Baldur's Gate 3 PS5 - Getting Started Tips + Tricks! Let's Play BG3 on PS5 with combat advice & more 

Big tip I just learned, hold down on the d-pad to put your entire party into sneak mode, then left trigger and hit triangle to split your party up, position everyone into advantageous positions before initiating combat.

32 hours in. Still creating my character. 10/10 💞✌😊👍

My son had been talking about the game and I grabbed it on an impulse purchase. Decided to RP as Conan The Barbarian. Wasn't expecting for the game to be so good. Got stuck a few times and realized that this doesnt play like any other game I've experienced. Got into a battle where a goblin kept on killing me on his second turn. Almost turned the game off. Then, I went through my attacks and realized I could throw him... Into his friends, that were standing by some barrels. I literally jumped out of my seat. Lol. Got stuck again in a quest and no matter what I chose I dialogue, it would prompt the same fight that I was too outnumbered to win. Tried everything in the book and right when I was about to turn my console off, remembered that I had shape shifted into different races to see what they looked like. Shape shifted and got an entirely different set of dialog options that allowed me to avoid it escalating into combat. I was floored. Saved and turned the damn game off. This is quite like nothing I've played before and despite the fact that I'm usually more "action" focused, I find myself actually listening to, engaging with and enjoying even the dialogue. Haven't forwarded/skipped any convos yet and I always skip through those. Means the writing, voice acting and game is engaging. Pleasantly surprised.

Tip: hold down the X button to highlight ALL items in a large cone around you to make picking up items much easier 😅

I found that first time around, just playing whatever class you are drawn too in terms of Class fantasy is the best way to go, rather than worrying too much about what is good, strong or easy. I played a Warlock as i loved the idea of being a Melee Spell-caster for a bit of flexibility. If you are new to DnD, no matter what you play you are likely to feel a bit lost/Overwhelmed to begin with, Best bet is to keep reading your tool-tips and take your time with the game. You can always start on Explorer difficulty to get used to the combat etc and change the difficulty at any time in the game.

This is by far the most complicated game I've ever played. Also is amazing just soooo complicated

Great video. We definitely need MORE PS5 Videos. I kind of thought the big names would have jumped on it on the 2nd when early access was available but surprisingly there have been very few videos. Major differences is controller use, load times, number of save files, non keyboard and mouse compatible, bugs, etc… good thing is the smaller YT creators have helped fill the void but it’s definitely a missed opportunity that some of the bigger names could have taken advantage of prior to mass rollout on the 6th. At least you were well ahead of your fellow creators by giving us this guide so Thank You!

As someone new to both Baldurs Gate AND D&D, I find even the character creator a daunting process. I feel like I need to study a bachelors degree just to become semi proficient haha! BUT. This video has been unbelievably helpful. I really hope I'm in it for the long haul because all these rave reviews can't be a lie 😅Thanks, Aoife!!!

I just wanted to know about controls on ps5, but here I am watching the whole thing .... I now I just bought the game 🤭

I found this video since I got BG3 last weekend on PS5. My first D&D experience and it was def a big learning curve. Thanks for making an awesome free flow video. Def earned a sub

As a massive DnD nerd with a rather shitty laptop and a PS5, I've been dying to play this game. Only a few more sleeps to go!

I appreciate the way Eurogamer/she explains the game by using laymen terms in an easy flowing format which is super helpful for a beginner such as myself to understand the nuances of the game. Thank you!

Baldur’s Gate 3 has broken the gaming world to pieces and no one expected it. What a game, what an RPG! 😍

The most useful BG3 PS5 video on RU-vid. Really helpful, thanks

Please do more of these for PS5. I started a few days ago and I am so lost. This was helpful.

This is exactly the kind of video I was looking for, I have Baldurs Gate 3 preordered and needed some help for when I play it later, thank you!

Thank you so very much for this starter's guide. You really answered a lot of questions!

A face?! In a tips video?! Is good, I like. It may not have been planned this way, but talking people through the tips as & when they happen in the game could provide valuable context. Edit: One thing not mentioned about rests is that short rests don't move time forwards, but long rests skip to the next day. Time doesn't pass at all otherwise, except through narrative stuff, so you can take as long as you need to & have as many short rests as you need to, even if there's a timer on a quest.

I've been playing and loving video games since 1987. Baldurs gate 3 is the best game I've ever played.

I'm glad I found your channel. It's been years since I played a turn-based game, and haven't played anything D&D in a long long time. This video has helped. Gonna check out your other BG3 vids 👍

I tell my console only friends that have no experience with BG or DnD that this is the bioware rpg we been waiting for, the spiritual successor to the spiritual successor Dragon Age Origins, and the best medieval fantasy game since the Witcher 3.

I started playing a few days ago and felt so lost and overwhelmed and this video just explained so many things to me, thank you so much!

As a totally new player, this was really helpful! Thanks a lot 😊

About to dive into this game on PS5. I’m aware of basic D&D concepts but have never done a campaign, so have been both intrigued and daunted by the complexity of BG3. But you know I gotta try it! This video, and tips in the comments, are giving me hope. Thank you!

I got pc version and now I have ps5 version. I have never-ever bought all versions but for Larian I do and I dont even feel bad about the money. They deserve every penny and every second of my time for making such quality content.

Thanks for this video! Been playing on PC, went in completely blind but now a good 40 hours in with my Wizard! But still picked up some tips about those dice rolls you don't activate.

I haven't played a DnD game since Neverwinter Nights. Loving BG3. Been playing since UK release at 5pm. Getting used to 5th edition rules, had no experience since 3rd. This game is so packed with content

Never played this series but did start on a few D&D games for the Switch. I’m excited for this one: been watching it for a while. Great tips also your accent makes me trust you a bit more lol❤️😌

So helpful!!! Thanks!!

Aoife that was really good to watch. I loved that first skill check reaction x.

Just started with my bro. Appreciate the vid

Turn base fights are a new world to me it feels kinda slow but still fun

Thank you , I am getting it on PS5 soon , good to see how it looks and plays 😊

Super helpful!

Took me a whole day to figuring out what i wanna play for early access on ps5. Ive never played a baldur's gate game before. So it definitely is overwhelming. My thing is with 4 companions and all these spells and just everything a new player is introduced to is alot to take in.

Pls make another ps5 video they are reaallyyy helpful ❤

Great video thanks for the tips ❤❤😍 I just started it on ps5 playing at as druid

Awesome video. Just bought it an got lost, Never had chance to play DnD so really appreciate this game Great stuff thanks for vid 😊

I've never played both D&D and BG...however I've recently bought this game after much of the talk about it and after watching this video I gotta say I'm very excited. I also appreciate all the help and insight from the video, so thank you!

Had to get it after watching..will be switching between this and Starfield! Great video and great time to be a gamer.

This game has the most beautiful character creation i have ever seen

Thanks 👍🏻

If your sound bugs set output to Linear PCM, 3D audio off

Hi, great video. Can you expalin all the symbols in the action/bonus action with the numbers near it means (for example 1d6 or "Applies: Charmed 'symbol' 10 Turns(s)" in Charm Person)? How do you choose what character to control when exploring? Probably a dumb questions, but how do you know if an attack is requires a saving throw?

Been waiting to play this since it came out on pc never played dnd but I loved divinity

Okay so Baldurs Gate 3 maybe my first dnd kind of game. Actually I could be lying and I just don’t remember. Anyways, thanks for posting this video because I played, stopped, looked up info to make sure I know what I’m doing. Only to see your video if commentary & feel like okay I’m doing things right especially when it comes to combat! Thank you so much!

Try out Pathfinder: Path Of The Righteous, too. Very similar, including the rules. Excellent.

Can you pull the camera back or does it stay over the shoulder while exploring. I hope you can pull it back some because I hate that it’s so close and I understand why since ur moving them with analog sticks.

I know it's a bit of a big ask, but can you discuss what you thought of the character development, the story, the beats you found interesting, your pet peeves- basically just gushing/ranting with guests mayhaps? That said though, I know this game asks a lot of time from its players, so maybe gathering people from O|X or Dicebreaker (or Johnneh) to discuss stuff may take a while.

My final verdict is that your hair is a 10/10. :)

Finally sum one on ps5 love ur voice

Downloading game right now. This will be first game like this i have ever played. Been looking for any tips for past few days on her. Thanks

I can’t decide what race I want my archer fighter should be. I can’t wait to knock people off bridges like Legolas and Disarming while immobilizing like Mustado from Final Fantasy Tactics! Thoughts?

I bought the deluxe edition. In the download page it appeared a list with all the companions but then I inadvertently clicked on the download button and so I didn't have the chance to see what it was about. Can someone tell me, please?

Aoife, you're a lifesaver. I had a bad experience with my first DnD sessions done online with 1 friend and others I didn't know. One of them took advantage of me not knowing anything about TTRPG's and made my experience a living hell, so I wasn't keen on doing anything further with DnD in general. But I kept seeing how good this game appeared to me and was scared that I would be overwhelmed by how much there is, but with this video you have helped me so much with so many little things I may not have picked up on and the nuances associated with how DnD works. Thank you for being an awesome person

Can you like switch the camera to third person? I know you can do it on PC if you use a controller.

Love that watching natural 6 somehow brought me here lol

Is now the time to upgrade from PS4 to PS5? I haven't bothered yet, as most games also came out on the PS4 or Switch and I don't buy new games that often. But getting caught up in the hype around this one

How to change the order of the party members (L2) on the LEFT of the screen ? The order sometime change when I split/group the party members but I don’t how to reorder it back like it was ?

From everything I’ve seen crossplay isn’t available. Did they add it recently in one of the patches?

Just started playing yesterday on ps5! How do you feel about Karmic Dice if you’re a new player. I want to end up turning the setting off, but being brand new I’m leaving it on for now.

I'm a little frustrated with the UI and the lack of enough tutorials, but I know once I get the hang of it, it will go smoother. If I didn't know anything about 5th edition I would be screwed. I can tell it's going to be a good game, though.

Can i use mouse and keybord on this ps5 version?

Do we know if mouse and keyboard ui / controls are supported on PS5?

I don't know anything about Dungeons and Dragons.. This game is very overwhelming but I love it so far. I have only ever played hack and slash style. Which I recall the older Baldur's Gate being one I think.

45.11 here I got lost in the threatened/disadvantage/saving throw thing.....can someone please explain the situation?

I'm really enjoying BG3, I am playing a drow necromancer. I love your videos and am looking forward to the next Baldurs Gate tips vid

DnD is so confusing to me. Liking BG3 so far, but the DnD elements/rules are a steep learning curve for me.

Hi guys 1st off great vid but I've come to a seemingly game breaking issue, it's my turn in combat I've used all my movements and action and bonus, however when I try to end turn it comes up with "cancel end turn" I can do nothing else with my character so I'm at a loss, please if anyone knows how to fix this let me know! I've tried saving and loading but it doesn't work

So last week, i downloaded it for the Xbox .I played a few hrs, but I feel i need to restart with a new player after this video 😊

Can someone help me please the graphics are completely messed up everything is black and im barely able to see ANYTHING the HDR calibration is not changing anything so what am I supposed to do

I just started playing for the first time on PS5 and I can’t figure out how to access the alchemy. Do you have a video on that? All the videos I find on alchemy seem to be PC based.

Just picked this up on PS5 after being a bit off put by the complexity of everything and especially doing it all on a controller 😢 I mostly prefer action based RPGs, and the only turned based games I've ever played are pokemon and FF7 lol. But after all the praise this has been getting I needed to check it out and I'm 3 hours into the game now (after two hours on the chatacter creation screen 😂) and I'm having a blast! I've watched a million videos on YT like this, still no idea what I'm doing lol but it's just so much fun exploring the world, talking to people, working out combat and seeing the story unfold. And it actually works so much better on controller than I expected! And in case anyone was was wondering why I got it on PS5 over PC, mostly so I can couch co-op with my gf and because my 2070 seems to be struggling these days.

Im still a little lost and i think its just the class i chose - not the rogue but the one similar, i really dont have much to work with. The inventory system definitely needs a rework for console, its such a pain going through, but otherwise the freedom is great

What a coincidence, I just started my first playthrough and the character I created was a female Drow Bard that plays the lyre~😅 I also failed at getting the brain creature out of that skull!🤣🤣🤣 The last D&D game I played was BG1, which was over 20 years ago. (Diablo 2 happened after that, which is why I didn't play BG2)

I had to preorder at friends last month as no internet I plan on taking back over to friends Tuesday after work and hopefully put in rest mode or do I need to go to account for download Hopefully no problem once home as no internet

Bard entertainer is my class when I buy bg3 in October

I have 3 hours in (with character creation), first time D&D first time Baldur's gate, basically virgin, and damn it's overwhelming, I fucking can't wait to get good at this, it's frightening but the feeling is amazing.

Does anybody else have a glitch where your health potions don't show up at all only the big healing potion shows up in my inventory but whenever I try to buy regular health potions they do not show up in my inventory and I don't know whether I've gone to camp and I cannot find them there and even if I buy them they do not show up in my character's inventory it only shows up in my companions inventory

Just finishing up Act VI of Diablo IV, then I'm jumping in. I'm sure this will be useful. 👍

I like to get an idea for a character what they do and act and then proceed to play like taht like my gnome is a loner and over dramatic because of the gnome meme

I dont have Pop ups from tutorial, what should i do?

How do I slow down the speed of the tutorial? I’m 59 and I need things explained slowly.

Q: how do you multi class on ps5? Been trying to figure this out, thanks for the info.

This game is the definition of 10/10 for me. Loving multiplayer a lot, getting to play with my brother and role play during our adventure Is sooo much fun

Newbie here but have read some of "The legend of Drizzt " books. Wasn't sure if this would be too much but going to give it a go.

How do you make the camara follow you like that?

I'm worried I won't like this type of game as never played them.... But reviews are soooo good it's hard to ignore. Wish there was a timed demo or on ea play 10 hour trial type thing 🤔🤔🤔🤔

What difficulty were first time players having a good experience with thinking of balanced but dunno if I should say fuck it and do tactician

🤖 Spellcasting to combat, this guide's got it all! Who else feels like a BG3 wizard already? 🧙‍♂✨

I'm still holding off getting this. I love and rpg but never played a turn based. I really just don't know!!

How can you learn spells from scrolls on a created sorcerer on PS5? I click on a scroll and it only says “cast spell”. While on Gale it shows learn spell but not on my created sorcerer. Thank you

Im so happy that i found you 🥺. Im not good at combat and well...gaming. i bought PlayStation because of hogwarts legacy and baldurs Gate seemed fun so i bought it and started the game but because im very new to gaming and game has so many options its hard at first... Guys from what ive seen do fast commentary and i got some hate for asking questions... You know, guys like "girl, go home, this is for big guys" type of bllsht. So... Thank you ❤ this helped me to understand some mechanics, i will watch more because i really like the game so far ❤

this games makes me want a whole bunch of dnd universe games cus i’m still customizing

I guess before you start you should ask yourself, am i going to play a build or am i going to a character? That question in itself will determine the next dozens of hours you drop into the game. The next question would be am I playing d&d, a video game, or both? If its D&D don't save scum. If its a video game, prepare to save a lot and try different ways. Both, save a lot and save scum as little as possible. Oh btw you can jump easier if you just hit up on the D-pad instead of going into the action wheel.

How do we access the digital art book and extra dice?

As of march 1st cross play is still not available for ps5 but is coming according to larian.

Can't help but constantly get my ass handed to me

Really wish they'd do mouse and keyboard support.

Why do I miss so much 😢