Baldur’s Gate 3’s subsequent patch begins ‘journey’ in the direction of higher character epilogues

Even supposing the sport has been out for lower than a month, Larian Studios right this moment introduced a second patch for Baldur’s Gate 3 that’s “proper across the nook.”

The primary Baldur’s Gate 3 patch got here simply 4 days in the past, however frankly, we’re not stunned to see {that a} second is imminent. It’s clear throughout the first couple minutes of the sport that the builders are feverishly passionate concerning the mission.

Larian Studios introduced in a tweet on Aug. 29 that the second patch will embrace main efficiency enhancements, tweaks/adjustments to the sport, and maybe most significantly, the start of their “journey” in the direction of implementing suggestions from gamers concerning the Origin Characters’ epilogues.

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The 2 main complaints from followers of the sport up to now have been concerning efficiency optimization within the second and third acts of the sport, in addition to a sense that sure Companions acquired lackluster endings. We’re not going to enter specifics in an effort to keep away from spoilers, but it surely gained’t be troublesome so that you can discover these complaints on-line.

From the sound of it, Larian Studios is actually listening to their participant base, as they’re instantly addressing essentially the most mentioned shortcomings. What just isn’t fairly so clear is how precisely they are going to truly tackle the epilogue points.

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Altering endings sounds easy sufficient, till you take into account the massive amount of work that voice actors put forth in creating Baldur’s Gate 3. It’s extremely unlikely that Larian Studios will likely be calling all Companion actors again into the studio to don movement seize fits merely for a patch, so they might should depend on dialogue that has already been recorded.

Conversely, they might have a better time counting on the voice of Amelia Tyler—the narrator in Baldur’s Gate 3. This manner, Larian can tweak each characters’ ending with just one voice actor, they usually gained’t want any movement seize knowledge, both.

We gained’t know for sure what the developer’s plans are till no less than the following patch, which doesn’t but have a launch date. That stated, don’t be stunned if it occurs earlier than the PS5 launch of Baldur’s Gate 3 on Sep 6. Even then, it’ll actually be a multi-patch journey—we shouldn’t get our hopes up about receiving new endings simply but.

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