It has been a good time to be a fan of interesting-looking Baldur’s Gate 3 customized marketing campaign mods thus far this 12 months, and that definitely does not look to be altering any time quickly. One other challenge that appears fairly formidable has simply put out a demo, and it is all about what occurs to the bottom recreation’s Shadow-Cursed Lands as soon as their namesake’s been lifted.
Yep, sorry, I am probably including one other factor to your BG3 customized marketing campaign demo backlog which will additionally embody the likes of modder Moezilla’s The Grand Theater and SquallyDaBeanz’s Forsaken. My unhealthy.
Anyway, this new one is named ‘Shadow Curse Reborn’, and is the work of modder Burnin094. Within the demo, you seemingly get to expertise the primary little bit of what’ll be the primary act of the marketing campaign, set within the base recreation’s Shadow-Cursed Lands, however with rather less of the shadow curse.
“After the removing of the shadow curse, a few of the corrupted managed to eliminate the possession. They returned to life, however the possession didn’t go away and not using a hint. Throughout bodily or magical exercise, the [eyes of the] corrupted darkened, black veins appeared on their our bodies, and through sleep they have been disturbed by visions from the Kingdom of Shadows.
“So as to guarantee security and forestall the unfold of the supposed risk, the harpers, with the assist of the fireplace fists, remoted a lot of the ‘corrupted’ in Moonrise Towers.” Gnarly. So, your mission on this demo is to flee from Moonrise “both as a fugitive, or an ally of the Harpers”, then comply with a path a “squad of ‘corrupted’ Githyanki used to flee the identical place. You will want to start out a recent character, and might deliver alongside or recruit a small social gathering of companions, together with Lae’zel and Quil Grootslang
Burnin094’s plans for the complete factor sound fairly formidable. They point out desirous to correctly strip away the remaining parts of the shadow curse from Act 2’s map, in addition to including two extra acts past the opening on they’re engaged on in the intervening time. The second will happen within the wilderness and Rosymorn Monastery, and the final bit within the Shadow-Cursed Lands, Avernus, and probably the Underdark.
It additionally seems like they plan on doing one thing completely different cutscene-wise, writing: “If everybody copies Larian’s dialogues, gamers will shortly get uninterested in it. It takes a variety of time and effort. Many of the dialogues might be executed within the spirit of outdated RPGs. Maybe, over time, voice appearing, frames with 2D or 3D portraits might be added. Maybe it will likely be potential to make use of picture mode for some scenes.”
Does the premise of Shadow Curse Reborn sound fascinating to you? Tell us under, and likewise if you wish to know if you’ll shag a bear in an upcoming replace to the Stardew Valley/BG3 crossover mod, we have you lined.