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Baldur's Gate 3

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Baldur’s Gate 3 is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons, where your choices shape a tale of fellowship and betrayal, survival and sacrifice, and the lure of absolute power. (Website)

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The co-creator of the Dragon Age franchise has commented on the reaction to one of Baldur’s Gate 3’s main female characters, saying fans “always treated male characters with more forgiveness”.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

They're probably not wrong, but... Lae'zel seems pretty popular from what I've seen? Now that we're out of Early Access and needling her is no longer the best amusement that can be wrung out of her.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Sadly this is continuously true, it is hard to write a female character that a mainstream audience will accept, because if they aren't competent enough they are annoying, but if they are too competent they are a Mary Sue.

Sadly we see this kind of shit happen in real life all the time, if Donald Trump is screaming at people it just proves what a real man he is, but if in the same debate Hillary Clinton is talking in a normal voice, people ask her why she's yelling.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm just confused how everyone has got so far, met so many people, and read so much backstory!

For a start my inventories are such a mess that I have no idea if any of it is important, I've never bothered to try out any other characters beside my main party because I don't want to move equipment around it's hard enough getting my main party members wearing the best thing they're carrying and I'm sure I'm missing out on things because they get lost in my inventory without being read or accidentally sold before I need them - having things lost in second characters inventories while they loiter in the camp would be super annoying.

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