Should Your Boyfriend Play Baldur's Gate 3?
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Turn based is boring based. Bleh.
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“If you fancy Astarion, you might want to consider therapy”
- Amelia Taylor, the Narrator of the game
I mean, she also voiced a psychopathic companion in a CRPG, she knows that kind of player lmao.
That's a lot of people who should be considering therapy.
Amelia Tyler*
@@Kylesico912x exactly. yall have issues.
That is because she picks on the voice actor. They have a thing.
I spent two full hours building my character (Bard gang rise up!) and my girlfriend was picking on me for it. When you hit finish and it brings up a second character to build we both bust out laughing. It was unintentionally the funniest gaming moment we've had in a very long time. Honestly, this game has given us a lot of best moments so far. Love it.
that's real asf. spent an hour and a half perfectly tuning my beautiful half orc paladin with max charisma, and then they hit me with another character. i almost closed the game lmao
Had the exact same thing with my boyfriend, We were both spending AGES making our character (together) and then BOOM. We couldn't stop laughing
My strategy is to just generate until I get the class/race I want, tweak a little bit, and then go. I did far more tweaking with my main character but my guardian was just like: click generate until I get a half-orc, make her bright pink hair brown instead, good to go lol.
bard gang rise up! 🗣‼
laughing is temporary, death is forever, god bless machines.
Bard is definitely the perfect class for Shelby
Why? Cause she won't stfu??
And in this game it is a much more OP choice than wizard (and they kick ass). so for once, Shelby is owning her boyfriend. time for revenge for all those mortal kombat and SMB rounds. lol
“Bard is definitely the perfect class”. FTFY
@@TwoLeftThumbsExactly.
Shebly*
The great thing about this game is it's not just for people who roll pink bearded gnomes and wear leather thongs and love Astarion and bear sex. It's for normal people too!
Why did you just list the same group twice?
I keep playing Monk multiclass characters, so I have an excuse to avoid the "romance" options. Even with that...fkn Gale. That's all I'm saying on that!
Normal people? LoL probably not
Apparently normal people like Astarion. He's THE most raved-about character.
@@autumnatic I've seen a few other videos...just wait for it.
Astarion turned me down and said "Ew." I haven't been that devastated at a rejection since high school.
How did that happen? 😢I'm so sad for you
Very sad hours @@jamimunchkin7041
As a fan of Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 I just want to say how much I appreciate the originals soundtrack usage.
considering the time ive sunk into bg 1 bg 2 icewind dale etc all....i really really want this game. it seems like they just did everything right. if only my wallet wasnt empty. lol still hopefully "soon" i will be able to pick this up because god damn do i want to blast some stuff in the face.
Music is beautiful, I usually have a podcasts in background for most games but for this title have nothing in the background and crank up the music to be fully immersed.
@@darkvisiongothacked Larian really nailed the mix of goofy humor and grander tones of the originals. The switch from RTWP to Turn Based takes a bit of getting used to, but I'm really enjoying it.
@@JaredTakesTime i still remember for shits and giggles making a build that was just pure magic missile, or magic missile upgraded with various buffs. it was surprisingly powerful and tons of fun, reprised the build in NWN and could kill a dragon in 3 casts. but yeah it was so much fun to build in ways that you never would in an actual D&D campaign just for shits and giggles. been debating reinstalling nwn cuz i miss that style of game then this came out...so im just waiting to get some cash so i can go do dumb stuff while enjoying what appears to be a great story, with awesome mechanics.
Pirate then buy it at a later date.
I recall seeing Larian comment on a pirate site years back hahaha they're insanely reasonable
As a musician, of course I went Bard. Turns out that bards are f'ing amazing in this game. I actually played it as a joke, because I wanted my friend to have to carry the weight. I kept joking around about how he should head off into the heat of the battle, and I'd compose a song about how he's protecting me while I compose my song. But then I started getting all these crazy spells, and started spitting curses at our enemies, making them miss in battle, and bards are NOT like I remember them.
Vicious Mockery is a hell of a drug.
Astarion is so much more deep and nuanced than people give him credit for.
I think its so ironic so many people treat him like just eye candy/an object when thats the whole moral of his story :,,)
I genuinely don't understand the hate for him. He's hilarious and his story is really good.
Balls deep
I think Astarian is a well written character & pretty entertaining - he's definitely an asshole at first (or the whole time depending on your playthrough), but he has a lot of depth & a great redemption arc if you go down that route.
I am surprised he's one of the most romanced companions tho tbh lol.
@@ayeyuh6920I feel like he gets lot of hate because of his fans. It was revealed that the top 3 romances was the women, and Astarion fans wasn’t happy.
This might be one of the best GFR yet, I was almost crying when you starting singing your bard’s versions of “old time battles.” 10/10 can’t wait for the ps5 launch
Yeah it was defo one of the funniest 😂
I thought this was one of the better ones too, but then I think, they've just been really average for a couple of years now, so now I'm surprised when they don't take 2-4 weeks to post something that isn't mid while 20% of its run time is an ad.
Honestly
@@olivernalen tell me you’re still bitter about The Last of Us 2 without saying you’re still bitter about The Last of Us 2.
@olivernalen you trippin
Man, I love it every time Shebly sings, it's played up for laughs but she is legit good at it.
Do you not remember the earworm songs she sang in the past?
Certified bangers.
weird al, flight of the conchords, garfunkel & oates, tenacious D, and flo&joan are comedian musicians, and good at singing. You can sing well for comedy!
I am happy that this game is introducing many people to the CRPG genre!
I played xcom enemy unknown and love it, is it like that? Cause I don't see that I can take cover in these games so not being able to avoid attacks is a bit stupid to me
How many CRPGs are like this tho? I remember seeing Divinity 2 and I didn't think it looked as impressive. Baldurs Gate 3 pretty much dosent even have to be a CRPG, that's how detailed it is.
And also to TTRPGs :)
@@amirphoenix2327 No, this is more like Dragon Age, but throwing back more in design to the top-down RPGs that came before them (Neverwinter Nights, Diablo, Fallout 1&2, Arcanum etc). A good top-down RPG experience with turn-based based team tactics like XCOM, though, is the Shadowrun trilogy from around 10 years ago (Shadowrun Returns, Shadowrun Dragonfall and Shadowrun Hong Kong)
I know,right?I literally had 3 "ugh,turn based games" friends to play it and at least 2 of the 3 love it 🥹
I'm kinda impressed how Shelby's character looks almost exactly like her 😂. The expressions take it a step further.
That was my first thought. We need to talk to Larian Studios on who they modeled their default faces off of
I swear, my 1st thought was what, she's in the game???? lmao.
@@freikugel663 yeah ikr?? The resemblance is so uncanny lol.
I was impressed at the character creation they looked exactly how I imagined them
This episode was not long enough. 😂
You can always just play it through again...
@@garwynrosser8907You mean...Playscuming?
It ended very abruptly
That's what she said
Neither was BG3.
"should your boyfriend play baldur's gate 3" NOOOOO YOU WILL NEVER SEE HIM AGAIN
Those John Mullaney and Vice Princpal edits were just fantastic. GFR stays killing it!
When you save scum just to get that 25 roll to get Gale to agree with joining you on a 5some with Halsin, and the Drow twins. Actually make that 6, because he summons his clone to join and promptly NTRs himself.
Man... I wish these videos were longer. I get so excited to watch new videos, but the're so short and come out like once a month.
I love GFR so much lol
1 hour in character creator is impressive.
It took a whole discord to enter VC and let me know I'd spent 4 hours in character creator.
????????? the cc isn't even that extensive how can you possibly waste that much time
course u can
I fcking lost it at Matt trying to steal Astarion but just gets regretted instantly
I just finished my first playthrough of my first CRPG last night, clocking in at 120 hours. And I absolutely enjoyed every single minute of it. Jumping back again later for the origin character playthrough. Can't praise it enough.
Love that they got that classic DnD experience of realizing Bard's are the superior spellcasting class, much to the ire of wizards
edit: my forever DM who always plays wizards whenever they get a chance to be a player is gonna feel so validated by these replies 🤣
Any spellcasting class is better than wizards 😂
@@clanakahatiWizards are great...if you have a GM that actually gives you a ton of spells, which is their primary advantage. They have access to far more spells than any other class, and can swap them out daily, but they're supposed to have to find them beyond their allotment through leveling. Too many GMs completely forget that, which removes the biggest reason to use them over a different class.
In BG1 and BG2 Bards were great because they got decent access to wizard spells and weapons which meant they were reasonably functional in the early game before you got a full party. In BG3, and 5e, they are way more specialized but still very good. They get overlooked way too much.
Wizards are actually extremely strong. You just need to know what you're doing. They've got the best spell list in the game
tbh, a bard with eldritch blast and spiritual weapon is the only perfect organism.
Ah Baldur's Gate, a game that forced me to confront a very deep part of myself: Goth GF, Tomboy GF, or Femboy BF?
yes
"I could double my movement if we'd start moving" got a pretty good chuckle out of me😅
Omg. Matt's character makes me want to ditch my save and go create my own assault on the senses.
"Assault on the senses" is pretty accurate
I admire his tenacity. personally, I couldn't look at his character for more than 2mins before my brain refuses to engage anymore. a gnome with his choice of colourings is a constant attack on the system
Wow Shelby, you really did a good job of making that character look like you. Nice touch!
I'm seeing Shelby all over the game.
These are easily the most entertaining reviews. Id listen to you review my grandmas funeral in this format 😂
This is not a review of your Grandma, this is a review of how it is to live without your Grandma(???) 🤔
@@nickgotvyak5890 nigga, what?
God, I forgot how much I loved this channel.
The references and jokes are so perfect and precise, I have to pause the video and laugh every ten seconds so I don't miss anything. 10/10 channel for a 10/10 game!
the John Mulaney bit had me litterally falling out of my chair.
You as a bard in real life is the best! Love the content. Amazing voice by the way!
This is my boyfriend Astarion, and this is _his_ boyfriend, my Boyfriend.
My husband also has been carousing with Astarion. There's only one person in our house that's slept with Astarion, and it isn't me.
Usually it's Shelby running around with wacky created character but I guess its Matt's turn this time around.
Downloading this right now, prepared to ignore all life responsibilities
Welcome the party
Just today I asked my 500 psy teacher if she played baulders gate, she said yes and was 140 hours in. Great times.
BG3 is my favorite dating simulator ...
also you gotta check the speed run "Sex - any%" category
It took me 8 hours to decide what character I want, yes, 8. And then after I find out they wanted you to make another character..
ended up with a Dwarf Moon Druid Beast Master and a Lore Bard Gnome!
I wanted it to be the opposite but because of the extra hit point dwarf gains each level it makes it great for attacks with the animal transformations!
It took me weeks to find the perfect combination of mods to get Astarion the tiny murder twink he deserves. All hail TMTS, my Dark Urge monk is the smallest male character in the game 🎉
I have 24 in and have restarted 4 times already.
2:43 “Ouu Oooo OooOoo, a Bard” is now my new catch phrase 😂😂
I love this game sm! It became my fav game way to quickly
Astarion is the best companion ✨
@@malikVAR Well Karlach is the best companion but go off I guess
@@mejhdhhicbfshihids652 vampire papi stays on top
@@malikVARI bet he does.
Im too afraid to try it and like it and spend hours and hours deep into it
The John Mulaney/Pokémon bit will have me laughing for weeks. This one is a masterpiece, absolutely my new favorite 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
As a fellow save scummer, Astarion simp, I must say that Shelby has good taste in romance-able evil vampires! :D
"Astarian's not outside, he's inside" 💀
Fighting over Astarion? Good taste.
The only thing I need after finishing BG3 is more BG3. Hey Larion, how long did this one take 8 years? I'm good with that schedule, keep em comin. Might be a good time to try a new property as well, albeit in the DnD universe. A journey to Waterdeep or a full Underdark playthrough would be great.
There’s rumors of Critical Role shopping around for a game developer, and they already have a relationship with Larion. So we might get Exandria next…
If we get Baldur’s Gate 4 in eight years, that will still be a faster turn around than Dragon Age. Inquisition came out in 2014.
@HenriqueErzinger don't think that's likely at all. Larian is probably past the point where they'd pay for a license let alone pay twice(DnD and CR). In a similar way we'll never see Fromsoft make another Bloodborne because Sony owns the rights and Fromsoft has no reason to limit creative freedom, sales or profits when they know they'll be successful without anyone else's creative or financial backing.
@@CC-of5xlI mean, they’re probably quite flush with cash off the BG3 sales, so if they wanted to do an Exandria game they could- I’d prefer if they went to an original setting, though, since the D&D rule set kinda feels limited compared to DOS2
@@laurelkeeper yeah but why would they pay someone else for their IP when any IP they create now will have similar if not higher value? The only IPs that would increase their audience size at this point would be Disney level IP. If it's a smaller IP they'd either want full creative control or be given funding to make it with an offer of a percentage of sales back. Now that is something I could see though. A crowd funding and early access with CRs backing might actually be big enough to increase the scope of the game which could help offset a long dev cycle their costs now are probably 5-10x a year higher than when they 1st started developing BG3 due to the increase in team size.
I deliberately click on this video just to say one thing : your video have the best thumbnail picture of Baldur's Gate 3 in all of RUclips. lol
Love the competition for Astarion between THE MARRIED COUPLE. Red flags? GOOD! this toxic relationship is a great contrast to my healthy one!
Loved it. Started my second playtrough yesterday
So this game is basically a tbtrpg dnd type game. I'm honestly into that. Probably gonna grab it when it drops on ps5
Always Love your reviews, this one had me rolling 😂😂
Shelby you nailed the character creator to look just like you.
Pulling an all nighter with class assignments but guess now im taking a break for yall.. WORTH IT!!! ALSO THANK YOU!!! ALSO POP OFF!!!
hope you get some sleep at least!
Well Matt pulled an all nighter to finish this video, so you're probably in the right mind set lol
Gonna need an episode 2 of this one, absolutely one of your best!!
Definitely recommend for couples to play together. So much fun!
The most entertaining review I've witnessed of the most entertaining game I've ever played. Well done! Using music from the BG I & II? Utter perfection.
This is my first d&d game ever, and I'm playing full single player, so I think it's going to be hard... damn
It's much easier for me at least. You still have party of 4, you just control every one of them, so there is no misunderstandings. I also prefer it, because companions like to tell something in dialogues and I want to hear as much as I can. They are really great broken people and I can't think of them as friends of sorts, like after reading really good book.
Coop, on first playtrough at least, with all of its goofiness, seems like inviting Ronald McDonald to one of the most beautiful stories you'll ever play. You can, but some things, some atmosphere and decorum, tastes best in solitude.
@firion666 that's actually very nice to hear, I just have to really dive into the mechanics and hope I don't get lost hehe, that's the only thing I'm concerned with
@@Nokard Game does good job with explaining as long as you don't exit tutorials. Also, there is many beginner friendly DnD mechanics videos on RUclips, if you still feel a little lost.
Generally, you roll d20 everytime when you want to check if you can do something. Rolled number + modifiers must be at least equal to DC of the roll - in dialogues you see it as a number over the dice, in a battle as a percentage showing up.
When you deal damage you roll types and number of dices defined in weapon or spell description (1d12+1). The brackets (in this example 2-13) shows you exactly the same info, so you don't need to know every single dice type.
Learning about possibilities is also big part of the game, so here I'm going to stop, but, as I said, if you prefer to know, you will find those who teach :3
I hope you will have fun and love this game as much as I do.
You can always lower the difficulty. No shame. It's a single player game and about what you want to experience. You can adjust the difficulty anytime as well. I recommend you watch some BG3 tips and tricks tutorials or the "things I wish I knew" etc etc.
Not really, the game is easy if you just Google the shit you don't understand. 😂
You should Play Torment Planescape, literally the pinnacle of Narrative, Characterization, Plot, and Environment in any game and its another D&D game. The Nameless One, the lead character is a character that cannot permanently die(there are ways if you piss off the wrong entities), but when he does he loses his memories, your first companion is a floating skull named Mort, You get a Gith called Dakkon that is a martial artist, Annah a sexy teifling thief, Ignis a perpetually on fire mage, Fall from Grace a succubus priest only interested in the mind, It become a collective of misfits.
So she really went and literally created herself in the game huh.
If you don't know the game's universe too well or it's your first time in the setting, that's recommended.
It's Wild how much Shelby's character looks just like her!!
you can't expect me to honour D&D rules if you give me the ability to save scum, i'm saving before the fight. i'm saving after the fight. i'm saving before a random conversation. i'm saving after that conversation. and if i'm on PC you bet your arse i'm modding it to make it even easier to rack up approval points
We are the DM's now and we declare thou shall have easily identifiable affinity bars through mods!
4:48 "You can keep it. I would double my movement, if we could start moving..." 😅🤣😂 Love it!!!
I actually am proud of his 4 star jpeg
I literally laughed out loud at the Professor Oak part omg😂😂😂😂
You guys unlocked Legendary Tier with the editing in this video!
i needed this reminder that i could just get karlach to throw my little gnome to places she can’t reach
I still have no idea how a single clip of an Elf having sex with a bear sold this game into the main stream, AND I'M A GOD DAMN FURRY!
It's the squirrel's reaction that does it.
@@KenS1267 yeah it was absolutely the squirrel's fault 😂
5:23 we may have possibly just witnessed the beginning of "Hotwife Reviews"...
The only problem with this video is that it's too short :D I would just get engrossed into your guys Baldurs Gate experience for hours! Such a great game already absolutely explodes when players have real chemistry
“…It’s a 64-pixels-wide little square jpeg that he’s very proud of…”, people are loving jpegs nowaday
So excited to play this, PS5 version unlocks in two days! :)
it’s the Mass Effect of this decade
Fun fact, you can ask Alexa what the terms mean in the context of a D&D session, and she’s pretty good at defining!
This review is comedy gold. Honestly the best review ive seen of this game. You're funny af
2:10 that “not with you, bitch!“ felt personal lol
So glad to know that you're having fun with BG 3! It has even more opportunities than Divinity 2 - for those who love story, who love challenge and combat, those who love optimizing build or collecting items, those who love weird humour and some NSFW content. The game exceeded my expectations!
I played Divinity 2 with a friend and it was so much fun. However, it didn't work for me with BG 3 - he couldn't adjust to my playstyle, and I wanted to read/listen to all the stuff available... spent like 100 hours in Act 1 alone) Because the game has so much to offer!
To this day my gaming buddy and I quote to each other “No one has as many friends as the man with many cheeses!!”
(That may have been Divinity 1 tho?)
@@pmarreck Hilarious! Yes, it's from the marketplace in Divinity 1))
Air lyre, the "uncle we don't talk about" of air guitar.
Belgium is the GOAT
2:18 "the first 5-90 minutes; in my case it took all day" Don't feel bad. I know 5e like the back of my hand, I made my boyfriend play both the original Baldur's Gate games before the third one released (which I played like a billion times myself already) and I still took at LEAST an hour in the character creator, probably longer, because *every detail must be perfect...* and that's WITH the advantage of having played Early Access, and already knowing pretty well that I wanted to be a lyre-playing duergar bard/Archfey warlock with free invisibility for a long time.
But hey, if you're gonna spend hundreds of hours with a character, you want to love it! No shame in that. :)
BG2's music was a nice touch. 🙂
4:30 this sounds legitimately beautiful! Please, sing a full version!
It probably wasn't supposed to make me laugh as much as it did, but seeing Shelby's name spelled as Shebly got me giggling for a hot minute.
Honestly, not only he should play it, you should play it too
Seeing BG3 again after just playing 10 hours of Starfield is like being rescued from a kidnapping perpetrated by the Bosnian mafia
Subscribed. One minute into your review and you're using Baldur's Gate II music. I'm sold.
I want to play it so bad, sadly my computer is too shit, so I will have to wait until I buy the ps5
Is that AI Hermoine saying "Lohssaa"? :o Amazing times we leave in.
I love the humour of this! the spliced bits are soooo well chosen!
LMAOOO "First 5-90 minutes" I died
Really good video! you guys had me laughing and gasping for air 😂
0:47 to be fair Honour mode is probably the only way to truly experience the game with some risk, which makes the morally questionable, but easier choices make sense, having no chance to reload to correct a roll and knowing the risks makes you really play it more safe, even for someone who tries to stick to RP and not save scum, you always have that "safety" feeling, with honour though, totally different beast, it's easy to get into dumb fights when you know you can always try again
Ofc not for first run (unless you totally lost it) but it's something I'd recommend everyone should do on a later run
The video was really enjoyable, and I watch all the videos but I'm starting to feel like the review part has basically taken a back seat as of late?
Anyway, looking forward to more, and hoping for a bit more review amongst the enjoyable humour :)
Anyone else fight Raphael? The sound track was so beautiful
Brave to admit that bear shaggin is what convinced you.
I died when she said that.
The hello fresh ad with the "cigarette scented car" thing really hit home because just last night we ordered a meal that came in REEKING of smoke. I had to check the bag to make sure they didn't use it as an ashtray not sure how they made it smell that bad in the time of the drive.
I would love to see these two play a Tabletop rpg campaing.
The answer is no, not unless you want the words ‘big red muscle mommy’ to become a thing for him.
I am trying SOOO HARD to convince my fiance to play. Oh well glad you guys enjoyed it.
im in the same boat sis, he wont play with me!!
Didn't you show them this video?
Hi from 2024. Yep, already nostalgic for Fall 2023 when I did nothing but play BG3. Time to boot it up again.
Love your content! I see so much of your boyfriend in my own experience. My girlfriend used to shy away from challenging games, always reinforcing the self-imposed belief that "she can't handle it." That all changed with Hogwarts Legacy where she unleashed her inner "Dark Souls spirit" 😂. We even bumped the difficulty up to hard (considering we played Kena on Story mode). I started hearing things from her like, "Lockpicking could be more challenging," or "Why are these enemies so easy?" and even "It'd be cool if you had limited tries to unlock a chest, and then it's locked forever." I have a feeling Baldur's Gate 3 will be a similar experience. Looking forward to it.
Let us know how it went!
7:23 is that my cat? Y DO YOU HAVE MY CAT
The most terrifying in a game where there's an entire act set in Bloodborne is that perks screen when you level up.
Trying to read your comment gave me an aneurysm.
You Can't Take The Sky From Me!! - Starfield
I would love some Mort&Shebly Baldur's gate story times every now and then.