Baldur’s Gate 3 Patch 3 is live, beefy, and oh boy, does it implement some fixes I’m completely satisfied about — and a few that terrify the daylights outta me.
At first, welcome Mac customers! You’re now in a position to play on Mac. Be sure to try the minimum specification requirements, and don’t neglect to uninstall and reinstall the sport (if you happen to performed Early Entry) to make sure a clean transition to the complete launch.
Additionally, the Magic Mirror is live, so gamers can provide their characters a much-needed haircut (or full facial rearrangement).
With these two massive updates out of the way in which, we are able to dive into the main points of this patch. Like I discussed, it’s massive.
Gentle spoilers for Baldur’s Gate 3 Act 3 comply with.
One factor I discussed in my PS5 review is how exhausting to see the whole lot is. I discussed that as a result of the icon that denotes what objects in your stock are geared up to your character was so small, I mistakenly offered the garments off my physique. Properly, it appears Larian Studios heard me by rising the dimensions of the geared up icon on console. It looks like the powers that be additionally heard my gripes about discovery and exploration with the controller, bettering “how the sport handles object choice on controller.”
Although I swap between BG3 console and PC fairly often, these fixes may make PS5 my predominant mode of play.
Patch 3 additionally provides one severe quality-of-life replace that can make lengthy rests much less irritating. As I get later within the recreation, it’s getting more durable to amass sufficient meals for lengthy rests. It’s a ache within the behind to go to camp, notice you don’t have sufficient meals for a protracted relaxation, go away camp, purchase meals, and are available again. Again in Act 1 and a pair of, you possibly can commerce with Volo, shopping for meals from him with out having to depart camp. However for some cause, this means was disabled in Act 3. No extra! Larian restored his enterprise license, permitting you to commerce with him when he’s in your camp. Hooray!
A few of these fixes come a bit late for me however are nonetheless welcome additions. Once you degree up a personality, the sport will now queue up all get together members who want leveling up, so that you don’t have to pick every one individually.
There have additionally been important enhancements to the Cazador combat:
- Cazador now can’t flip into or stay in his Mist Kind if in magical daylight, resembling that created by the Daylight spell.
- Mounted Ansur’s Stormheart Nova blasting proper by way of the ice shields you possibly can conceal behind.
I actually want that one had been mounted sooner. The Ansur combat was approach more durable than it wanted to be, particularly as a result of I assumed hiding behind the ice pillars would shield me.
Although Patch 3’s notes are extraordinarily lengthy, they’re value studying for your self for all of the hilarious out-of-context updates. Listed below are a number of of my favorites:
- Improved the dying poses of rats.
- Get together member corpses will now be faraway from the backpacks of characters being dismissed.
- You’ll be able to now not prepare for a coffin to be made for the bereaved couple’s little one, homicide the coffin maker, then return and inform the couple the whole lot was A-OK. This was a bug, you monsters.
However whereas I’m loving just about the whole lot I’m seeing in these patch notes, a few of these fixes are simply plain pointless:
- Added some beautiful blood spurts when Volo carries out his skilled operation.
- Studying store indicators will now not be thought of against the law.
- Halsin will now not offer you one final kiss earlier than the ultimate battle until you’re really in a relationship with him.
Okay, that final one was not one thing that ought to have been mounted! Who wouldn’t need a smooch from the large bear man proper earlier than you may die? It’s comforting!
Listed below are some extra pointless updates:
- In Tactician Mode, Raphael can now Multiattack twice per flip.
- Raphael’s Knowledge Potential Rating has been elevated.
- Elevated Raphael’s degree to degree 16.
- Raphael’s Diabolic Chains at the moment are extra highly effective and might hit as much as three targets with barely lowered injury.
The combat towards Raphael within the Home of Hope is brutal sufficient, however did you actually need to buff the…ahem… hell out of him?? A minimum of Larian additionally mounted a bug the place get together members will now not be completely by Harleep’s Draining Kiss debuff.
Even Larian admits that a few of these updates didn’t actually must be included however did so anyway for funsies.
- No person requested for this, however we made the ceremorphosis scene on the nautiloid extra horrifying. You’re welcome.
With all these updates, I’m trying ahead to spending one other 300 hours on this recreation.