Excellent news, individuals who like watching their Tav munch on the lips of Baldur’s Gate 3’s gang of companions (we’re not judging btw), Patch 6 for the sport is now reside, following sufficient teases to kill somebody.
It’s been a short while since we final obtained a correctly beefy patch for Larian’s RPG, with the late November one that introduced the sport a brand new epilogue and its fearsome honour mode being the latest non-hotfix replace for the sport. To be truthful Larian has had some save and ban points to kind out on Xbox since that time, so it’s been busy.
However overlook all of that, this is Patch 6’s full notes! The highlights embody now having the ability to “dismiss a recruited companion out of your occasion whereas chatting with the companion you need to exchange them with”, a bunch of latest camp idle animations, and an array of latest kissing choices.
“We’ve made enhancements to locking lips along with your chosen romantic associate! All characters now have distinctive kisses that mirror their persona, with an emphasis on the plural. These kisses are randomised and range from the extremely romantic to… uh, somewhat extra intense. Kisses have additionally been improved for shorter and taller physique varieties, so embrace directly,” Larian says regardling the latter of these.
A number of the sport’s endgame cinematics have additionally been tweaked “to raised mirror the connection between gamers and their companions”, which is cool. Hopefully having the ability watch a really good animation of Halsin whittling his dagger, Minthara considering a cranium, or Shadowheart (checks notes) sharpening her spear as a part of these recent idle animations you may see occurring in your camp may also deliver you nearer to your crew.
Apart from these additions , Larian additionally says it is “fastened a deluge of player-reported points (Protect Bash followers, rejoice!), and made a number of tweaks and enhancements to the sport. In case you’re enjoying in Honour Mode, anticipate a number of additional surprises within the type of new Legendary Actions for bosses, and possibly a bit of additional hassle from a sure Mound.”
The developer additionally notes: “In case you expertise points after putting in our newest replace, please test whether or not the difficulty persists with mods uninstalled.” So yeah, be sure you take into account doing that (clearly, this does not apply to console gamers) should you run into new points like some PC people did after the arrival of hotfix 16.
Be sure to scroll by means of the gargantuan full notes for this BG3 patch should you’ve obtained a spare day or two. Oh, advert examine a speedrunner beating honour mode in lower than 20 minutes.