Watch the entire CG intro sequence to Baldur's Gate 3, featuring a chase from the famed city all the way to the firey mountains of the Infernal plane. #ign
@@gregorywalter2540 From what I gather, the Blood War is an endless battle in hell between the forces of horrific chaotic evil and the slightly less horrific lawful evil?
@@detectivefoxley9912 More likely because you found out some things (skills/feats/etc.) were actually useless. A shame not every game and campaign for D&D can make ANY skills, feats, spells, or (whatever stuff your character has based on which edition you play) work. :(
yes, but "spaceships" in DnD are called Spelljammers. They are magically powered vessels used to travel between planes or crystal spheres (spheres that contains planetary systems, each dnd setting is kinda inside one of those).
"you must gather your party before venturing forth" "you must gather your party before venturing forth" "you must gather your party before venturing forth" "you must gather your party before venturing forth"
This was probably ther best looking cinematic ive seen from a video game. Have they said that this cinamatic will play out when you play the game? or is this cinematic just a seperate one
I get what you're saying but tier 4 stuff is generally country/world ending type stuff. Escaping mindflayers on a jaunt through Avernus is like low tier 3
@DeSPoTNemanjaS Because the idea of a super-intelligent race of brain-sucking Squidwards struggling with their own piloting is hilarious to me...that, and they seem to want to put "tentacles" into everything they do.
You would to if squidward shoved a shell-less Gary into your eye and bounced out to play the tentacle version of the devil went down to Georgia to escape dragons only to end up surrounded by what can only be described as demonic versions of nematodes lol
A-"How was your day?" B-"I had to stay inside and avoid contact with other people due to a virus. You?" A-"Captured by interdimensional vampires, had a space slug drill into my eyeball and got lost in hell." B-"Showoff..."
Right? It's absolutely the Emperor himself that infected the party with his modified tadpoles, as key part of his scheme to overthrow the Elder Brain. That weird glance towards the dead or unconscious other Mindflayer hits different now. And the way he sneaks into the tadpole room, avoiding making any sound.
No shame for a company to release a product in early access and rely on the crowd for advice an critique. I tip my hat to Larian studios for its honesty with us.
@@cameronmcewen9666 Game of thrones and elderscrolls had wyverns, as well as Beowulf. And I'm not sure about all the Harry Potter dragons but a few were also actually wyverns
@@mdinunzio7610 TES and GoT both had dragons, as they are completely separated from Forgotten Realms and other common fantasy settings. If GoT called its Dogs as Wyrms, then they're Wyrms. And even if both didnt have their own bestiary, they still arent Wyverns. Wyverns are venomous or poisonous by nature. Neiter TES nor GoT featured Wyverns as defined by Forgotten Realms.
@@novamorphex Honestly i liked this one more than the Diablo 4 one though it should be said that Blizzard definietly is one of the best as far as cinematics go it's always been something they excelled at to this day i like cinematic for Wotlk or even Classic W3 ;)
Footsteps approach "Ahh, you have awoken. It is time for more experiment." "The pain will only be passing. You should survive the process." "Interesting, you have much untapped power."
one of the best voice acting roles in gaming history probably. SILENCE, DOG. YOU HAVE NO PURPOSE BUT TO DIE BY MY HAND (jon irenicus casts: rapture of the father) (ruffian: death) (x5)
@@magodelaoscuridad I used to rage against the Dos GP they want to put in BG3 even if I loved the Dos games because BG had to stay BG.... But, I am currently playing bg1 to tob again and tbh the "active pause" feels messy and boring pretty often actually...
@@fftere it would be profitable as there is a huge demand for movies like based on D&D. With a solid script, actors/actresses, a high budget: say $125 million to $200 million, as well as a strong marketing team, it could be done.
I'd rather face 100 imps than a single mindflayer though. Those stun spamming, brain eating bastards killed plenty of my party members back in the day.
@@acronen today I explained mind flayers to my bg3 mates who have never played bg2 before. I said: You enter combat and one of your party members is most certainly dead, before it begins.
@@amannamedsquid313 Ironically enough the worst you can encounter in Avernus(hell) are lawyers and salesman. Seriously, don't sign any contracts with demons 🤣
@@morgothable planescape torment is indeed one of the best RPG's of all time (black isle has a place in history as one of the greatest RPG developer studios) but that was my personal opinion and i enjoyed the BG series more. Heck, even the icewind dale series, while not at the level of the BG series of ps:t, are better than several RPG's from nowadays 😂😂😂
While I, as Baldur's Gate II fan, am rather disappointed. It looks nothing like BG and very much like Divinity. Check out Divinity Original sin 2 first because some people love it and some hate it. If you are in the second group then it's not for you.
@@maksgraph.47jm90 I mean it's an isometric RPG using D&D (5E) system for it's rules and turned based combat, set at least partially in and around Baldur's Gate. Right now it doesn't seem to include Baal and the story that was central to BG 1&2, but then again that stories is decades if not centuries ago by the time this takes place (in the current 5E timeline). It's looks a lot like Divinity Original Sin, because it uses the same engine, but it's not DOS 3
@@sinisterkrex6465 Loosely. PS:T is set in Sigil which is the hub of the entire DnD multiverse so they're in the same canon but they interact very little.
Several things stand out to me as awesome. First of all- Starjammer! First major canon reference since 5e started! Also, Githyanki riding Red Dragons as they teleport across the planes? Very much yes. Dead mindflayers on the ship- More than one faction? Not to mention ending up in the Nine Hells at the end, which is perfect.
Dragon riders chasing a giant octopus'ish ship through the dimensions - even if you don't know a thing or very little about the setting (MERP/Rolemaster PnP player here); that is how you make an intro to a fantasy RPG...:-) Bought the game. Didn't dissappoint. On the contrary, absolutely excellent.
Descent into Avernus from D&D 5e is a prequel of this game AND every letter “i” that forms the logo of BG3 is a Flying Fortress from this adventure, you can see them in Avernus at the end of the video. It appears to be some kind of alliance between Zaryel or a Demon in Avernus and Mindflayers
Theory: Baldur's Gate is just stuck in the middle of a war between Devils and Illithid vs. Githyanki and Tiamat. Remember, Tiamat is imprisoned in Avernus.
It’s really hard to say what the motives of this particular mind flayer are, it may have went where it did just because it has no allies. Using the chaos of the blood war to try and shake the githyanki could just be a last ditch desperate maneuver. The more I watch the trailer combined with the gameplay vids it seems like it’s some sort of renegade mind flayer that’s no longer controlled by an elder brain and is basically flying solo. Wanted to make ‘new friends’ by snatching folks and implanting its special brain tad poles but was interrupted by the githyanki. Then had to run but knew boinging back to the astral plane, where the gith are at home, was suicide so it jumped somewhere it thought it could shake them, Hell.
This is the best cinematic ive ever watched in my life. Blizzard really had that record on wrap but this is just something else completely. a totally different level.
Baldurs Gate 2 released 2 years after Baldurs Gate. Baldurs Gate 3 released 20 years after Baldurs Gate 2. Following this pattern, Baldurs Gate 4 will be released in 200 years.
Sunk over 10hrs into the early access so far and still undeniably completely enthralled with the content in the game so far! Giddy with anticipation for the next update! Much love to all the people working on this masterpiece!
I hate it when I get captured by interdimensional mind flayers, then have the ship i'm on get attacked by dragons and then my mind flayer captures transport us into LITERAL HELL in a desperate attempt to flee the dragons which only exasperates the problem because now the armies of hell are attacking the ship. Woah what a day
@@lolcatjunior Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 are one storyline where the character you build in 1 will carry over to 2. Baldur's Gate 3 seems to be it's own story
SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS Who else only realized on their second playthrough it was the Emperor himself that infected you with the parasite, to manipulate you in order to secure his freedom from Gortash, Orin and Keteric's clutches?
Yeah and dead mnidflayers laying there before the attack on nautiloid by githynki imply that he got his free will back at this point. The slimy bastard.
It wasn't the Emporer who infected you. You can find the corpse of the mindflayer who infected you in the goblin camp. It is explicitly stated to be the same illithid.
Fascinating. Somehow, these characters go from being abducted by mindflayers on a Nautiloid, chased by githyanki dragonriders, ending up in Avernus...and somehow getting back to the Material Plane to where all the introductory gameplay has been taking place. So the question becomes...how the hell did they get out of Hell...?
@dianna k You nailed it. We will probably spend very little time in Avernus. We will be tasked with getting to the helm, twanging the twingy thing in the helm (enabled by the tadpoles in our head) and then bam crash land in Faerun where they have shown all the videos from before.
@@poiz921 if you weren't level one. Or if you are my next character, you stay for some drinks and make a few deals before leaving. Hell isn't an uncivilized place like the abyss after all.
So, in all this madness, they warped into Avernus and had enough time to yoink Karlach and implant a tadpole into her? Say what you will about them ghaiks, but their work ethics are top notch.
Me watching this video "Huh? what race is she?" "Oh, Mindflayers sweet" "Well this living ship thing is cool." "Dragon riders are cool." "Wait why would the riders give chase?" "WAIT IS THAT A GITHYAHNKI!!!????"
I recognize the race. They're the race that fought the mindflayers first and is why the mindflayer's numbers are so drastically low and went into hiding. They're called Gith or Githyanki. Hope we get to play as them X)
@@LoneKuroRaifu Yes, you can play as a Githyanki and one of the Origin characters(pre-made character) is a Githyanki named Lae'zel, the one shown in the cinematic and during gameplay.
You just know there are 2 or 3 really confused Silver Dragons watching nearby, having no idea what to do right there. "They are Reds...But they're helping people...But they are Reds...They're fighting a Mindflayer...So, what do we do?" "...No idea."
Игры
It's always bad when you go from "Illithid prisoner" to "Unwilling participant in the Blood War"
Damn right. x'D
Looks like avernus but isn't the blood war "over"?
@@brettpid6416 The Blood War is eternal.
@@gregorywalter2540 From what I gather, the Blood War is an endless battle in hell between the forces of horrific chaotic evil and the slightly less horrific lawful evil?
Why do the dragons have riders? They seem to be doing everything on their own.
Hardest boss to beat is going to be the character creation. :(
Character creation is a game in itself!
Three and a half hours of making a character just right only to start over because the hair is not how you like.
Perfectionist gang
@@detectivefoxley9912 More likely because you found out some things (skills/feats/etc.) were actually useless. A shame not every game and campaign for D&D can make ANY skills, feats, spells, or (whatever stuff your character has based on which edition you play) work. :(
Rollin and re rollin
Never thought I’d see a fully animated Nautiloid, absolutely incredible
makes me miss Spellajammer :)
@@phesser411 Yeah I know the feeling :0 They need to release a 5E version of SpellJammer for everyone since this is going to be released.
I feel you, now I am hoping for a spelljammer battle at some point of the game xD
Was that the spaceship thing? I dont really know much about D&D lore.
yes, but "spaceships" in DnD are called Spelljammers. They are magically powered vessels used to travel between planes or crystal spheres (spheres that contains planetary systems, each dnd setting is kinda inside one of those).
"you must gather your party before venturing forth"
"you must gather your party before venturing forth"
"you must gather your party before venturing forth"
"you must gather your party before venturing forth"
Did the devs say if there will be a "lone wolf" perk like in Dos2 or nah
@@keenzo1998 i would love that so much. Just me..my brain friend..and me knife.
@@DigiCube4 haha
@@DigiCube4 No pet Hamster familar to Go for the eyes?
You just ruined years of therapy!
I wish they made 2 hour long movies like this...
Miguel Santana people hate on the WoW movie but it’s of similar vibes
Hold tight. The next D&D movie is in fact coming within the next three years.
This and the Elder Scrolls Online trailers really make me feel like that.
This was probably ther best looking cinematic ive seen from a video game. Have they said that this cinamatic will play out when you play the game? or is this cinematic just a seperate one
there are a few D&D movies, and they are all incredibly bad.
This feels like a level 20 quest.
Too bad your party starts at level 1.
@@LarsBlitzer And max level you reach will be level 10
@@noctrk161 which I still don't like should be 12 or 14
nah, at that point the party can just wish the mind flayer out of existence
I get what you're saying but tier 4 stuff is generally country/world ending type stuff. Escaping mindflayers on a jaunt through Avernus is like low tier 3
Imagine being a lvl 1 crook in the middle of Blood War.
easy xp?
Easy death
Better level up and become a level 69 boss.
Sounds like a beginning of Planescape Torment =)
@@propanedaddy5577 that's how mafia works
My favorite part was when he did the bowng with the tentacle
@leoeoeoeoe yes lol
Lololol
I like to think that the mindflayer had absolutely no idea what he was doing, and was just plugging random things together hoping they would work.
@DeSPoTNemanjaS Because the idea of a super-intelligent race of brain-sucking Squidwards struggling with their own piloting is hilarious to me...that, and they seem to want to put "tentacles" into everything they do.
@DeSPoTNemanjaS Aye, my bad. : )
Nothing says "Out of the frying pan and into the fire" like escaping from mind flayers only to find out you got warped to Avernus.
and right into the middle of avernus, during a demon incursion, no less
I mean escaping the mind flayers with one of their slugs in your head but yeah.
Wasnt it max lvl 10?
@@GenericVampire45 Tadpoles, not slugs.
@@theradams97 avernus? educate me please
Went from "hard nope" at the eye-slugs to "oh sick, dragons."
Tadpoles, not slugs.
knowing nothing about the series or DnD in general this comment sums up exactly what i felt
@@civilwildman Not everyone that's gonna be into this is gonna know all the lore xD
@@jamescanjuggle yeah, basically
@@gozzilla177 Well, you're missing out.
Then all of a sudden you see him... "Hey.. You're finally awake.." Todd did it again
Please make this and upload it!!! XD
NOOOOOOO NOT THAT BLASTED NORTHERN PROVINCE OF TAMRIEL AGAIN
her disappointment is immeasurable, and her day has been ruined
You would to if squidward shoved a shell-less Gary into your eye and bounced out to play the tentacle version of the devil went down to Georgia to escape dragons only to end up surrounded by what can only be described as demonic versions of nematodes lol
And then i stole her armor few hours later...
@@gozzilla177 I love everything you just said
A-"How was your day?"
B-"I had to stay inside and avoid contact with other people due to a virus. You?"
A-"Captured by interdimensional vampires, had a space slug drill into my eyeball and got lost in hell."
B-"Showoff..."
B: "Wait, you left the house? Stop that!"
The implications of this opening are way more severe after finishing the game.
Right? It's absolutely the Emperor himself that infected the party with his modified tadpoles, as key part of his scheme to overthrow the Elder Brain. That weird glance towards the dead or unconscious other Mindflayer hits different now. And the way he sneaks into the tadpole room, avoiding making any sound.
The Emperor would be inside the prism, in shadowhearts pocket at this point.@@Jonboy2312
Squidward has changed a lot since Krusty Krab closed.
Quarantine has been rough lol
01:25 Thats how I imagine putting in contacts feels.
For awhile till you get used to it for sure :p
@Super Simba6 Ugh... sorry to hear that. I can only imagine the agony of it. Making my stomach churn. :S
Thats how I feel during an Eye Exams when the shoot the air at you
Actually so long as your eyes are moist and your hands and lenses are clean (no dust) it's absolutely painless
That’s exactly how it feels
Looks like the final boss is the actual Baldur's Gate III title. That's pretty unique I must say.
Sorry I don’t understand. What is unique about that?
Quite astute of you...
Maybe an Elder Brain?
No way the final boss is just gonna be a mind flayer...too obvious, plus Larian has *strongly* implied someone else is pulling the strings.
@@GalvatronRodimus What's your guess then? A deity, maybe? Possibly even Bhaal, now that he's officially back?
No shame for a company to release a product in early access and rely on the crowd for advice an critique. I tip my hat to Larian studios for its honesty with us.
unless its like Bannerlord and you can't even play it
If its anything like Divinity 2, I'll send them money every month if I have to
3:02 The fact they used Wilhelm scream in this cinematic is hilarious😂👌
Even after all this time this cutscene doesn't fail to impress. Stoked for release! Less than 1 month away!
Tomorrow babyyyyy🎉🎉🎉
@@hamedarshadi5686
ONE
DAY
AWAY
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2:03 that mindflayer's subtle reaction to seeing its fallen kin is just masterful storytelling
probably because it was a mutiny and he was the one that killed them
@@bhaalgornThey were being hunted by Githyanki.
@@anubis7457 It might be Empreror himself, who killed hive's mind flayers, modified the tadpoles and infected us.
@@intrealSHOVE A GODDAMNED SPOILER WARNING ON THAT. Please.
@@mrjones2721 This is 100% my speculation, not a spoiler
Cyberpunk.... Baldur's Gate... man, i'll not see the light of the sun for a while...
windows
And Assassins’s creed : Valhalla... I’m gonna pretend I don’t have any exams ok
What's the sun
These are hard times for humanity
Have you ever?! I sure haven't lol
I've always been waiting for a dragon like this.
Four limbs and two wings.
It's a beauty the Hobbit couldn't give.
@@cameronmcewen9666 Game of thrones and elderscrolls had wyverns, as well as Beowulf. And I'm not sure about all the Harry Potter dragons but a few were also actually wyverns
Wing count as limbs so it technically would be a six limbed dragon.
@@mdinunzio7610 no differnce, all flying lizzard to me
Technically the dragon in the Hobbit is a Wurm. This BG3 version of the dragon is by far the best though.
@@mdinunzio7610 TES and GoT both had dragons, as they are completely separated from Forgotten Realms and other common fantasy settings. If GoT called its Dogs as Wyrms, then they're Wyrms.
And even if both didnt have their own bestiary, they still arent Wyverns. Wyverns are venomous or poisonous by nature. Neiter TES nor GoT featured Wyverns as defined by Forgotten Realms.
This is the best trailer for a game I have ever seen, no joke.
Its on the same level as the Dawn of War 1 trailer/intro. I love it.
Damn, get ready for Diablo's recent trailer then
@@novamorphex "do you guys not have phone" 4? Nope, thanks. That franchise is dead
@@novamorphex Honestly i liked this one more than the Diablo 4 one though it should be said that Blizzard definietly is one of the best as far as cinematics go it's always been something they excelled at to this day i like cinematic for Wotlk or even Classic W3 ;)
@@Adrian-is6qn WOTLK probably still my favorite all time. This one is second though.
Anyone else play the D&D campaign and got chills when they got to see Avernus again?
Oh great. Starting a campaign of Lvl. 1s right into Avernus. Nothing stressful about that AT ALL!
Hey at least it’s not another tavern
See the positive side. Campaigns over very quickly.
And they delivered what was promised.
Lae'zel just having the worst day of her entire life...
Footsteps approach
"Ahh, you have awoken. It is time for more experiment."
"The pain will only be passing. You should survive the process."
"Interesting, you have much untapped power."
I CANNOT BE CAGED!
I CANNOT BE CONTROLLED!
KNOW THIS AS YOU DIE, EVER PATHETIC, EVER FOOLS!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
one of the best voice acting roles in gaming history probably.
SILENCE, DOG. YOU HAVE NO PURPOSE BUT TO DIE BY MY HAND
(jon irenicus casts: rapture of the father)
(ruffian: death) (x5)
That was David Warner, a wonderful English actor.
As someone who accidentally skipped the intro cinematic, thank you very much!
This is the 3rd time we've seen this cinematic but I still love it
but now we have the ending
Rookie numbers.
Just 3? You Gotta Pump Those Numbers Up, Those Are Rookie Numbers.
Are you counting the original in Jules Verne, or the remakes?
This game's gonna be an epic adventure.
@Hedre Grav maybe.😅
Baldur series will be ruinend by Larian and his Divinity engine
@@magodelaoscuridad stop gatekeeping, don't play the game if you don't like it dude
@@magodelaoscuridad I used to rage against the Dos GP they want to put in BG3 even if I loved the Dos games because BG had to stay BG....
But, I am currently playing bg1 to tob again and tbh the "active pause" feels messy and boring pretty often actually...
@@Isreal_666 then don't pause, lol
So cool looking back at this cinematic after finishing the game.
Lemme get an animated D&D movie like this k?
Not profitable
@@fftere it would be profitable as there is a huge demand for movies like based on D&D. With a solid script, actors/actresses, a high budget: say $125 million to $200 million, as well as a strong marketing team, it could be done.
People ask it every time the new WoW cinematic rolls out. You know, what they got. But, we all can have a dream)
They're making an animated tv series of Critical role that's coming out in the next year or so
When you though mindflayers were the worst of your problems.
Devils: Well hello there!
And knowing Avernus, there are probably plenty of demons, night hags, and worse lurking in the shadows.
I'd rather face 100 imps than a single mindflayer though. Those stun spamming, brain eating bastards killed plenty of my party members back in the day.
@@acronen today I explained mind flayers to my bg3 mates who have never played bg2 before. I said: You enter combat and one of your party members is most certainly dead, before it begins.
@@amannamedsquid313 Ironically enough the worst you can encounter in Avernus(hell) are lawyers and salesman.
Seriously, don't sign any contracts with demons 🤣
I'm going to lose a lot of hours of my life to this game.
Is that really a loss?
I think you mean invest
Cyberpunk or this game.. Your choice.
Might get a point in guts out this 🤔
@@zoeyl4d939 why not both
After 20 years the best RPG of all time comes back by the hand of Larian Studios
@@morgothable planescape torment is indeed one of the best RPG's of all time (black isle has a place in history as one of the greatest RPG developer studios) but that was my personal opinion and i enjoyed the BG series more. Heck, even the icewind dale series, while not at the level of the BG series of ps:t, are better than several RPG's from nowadays 😂😂😂
@@morgothable I would rank PS:T ahead of BG2, but for me BG1 is the superior game if only because it's less overtly story-focused.
@@cameronmcewen9666 well, considering i was refering BG2, 20 actually 😋😋😋
Yall are disrespecting neverwinter nights
@@morgothable didnt age well
5:40 Holy crap! It turns out the logo was an actual plot point! XD
Squidward looks more pissed then ever, maybe mr krabs should have given him a day off.
This game delivered on every level. Game of the year and one of the best games of the decade.
“Where the hell are we?”
Imps- “Yes.”
Never played a Baldurs gate game before but damn that was epic.
I'm the same. Can't wait to pick it up! If you've not already seen them there are a few gameplay uploads by the Devs that are worth checking out.
While I, as Baldur's Gate II fan, am rather disappointed. It looks nothing like BG and very much like Divinity. Check out Divinity Original sin 2 first because some people love it and some hate it. If you are in the second group then it's not for you.
This is nothing like Baldurs Gate.
@@SpunkmeyerSnr Yup, it's Divinity Original Sin 3. While BG is a closed story.
@@maksgraph.47jm90
I mean it's an isometric RPG using D&D (5E) system for it's rules and turned based combat, set at least partially in and around Baldur's Gate.
Right now it doesn't seem to include Baal and the story that was central to BG 1&2, but then again that stories is decades if not centuries ago by the time this takes place (in the current 5E timeline).
It's looks a lot like Divinity Original Sin, because it uses the same engine, but it's not DOS 3
Seeing the Blood war is so weird to me knowing full well The Nameless one is serving his sentence down there
The mother of evil dragons too. Plus depending on when you can have a fsllen angel there and maybe a whole city being drag down to the ground
I've never played d&d before or baldur's gate, is planescape torment connected to this?
@@sinisterkrex6465 Loosely. PS:T is set in Sigil which is the hub of the entire DnD multiverse so they're in the same canon but they interact very little.
@@steppecist2928 interesting, thanks for replying. Maybe I'll stop by gamestop and get a lore book.
Several things stand out to me as awesome. First of all- Starjammer! First major canon reference since 5e started! Also, Githyanki riding Red Dragons as they teleport across the planes? Very much yes. Dead mindflayers on the ship- More than one faction?
Not to mention ending up in the Nine Hells at the end, which is perfect.
GO FOR THE EYES BOO !!!
If a tree falls in the forest... ..I'll kill the bastard who's done it!
Dragon riders chasing a giant octopus'ish ship through the dimensions - even if you don't know a thing or very little about the setting (MERP/Rolemaster PnP player here); that is how you make an intro to a fantasy RPG...:-)
Bought the game. Didn't dissappoint. On the contrary, absolutely excellent.
Love this, it's amazing I would love to have something like a full series or a movie of this.
This game has a chokehold on my life. It’s been months.
Descent into Avernus from D&D 5e is a prequel of this game AND every letter “i” that forms the logo of BG3 is a Flying Fortress from this adventure, you can see them in Avernus at the end of the video. It appears to be some kind of alliance between Zaryel or a Demon in Avernus and Mindflayers
why do you think they have an alliance
Isn't the "Canonical" ending of Descent into Avernus is Zariel's Redemption?
ItamarO93 There are several endings, one of them is the forge of Blade of Avernus, who knows?
Theory: Baldur's Gate is just stuck in the middle of a war between Devils and Illithid vs. Githyanki and Tiamat. Remember, Tiamat is imprisoned in Avernus.
It’s really hard to say what the motives of this particular mind flayer are, it may have went where it did just because it has no allies. Using the chaos of the blood war to try and shake the githyanki could just be a last ditch desperate maneuver. The more I watch the trailer combined with the gameplay vids it seems like it’s some sort of renegade mind flayer that’s no longer controlled by an elder brain and is basically flying solo. Wanted to make ‘new friends’ by snatching folks and implanting its special brain tad poles but was interrupted by the githyanki. Then had to run but knew boinging back to the astral plane, where the gith are at home, was suicide so it jumped somewhere it thought it could shake them, Hell.
This is the best cinematic ive ever watched in my life. Blizzard really had that record on wrap but this is just something else completely. a totally different level.
Poor girl...she has just been waylaid by enemies and now must defend herself.
Hahahahahhah
Looks awesome! Graphics have come a long way in just a few years. 🏆
This intro alone was more exciting than half of Diablo 4 campaign.
Baldurs Gate 2 released 2 years after Baldurs Gate. Baldurs Gate 3 released 20 years after Baldurs Gate 2.
Following this pattern, Baldurs Gate 4 will be released in 200 years.
It will be a masterpiece as BG 1 and BG2 already are. Simple. Absolutely gorgeous intro
Reminds me of of olden days where a cinematic intro looks nothing like an actual isometric gameplay...
Wonderful trailer , absolutely stunning work.
Sunk over 10hrs into the early access so far and still undeniably completely enthralled with the content in the game so far! Giddy with anticipation for the next update!
Much love to all the people working on this masterpiece!
I've never been so attracted to a Githyanki before in my life...
it's those eyes bro
Mindflayer: Ah Finally, Hellooo- Wait this isn't SquirdWorld. Knew I should've taken a left at the plain of Fire
I hate it when I get captured by interdimensional mind flayers, then have the ship i'm on get attacked by dragons and then my mind flayer captures transport us into LITERAL HELL in a desperate attempt to flee the dragons which only exasperates the problem because now the armies of hell are attacking the ship. Woah what a day
ALL OF THAT AT LEVEL 1!
If I won't have to gather my party before venturing forth, I'm not interested.
It almost here, cant wait to be immersed in this masterpiece.
4:08 So that's what a Plumbus does.
Those scene looked like straight out of a imagination while reading a fantasy book..what a trailer!!
The music in this is bloody amazing
I like to imagine the people who only know about the classic high fantasy stuff in DnD being absolutely boggled by what they just saw.
Me: aw it's just going to be the same cinematic
Me after seeing the 3 infernal warships: I've never been so happy to be wrong
"Heya it's me, Imoën"
- Imoën is that you??
Never played the previous games but I LOVE Divinity Original Sin 2. Can't wait for this.
Both Baldur's Gate 1 & 2 are on steam and the Switch for fairly cheap, you should check them out
This is better )
@@blackvial Are they their own story or do we have to play the other games to understand it?
@@lolcatjunior Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 are one storyline where the character you build in 1 will carry over to 2. Baldur's Gate 3 seems to be it's own story
BG 1-2 is considered by many 2 of the GOAT RPGs go do yourself a favour and go play them.
So friggin’ awesome; I can’t wait to play this!
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Who else only realized on their second playthrough it was the Emperor himself that infected you with the parasite, to manipulate you in order to secure his freedom from Gortash, Orin and Keteric's clutches?
Yeah and dead mnidflayers laying there before the attack on nautiloid by githynki imply that he got his free will back at this point. The slimy bastard.
It wasn't the Emporer who infected you. You can find the corpse of the mindflayer who infected you in the goblin camp. It is explicitly stated to be the same illithid.
@@fsdspdf2717Actually no the narrator says this mindflayer is smaller and does not appear to be other one that infected you
Damn, Larian Studios! That was an amazing intro.
Safe to say my mind has been flayed...
Finally. Real, perfect dragons in action! With all their limbs!
Fascinating.
Somehow, these characters go from being abducted by mindflayers on a Nautiloid, chased by githyanki dragonriders, ending up in Avernus...and somehow getting back to the Material Plane to where all the introductory gameplay has been taking place.
So the question becomes...how the hell did they get out of Hell...?
the intro ends with a whole bunch of wyvern's flying towards the ship very likely it makes one last jub back to faerun before crashing
@dianna k You nailed it. We will probably spend very little time in Avernus. We will be tasked with getting to the helm, twanging the twingy thing in the helm (enabled by the tadpoles in our head) and then bam crash land in Faerun where they have shown all the videos from before.
Technically you can walk out of hell in dnd.
@@poiz921 if you weren't level one. Or if you are my next character, you stay for some drinks and make a few deals before leaving. Hell isn't an uncivilized place like the abyss after all.
@@majorfallacy5926 goddamn abyss with their chaotic shenanigans
That trailer was pretty damn sick. I'm even more hyped for this now, them dragons!
3:44 when the dragon's scream and the violon become one, got chills !
The music at 4.39 and on... so BG style! The game rocks already music wise. Wonderful what they are doing!
Do you know the name of the music? I've been looking for hours
One of the greatest cinematics I've ever seen.
So, in all this madness, they warped into Avernus and had enough time to yoink Karlach and implant a tadpole into her? Say what you will about them ghaiks, but their work ethics are top notch.
Me watching this video "Huh? what race is she?" "Oh, Mindflayers sweet" "Well this living ship thing is cool." "Dragon riders are cool." "Wait why would the riders give chase?" "WAIT IS THAT A GITHYAHNKI!!!????"
I recognize the race. They're the race that fought the mindflayers first and is why the mindflayer's numbers are so drastically low and went into hiding. They're called Gith or Githyanki. Hope we get to play as them X)
@@LoneKuroRaifu from game play video it seems that that character from the game are the ones that were on that particular ship
@@LoneKuroRaifu Yes, you can play as a Githyanki and one of the Origin characters(pre-made character) is a Githyanki named Lae'zel, the one shown in the cinematic and during gameplay.
the gith deserve more love
(Though I do hope that there will be an option to play as Githzerai)
Githyanki are chaotic or lawful evil afaik, so are red dragons and illithids. Don't know where to put this video..
So glad they took their time with this one
I am so excited for this!
Stoked for this one. Loved BG and IWD. Loved Divinity 2 as well.
Divinity 2? Or Divinity original sin 2?
When you press escape thinking it will pause the cinematic... Here we meet friends
This looks amazing!!!
You just know there are 2 or 3 really confused Silver Dragons watching nearby, having no idea what to do right there. "They are Reds...But they're helping people...But they are Reds...They're fighting a Mindflayer...So, what do we do?" "...No idea."
This trailer was INCREDIBLE
Yo give me the Bhaalspawn and the Nameless one fighting together in the blood war and I can cry happy geek tears.
Absolutely the coolest dragons I've ever seen in any movie, game or book. Badass
3:03 the legendary scream. Class
Not gonna lie, I didn’t even know there was a baldur 1 and 2 but I’m interested now
4:39 i hope this is the level of music we gonna get ingame
Same here the music sounds amazing
Happily it turns out 4:55 is one of the main motifs of the score.
i literally thought about this last week and today i'm watching the official trailer @.@ what a trip!
nice job, cant wait
Someone or some company needs to make a full length movie like this!!!
I agree
I must say watching this cinematic on an ultrawide monitor is a smashing experience.
Absolutely gorgeous.
This looking amazing 🙉🙊🙈👍