Baldurs Gate 3: 10 Things You NEED TO KNOW 

This may just be the most difficult-to-get-through character creator in a game ever. Love it.

My 2 buddies and I spent the 4 days in a row staying up until 5 am playing the early access, that was years ago and is still probably some of the best memories I have gaming period. We can’t wait until the full release!

me and my buddy played hours of early access definitely so much fun. I still remember when we where exploring inside a well and defeated a bunch of spiders and I walked up to a hole and my frog buddy told me it felt a breeze coming from said hole. I told my buddy " hey... i think my frog just told me there's something down this hole...." honestly this game is so HUGE!!!

I wasn't paying much attention to it until some people who got to play the final release build at the final Panel from Hell started talking about this being Game of the Year, or RPG of the Decade type of game. That peaked my attention. The more I looked into it, the more interested I became. I love great stories in games, and player choices that cause a change in the game story, and BG3 seems to be heavily focused on those two designs. So I pre-purchased, as you get the digital upgrade pack free with a pre-purchase. Now just waiting, watching videos on the lore, history, and theories. Loving what I've seen so far. Only a week left.

I feel like this game will help introduce D&D to so many people including myself i always found it interesting but never knew how to start or find people for it. At least this will somewhat give me the feeling of playing it :)

Ive been desperate for any Baldur's Gate content I can get until launch, thank you for continuing to feed into it lol

What I love about Larian is that as much as they are such a wholesome bunch, they can create such disturbing, chilling, and brilliant stories.

Hearing Jake talk about D&D is definitely the highlight of my day

Can’t not think of 3:10 to Yuma every time I read the title of this vid.

Guess I am a horrible sicko seeking a challenge, I have been gravitating towards playing a "Dark Urge" Necromancer for my first time through. I am going to be beating my skull against a wall, a lot, but eventually those walls come down.

The passion and dedication of this group is appreciated. Truly gonna enjoy this one.

The reason your character doesn't transfer is because act 1 isn't a carbon copy if EA act 1. So if you finished act 1 in EA and kept going you may miss out on new storylines or items.

This has the potential to be the greatest RPG ever made. And judging by the quality of divinity original sin 2 I can absolutely believe that it will be!

Bro, I can't wait to see how big the city of Baldur's Gate is. Imagine the sense of awe we'll get when we wander the streets for hours.

I really enjoy watching your before/thing to know videos. Always an informative and honest review. 👍

Larian IS the modern day bioware. Hopefully EA dont buy them out too. Also the miner details in this game are mind blowing . Based on the opening few minutes i got completely diffrent attitude from certain charcters.

Wow not long until release. I remember when the first announcement trailer came out and it was so sick. The bois and I are gonna have a good time with this one 🙂

I've not played Baldur's Gate.... so I'm super excited for this new release. Been waiting for a game for a while.

I was looking forward to a video from Gameranx on this!! I know you did a BYB for early access but great that it's still on your radar!

I have over 60 hours on a single playthrough in Early Access. I am kinda a completionist so You can assume that It took me over 60 hours approx to just finish the first chapter. And it has 3 chapters in total. We will be having a helluva time with this one😍😍😍

I cannot wait for the full release of this! Loved every minute i've played so far!

This is the Game i am actually hyped For with very high hope because the early access was better than most AAA games

Bought this game the second early access was available. I've played through every iteration thus far, and am still not only not tired of it, I'm excited as hell for full release!

Been watching your channel for nearly 6 years, one of my favorite gaming channels, they never dilly dally, stay on point, much love to the channel!

Im only used to the 3.5 version of D&D so getting in touch with 5e ruleset has been a fun learning proccess, I really like how spellcasting has been simplified.

The early access for this game was better than most fully released games over the last decade so i cant wait for the full release....was a little upset my character wont carry over though 😂 but im happy to replay it

These BG3 videos on YT are the only things keeping me sane until BG3's release next week. I'm so hyped right now I think about BG3 every day!

Great video as usual. Im excited for this one, got it about 3 years ago in early access. As an avid D&D player can't wait to make some of my table top characters in the game or at least try to. Especially stoked to roll a dragonborn. :)

I've always wanted to play tabletop RPGs with my girlfriend, but the effort and knowledge has really been the brick wall from us experiencing that together as we are both very novice to it. This game is going to be a literal godsend for us and I feel that we will have years of content to just get our fantasy vibes going. Literally cannot wait for this. this feels like a once in a lifetime sort of moment for gamers.

One of the best RPG games i'v ever played, and that was only 100 hours of it during early access, i'v played dos 2, pathfinder kingmake+WOTR and tons of RPG games like the cyberpunk 2077 witcher 3, skyrim, all of ubisoft's assassin's creed games, all of blizzard's games and many many more games, i can't wait to to play the full version of bg3 and replay it at least 3-5 times

I have never played a Bauldurs Gate game, but due to this channel's coverage, I will probably pick this one up.

So looking forwards to starting playing this in just a few days. I am confident that i will have should have finished rolling my first character creation by November.

Been playing a bit of EA to get my feet wet before release (you might wanna do that if you're not well accointed with the D&D world and/or turn base combat, because there's not really a tutorial of any kind, you're dumped directly into action).... ...and the game is absolutely A-mazing ! Do not hesitate for a second! Jump in too! Welcome to Faerun!

Early access has been a blast, the various classes slowly added over time have been fun to replay the initial chapter, and frankly, in those 3 years, not once have i completely finished all there is to do in EA version. That said, according to some information, a lot of small under the hood kind of changes will be made. Especially character creation and UI elements, but some quest/game-play things too, so whether EA is a good thing to jump into this late or not i leave up to debate, it might spoil some of the early parts as well as the feeling of finally playing those first hours of the game. I would advise to, if you buy it EA now, wait till launch so you can experience the full game right away. As for dark urge, they did repeatedly say you could resist the "Urge" if you want, the dice will decide how well that goes, but you are not doomed to be a bloodthirsty murder hobo because of it.

My first baldurs gate game was Dark Aliance way back then and I loved that, so I’m hype for this.

Yo it’s a little late but I wanna add one to this before you buy. If your buddy jumps into your game their character is permanently stuck with you, permanently restricting you a part member. So don’t let your friends into your main save.

Just to add on about wanting to get a head start with early access on PC, Larian has said the release version will be a fresh install, so having the early access version downloaded on PC won't make it so you only have to download the new stuff.

Can't wait! Baldurs gate was the first rpg i ever played in 1998 which made me fall in love with rpgs...now I feel old haha

I'm actually doing a DnD campaign of this right now, only my race is a Leonin. I hope they add more races in the future.

I have been playing BG3 early release since it first was available and I have already set an entire week of free time up to play next week. I am so excited.

going to be honest, playing Balders gate 3 on EA release, I felt like not a lot of people talked about it which is why I'm glad it was a nice 20 bucks, but holy crap I feel like the closer it gets to release, there are so many people that know of it now, and it feels like it's everywhere, like its wild af.

This game is so good, played act 1 and can

I am getting goosebumps on behalf of the new fans just for them see the reception and be introduced to this universe and this game series...with this release shaping up to be a masterpiece. I was so sad in aug 2020 when I bought this game and realized the release was TBA...but it's all worth it now.

Longtime viewer and I'm so happy y'all are covering Baldur's Gate 3!

I would actually recommend getting early access to people who aren't really familiar with DnD to familiarize themselves with the mechanics. The learning curve is quite steep and the game doesn't really tell you much. So if you want to hit the floor running when the game comes out, getting into early access now is a good idea, even if your save doesn't carry over.

I’ve been geeked to the eyeballs on BG3 since its announcement 4 years ago, so it’s cool to see it break into the gaming/cultural mainstream.

This is a wonderful video with a wealth of knowledge. Thank you for the hard work! 👍

Sets goblin on fire > Picks him up > Throws at his goblin friends standing on spilled oil > watch fireworks

If you preorder the early access version for PC before the official launch, doesn't that give you the deluxe edition bonuses at launch for free? Maybe that's an incentive to still buy the game before launch even though your early access characters won't transfer over.

I really hope the city is just how they wanted it. I love it when devs make a city feel real and live, supposedly you can talk to over half of the people in the city

I wish more developers had the same dedication to couch co-op and quality console ports for traditionally PC heavy RPGs.

Thanks for the great daily content over the years

I can't wait for the full release. I bought it on day 1 of Early Access and already put in 20 hours. It would have been way more, but after exploring and enjoying what I played, I wanted to save the rest for the full release and not get too far and have to redo a bunch of stuff I had already done or be too spoiled. My one bit of sadness is that I'm going to be out of town next weekend, so I won't get to play until the next week!

I usually love any game that I spend hours playing just the character creator. After playing a little bit of early access, I seriously cannot wait for this game. I didn't know how much I needed it in my life until I played!

I'm more excited for this game than any other coming out this year- and there are a lot of games I'm excited for in the next 5 months.

I might not play this game right off the bat, but I never miss a Gameranx video. Definitely answered some questions I had regarding BG3

I'd guess the simplication of spell caster multiclassing is little more than you can learn spells of any teir you have access to. As in regular DnD 5e you're bound to the limit of what the class could normally learn at the level it is, meaning the multiclassing really just gave you more options for upcasting

I am sooooo excited for this game to officially launch

I remember watching your review of the early access, it sure has changed. Cant wait to start this, not going to lie this will consume all my free time.

After Shillup you are my go to for gaming thoughts. You're becoming more confident too. Nice 👊

This one game motivated me to switch to PC gaming. It was the first game I bought in Early Access, and I can't believe we are just 7 days away.

I'm so glad you mentioned the weapon abilities and the depth they add to melee classes. That was always a critique I had of tabletop melee which felt a bit flimsy compared to spellcasters.

I got this game the day early access came out , and it is a really great game. Had like 67 hours on record, and they did a update that some how lost or made my 67 hour character not playable for some reason. Had to start over, and did like 3 hours. I am going to just wait until the official launch is out to start it again.

I play Tabletop D&D and have been playing the early access for this game, and the way advantage works in the game is quite similar to the Tabletop variety.

Console split screen, that makes me want to buy

The 7th class sounds like they just wanted an option for DnD murder hobos 😂

I hadn't even heard of this game until a few days ago, and this channel introduced it to me, and this actually looks really cool. I'm glad it's coming to PS5 because I don't have a gaming PC. The game looks super deep and that excites me, I like RPG games and when they are done well I like turn based games too. So I'm cautiously optimistic about this game, as it might be a big disappointment but I have a suspicion I might really love it and spend 100+ hours playing it easy

I'm literally counting the days until this is out on PS5, and I've been consuming every RU-vid video about it that comes out. Super keen!!

I REALLY hope this game ends up being crazily good. Not only because i want a good game, but if this game ends up shattering expectations, the gaming industry might shift a little towards similar games in the future as it tends to do any time a game genre becomes really popular. I want this game to be good not just so i enjoy it, but so we hopefully see more games similar to it in the future that become popular as well. As a side note, my favorite moment in the early access when i played it was the goblin castle fight that has Halsin at the end(i think thats his name?). That fight (admittedly its probably cuz im not super amazing at the game) took me something around 2.5-3 hours to finish in its entirety, and every single moment of it was REALLY FUCKING FUN. I know they took steps to speed up combat a bit some time ago, but im really looking forward to there being other fights in the game that are super long. Feels really nice when youre fighting for a long time and you finally come out victorious with very few resources left knowing that you made everything count. Cant wait for the 3rd.

Most anticipated game of the year for me. Been playing early access for years now and it's awesome. Can't wait for Full game

1:01 It is worth noting that while it may not be worth it to get a head start, if you are the kind of person to preorder/buy in early access anyway, you'll get the deluxe edition for not extra charge. That works even if you buy it the day before.

I always wanted to invest time on tabletop rpg,now tabletop rpg is coming to videogames! it seems pretty fun, i'm excited to try it :D

First D&D experience, played EA for a few days, I dare say this game is now my favorite RPG over Dragon Age Origins which I never thought would happen. Granted I don’t think the starts are as varied as Dragon Age but I’m sure that will change at Launch. I can’t wait to be a necromancer wizard and the spore Druid so I can raise undead!

To anyone interested in this game, i will say it's amazing from what I've played. The number of choices you have feels almost infinite, and that's just with early access. As an example I bought the game for myself, my wife and two of my friends. Three of us have gotten about 20 hours of gameplay each and everytime we talk about the game its crazy the different expierences we have. Each talk has a "are we even playing the same game?" Moment at least twice. There is obviously a main quest that every player will expierence and that has limited choices. But the relationships, side quest and role playing during dialogue unlocks so many options. Of course this is all early access so take everything with a grain of salt, but I'm blown away by the diversity found in this game. If the game lives up to even 50% of what the EA promises, it'll be an amazing game.

Jakey BOY!!! Good stuff laid out nicely fam ❤❤ keep on keeping on..

I've been on the beta since the beginning. I'm super excited to get the full release.

I still haven't finished Divinity 2 but I might finish this one given it is a whole new universe. I was upset they took too long, but given the content, and the depth in game mechanics. I'm ok with how long they took. Larian Studios never disappointed and was very generous with their offers in the past.

Get on the hype train! Can't wait for this game!

Ignored this game yp until a week ago. Now i cant wait for full release. Never played a game like this and at 1st was hard for me to get into but im glad i stuck it out.

Fun fact: My aunties best friend’s husband works for the company that made this game! (I met him yesterday, he’s really nice! And he was a producer on the game as well!)

I really like Divinity but couldn't get into BG2 due to the combat system feeling a bit too weird for me. Really excited for this one!

You cannot customize Origin characters "as much as you want." You can choose how to level them going forward, and you can potentially respec them later on (though the game still treats them as their initial class), but you can't, for instance, decide Shadowheart doesn't have bangs.

It is a big game. I have nearly 100 hrs on steam from early access, and I have deliberately held myself back from finishing the the early access so I have something to look forward to on release. This is going to be awesome.

I just hope they add more armour looks, voices fitting to races and maybe even transmog

They're releasing the PS5 version at the same time as Starfield, this is a huge middle finger to Bethesda and their console exclusivity lol Larian is making sure PlayStation fans get their own massive RPG at the same time as Starfield, they're really going the extra mile to make sure all gamers are having fun on Sept 6th.

What's going on with audio recently?!

As a wizard player, I never though I'd be listening to Jake tell me how spell casting works in Desktop 5e

I almost don't recommend checking the wiki. It is so rewarding to discover the various sandbox elements of combat on your own. Like casting an ice attack on a pool of blood to freeze it and make enemies slip. I thought that was the coolest thing when i did it by accident

Audio recorded on 2 cans with a string tied between them

Wow I might be first, who asked? No one 😢

The store page for BG3 specifically says and has said for ages that characters wouldn't carry over past Early Access, so it really is odd that anyone would be confused on that. Though I know a lot of people don't read that kind of thing, or got gifted it out of nowhere, so I suppose your disclaimer was useful.

I've been watching and waiting for this game to be released for three years, whilst resisting to buy the earlier access version. It's almost time and it looks amazing!

Super excited for the game. I plan to play on PS5. I’m looking forward to spending chunks of time lost in the game and story

I haven't played any of the previous games but I want to play something turned based after finishing FF16. Can't wait to play this in a few days.

I have 2 weeks off of work and it happened to line up with the release. I’m so excited to not leave my house for the duration of my break.

"unless you're a sicko" * picks dark urge,turns on iron man mode(if it's there),picks the hardest difficulty & picks a necromancer or a spore druid to play with the dead * Yeah,I'm the sickest.

I'm so excited to play the full game! I somehow have to convince my brother to play this game with me!!

Can't wait to play this not only solo, but with a group of slightly drunk buddies.

My experience with the early access, which I bought a few weeks ago. The writing, voice performance and animation of cut scenes are amazing. However, the camera control is abysmal. Hope it's better in final release.

Love watching this in the future, seeing how big bg3 is now