Baldur’s Gate
Many new updates for Baldur’s Gate 3 are on the way before the launch with Baldur’s Gate 3 getting some new romance options
A whole lot more updates have popped up here for Baldur’s Gate 3 and not all that far out from the official launch of the game on the PC. This is also supposed to be the last big update before Larian Studios drops the game out there on August 3rd, so this also makes sense. Especially when it dives into more of the character customization and builds we can do in the game. Along with the ability to romance characters in Baldur’s Gate 3 when it goes live. All of these should be better ironed out by the time the game hits the PS5 on September 6th. There could be a benefit to getting the game slightly later than others, now it seems.
While the following trailer leans more into the romance we will experience in Baldur’s Gate 3, we get a bit more on "The Dark Urge" too. A weird name to use when it comes to this update, but it is what is used to be as one of our protagonists. In fact, this is the one that will be fully customizable in the game. Every aspect of the character can be shifted and altered to our likes so we can further enter a role in Baldur’s Gate 3. I would have used a different name for it, but I am not the one making the game. It also does not change the fact that it will be one of our truest POV characters in the story and world of it all too. So, it makes sense that we would see this come to light just a bit before the full launch out there.
Along with this update, we also see a little more added to the character creation process for Baldur’s Gate 3. This also includes many new physical features we can use when booting up the game to play. Nothing that feels too groundbreaking but more colors and shapes so we can tune things even finer to our tastes out there. Given that we are going to be able to romance certain characters along the way while running about Baldur’s Gate, we are going to want to look our best. Maybe even our worst depending on the tastes of things out there. Given how weird and hard this can all be in real life, we might as well have the pitfalls too.
Baldur’s Gate 3 — Romance & The Dark Urge
The Dark Urge
Over the past three weeks, Larian has left a breadcrumb trail of clues leading to the reveal of their final playable Origin character in the community-driven murder mystery Blood in Baldur’s Gate. While the community was ultimately murdered themselves, their last waking moments revealed their brutal killer and his mysterious companion: their murderer is the final playable Origin hero Dark Urge, by default an imposing dragonborn with alabaster skin and eyes that glare with the piercing gaze of a predator.
Unlike Baldur’s Gate 3’s other playable protagonists (Origins), the Dark Urge is a fully customizable character. Their class, appearance, species, and gender are completely up to you – after all, evil can reside within anyone, irrespective of how they appear.
Stepping into the role of the Dark Urge, you’ll begin Baldur’s Gate 3 with your memory lost after an unfortunate encounter between a parasitic tadpole and your brain. Now all that’s left is an insatiable urge – an urge that makes itself known in your subconscious, through your deepest thoughts, and in your dialogue options.
Followers of Blood in Baldur’s Gate will already be familiar with the Dark Urge’s simple but effective modus operandi: to murder brutally and indiscriminately. Driven to commit some of the most lurid acts of violence that you'll encounter in the game, to play as the Dark Urge means to either indulge your most depraved impulses or attempt to resist them.
The Dark Urge is guided by Sceleritas Fel, voiced by Brian Bowles (narrator in Divinity: Original Sin 2). Fel is a vile and loyal servant who lives only to see the Dark Urge return to its rightful, bloodstained path. His words of encouragement are like a poison in your mind, fueling your impulses – but it’s a poison that tastes like honey, if you’re so inclined.
Despite your impulses as the Dark Urge, you are still a member of an adventuring party facing an arduous journey to Baldur’s Gate. Your party, in spite of your urges, will do its best to be there for you. For those party members you grow closest to, you can still form relationships and romances – but how they manifest compared to the others, however, is a tale only you can tell.
Orin The Red
Following earlier reveals of Lord Enver Gortash (Jason Isaacs) and General Ketheric Thorm (J.K. Simmons) as two of Baldur’s Gate 3’s central antagonists, today’s stream sees the reveal of the third and final antagonist: Orin the Red (Maggie Robertson), a shapeshifting murderess with the goal of painting the city of Baldur’s Gate in blood.
You’ll meet Orin soon enough, but how and when will be up to her.
Character Creation
Character identity is at the center of Baldur’s Gate 3, and its character creator allows customization of everything from your protagonist’s appearance to their stats and background – whether your protagonist be hero, villain, or Ed Sharran, a simple bard traveling the roads of Faerûn with his trusty lute and a barely-concealed inner darkness that gnaws and festers, demanding release – the character creator provides a lot of room for expression.
At launch, players will get to experiment with even more ways to create diverse, personalized characters:
- New skin options like freckles, vitiligo, scars
- New tattoo designs
- Heterochromia
- Lip makeup customization
- Accessories like earrings and piercings
- Horn color customization for Tieflings
Adventurers need not be slim or youthful – the addition of an age slider will allow you to create an older protagonist, and strong body types allow for larger body sizes across all genders.
Romance
Baldur’s Gate 3 offers ample opportunities for romance with the characters you’ll grow closest with, and no two relationships follow the same formula. Emotional intimacy with one party member may slowly bud into mutual physical desire with one party member, while a relationship that begins with a night of post-Goblin-slaughtering passion could also blossom into something vulnerable and sweet, given proper care.
The latest Panel From Hell introduces players to a few romantic potentialities, but there’s no shortage of relationships to explore and allies to smooch when Baldur’s Gate 3 releases August 3 on PC and September 6 on PlayStation 5.
Are you ready to experience all that this Baldur’s Gate title will have in August or will you be holding out for the September release instead? Do you think we will be able to make as many different and unique characters as we can in the tabletop setting or will it only be an illusion? Did you want to have the option to run romances in the game or would you rather be daring and do that in the real world instead? Venture on into the comment section to discuss all of this and everything else we have to offer out there. We are up on all things for Baldur’s Gate 3 so far, but as more comes out, we will share it here. Please keep a close eye on the site to see and hear about all of that.
