When Baldur’s Gate 3 was finally released, the role-playing game brought some changes compared to the Early Access, but many scenes were also removed. Now, thanks to a fan, you can experience them again.
On August 3, 2023, Baldur’s Gate 3 celebrated its full release after being playable in Early Access since October 2020. With the final release, a lot changed in the version of the role-playing game. A few months before the release, the developers even advised against buying the “Early Access” version – as it risks ruining the fun of the game.
What was removed for the final release? Despite the enormous size of Baldur’s Gate 3, many contents did not make it into the final version. Data miners found, for example, many hours of unused voice lines in the game data. Other scenes were only included in the “Early Access” version. We reveal to you which contents are not in the game and why they are missing at release.
Why are the contents now playable? A fan’s mod allows old scenes, cutscenes, and dialogues to be experienced again in the role-playing game. Most of these were taken almost unchanged from the “Early Access” version. Other contents were completely reconstructed by the modder – based on “remnants” he could find in the game data. Especially fans who have never played the Early Access can now catch up on missed content.
Mod brings back over 1,000 voiced dialogue lines to the game
What kind of mod is this? The mod for Baldur’s Gate 3 is called “Early Access Scenes Restored” and brings back a large amount of removed, but also newly compiled, content to the game. The modder HyperspaceTowel explains that he has integrated over 100 conversations and more than 1,000 voiced dialogue lines that still fit into the game. Additionally, characters react to various events from Act 1.
Mod features include:
- more NPC encounters and camp events
- restored NPCs, encounters, and camp scenes
- more reactivity from companions
- additional approval or disapproval from companions
- revised cutscenes with improved camera work and timing
- removed Early Access dialogue lines integrated into the full version dialogues
- additional origin dialogue options
- new scenes for Wyll and Karlach
You can download the mod “Early Access Scenes Restored” at nexusmods.com. How to install mods in Baldur’s Gate 3 and which ones are also worth it, you can find out in our overview.
HyperspaceTowel has also announced that he wants to bring more content back into the role-playing game in the future. Planned are, among other things, more reactivity for Wyll and Karlach, Thralls on the Nautiloid, and additional dialogues for the player character.
A teaser for the mod can be seen here:
“Time for a new playthrough! (Or several)”
This is what fans say about it: Under the YouTube video, many fans immediately announce another playthrough. Cassandra_Solidor writes: “I just took a little break from BG3 – and then you come up with THIS?! Well, break’s over!” And optimaltime writes: “Looks like the 100th playthrough is back on the menu, folks.”
Fans are also talking about the new mod on Reddit. For example, Medium-Theme-4611 notes in a Reddit post that this is the perfect time if you just failed in Honour mode. And Lord_Snaps jokes: “Great. Then I probably won’t see my wife for a week now.”
Even without mods, Baldur’s Gate 3 offers an enormous amount of dialogues thanks to the sophisticated characters and many possible decisions. A player even gathered all the spoken dialogues in the game and calculated how many days one would have to listen continuously to experience them all once. She also revealed who the biggest chatterbox among the companions in Baldur’s Gate 3 is.
