https://nitter.1d4.us/IGN/status/1677399862973702154
https://twitter.com/IGN/status/1677399862973702154
The squirrel dropping the nut is a nice touch.
https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,q_60,w_1315/5fe10b940ecae2e7c17e814f896f6f45.mp4
I'll warn that bg3 is likely to be baldur's gate in name only. I am a big Larian fan, but they haven't exactly made the kinds of RPG that baldur's gate is in the past. Larian's games in the past have all been goofy lighthearted things for the most part, and I think wizards of the coast wants BG3 to be more of an ad for the dnd "brand." I was a kid when BG1 came out but from what I can tell it existed in a period when the brand was more flexible, and stuff like Planescape Torment was being made at the edges of the IP.
Fair enough but OS2 was probably the most serious game Larian has made, and even then there's plenty of humor interspersed throughout its darker sections. OS1 had the vibes of a tabletop session with friends who aren't too emotionally invested, and OS2 was like when your DM decides to try something a little more involved. High school dnd vs college dnd, you know?
The art style alone is a big departure for baldur's gate, 1 and 2 had that almost-grimdark earthy aesthetic and 3 is full of bright color and snark, which isn't bad but is not at all like 1 and 2.
Hmm. Im not sure I agree with that. There are some horror movies (which I would call dark stories) that are very bleak and even humour less. Not trying to argue. Just saying you can have a dark story pretty much devoid of humour.
Apart from the main story, Baldur's Gate was super goofy. You got
spoiler
☑ Guy who got turned into a chicken
☑ Pantaloons
☑ Minsc
☑ Lightning Bolt spell
☑ Edwin gets gender swapped
☑ Jan Jansen
☑ Your THAC0 at lvl 1
etc.
I don't really game any more but I played BG back when I was a kid. I keep thinking about buying it on steam and playing it again, am I crazy?
Just remember - The lower your armor is the harder you are to hit. And if you want to understand THAC0 the first thing to do is find some peyote...
THAC0 is not too hard to understand. I've learned it like 4 times but, uh, I always forget within a year
"THAC0 is not as complicated as it sounds, it is however as unhinged as it sounds"
Yeah, they're actually pretty good enhanced editions. They clean up minor things around the edges rather then trying to re-imagine things, and make it usable on modern machines lol
It’s a pun on twinks and bears.
Nothing is shown it’s just an implied joke.
You're thinking too much into this making it a bestiality thing.
I get defensive when sexuality morality is brought up because I'm used to that being used to bash LGBT people.
I think having sex with bears isnt actually a thing that can happen without you getting ripped in half by a thousand pound killing machine with 4 inch long claws
Honestly this comparison borders on homophobia and is really nasty. All over a pretty tame joke.
Fascists call LGBT people groomers all the time.
It is no coincidence you went to pedophilia, is it? That’s my whole fucking point.
Honestly this comparison borders on homophobia and is really nasty. All over a pretty tame joke.
My bad, I missed the obvious joke. I assumed it was a straight scene given it is made for what I figure are mainstream gamers and missed the pun But the comparison holds if we aren't talking about bears(gay men) and are talking about the animal like I misread.
Fascists call LGBT people groomers all the time.
You're talking to a transfemme who organizes counterprotestors against these folks
It is no coincidence you went to pedophilia, is it? That’s my whole fucking point.
"the animal is actually a druid" is pretty similar to "the child is actually an adult". Its basically the same trope, it isnt homophobic to point that out
I was already defensive and seeing pedophilia brought up in the context of gay humor sent up big red flags for me.
Gay culture has been under attack lately, and it’s got me on edge.
I apologize for misinterpreting, I don’t think that you were saying that in bad faith.
I appreciate the effort, but when we, gay dudes, say we want a "bear bf" we usually don't mean it this literally.
PSA: Make sure that's actually a druid, or else you risk an entirely different form of twink death.
mentioning the harkness test. no real opinion on it. just wanted to bring it into the discourse
Honestly that's not even needed. If it's not able to consent you'll find out quickly when it mauls you.
79 comments so far after one day and not a single one has the phrase "bear backing".
Furries are cool, but doesn't this veer into being straight-up bestiality?
I'm not sure where it fits given that it's a "druid in bear form" and not an actual bear (and so would have human intelligence and capacity for consent), but reading that it sounds reminiscent of "it's not a child, it's a thousand year-old demon-dragon in child form", so...
I don't play Baldur's Gate or any of that shit though, so I have no horse in this race I suppose.
Also obligatory Kurt Angle: https://youtu.be/gv0LY9upBlE
Well, one is targeting a very vulnerable group of people in society, and Loli's and similar play into and encourage the urge for the people who might abuse them. In contrast, I don't think there's an epidemic of bear-fuckers really, so it just kind of feels different? To me at least?
Frankly I think bears are more than capable of handling people trying to fuck bears against their will
No, no, we definitely need an official insufferable leftist position on this. It's very important.
It's two consenting adult humans (or elves or whatever). Like full stop, no notes.
Yeah, and the "thousand year old loli" is a "consenting adult human" but it still simulates a paraphilia, just like the "bear but really a human" does.
Its more equivalent to an adult human turning temporarily into a child to get their freak on.
In hindsight this conversation should probably stop.
"Well technically the bear is a druid in bear form" is uncomfortably similar to "well she's actually a 5000 year old demon"
Tame gay joke about twinks and bears
“This is just like pedophilia”
Geez. Call the gays groomers while you’re at it too
I assumed it was a straight scene given it is made for what I figure are mainstream gamers and missed the pun
It’s a shot from The Magicians. It’s YA fantasy slop, think “What if Hogwarts was grad school and everyone was horny and miserable” and it’s one of my favorite shows of all time
“What if Hogwarts was grad school and everyone was horny and miserable”
Also what if they periodically break out into killer musical numbers.
Everybody is all check out this dope ass bear until it's time to check out that dope ass bear.
Lmao idk
Its because youre probably looking for skinny or athletic, gay bear bears and bbw bear ocs are super common, and not even just for NSFW shit, a lot of folks like bears because big and cuddly and friend shaped
There are quite a few cultures that regard bears as more or less just weird humans. They do a lot of the stuff we do - walk up right, manipulate objects with their paws, visibly engage in play and just fucking around for the fun of it.
I will play BG again
SEX BEARS 
