Baldur's Gate 3 Deluxe, Collector's Editions Let You Play 72 Hours Early on PS5

I’m getting this psychical disc only on PS5, day 1.

Been waiting a long time for this one. Beat DOS 1 and 2 with my bro, best co-op RPGs ever. Now next gen graphics and performance with a D&D setting? This is going to be amazing.

I played over 100 hours on pc and have to say it's goty worthy. Larian studios was the best choice for the future of baldurs gate. Cant wait to play the next chapters

Sorry, but a digital copy of a game in a £225+ edition of the game is unacceptable.

Though, at least it includes a copy of the game 🫤

I've never played Baldurs Gate, is it a hack and slash?
I've wanted a game like Hunter The Reckoning or Champions: Return To Arms (come on SONY, make a remake or remaster) but I've not found anything that gets close to those.

It's nice that we're getting close to release at last. Though this isn't for me since I've already been playing it for ages since I bought early access quite a while ago.

@NinjaNicky No, not at all. They're tactical, very in-depth RPGs based on Dungeons and Dragons. This one is turn-based whereas the previous two were real-time with pause - so imagine playing an RTS like StarCraft, with 6 characters rather than an army, and being able to pause it and issue orders.

That said, on the PS2 there were two spin-offs that were aimed at a more console audience that played like Diablo.

@Bentleyma I know you're joking, but actually yeah, the early access on PC has been available for a few years now - or at least it feels like a few years.

@Matroska thanks for the info. Sounds like I'm better off getting the latest Diablo. Never been a fan of turn based games.

@NinjaNicky There are games that are very similar to Diablo like Grim Dawn, Path of Exile and Titan Quest, but I think they're only on PC. Torchlight 1, 2 and 3, as well, but tonally the series is very cartoony and light-hearted, so not like Diablo in that way. They were made by people that worked in Diablo 2, though, if I remember correctly.

I have Titan Quest on PC and didn't like the combat. You just click the enemy and he attacks rather than button bash which I prefer. It is on other consoles (I was tempted by the Switch version) but the controls are apparently really janky. I hope someone makes a new Gauntlet game. Gauntlet legends, loaded and re-loaded, hunter and champions: return to arms are classics and I've not played anything close to them

I do enjoy a release spread sheet these companies put out.

I've managed to order a Collector's Edition for the PS5 just now, to go with the one that I ordered for the PC when that was first available to pre-order. I know it's expensive, but I have a display case in which they will look stunning. I downloaded the Early Access game on the day it released (which took forever!), but never fully finished it as Larian kept adding to it, and so I decided to await the finished product. So Larian have done well out of me, one EA game and two Collector's Editions of Baldur's Gate 3, to go with two copies of both Divinity 1 & 2 (one of each for the PC, and one for Xbox). Their games, and their Collector's Editions, are so very good. Divinity 2 is probably my favourite game of all time. So excited for the release of Baldur's Gate 3...

@NinjaNicky Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 1 & 2 are PS2 remasters on the PS4 so you might find they're more your cup of tea. Bit expensive at about £30 each but the first one occasionally appears in the store sale.

I think a lot of people would like to see Gauntlet: Dark Legacy remastered. You could always play Gauntlet: Legends on the PS1 (if you have a 1, 2 or 3 knocking around) but the graphics look terrible on an HD screen never mind 4K. Alternatively if you have a Wii knocking around (probably being used as a doorstop) then that will play the Gamecube version of Gauntlet Dark Legacy.

@NinjaNicky the ps2 re-releases are hack and slash games (dark alliance 1 and 2), this is more of your pc style, top down, strategy type rpg with either real time and pause, or turn taking. More like the original dragon age game, than DA inquisition, if you will.

@NinjaNicky the champions games were fantastic, and I've also eagerly awaited a more modern conpetitor- hoping diablo 4 will fill that gap!

So after release we can expect the usual hard crashes, patches and too-small-to-read text.

Again i wont ever be buying a physical CE with a digital copy of the game. It's the first time with a firstparty title like GOW that i just waited to even buy the game. Especially with the crappy trick of selling a steelcase with no no game in it.

An incentive to pre order a game and break the golden rule? I'm good, thanks.

I'd probably have convinced myself to buy this if it came with a physical copy. Well stingy of them not to include one when they are asking for that much money.