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Baldur's Gate 3 on PS5 is effectively the PC version at ultra settings

Digital Foundry : Baldur's Gate 3 is one of the most highly acclaimed games of the year, marrying the best of video games with the complexity and nuance of a Dungeons and Dragons campaign. It's unashamedly a PC-centric title, with a dense interface and controls best suited for a computer keyboard so it's not totally clear how well the game will fare on PS5. Adding to potential controller quirks, the PC build has rather problematic performance in a handful of areas later in the game, which threaten to disrupt the PS5 and its relatively meagre CPU.

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S2Killinit265d ago (Edited 265d ago )

Digital Foundary is trying to mitigate the bad PR xbox got with this game by taking shots at PS5. I dont think they would have spoke about xbox in the same terms they are using for PS5. Even though they havent even been able to run the game on xbox yet. DF has become an xbox mouthpiece.

LightofDarkness265d ago

You know this console war crap only exists in the minds of fanboys, right? No one who works in the industry, outside of marketing creeps, gives a flying eff. Grow up.

S2Killinit265d ago

You think the “console war crap” is only in the minds of fanboys? I assure you its also in the minds of executives. Large sums of money is exchanged in PR and marketing. Your statement is objectively wrong and naive. Maybe think a little deeper and you wont tell people to grow up.

Tres21265d ago

Yea I think what he’s saying is a bit different. They get paid to say this and that and talk up or put down a system they’re like politicians moving along an agenda. Fanboys don’t they attack each other for spite and a lot of times due to the talking points and agenda they hear.

S2Killinit265d ago

@Tres
Very true. But he was implying that I’m a fanboy for stating an observation about DF’s double standard and use of targeted words against PS5, and saying I need to “grow up.”

GamerRN264d ago

Leave Digital Foundry alone. They are definitely unbiased. They even prefer PlayStation in some aspects.

As for Xbox, BG3 is coming... So I expect it to perform equally or better.

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Levii_92265d ago

Until you get to Act 3 and the game starts dropping to 20fps. Hopefully Larian Studios will patch that area up on ps5 and on PC soon.

S2Killinit265d ago

Isn’t that universal across PC/PS5?

Levii_92265d ago

Yes pretty much, it’s bad on both in that particular CPU heavy area.

S2Killinit265d ago

Yeah I heard about that. I’m excited to try this game though. I’ve only heard good things. Besides the issue mentioned)

Levii_92265d ago

Oh definitely try it, you will lose yourself in this game it's so fantastic and intricate, take it from me a guy that doesn't play these types of games like XCOM or whatever so when i heard about the the hype and the critical acclaim surrounding this game i checked out the gameplay and seen that it's point and click turn based and i said ''oh no, it's THAT type of game, nope.. not for me'' but then one day i decided to try it out on a whim and immediately as i started to move my character i noticed that this game is kinda special and it only got better from there.
Also i made a very hot looking barbarian blonde girl character so that too helped a bit in the beginning.

dumahim265d ago

If the PS5 CPU is roughly equal to 12700k (that's what the first google result says anyway), my 9600k rarely gets into the 20s.

Cernunnos265d ago

I ran it locked to 120fps all the way through on my PC at least.

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Duke19265d ago

20 FPS isn't really playable, even for a game like this. Needs some optimization on the CPU side of things

shinoff2183265d ago

Tell xcom 2 that, and it's still one of last gens best games.

Duke19265d ago

Completely disagree. And giving 20 fps a pass because a game from 2016 also had framerate issues doesn't really help.

Number1TailzFan265d ago

They literally said it's a CPU limitation, an update might help a bit but only so much if it's so demanding on the CPU. Either play it as it is or play on PC is the only option at the moment.

Levii_92265d ago

Dude it’s the same thing on PC, i’ve seen posts of people with 4090 graphic cards complaining that it’s choppy as hell and the framerate drops hard.

anast265d ago

Why spend the extra $1000 to have the exact same problem?

dumahim265d ago

When it's that bad, you're really only ever walking through heavily populated town area. It isn't great, but it's tolerable.

Binarycode265d ago

Another shite engine, Not worse then starfields. But bad enough. There's nothing going on that should even affect the CPU that much. More likely legacy engines running old code on modern cpu's/gpu's.

Makes no sense.

shinoff2183265d ago

I really hope they reconsider the digital only. I'd like to buy this sooner then later

Miraak82 265d ago

I concur, anything over 50Gb I'd rather have a physical copy, When I have to delete an installed game with that much memory I usually never want to redownload it again especially when games reach over 100gb .

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Baldur's Gate 3's Side Quest Design is its Secret Weapon

With a game like Baldur's Gate 3, a number of factors make it successful—but perhaps none are as powerful as its side quest design.

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Popsicle3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Article makes a great point and I agree with it but is spoiler heavy. It should be marked. If you haven’t played through the game be warned as it even spoils parts of act 3.

Dirty_Lemons3d ago

Thanks for this dude, I am very interested in playing when I have time and am trying to avoid spoilers.

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Baldur's Gate 3 PS5 Physical Deluxe Editions Delayed Due to Production Issues

While we were so hoping to not have to update owners of the console physical Deluxe Edition with any further news of delay, we’ve now run into more production issues which means that players who pre-ordered their PS5 North America copy that was expected to ship later this month, will now have to wait until July before they can get their hands on them.

shinoff21835d ago

Got that email like 2 weeks ago. Tbh I'm not tripping. I understand sht happens. I'm just glad they changed their minds on the physical release

Popsicle5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

I with you. I got the email is well. Happy to eventually own a physical copy and glad it’s not digital only.

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Nothing Can Scratch A New Gamer’s Itch For Another Baldur’s Gate 3

Baldur's Gate 3 is so good it might actually be a bad place to start with RPGs.

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Armaggedon5d ago

Baldurs Gate 3 was great, but I dont think it is as crazy as people make it out to be. I actually think Starfield is closer to being a crazy insane once in a lifetime game, but Im ready for the flak Im about to get.

AndrewM4d ago

If you think that then you either A never played Bg3 or B never watched anyone else play it, or C you don't know anything about the game, or D you played it and have no idea of the marvel it is in every single aspect of game design. It doesn't matter what game you compare it to, it doesn't hold a candle. Let alone starfield.

Armaggedon4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

A. Ive played it thrice
B. Played with others, so there are moments of watching
C. Know more than I would care to about the game
D.
Thats quite bold, seeing as there are an inumerable amount of games for it to contend with. I also know plenty of people with their own gripes with the game.

As someone that creates things, and has actively sought to gather intel and understanding, I would say Baldurs Gates very nature makes it so it would have a hard time sitting upon the lofty throne you have given it. Similar to a Bethesda game, it is a game with a very large number of permutations and variables to consider, despite being smaller in scale by direct comparison.

Exemplary mastery of design philosophy is more certain to appear in a game that is for confined. One of the reasons I see Starfield the way I do is simply Bethesedas approach of breaking the rules. Anyone should hopefully know that you just dont try to fit a Bethesda game into a space game, but they found a way to pull it off. Do to the nature of large scale open world games, whether it is efficient or not depends on the angle one is looking at.

Many people would tell me immediately that loading screens and empty planets prove that they failed to pull it off. If you play Starfield like a conventional game yes

Armaggedon4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Part 2:
Many people would tell me immediately that loading screens and empty planets prove that they failed to pull it off. If you play Starfield like a conventional game yes, it will seem disjointed and lazy; however, to those who realize what Bethesda were going for, you will see that the game is severely underestimated. The idea of God is hated and loved by many, and there is much controversy. Starfield is closer to that idea than people even notice.