Baldur’s Gate III First Patch Will Include Over 1,000 Fixes, Changes to Character Customisation in Works

Baldur’s Gate III is ready to receive its first patch, and from the looks of it, it appears to be a huge one. Larian Studios CEO Swen Vincke confirmed the roadmap on Twitter, promising to fix issues and make related tweaks to power balance based on user suggestions. First up is hotfix #4, which will include some emergency fixes for crashes and progress blocks, in addition to any bugs blocking the general interface. A massive patch is next, containing more than 1,000 fixes, and then patch 2, which will “contain some pull requests”. It’s unclear what those requests might be, but we do know the team is planning an update that will let players change the appearance of their characters in-game.

This claim comes from Michael Douse, Director of Publishing at Larian Studios, who responded A fan requested on Twitter to be able to change their appearance in the game. Once you’ve locked an outfit look at the start of your Baldur’s Gate III journey, the game won’t let you change it–forces you to stick with whatever tattoo, hairstyle, or makeup you choose until the end of the game. This doesn’t seem to be the case with character classes, which you can reassign by simply interacting with the NPC Withers at the campsite in exchange for 100 gold. That’s a wild anomaly for an RPG, considering how much customization exists in other aspects of the game–some even relate to story elements. I’m assuming this has something to do with hardcoding a person’s appearance so that all cutscenes are handled flawlessly from the moment they are created.

Another reason I can think of why one would want to change their look has to do with their lighting effects, any punk color like teal or pink might look good in the character creation screen, but once you integrate them with the environment of the game, eventually Looks too dim or too bright. When Larian does implement updates in the future, I feel like there are more creative ways to do this. For example, instead of opening menus or interacting with NPCs, we can walk up to the Rogue Astario’s tent and use his mirror to change our appearance – similar to the mirror in the Fortress of the Round Table in Elden Ring. I think it would be nice if there was no limit to how often you could change your appearance, or no need for any in-game currency or consumables.

this Latest Hotfix (#3) In addition to addressing several bugs in the third act (some of which prevented game completion), your dog Scratch can now find dig points on his own. Since launching earlier this month, Baldur’s Gate 3 has been an instant success, garnering 875,343 peak concurrent players on Steam, cementing its place as a gamer. ranked ninth PC Gaming, right below Hogwarts Legacy.in a interviewLater, Larian boss Svencke claimed that since the RPG had been played in early access for three years, he believed the game had reached its peak. Because of this, he thought that the number of players would only exceed 100,000 after the full launch, but he was surprised to find that the number was 8 times the original number.

Baldur’s Gate 3 is out now on PC. The PS5 version will be released on September 6, while the Xbox platform may not be released until 2024.