Larian Studios has released a major patch for Baldur's Gate 3, introducing a huge number of innovations to the role-playing project, as evidenced by the size of the update - 30 GB. Finally, certain aspects related to story and side missions have been finalized, new difficulty levels have been added that can change BG3 beyond recognition, and new features and capabilities have been introduced.
Among the main changes it is worth noting:
- Appeared full epilogue. A new scene, taking place six months after the victory over the final opponents, “completes” the journey of the protagonist and his satellites on a rather pleasant sociable note, inviting fans of the project to enjoy new dialogues (more than 3 lines), a unique musical composition and an interesting cinematic video.
- Added Valor mode, which should introduce some complexity both during battles and outside of exciting battles. The main advantage of this innovation is the changes affecting fights with elite opponents and bosses: now they not only deal high damage, but also surprise with new abilities that are not available on other difficulty levels. Among other things, Valor blocks the ability to load saves that have already been made. Death of the protagonist - this is the end of the game. In order to “curb” the new mode, you will have to start a new game from time to time.
- Added custom difficulty mode, thanks to which you can create “your own” game. For gamers, a huge list of various parameters is presented - each is configured separately. Not happy with the current option karmic cubes? You can turn off the display of the number of points that must be rolled to successfully pass the test. Do battles with opponents seem too easy? In this case, you can remove the health bars from all enemies, and then defeating some will be met with a pleasant feeling of satisfaction.
- The following news will please those who like to have fun with images of companions: for most of them, including Shadowheart и Astarion, were added new outfits. In addition to the equipment, the Orin armor set has become available.
- Improved inventory management. Managing your companions' belongings has become easier - now you can rummage through the bags of even those companions who are not in the squad. You will no longer have to start “Long Rest” to recruit this or that hero in order to move a forgotten plot item or a certain set of equipment into your personal inventory.
Other innovations include additional improvements to BG3: bugs related to missions and some characters that have a direct impact on the plot have been eliminated, and performance has been improved (especially in the third act) on devices with a small amount of RAM and video memory.
The full list of innovations can be found at official website of the project. Below is a clip from a cutscene dedicated to the epilogue of Baldur's Gate 3.
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