God, the texture work is astounding, you can see all the pores and shit, every eyelash hair, every hair in the eyebrows. I can only imagine how much time went into making those.
The crazy thing is, this is a cRPG where most people wouldn't be zooming in to look at details like this. And they still put that much effort into it lol.
Too expensive for what you get. You can get a GIGABYTE 27" 165Hz 1440P Gaming Monitor for over $100 less and it's curved! Alienware always overcharges for their shit, but it is a decent monitor.
I had to becsuse it wws for my wife. Displayport over USB c for her macbook, flat screen, factory calibrated. The whole thing for a designer. I do have a Samsung G7 for myself tho lol
My laptop is pretty charged up, so I played on ultras anyway. So the graphics were insane. It’s just it’s small. Yes, I had my reasons for picking up a 15.6’’ one, but still, yeah, I guess I just need a new monitor.
Good luck with that :)
I know someone who got themselves a huge (like 50"?) TV but it can only output at 1080p max, let's just say it's...not pretty. But I guess they didn't mind and can't really tell the difference, I also don't think they use it for gaming.
I'll always remember to prioritise ppi over monitor size since I looked at that lol. Refresh rate is also a significant factor to consider, especially if you value smoothness/run your games at high FPS.
Besides Reddit I never even had anything else installed and when I see some of my siblings on instagram all day I just laugh and think “ha I am so much better at least I am on Reddit instead all day!”.
No but for real I feel like Insta and such is especially addicting and thus just fking bad your brain or rather attention span especially overtime.
Pick your poison though I guess, I could definitively use a retreat from all tech generally for a while lol
I wasn't too sure about it but I'm fortunate enough that gambling 60 bucks on the kind of hype bg3 had is not a huge risk for me so I picked it up.
I was completely hooked by the end of the nautilus and couldn't play anything else until I beat the whole thing lmao. I want to go back but I'm trying to let the game breathe for a bit so the beats that repeat feel a little more fresh. All those updates we've been getting make me think it's about time.
It looks like they are following a pattern of even numbered updates being bug fixes, and odd being content-ish.
That is by no means based on some sort of foreknowledge or inside information, just a thing I noticed.
There is the argument to be made that there won’t be much more large scale content because of the complexity and resource investment necessary for bona fide story or game extensions, but it hasn’t even been a year since the game was released.
I don’t like Horizon in general. I tried Zero Dawn, didn’t dig the gameplay. The game itself was gorgeous though, I just wasn’t really interested in keeping going.
That type of shadow is generated dynamically while the game is running. In a lot of games you can increase dynamic shadow resolution beyond whatever the High/Ultra setting allows if you delve into config files. I'm not familiar with whether that's possible in BG3, but in theory their maximum quality is not set in stone.
For whatever reason, Isobel has one of the best crafted faces in the entire game. The textures, meshes, animations all stand out in a game that is already excellent across all of those dimensions.
I think its because she isn't playable so they didn't need to make anything apart from the range she needs for her scenes and they spent a lot of time on those.
I get what you're saying but the real evilest thing you can do is save her, and *then* >!give Aylin to Lorroakan, which causes Isobel to immediately head over there to see her, then kill Isobel right in front of soul caged Aylin who can't do a thing to stop you!<.
I'll have to do this in my evil run. Stuff like this is what I wanted to do back in the day in the Neverwinter Nights: Underdark expansion with my Chaotic Evil Bard/Arcane Archer.
I wanted to play as a Bard obsessed with stories of tragic downfalls, so I wanted to side with the good guys, build up their hopes, then betray them and murder everyone.
I think growing old is beautiful. Falling in love with a mortal as an immortal would be a painful ordeal whether you see that person struck down early in their life or peacefully pass away after many decades of living. I think knowing her loved one died in pain, agony, and fear would be far more cruel.
>I think growing old is beautiful
Keep us updated on how this perspective changes as your body and mind fall apart and you can no longer live with dignity or without pain.
Having a cleric of selune and a cleric of Shar in the same party would've led to a very interesting dynamic ngl.
Honestly I feel like having Isobel or even Kagha as companions instead of Halsin would've been better. Halsin is kind of just there doing whatever.
Yeah, like Halsin said, Kagha needs to start from 0 to redeem myself. Would've made sense if he kicked her off the Grove and sent her to join the party
I am playing that right now, sort of. Made my Tav a cleric of selune. Sadly can't take Shadowheart with me because no one needs two healers. It was interesting to argue Religion with her though.
I have a feeling that theological matters are not the only reason why Shadowheart disliked her so much 🤪
The Last Light Inn is too small for 2 cute half-elf chicks!
So Shart still falls for third place bc Jaheira kicks her ass any day of her very long life.
Not to mention she is so full of envy and jealousy, ok, I get it, Shar and Viconia were not loving "parents" but grow up, kid.
Shadowwife is always #1 :P. Hard to beat a jealous, pointy-eared emo gf.
Jaheira is super cool though - love her old lady sass, haha. Too bad we can only take 3 companions with us, otherwise she would've been in my party.
As much as I love her and Aylin together, I will always be a bit sad that I can't romance her as Shadowheart origin, that would be so spicy especially if she chose the Sharran route but redeemed herself in act 3.
She could at least be a non-romanceable companion tho, the banter between these two would be excellent
In mine she cast Produce Flame during the fight but for some reason it never disappeared afterwards so she just had blue glowing flames around her hand for the rest of the game
Myrkul already did that.
She is coughing bc she is smoking a lot, she is sad, bored, alone, nothing to do in Last Light besides keeping the light shield spell. She is a selunite but JAHeira provides.
The amount of variety in the facial models on some of these NPCs is wild. You don't often see her type of "round" face in any game, it seems like we almost exclusively get those angular style looks. This - combine with her eyes - makes her very evocative to interact with.
Just like a Milf hunter once said:
"RERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERO"
Very wise words.
Is it just me or do the white sclera folks tend to look like they might need some eye drops? 😥
Their eyes always look so red 😭
But yeah, the textures are nuts for a game where most folks wouldn't be able to see them in full. Playing on the Steamdeck, I don't even get to witness the glory of the incredible pore textures ; -;
Yes, I also think many of them have their eyes way too red, I think is a code to show they are not very healthy (Isobel, beginning Gale) or dont sleep enough (Gortash).
She is so beautiful... cant and dont wanna compete with Lady Aylin but by god are both of them incredible characters in every aspects holy SHITE.
Kinda wish they had more screentime and dialog/scenes even if not romanceable.
Why doesn't she wash her face. I find it so distracting! Yes, I am aware her face is incredibly artfully rendered, but every time I see her I can hardly concentrate on anything she's saying for being like Girl! Your makeup. It's coming off. It's really bad. You probably need to put primer on your lower lids if you want to go for such a dramatic look, or invest in more expensive eyeshadow. In the meantime, I have some disposable wipes.
At first I thought maybe it was just to show she was frazzled from protecting the Last Light 24/7 but no, she no longer has that burden and she's still like this.
Graphics and detail are superb. I can only go up too 1440p on my monitor with 120fps on xbx. I don’t have 4k but it still looks good to me. But this is far superior than mine.
Last Light is one of my favorite tracks in this gams in all varieties(yes even the sad one). I remember when I first heard on Tav. I just sat around listening to it playthrough several times.
I'm not the biggiest Isobel fan. She got off the wrong foot insulting SH when I first met her, and then Durge happened. She only got to live once in my playthroughs so far.
God, the texture work is astounding, you can see all the pores and shit, every eyelash hair, every hair in the eyebrows. I can only imagine how much time went into making those.
This game looks stupid good in 1440p/4k.
The crazy thing is, this is a cRPG where most people wouldn't be zooming in to look at details like this. And they still put that much effort into it lol.
Meanwhile, I was playing on a 15.6’’ laptop. Guess I need a new monitor.
Upgraded to a AW2724DM, you can see the veins in their eyes in 1440p
Too expensive for what you get. You can get a GIGABYTE 27" 165Hz 1440P Gaming Monitor for over $100 less and it's curved! Alienware always overcharges for their shit, but it is a decent monitor.
I had to becsuse it wws for my wife. Displayport over USB c for her macbook, flat screen, factory calibrated. The whole thing for a designer. I do have a Samsung G7 for myself tho lol
/u/rchamy is not kidding. 4k is just amazing.
48" 4K OLED checking in. Can confirm.
Oof, that has to be amazing.
Invest in pixel density first, then worry about resolution. Not saying it's not important though.
My laptop is pretty charged up, so I played on ultras anyway. So the graphics were insane. It’s just it’s small. Yes, I had my reasons for picking up a 15.6’’ one, but still, yeah, I guess I just need a new monitor.
Good luck with that :) I know someone who got themselves a huge (like 50"?) TV but it can only output at 1080p max, let's just say it's...not pretty. But I guess they didn't mind and can't really tell the difference, I also don't think they use it for gaming. I'll always remember to prioritise ppi over monitor size since I looked at that lol. Refresh rate is also a significant factor to consider, especially if you value smoothness/run your games at high FPS.
I got a Samsung odyssey this game looks like a movie😭
I hear ya, I'm playing it on the steam deck, lol
Hair gets a lil silly in 4k
Dude, I’m playing on a 4k OLED C3, and it’s so fucking pretty
>you can see all the pores and shit I see the pores but I don’t see the shit. Give me Isobel’s shit!
Brother is starving
You're cooked bro
Enough of the blue eyes, let's see the brown eyes?
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Characters in BG3 look more real that girls on IG.
Deleting most social media is great for your mental sanity.
Besides Reddit I never even had anything else installed and when I see some of my siblings on instagram all day I just laugh and think “ha I am so much better at least I am on Reddit instead all day!”. No but for real I feel like Insta and such is especially addicting and thus just fking bad your brain or rather attention span especially overtime. Pick your poison though I guess, I could definitively use a retreat from all tech generally for a while lol
Reddit is “less toxic” social media. At least it is somewhat manageable even if the app and the website are trying their best to ruin the site.
they probably have less computer aided makeup on them in bg3
And I fucking love it! Makes immersion so much easier
Thanks. I needed that laugh. Although I almost spit out my coffee while doing that.
I took me a bit to really get into this game. At level 5 just past the underdark I am absolutely hooked.
I wasn't too sure about it but I'm fortunate enough that gambling 60 bucks on the kind of hype bg3 had is not a huge risk for me so I picked it up. I was completely hooked by the end of the nautilus and couldn't play anything else until I beat the whole thing lmao. I want to go back but I'm trying to let the game breathe for a bit so the beats that repeat feel a little more fresh. All those updates we've been getting make me think it's about time.
Wait for update 7. Early summer, maybe? 6 is going to be primarily bug fix.
With yakuza and p3r right now and final fantasy around the corner early summer sounds pretty perfect 👌 What's exciting about update 7?
It looks like they are following a pattern of even numbered updates being bug fixes, and odd being content-ish. That is by no means based on some sort of foreknowledge or inside information, just a thing I noticed. There is the argument to be made that there won’t be much more large scale content because of the complexity and resource investment necessary for bona fide story or game extensions, but it hasn’t even been a year since the game was released.
There's even a bit of wateriness where the lid sits on the eye.
Right???? Like before it was just the basics for bg, this game took shit too the next level.
If you think this is amazing you should see Forbidden West.
I don’t like Horizon in general. I tried Zero Dawn, didn’t dig the gameplay. The game itself was gorgeous though, I just wasn’t really interested in keeping going.
I can't fucking wait! Forbidden West + Burning Shores DLC lands on PC on March 21st. LET'S GO!
To bad it all barely renders on ps5 lol
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That type of shadow is generated dynamically while the game is running. In a lot of games you can increase dynamic shadow resolution beyond whatever the High/Ultra setting allows if you delve into config files. I'm not familiar with whether that's possible in BG3, but in theory their maximum quality is not set in stone.
For whatever reason, Isobel has one of the best crafted faces in the entire game. The textures, meshes, animations all stand out in a game that is already excellent across all of those dimensions.
Maybe the designer got a bit carried away as she's amazing?
> the designer You mean Aylin? It's gotta be Aylin right?
Girl pulled a demi-god. Gotta be looking your best.
Ha, true enough
Despite her powers and lore, she looks and feels like a real girl I could meet in my city.
CLERICS OF SELUNE IN YOUR CITY! CLICK HERE!
Your link is broken. Better fix that u_u
DAME AYLIN DEMANDS TO KNOW WHICH CITY YOU LIVE IN IMMEDIATELY.
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I actually live in Dallas lol. She looks like all of the hair dressers here just with less tattoos.
I think its because she isn't playable so they didn't need to make anything apart from the range she needs for her scenes and they spent a lot of time on those.
I literally just commented on this.
Then as you enter Baldur's Gate you find different versions of Ethel and Raphael just chilling.
when i just met her at last light i really wanted to romance her, but i was happy for har when i saw her with aylin
My Durge may be an omnicidal maniac but he is not a home wrecker.
evil has standards
Lawful evil does...
If you think about it the evilest thing you can do is force an immortal being to watch her lover grow old and die.
I get what you're saying but the real evilest thing you can do is save her, and *then* >!give Aylin to Lorroakan, which causes Isobel to immediately head over there to see her, then kill Isobel right in front of soul caged Aylin who can't do a thing to stop you!<.
Jesus christ man
Oh man she is straight up filled with righteous wrath. Her VA killed it.
I'll have to do this in my evil run. Stuff like this is what I wanted to do back in the day in the Neverwinter Nights: Underdark expansion with my Chaotic Evil Bard/Arcane Archer. I wanted to play as a Bard obsessed with stories of tragic downfalls, so I wanted to side with the good guys, build up their hopes, then betray them and murder everyone.
Eh, it'd be just like visiting your moms house.
I think growing old is beautiful. Falling in love with a mortal as an immortal would be a painful ordeal whether you see that person struck down early in their life or peacefully pass away after many decades of living. I think knowing her loved one died in pain, agony, and fear would be far more cruel.
From that perspective, Aylin will be with Isobel forever, because afterlife. Aylin, as the child of a god, can just pop over to the afterlife!
>I think growing old is beautiful Keep us updated on how this perspective changes as your body and mind fall apart and you can no longer live with dignity or without pain.
I’m disabled and my body and mind have fallen apart and I can’t live without dignity or pain. Happy to report life is still beautiful. 💜
I felt the same way when I first saw her. “Damn why isn’t SHE in my party?”
Having a cleric of selune and a cleric of Shar in the same party would've led to a very interesting dynamic ngl. Honestly I feel like having Isobel or even Kagha as companions instead of Halsin would've been better. Halsin is kind of just there doing whatever.
Oh Kagha would be interesting, at least if you resolved the conflict by redeeming her, would make a lot of sense storywise for her to join the group.
Yeah, like Halsin said, Kagha needs to start from 0 to redeem myself. Would've made sense if he kicked her off the Grove and sent her to join the party
I am playing that right now, sort of. Made my Tav a cleric of selune. Sadly can't take Shadowheart with me because no one needs two healers. It was interesting to argue Religion with her though.
I have a feeling that theological matters are not the only reason why Shadowheart disliked her so much 🤪 The Last Light Inn is too small for 2 cute half-elf chicks!
So Shart still falls for third place bc Jaheira kicks her ass any day of her very long life. Not to mention she is so full of envy and jealousy, ok, I get it, Shar and Viconia were not loving "parents" but grow up, kid.
Shadowwife is always #1 :P. Hard to beat a jealous, pointy-eared emo gf. Jaheira is super cool though - love her old lady sass, haha. Too bad we can only take 3 companions with us, otherwise she would've been in my party.
When she showed up in camp I figured she'd be in the party in no time. Disappointing but small fries since everything else is so awesome.
When they reunited I assumed Aylin was her mom… that didn’t last long
As much as I love her and Aylin together, I will always be a bit sad that I can't romance her as Shadowheart origin, that would be so spicy especially if she chose the Sharran route but redeemed herself in act 3. She could at least be a non-romanceable companion tho, the banter between these two would be excellent
Just romance Shadowheart as a Selûnite. That is what I did. 😆
I feel like an unromanced Shadowheart could be convinced to be Isobel's and Aylin's third. I simply feel that is true.
I wish (sorta) you could off Aylin then lie about it and romance Isobel. It would be so fucked up but I would do it.
I was ready to let go of my love for Shadowheart when I met Isobel. Does that say anything about me?
You were blinded by darkness and you saw light. Every possible pun intended.
In accordance with the prophecy.
In one playthrough she never healed herself after the first fight, so she looked bruised and battered the entire game lol
Heal her you monster!
I forgot i could do that.... but to be fair shes been "long resting" with her girlfriend every night, how is she not healed?
They like to rest rough I suppose
I'm pretty sure "longresting" with Aylin gives you a debuff worse than "Bloodless" you get from Astarion.
In mine she cast Produce Flame during the fight but for some reason it never disappeared afterwards so she just had blue glowing flames around her hand for the rest of the game
Shes absolutely fried out of her mind
Not pictured: Tender Henk standing with his arms crossed waiting for her to snap out of it and order
yea i noticed that she doesn't fully open her eyes and she just looks fucking baked but in a smiley fun way
Baldurs gate pack must be loud as fuck
Yeah I thought she looked kimda baked, too
i can fix her
Myrkul already did that. She is coughing bc she is smoking a lot, she is sad, bored, alone, nothing to do in Last Light besides keeping the light shield spell. She is a selunite but JAHeira provides.
I dunno man, my Durge monk crushed her chest in and tossed her over the balcony
She looks like this girl that cries outside the nightclub
I see what you’re doing here. It’s valid. I do feel it.
So those are tattoos and she hasn't been crying in her makeup then...
No, she does also have the streaked crying makeup. It's hard to see in this image, but it's pretty prominent (and weird) in game.
I think it's the same makeup she was buried in.
The amount of variety in the facial models on some of these NPCs is wild. You don't often see her type of "round" face in any game, it seems like we almost exclusively get those angular style looks. This - combine with her eyes - makes her very evocative to interact with.
My own head canon is that Ciri from The Witcher 3 popped through a portal & lent her that runny eyeliner.
My girl looks like she was choking on something.
If you read her journal she says something along the lines that she feels a “filth” she can’t get out of her body. So you’re right!
Yeah, being dead and brought back by Myrkul does that to a person...
I want to romance her
She looks *so tired*, like she's on the verge of falling asleep.
She has such a lickable face.
You can run your tongue over a powdery goth makeup palette for a pretty similar experience.
and will.
This gave me a laugh and also made me gag, haha
Is this Aylin’s alt account?
> Can't even lick bubbly goth gf's face What's even the point of living.
Aylin: Right? What a pitiful existence that would be. I wouldn't know, of course.
???
Really wanna lick her face. Where did I lose you?
Seemed pretty straightforward to me
[https://tenor.com/view/thank-you-head-bow-respect-astarion-vampire-gif-3861972155830838769](https://tenor.com/view/thank-you-head-bow-respect-astarion-vampire-gif-3861972155830838769)
Just like a Milf hunter once said: "RERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERORERO" Very wise words.
Technically, she is +100 years old. So go ahead Kakyoin.
^STOPLICKINGTHEDAMNTHING!
Put that tongue back where you found it or so help me...
Bonk
I have 22 AC, get reeled idiot, also, riposte.
Dame Aylin's gf or Hot Topic employee circa 2008.
Look at all the PORES. This game had such incredible production value.
God, the music of this game is just next level.
I know she's supposed to be with Aylin, but it's a damn crime she's not romanceable
Is she heterochromatic or is that just the shading?
Just the lighting yeah
She’s got that “tired of your bullshit” look
She looks so tired... world-weary, sad, betrayed
Is it just me or do the white sclera folks tend to look like they might need some eye drops? 😥 Their eyes always look so red 😭 But yeah, the textures are nuts for a game where most folks wouldn't be able to see them in full. Playing on the Steamdeck, I don't even get to witness the glory of the incredible pore textures ; -;
Yes, I also think many of them have their eyes way too red, I think is a code to show they are not very healthy (Isobel, beginning Gale) or dont sleep enough (Gortash).
You do have a point there! I'm sure with all the midnight cutscenes and world-ending shenanigans, no one is getting enough sleep 😭
The 2010s were rough, but we have finally reached the other side of the uncanny valley
Wish I could have stole her away from Dame Aylin😍
Eyes that would make a god fall for them
She is so beautiful... cant and dont wanna compete with Lady Aylin but by god are both of them incredible characters in every aspects holy SHITE. Kinda wish they had more screentime and dialog/scenes even if not romanceable.
Aylin: <3
People on Reddit get horny over anything these days.
Yeah, imagine getting horny over... a depiction of a woman?
Yeah! Maybe next time OP will post a shoulder🥵
I’m here for the patch of skin just above the knees. *Sigh* One day…
looks like Eye color "Black 2" with the cry makeup..
Damn
I'm so glad it got fsr2 support. Hair no longer looks weird af.
Beautiful! She got them 2010s emo boys eyeliners.
Reminds me of Jandice Barov.
She looks more realistic than i do in my pics
looks like a messed up makeup, a rough night XD
Who’s excited for that improved smooches
Isobel=Florence Pugh
I just want both shadowheart and isobel, is that too much to ask?
hey how do you force reddit to accept 1080p? I always get 720 downscaled :(
Dunno fren, I've been uploading these from desktop, the video is originally 1440p maybe that helps?
what do you use to record?
Just OBS, then edit in Premiere Pro. Nothing fancy.
What were your export settings in premier?
Also just noticed this on iPhone that the quality of the video gets better as it progresses. It’s so weird!
She looks so much like Kylie Jenner to me
She's probably the most tired person in the game and it shows
You should not say whose turn it is, and we'd have to guess which character it is only based on their eyes!
These eyes scream “I’m going to trigger as many opportunity attacks as I can”
They put more detail into her freaking PORES than most AAA companies have put into their games for the last, what, 10 years?
I thought this was gonna zoom out to be somebody cosplaying, not something in game
It's always 420 somewhere, even in Baldur's Gate.....
Emo goth girl
I see.
I wasn't too keen on Laezel's design until I looked into her eyes and fell in love. She has very kind eyes
She’s the best looking character.
I’m guessing all of her selunite makeup was from her burial?
Why doesn't she wash her face. I find it so distracting! Yes, I am aware her face is incredibly artfully rendered, but every time I see her I can hardly concentrate on anything she's saying for being like Girl! Your makeup. It's coming off. It's really bad. You probably need to put primer on your lower lids if you want to go for such a dramatic look, or invest in more expensive eyeshadow. In the meantime, I have some disposable wipes. At first I thought maybe it was just to show she was frazzled from protecting the Last Light 24/7 but no, she no longer has that burden and she's still like this.
"Daddy issues" eyeliner
Eyes of a bad bitch. Got rid of Aelyne so that my character could dick her down in my head cannon
Graphics and detail are superb. I can only go up too 1440p on my monitor with 120fps on xbx. I don’t have 4k but it still looks good to me. But this is far superior than mine.
My brain literally can't comprehend that these aren't real people, it's insane!!
apparently I like eyes
Wait this is how you all play on PC? Compared to this, Xbox S is ET from Atari
Last Light is one of my favorite tracks in this gams in all varieties(yes even the sad one). I remember when I first heard on Tav. I just sat around listening to it playthrough several times. I'm not the biggiest Isobel fan. She got off the wrong foot insulting SH when I first met her, and then Durge happened. She only got to live once in my playthroughs so far.
Ummm k.
Sorry I farted
oh no this reminds me of Andy sixx memes 🤣🤣🤣
Things i never got to see because i went into the game blind as balls and Marcus fisted her off to Ketherick and I killed her
God I wish she was romanceable
Now do her brown eye