Baldur’s Gate 3 launched earlier this month on PC to rave reviews, with a PlayStation 5 version to follow soon and an Xbox Series X/S release promised sometime within the year of 2023. It is a massive adventure role playing game (RPG) with elements of strategy games, and offers great customization, freedom, player choice, deep, tactical combat, a strong storyline and much, much more. All these features received praise from critics and the gaming community as a whole.
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Having said that, it hasn’t been all smooth sailing for Baldur’s Gate 3, since more and more players have found flaws in the seemingly perfect game. These flaws can broadly be put into three different categories: performance issues in the bugs, the presence of a myriad of bugs and glitches and lastly some cut content. Now, developer Larian Studios has addressed these concerns.
What did Larian Studios say about the bugs in Baldur’s Gate 3?
In a blog post addressed to all players, Larian Studios noted that there were some complaints from the community which their teams have picked up on by scouring several threads and reviews online. Speaking on the performance issues in the game, particularly Act 3, they said:
“One of the biggest issues with creating games is that technology is always trying to keep up with your ambition, and here we’ve been hit pretty hard by some setbacks. We know that Act 3’s performance isn’t as good as the first two acts, but the good news is that Patch 2 is bringing major performance improvements to the entire game, but more specifically to Act 3 where you’ll feel it the most. We’ll also be working throughout September to improve performance in Act 3 further with new technology that’s been taking a bit longer to release than we expected.”
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After this reassurance to the players, they then turned their attention to the bugs present in Baldur’s Gate 3, saying that Patch 1 should have significantly improved things and that Patch 2 will make it even better, again with reference to Act 3 in particular. They said:
“We’ve seen your reports about Act 3, and we are as frustrated as you are by bugs spoiling the experience. So we’re dedicated to solving these quickly. And as you’ve noticed by our Hotfix and Patch rollout, we’re getting pretty fast. Our approach is that whenever blockers pop up, we either release a hotfix if a patch is not imminent or include the fix as part of a patch if the patch is imminent. With Patch 1, your experience should already be a lot better, with most big issues solved by at least a workaround. Patch 2 looks to further eliminate some of the more major issues, including those found in Act 3. Some things that are currently being associated with ‘cut content’ are actually things like companion reactions to events in the world that didn’t trigger. These are being solved. Where there seem to be loose ends, we’re tying them up.”
Why did Larian Studios cut content from Baldur’s Gate 3?
Cute content in Baldur’s Gate 3, especially in Act 3, has been a major talking point in the online community since there have been hints that a lot of content was removed from the epilogue in particular. While they acknowledge that content has been cut, Larian Studios says it wasn’t because of a rush to meet release deadlines. Expanding on the situation, they said:
“What’s been datamined is not really cut content but content that we didn’t want to release because we didn’t think it worked. We’re pretty strict with ourselves and our ideas. If it isn’t good – if it isn’t fun to play – it doesn’t make it into the game. One of the reasons why we trimmed the epilogue is because we were afraid the ending cinematics were becoming too long and would detract from the epicness of the experience. But clearly, not everyone agrees with us! So we’re going to do something about it.”
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The developers have clearly acknowledged that some fans are unhappy with the ending and the epilogue, so they promised to give certain characters like Karlach an optional ending, one worthy of the character. Concluding the blog post, Larian Studios promised to keep an eye on all player reports on bugs, glitches and performance issues while incorporating any future feedback into the game.
Patch 2 of Baldur’s Gate 3 doesn’t have a release date but should release soon.
Source: Gamesradar, Steam
