Do I have to play the previous baldurs gate games to understand the plot?

[TheDude_ZA]

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[Razorblade]

No

[Damphair]

no

[Nani!?!?]

No

[Nemiz]

No, not at all. BG3 takes place around 100 years after BG2, there's some interesting call backs and returning characters, but thats it.

[SnowWhite]

No, but boy there is a lot of fanservice in there ;)

[ACS36]

This game is nothing like the originals.

It's Baldur's Gate 3 in name only. IT makes little sense to really compare it to games that came out over 20 years ago. The technology and game development process is just much different.

[Nemiz]

Originally posted by SnowWhite:

No, but boy there is a lot of fanservice in there ;)

Very true, fan service both for the previous games and people who enjoy forgotten realms lore.

[Nemiz]

Originally posted by ACS36:

This game is nothing like the originals.

It's Baldur's Gate 3 in name only. IT makes little sense to really compare it to games that came out over 20 years ago. The technology and game development process is just much different.

It's more than "just in name" to be fair. Yes, the gameplay, systems, and graphics are all different, But it still feels like a continuation of the story, albeit, one that takes place 100 years after the others.

[SnowWhite]

Originally posted by BinaryReflex:

Originally posted by ACS36:

This game is nothing like the originals.

It's Baldur's Gate 3 in name only. IT makes little sense to really compare it to games that came out over 20 years ago. The technology and game development process is just much different.

It's more than "just in name" to be fair. Yes, the gameplay, systems, and graphics are all different, But it still feels like a continuation of the story, albeit, one that takes place 100 years after the others.

This!

i just reached act2 and after few minutes i ... well cried a little... you know like... a "mancry"... had few memories coming up from my early days...

[Legolose]

No its pretty good about filling in the holes..

[SnowWhite]

Originally posted by Legolose:

No its pretty good about filling in the holes..

yeah... plenty of em

[Hattori]

This game got nothing to do with bg series aside for name

[Hari]

No you don't need to have played Baldur's Gate 1 or 2, or D:OS2, before Baldur's Gate 3.

But for a lot of people, you're not going to have fun on the first 4 levels on the first playthrough. You either learn Larian's way of stacking odds against you and do the hokey hoop-jumping preparations for each battle, or you look everything up online and do the hokey hoop-jumping preparations for each battle. If you don't do that, you will save-scum and rant about how dumb the battles are set up, or you will give up.

[Nemiz]

Originally posted by Hattori:

This game got nothing to do with bg series aside for name

That's so wrong. Have you even played the game?

[Hattori]

Originally posted by BinaryReflex:

Originally posted by Hattori:

This game got nothing to do with bg series aside for name

That's so wrong. Have you even played the game?

yes its a divinity 3 imo i dont think i can even complete it cant stand the characters the feel of the faerun world is not there for me