I miss BG3 alot....my highest hive gaming payouts were for that game.
My mind was kinda blown at the set design and storytelling on the Sunlight wetlands/Putrid Bog/ Old Aunt Ethel storyline ...I spent like 10 hours getting footage, editing it and typing up this post...
(Part 1)
https://hive.blog/hive-140217/@celticheartbeat/baldur-s-gate-3-the-putrid-bog-astarion-the-vampire-rouge-and-auntie-ethel-the-old-hag-part-1
(Part 2....I tried to make it all one post but it was to big for the blockchain and I couldn't post it in 1 post!)
https://hive.blog/hive-140217/@celticheartbeat/baldur-s-gate-3-the-putrid-bog-and-auntie-ethel-the-old-hag-part-2-boss-fight
That post ended up paying out at $157.99 when HIVEs value was around $0.30.....I guess that would be a $500+ post now.... wow....that's crazy to think about...
Back then the hardest enemy in the game was the Phase Spider Matriarch, again great storytelling , like pure D&D Magick which ill never forget....the fight was hard as nails, I don't even remember how many times I tried to beat it but my party wiped ALOT...
I remember the fight with Aunt Ethels possessed Druid Guards seeming impossible ,like so hard if you beat it ,it should be at the top of your CV its so difficult. The Phase spider was tougher but had a cool mechanic where if she lands on a web and you take out the web she take massive falling damage meaning some luck comes into play, I think that's how I beat it in the end.
I haven't watched any of these vids in 9 months or so, Ill leave them here so I remember to take a brief sojourn down memory lane soon....
Of all the many, many rpg memories I have from games like Final Fantasy 7-10, the early days of WoW and Everquest 2 , Skyrim on day 1 of release and all The Witcher 3 had to offer these Baldur's Gate 3 memories outshine them all.
Its a hell of an achievement in game design and storytelling, Id say its likely game of the year when it release's in late 2023...
That's very high praise!! 🙂 I look forward to the day I actually get to experience it... in late 2023... 😩 sigh.
I made myself miss it so much by watching the phase spider video I just cleared out 70 gigs of hard drive space to re install the now 90 gig version of it...
If Act 1 is 90 gigs Im going to need a new hard drive just for the full release...