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A combination of modes allows you to play Baldur's Gate 3 from a first-person perspective.
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The combination works surprisingly well, with a few kinks.
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Larian CEO Swen Vincke agreed.
Baldur's Gate 3 is already a versatile experience – you have a lot of freedom to navigate the game's various conflicts, and one game can be very different from the next because of the number of options you have. To a lesser extent, the gameplay can vary depending on the class you choose and the classes you choose for your party. That said, if your party isn't four wizards to maximize your imps invoke, then, objectively speaking, you are playing Baldur's Gate 3 incorrectly.
As the title suggests, you can add even more versatility to Baldur's Gate 3 with a combination of modes that allow you to play in first person using WASD controls. Proxy Gate Tactician, a content creator, has published a video showing these mods working in tandem. Everything works…surprisingly well. There are a few moments where the camera angle is a little odd, but it feels like you're on the ground in Baldur's Gate 3's various environments (thanks, GamesRadar +)
A whole new perspective
Is it the optimal way to play Baldur's Gate 3? Probably not. The whole experience feels motion sick, and playing a tactical RPG from a first-person perspective doesn't sound ideal. Maybe if someone perfects a real-time battle mode, there might be something here. What this setup is good for – is to notice the fantastic level of detail Larian put into the game's characters and locations, even though the camera was never supposed to get that close.
Speaking of Larian, everyone's favorite armor-clad director Swen Vincke chimed in on the video. “Now I want to play this – just look at it,” his social media post read. Maybe Vincke wants to play him – but has he witnessed how scary it is to see Kar'niss, the drider, come out from behind the camera? The Cursed Shadow Realms are bad enough without dealing with this.
The mods used by Proxy Gate Tactician are Norbye's Baldur's Gate 3 Script Extender (Norbyte), Native Mod Loader (kassent), Native Camera Tweaks (Ersh), WASD Character Movement (Ch4nKyy), Remove Camera Move (Gycicada) and Choose Your Size (Guilty7 ), along with some optional mods.
Baldur's Gate 3 is the long-awaited next chapter in the RPG game series based on Dungeons & Dragons. Developed by Divinity creator Larian Studios, it places you in the middle of a mental invasion of Faerûn, over a century after the events of its predecessor.