likewise, I find you dull as dish water


but, hey, that's just me being positive

Want to fill my basin... or just going to be an ass?

Mindflayer apocalypse...wut? Larian devs have watched too many zombie apocalypse movies it seems. :-p I'll reserve judgement until release as Larian does have good track record in making cRPG's.

I think Underdark invasion of the surface is more probable.

They always plotted something like this, Mindflayers don´t do anything else, just dream about world domination :D
Enemy created specifically so you wouldn´t feel remorse when killing them.
Plus, they´re dangerous, so they are foes worthy of your attention.

sometimes they go crazy tho and you get edge cases like Lawful Good Mindflayers or Alhoons or Neothelids or that whole sect of Mindflayers that became Lawful Neutral merchants.

in the Gamespot interview, Swen mentioned Nautiloids and glossed over Phlogiston, so it might actually be an invasion from outer space. maybe. idk. guess we'll see?

From what you mentioned, Incubation might be borderline for you. On the other hand, it comes dirty cheap, especially on sale, and it might be worth trying.

It is a solid turn-based game, if you can bear the aged 3D graphics.

There are two main viewing options:

1. Birds eye. Serviceable.
2. Slanted view, similar to Gorky 17. With the cursor arrows you can turn it 90º each time. No wobbling nor turning, it changes fast and directly and there are only 4 fixed positions.

Caveats:

1. Cutscenes are in 3D, but it is like a movie. So...
2. Whenever there is an attack, the viewpoint changes for about 2-3 seconds to show the attack up and close, yours or from the enemy.
3. You move the viewpoint grabbing with the left mouse button (maybe you can do it with keys as well. I really do not remember that now.

Still have the original disk. The version in GOG works fine. A point of advice: you do need to check the manual, especially for the weapons and their skill requirements. The player needs to think carefully about what weapons wants to be handled by the end of the game, and then think about developing each squad member accordingly. That while thinking about what weapons might be used in the meanwhile.

The player starts with just 3 squaddies. More join, eventually.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maijYOOO-pE

new gameplay announcement video.

Confirmed to be released as an InDev title on 30.09.:
https://twitter.com/GOGcom/status/1304426739414765569

Thank you for sharing! That's fantastic news! :) I'll consider buying the Early Access then.

Usually you can play these 3D games from a fixed perspective. It's not because you can zoom and rotate that you HAVE to do that all the time.

I am relatively sensitive to motion sickness and it's never bothered me. I've actually never heard of motion sickness + third person perspective. The only thing that makes me queasy is some FPP games with a low FOV.

I don't think it's related to my motion sickness, but I easily lose my sense of direction if there's no decent map and/or minimap. It's especially bad in FPP games! Sure, no map is more immersive - but in a bad way! (for me, immersion is about content, not interface or perspective)

OT: I'm looking forward to playing this game - but I'll probably just wait until the game (&DLC) is completely finished.

Luckily, I managed to finish BG1: SoD last month (BG2 many years agi), so I am ready :)

September 30th can't come soon enough!!!

"...Baldur’s Gate III is based off current D&D mechanics..."

That's too bad. Oh, well.

Pls add "UPDATE" to the title if you update a news article.
e.g. UPDATE - GOG.COM 10th Anniversary celebrations are underway
<3


Also: F yeah.