anything else with a bit of weight in it.

Thought it was pretty obvious myself, maybe that's just me.

You can drag and drop, onto their portrait.

Glad to be of some help. I was mighty confused!

Act 1: Me (warlock), Shadowheart, Karlach & Astarion

Act 2: Me, Shadowheart, Karlach & Gale

Act 3: Me, Shadowheart, Karlach, Gale/La'zael

La'zael probably is more powerful than Karlach, but I preferred Karlach's character (and her, at times completely inappropriate, idle dancing). Act 2 I found a lot of need for AOE attacks so Gale started coming in a lot more clutch, plus his ability to learn spells directly. And Shadowheart is great for support in general.

You do have to mix it up though. Others I used at times, particularly in Act 3, when I knew I was going to be furthering their stories. A lot of it also comes down to your own build. If I went fighter or Rogue instead of magics, Shadowheart and Gale probably would have been mainstays.

Chop and change only to finish out character storylines. Used Gale, Karlach and La'zael pretty straight up along with my Ranger with theif skills. Most bases were covered except healing which I use potions and rest. We were quite strong by the 3rd act and was never really challenged.

Struggling to make progression with main quest lines in Act 3, can’t seem to find where I’m mentally to go, I know there are markers but they seem to be sending me around in circles. What am I missing??

Just started playing this after christmas on PS5 think I am near the act of end 1, 30 hours down phenomenal game reminds me of KOTOR and how much I loved that game.

Never played D&D myself but got this over Xmas and it's absolutely brilliant. Will take you a couple of hours for things to click and at level 1, you might get your ass kicked in a few fights. Can't really give you any tips of worth as I'm still learning myself but start off on Exploration difficulty to make it slightly easier on yourself. In combat Oils/grease puddles can be ignited, water can be electrified etc And if you see a hand reaching out of a portal somewhere don't chop it off 🤣

3 or 4 hours in loving it so far . Dropped it down to easy until i figure out battle system . I thought I would hate dice rolls but actually enjoy it. Using controller when I am just running around settlement chatting to people but wouldn't be fan using it for battles .

Im feeling the same, Act 3 is all over the shop for me anyway, ive stopped playing as I cant figure out what mission I have to do next.

I would also encourage not hurrying. The game can tend to put a false sense of urgency on you for some quests.

There isn't urgency and when there is, it'll be clearly signposted for you. You can go about your business for the most part.

Anyway, I finished it with what is probably the standard good ending. Definitely one of the best games ever for me.

The game will say something is really urgent, but as the devs said, unless you see a building on fire and someone asking you to help immediately, everything is able to wait for as long as you want. It's only when there's an immediate danger that you can clearly see and has been activated that you have to hurry. Other quests typically won't activate the next stage until you actually go there and begin interacting.

I wouldn't bother looking up guides for a good ending though. Honestly it's far better when it's your ending. The ending which is the result of your actions, choices and failures/successes.

Ah thanks that was the point I reached but I hadn't completed the subsequent quest. It seemed urgent but I had no timer yet.

I never play games on easiest difficulty usually the middling ' Normal ' one but being my first larian / crpg game and having never played D & D there isn't a hope i'd be still playing it if I wasn't playing on easy it's just too complex . The long and short of it is I love this game 15 hours in . Just took out the 3 goblin leaders and even taking out couple them took a bit trial and error on easy . Starting grasp all the game mechanics now I just can't believe the breadth of the options you do have . The dialogue options & the facial expressions are unreal . Using controller for just strolling around chatting but be painful use it for combat mouse and keyboard all the way . Played a small bit on deck too was fine .

There's separate parts of that fight, which part are you on.

In general stealth into rooms to see what's what and start the fight on your terms. Splitting party up and moving them separately to take 4 sperate actions, when 1 attacks that character get's pulled into the fight but the other 3 will still be out of combat and able to move freely but can join by attacking.

His voice is like honey poured into your ear.

All the voice acting is fantastic. Gale is one of the most charming fellas in any game/show/movie I've played/watched.

I've finished and I'm currently playing Dead Space but even when I'm playing that I'm still thinking; "I could do another playthrough. How would being a sorcerer/wizard/warlock be? What race would I be? What decisions would I change?"

I can't go back to it though. I'll be engrossed in it for another half a year.