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The cinematic trailer for BG3 was also ultra-gory, Larian business as usual.

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Roguey wrote: ↑ December 12th, 2025, 12:00
The cinematic trailer for BG3 was also ultra-gory, Larian business as usual.
The level of gore is not the problem. People having a sex orgy while sacrificing a human in a satanic ritual is. Children participating in this ritual is the cherry on top.
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Marcus wrote: ↑ December 12th, 2025, 13:37
Roguey wrote: ↑ December 12th, 2025, 12:00
The cinematic trailer for BG3 was also ultra-gory, Larian business as usual.
The level of gore is not the problem. People having a sex orgy while sacrificing a human in a satanic ritual is. Children participating in this ritual is the cherry on top.
Well yeah, they're degenerate pagans. It's an NC-17 rated version of the Wicker Man which was a mere R. Same subject matter, the film was just a tad more tasteful about in its depiction. That Belgian cultural inferiority complex has Swen going all the way.
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Great video about Larian history



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Larian is now half of the Belgian GDP, so Swen is being allowed to do whatever he wants. That includes the pigs.
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Can't wait for the gay dwarves and boss ladies.
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I also hope i can romance each of those pigs, they can't have a preference because that would be phobic of some kind right?
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To provide a fair dissection, the singular problem here is that we know the hedonistic depravity Larian is already willing to stoop to prior to this trailer reveal. We know they endorse ********, child grooming, satanic dogma, foreign refugees, homosexuality, and many other sentiments or beliefs.

If this was a studio who was doing this kind of stunt for pure shock horror value but clearly did not endorse such acts, I could give acceptance of that. This is not the case, everyone knows it isn't, and from hereon the bugmen gamers will pretend that is so. "It's just fantasy." A key aspect of manipulation is rewriting the past, in this case Larian's willingness to kowtow to hedonistic desire over a story that will actually leave cultural impact.

In short, yes, this trailer got our attention. Wasn't hard when all its contenders was identical slop with millenial meta humour, female protagonists, and indie trash.
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ThulsaDoomer wrote: ↑ December 12th, 2025, 16:59
To provide a fair dissection, the singular problem here is that we know the hedonistic depravity Larian is already willing to stoop to prior to this trailer reveal. We know they endorse ********, child grooming, satanic dogma, foreign refugees, homosexuality, and many other sentiments or beliefs.

If this was a studio who was doing this kind of stunt for pure shock horror value but clearly did not endorse such acts, I could give acceptance of that. This is not the case, everyone knows it isn't, and from hereon the bugmen gamers will pretend that is so. "It's just fantasy." A key aspect of manipulation is rewriting the past, in this case Larian's willingness to kowtow to hedonistic desire over a story that will actually leave cultural impact.

In short, yes, this trailer got our attention. Wasn't hard when all its contenders was identical slop with millenial meta humour, female protagonists, and indie trash.
Yeah, my guess is it was depicting the "evil races" like goblins and lizardmen doing heinous ritual stuff, but the plot is hinting to be "but actually we have to do this ritual to keep the even bigger evil demons (who happen to use white men as hosts) contained in their prisons."

Then all the gross habits like "vomiting to feed the pigs" is just "well it's tradition/we don't know better"
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none of that is a good argument when they're hedonists who actually do this stuff
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10/10 trailer and easily the highlight of TGA ceremony. Love seeing the pearl clutching from triggered chuds
>think of the children!
LMAO.
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You especially liked the part with the pigs since you are the hog watcher.
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Hyborian wrote: ↑ December 12th, 2025, 17:12
10/10 trailer and easily the highlight of TGA ceremony. Love seeing the pearl clutching from triggered chuds
>think of the children!
LMAO.
In terms of visual production i can say it's a good trailer. In terms of the content it's dogshit or worse.
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pol_345polex wrote: ↑ December 12th, 2025, 17:20
Hyborian wrote: ↑ December 12th, 2025, 17:12
10/10 trailer and easily the highlight of TGA ceremony. Love seeing the pearl clutching from triggered chuds
>think of the children!
LMAO.
In terms of visual production i can say it's a good trailer. In terms of the content it's dogshit or worse.
Some advice: don't earnestly engage with him. He's a troll who posts that kind of thing just to get people worked up. It's the only type of posting he does.
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Putting aside it being shock advertising, there's no way this isn't going to be turbonigger woke if the very first thing is a super inclusive every ethnicity represented festival straight out of that d&d pic that was making the rounds a month or two ago. I don't care if the multi ethnic hedonistic Midsomer wicker man orgy festival complete with children was mashed into a demonic whatever, it's still gay. I don't care about the vomit, I don't care about horse ******** itself, it was probably an artist's fetish and they're going to Hell in due time.
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pol_345polex wrote: ↑ December 12th, 2025, 17:20
Hyborian wrote: ↑ December 12th, 2025, 17:12
10/10 trailer and easily the highlight of TGA ceremony. Love seeing the pearl clutching from triggered chuds
>think of the children!
LMAO.
In terms of visual production i can say it's a good trailer. In terms of the content it's dogshit or worse.
It was easily the best trailer of the show, and the only thing people will remember of it 5 years from now.
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I can't even begin to grasp what the point of the statue marketing stunt was
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the guy being burned alive is me, the person who bought every larian game up to DOS2 then got stabbed in the back :)

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After Pozzed Gate 3, I don't actually even care about this game. Especially after KCD2.
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Mortadela_Viva wrote: ↑ December 12th, 2025, 05:32
I will play the next Divinity after all the "remove ze *******, ze ****** and ze faggotry" mods are published in modhq
Nobody is going to mod this garbage in the way you desire.
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WaterMage wrote: ↑ December 12th, 2025, 15:27
Great video about Larian history



Listening while playing
"I am the leader of the purple partisan movement" (from Led Wars, Swen plays the live action character).

Was that a foreshadow of what was to come with Larian?
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Oyster Sauce wrote: ↑ December 12th, 2025, 18:56
I can't even begin to grasp what the point of the statue marketing stunt was
Spending a lot of money to get people talking.
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Roguey wrote: ↑ December 12th, 2025, 19:48
Oyster Sauce wrote: ↑ December 12th, 2025, 18:56
I can't even begin to grasp what the point of the statue marketing stunt was
Spending a lot of money to get people talking.
not about divinity, unless having the patent leak to 200 people was a part of their master plan
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Oyster Sauce wrote: ↑ December 12th, 2025, 19:48
not about divinity, unless having the patent leak to 200 people was a part of their master plan
What leak? The new Divinity logo? All part of getting people talking about the New Thing, spreading awareness.
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Roguey wrote: ↑ December 12th, 2025, 19:50
Oyster Sauce wrote: ↑ December 12th, 2025, 19:48
not about divinity, unless having the patent leak to 200 people was a part of their master plan
What leak? The new Divinity logo? All part of getting people talking about the New Thing, spreading awareness.
reached 0 people who wouldn't also just see the trailer
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hope they go bankrupt with swen spending more money on stupid **** :toot:
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will there be pink hair NPC's and everyone crushes on you?

I can't play Fantasy RPG's without those. I cannot wait to customize my ***** dong
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Divinity II is very good and underrated, by the way. Wood recommend.
Not referring to divinity original sin 2, beyond divinity, etc.,
This one:

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rusty_shackleford wrote: December 12th, 2025, 20:21
Divinity II is very good and underrated, by the way. Wood recommend.
Not referring to divinity original sin 2, beyond divinity, etc.,
This one:

Absolutely. Great game to be honest, a little bit "console" like in terms of its play, but has all the depth of secrets and typical early Larian humor and design concepts. Oh and it looks and plays really nice on a triple screen.

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Roguey wrote: ↑ December 12th, 2025, 19:50
Oyster Sauce wrote: ↑ December 12th, 2025, 19:48
not about divinity, unless having the patent leak to 200 people was a part of their master plan
What leak? The new Divinity logo? All part of getting people talking about the New Thing, spreading awareness.
LOL, yeah...

"This isn't the awareness they are looking for"