Baldur's Gate 3 Date Night

Baldur's Gate 3 is a game I wouldn't let my boyfriend play without me turn-based action adventure and role-playing all scream date night to me L's dragons romance just add to the magic if this ends up being my gateway to finally learning Dungeons and Dragons then I'm not complaining I'm long overdue for a healthy dose of fantasy immersion and medieval role play so clear out my schedule because that's how we'll be spending our evening at Baldur's 8 for date night [Music] I've never played dungeon of dragons but thank God I've played Divinity finally sitting down to play ballage Gate 3 was kind of overwhelming but also very exciting most of my experience with Larry in studios is with divinity original sin 2 which the two of us have played to death so I had some high expectations while Escape 3 has plenty of similarities but also plenty of differences so it took a little bit of adjusting to get the hang of things oh my God that's why we're in turn-based mode what's basically tradition by now the first evening of playing was spent almost exclusively in character creation aka the boyfriend waiting game there are so many little details to comb through and go over that it was never going to be something that I could do just real quick there are races and sub races and classes and backgrounds my hair alone took me at least half an hour to settle something I like so he was in it for the long haul well now my character's done so I gotta wait for you it was all the more painful for him when we finally got through our characters and then the realization hit him that I'm gonna take just as long as I am my guardian too do I do purple to Green to match my eyes or do I just do purple or purple purple purple okay okay is it time to venture forth almost as with every strategy game we play he Frets over every single point spent skill learned and Equipment worn meanwhile I'm having to just experiment and try weird things till I find something that not only works but works well it fixes me to know you're so funny so while he is busy reading all the fine print tool tips I'm all running around to see what kind of trouble I can get into fire button there you go and you can like wear whatever but then you're still like it's just like armor visibility this is what I wear at Camp yeah and you can change that outfit just with whatever it's as well I look like a Shakespeare in the park half the time the two of us go running in opposite directions and we don't find our way back together until one of us stumbles into a fight usually the other person's job is to come and help Bill and out of trouble the only problem is we're still learning how to play so it's not exactly a walk in the park for me to roll up and bail him out when he's in a bind I don't even know taxed you yet so we probably try sticking together I don't know so that's the fight we're in let me come to you so I'm like sneaking Gail went this way how'd you get there did you like leave a bunch of [ __ ] happened I was in the blighted village because I was still talking baby until you rest you can tell time yeah I'll go feed him while you find me okay I'm a little too used to having strategies upon strategies to play with and admittedly it's a little awkward having to build new ones from scratch usually he's got it all figured out for the both of us and I'm in charge of role-playing so this is all around Uncharted Territory like what does he mean he doesn't know which weapons I should wear or skills I should use I guess he hasn't passively absorbed enough information I'll Think Twice the next time I get on him for scrolling through Reddit of the wiki before bed I thought we had a fight in our hands cool oh you okay there can you walk away from it oh what okay there are tons of new mechanics to learn and having zero experience with Dungeons and Dragons I felt like a deer in the headlights it's not that I avoided playing d d but rather I've just never had the opportunity to learn coming at the concept as a complete novice I was at a pretty big disadvantage even if my dad say otherwise you're going to jail I'm gonna try to not ironically pretty much the only familiar thing that stood out to me is DND was the dice rolls so I guess you could call me a green horn I have decks yeah I have decks look at this one default guide is plus one Jack of all trades plus three decks oh my God I only have to roll 10. I don't know plus 1d4 [Music] but I really just have to roll six and I roll a 20. look at this I had a critical system I wiggled away from his knife I don't know why but I had the hardest time rubbing my head around the dice mechanics as he put it it's basically face ability and a percentage chance of success I can't hold the different numbers it doesn't help matters that he speaks with the confidence of someone who always has luck on his side when the reality is that's almost never the case in pretty much every game you play I'm misfortunate and he's Mr misfortune I have to roll a 20. oh I was so close oftentimes in games he's the one to make his own luck and that tends to balance the two of us out although some could argue he's not even unlucky and it's just his willingness to take risks all right it's only a five that's not too bad [Laughter] oh no like a one in four chance of losing I'm sorry I need your help just died now I have to fight this guy because he is 71 health and I have one Health Nick he's level five good I didn't think I would roll less than a five well I just don't understand why we were even he clearly was trying to take over your mind yeah but I was playing the game tyranny I was trying to win them encounter what would you have rather done oh nice hit we just came over darn is so mad at me right now no I'm talking about the other role I don't know why you rolled yourself into danger usually we're rolling ourselves out of date that was like a process what what was I supposed to do Taryn backed out the first time there's no backing out that was a that was a scenario I was playing through they had an option that was just like ignore the presents or whatever because his mind went to someone else so you had it was a week so you could just not do that okay 10. I had the unique opportunity to do an INT roll and I won what what's the point of playing the game if we're not gonna experiment for what it's worth it seems like he can only ever win the dice rolls that don't matter but he's trying to get a borgonom item or show a kid a magic trick he gets all the big roles but when we're in danger of being eaten by hungry ogres all his luck decides to dry up I need to keep him away from gambling because the way he ricochets between failing and feeling Unstoppable is only gonna get us into more trouble I rolled a four Taryn I am just bad at rolling nice [Laughter] I don't even know if it's worth rolling again I mean I may as well right I roll a 20 Taryn I'm so good at rolling dice critical success not even just a success tent like a crit success in combat there are specific actions you can spend this is where I kept messing things up between main actions bonus actions and spells I was can tripping my way over my own two feet I'd always waste by action and then get annoyed because I'd have to wait another turn in order to do something what the hell oh no that's not what I was I don't know how to click out of spells right click no it does it anyway I don't know what to tell you then I don't have any you got this Goblin movement is a separate action which is nice and I actually have come to appreciate the system more now that I have a better understanding but man was I getting salty the first day we played and I kept whiffing hits so I should have a good shot at this guy missing me I died it did not go very well spell slots don't recover during or after a fight but instead need to be reigned by rusting it was kind of crazy because we've got these tadpoles on our head that will allegedly kill us in seven days but rest assured we've camped for the night a whole lot more times than seven that was like a surprisingly dicey encounter compared to last time last time we had Carlock who's just stand in the middle and just take everything pink everything yeah that's true do we need a short rest or a long rest um I only used like a little bit of my stuff I like a short rest is harder initially we were worried that rusting was racing us towards our Doom because that would be very on brand for larion but as it turns out we were afraid of the dark for nothing ironically our combat encounters improved tenfold after giving it a rest what the hell blew up a fire hold on I'm gonna die hold on I know it's funny hold on a second I was trying to loot the barrel and I accidentally hit it with my fire sword I just this was the normal cutscene right and then the entire background just exploded there are two types of rest short and long in order to camp and fully recover during a long rest you need to have enough food and supplies I've been known as Laura progress to a crawl by peeking into every box and Barrel we come across finally my excessive looting comes in handy for once for all the years he's made fun of me for hoarding buoyant tainted fish I'm finally getting some appreciation for all edible junk I pick up around the game he can tell Taryn was here already because everything's looted Camp is wore a lot of story stuff and character interaction happens you and Gail she's a little jealous I was talking to Gail the characters are so good and I really got to like them the more time you spent at Camp if through our own story beats because it feels more personal and there's fun things to share after each night I thought my star was pretty cool but I got really jealous when I looked over and saw him petting a talking cat with wings is that sex yeah I have my biases towards certain Companions and he has his own it's always funny to me when we split up and he finds his way back to me with a new face and acts like everything is normal they took you just the same as me that's why you ask first hold a knife to my neck later I was ready to decorate the ground with your innards something he somehow still hasn't picked up on after playing games with me is how to quick save often and frequently okay do I not look like Rapunzel right now you do look very elegant you never know when I'm gonna stumble into the wrong crowd or say the wrong thing and start a fight my lady is the sassiest looks look at her face right now she's like I love her but she like crosses her arms yes engaging with the complex combat mechanics are fun and all but I'd be lying if I said I didn't find it equally fun kicking enemies into chasms for the easy instant kill this is like the death fog barreled all over again but without the mess if you know you know he may gripe that we can't get the loot if I kill him that way but at least he doesn't have to play on that in this one to avoid getting caught in the girlfriend Crossfire besides even the most Min Maxi player has to crack a smile watching me boot monsters twice our level off the edge of a cliff with what you just used okay I'm gonna do the same [ __ ] here watch so I'll kill this one and then this little one I'm just gonna be later oh my God that was so dicey so dicey after thinking a week into this game I can tell we've barely scratched the surface I can already tell this won't be our only play through and that's fine by me because I'm having a great time I might not fully know what's going on but I'm sure I'll figure it out somewhere next year to hours [Music] la la la

Channel: Boy Meets Girl

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Keywords: boy meets girl date night, made my girlfriend play date night, boy meets girl made my girlfriend play

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Length: 13min 40sec (820 seconds)

Published: Sun Aug 20 2023