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The streamers get to play the game only 3 days before we can...3 days...we have waited to 2 years for the game and people are pissed of because because Obsidian gave some streamers some keys prior the launch? They even got good reasons for that...I dont even understand what the fuss is about, does that count as first world problems? We even get the Day 1 Patch for our playthrough what the streamers dont have, thats means when we start the game it is just going to be even more awesome. Just go play some other game in the meantime and BOOM you can play PoE. Seriously, 72 hours is really not that long...

In the last link of Sonntam a guy asked about the embargo just 5 minutes ago: Q: "Embargoed or can we nag you for impressions?" A: "Embargoed." Q: "What's the embargo date?" A: "Monday for some stuff." So i think the first reviews will go online next week Mo/Tue?

The debate is about the price of the game. In my opinion it doesnt matter where the development money comes from. If from a publisher or from a funding project, the money flows either way into the development of the game. Isnt the difference that instead of the publisher getting most of the money from the sales and giving a new project to the developer, obsidian gets now the big chunk to fund their own next project? So the only question which remains is, if this game is worth the price. And tbh, it BG2 was a game with an equal price X years ago, the price is fine. I mean, obsidian wont buy a jet and fly to the hawaii with the money earned but will fund the next project (i hope at least). Why was the game cheaper for the backers? Well i see it as a reward for taking the risk. No one could have known how the project will turn out in the end and i could have just said "I let the other gamers take the risk and wait how the game looks in the end", well, thats okay but you then pay the full price. The lowest backer tier for getting the game is NOT the price of the actual game. Its a probably 60+ hour rpg so the price should be set accordingly. And the price is fine.

The monster book is just fantastic because it gives you the unmentioned task to complete it and get 100% knowledge of all creatures. I wonder if human or human-like creatures will be also in the manual like "bandit" "cultist" and such stuff. I also wonder about "boss monster" (if they even exist) get an entry in the book and if you can complete one entry if it is just a big monster which appears one time in the game, like a big dragon for example. Mabye you need one character in the group with a high enough skill for that. Very interesting stuff!

Hahaha Adam died. That looked like it was not part of the plan. But so much new stuff to see and process the beta will be amazing! Amazing!!

Well, there is just the questions what "romance" is for each player. I can understand the hate against the Bioware "romances" because awkward threesomes, orgies and basically characters which have an "screw me" attitude has nothing to do with romance in my opinion. But romance is NOT a dialogue tree which ends with screwing someone. So the argument that promancers are strange because they want to "bang the pixels" is really not appropriate. I could say the same to people who want to have a friendship dialouge tree. In my opinion some flirting which leads to nothing or just some tension between 2 characters is fine, maybe even for people who dont like romances. There could be even intellectual romance. Romance is just so much more than banging pixels. But because like 70% of Game romances are more disgusting, boring and strange I can understand that people dont want to see similar stuff. Its Obsidians choice to be sure its interesting and enjoyable.

I would like some puzzles in the style of what they did in the watchers keep in BG2:ToB. Specifically the puzzle with the ventilators and the fire, ice, poison, wind rooms. It was a puzzle and even included figthing. What do you think of this puzzle? I really like the riddles in BG-series, but the replay value of these is basically not present. It would be nice if there was a larger pool of riddles which would be used at random, this prevents save scumming to just guess the answer as well. I liked the labyrinth in the watchers keep with all the different room effects too, but I guess this doesnt count as a puzzle.

I'm just confused with this thread. I thought they implemented this forum so the community can interact with each other and the devs and can help to make the game really great. But besides the people who discuss the pro's and con's about having no romances in the game with valid arguments. I really don't get this war between the "promancer" (ehh...what?) and the...other guys(?). It really doesn't benefit the game and the work the devs are doing in any possible way...but congrats to the side which won... I think if Obs doesnt want romances in the game its their decision, because if they would force themselves to make them it would end in some crazy bioware stuff. I just really hope you can build some strong/interesting/clever bonds with your comrades.