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Re:‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Prepared for 100k Concurrent Players, T... by wlesieutre on Sunday August 06, 2023 @03:44PM (#37025806)
I've made a habit of not buying games at launch anymore. Most of them are nagging me for microtransactions (rant: don't like that word for repeated $10 purchases on top of a $70 game, that's not "micro" at all), they require an internet connection for single player, or are otherwise full of bullshit that to me makes them not worth $60+.

This one doesn't do that, so I bought it!

I've never played any of the previous Baldur's Gate games, but I did play Neverwinter Nights (2002) so I have some nostalgia for computer D&D.

Haven't tried the multiplayer yet, but I probably will. I heard there are some kinks to work out with drop in/out characters, but maybe that's just how it's going to work and you're expected to commit to one group the whole way through.

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Re:‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Prepared for 100k Concurrent Players, T... by phyrex on Sunday August 06, 2023 @09:53PM (#37029071)
Thang’s, that’s good to hear. I’ve been incredibly disappointed with diablo 4 for that reason!
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Re:‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Prepared for 100k Concurrent Players, T... by wlesieutre on Sunday August 06, 2023 @10:12PM (#37029202)
Yeah there's lots of reasons I didn't buy it, even though I enjoyed a lot of Diablo 3 and thought the Diablo 4 beta was fun enough. I got D3 after the expansion unfucked the loot drop rates that had been tuned super rare to drive people to the real money auction house.

Fingers crossed that Diablo 4 will eventually be on sale for $30 and have reached a point where it's worth that much. That's my price cap for anything with always online single player, and I can't see that being fixed.

Maybe I can be generous and bump it up to $35 now to give them 50% of the launch price.

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Re:‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Prepared for 100k Concurrent Players, T... by theoriginaldog on Monday August 07, 2023 @05:56AM (#37032385)
I think I just like different genres of games, because all the games I bought at launch in the last years never had these issues you describe. Zelda, Elden Ring, God of War eg.
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