The next patch for Baldur's Gate 3 is a significant one, as it's the first that will change the story of the Early Access version of the game.
Baldur's Gate 3 is currently in Early Access, which means that only the first of three acts are playable in the game. The main character is an adventurer in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for Dungeons & Dragons. They are captured by creatures known as Mind Flayers, who stick a tadpole in the player's brain. This tadpole will eventually burrow into their mind and turn them into another Mind Flayer. The player manages to escape and return to the Forgotten Realms, with the goal of extracting the tadpole.
The Early Access version of Baldur's Gate 3 was notoriously glitchy at launch, and it has been receiving regular updates on Steam. According to a post on the game's official Steam page, the third major patch is on its way. This will be the first patch that affects the story of Baldur's Gate 3, though it's unclear how much will be changed.
This new patch has so many changes that it will require the implementation of branches in Steam's Betas tab. Once the patch is available, your old Baldur's Gate 3 saves will be incompatible with the game. In order to keep playing those old saves, you will need to go to the Betas tab in Steam and switch to "patch2" to continue your game. As is often the case with Early Access games, you'll be expected to keep starting over whenever major patches like these are launched. The ability to switch branches won't be available in the Google Stadia version of Baldur's Gate 3.
The sales of the Early Access version of Baldur's Gate are through the roof. The developers have expressed their surprise at the staggering response to the game. The Early Access version of Baldur's Gate 3 has given them a lot more feedback than expected, and it will be interesting to see how the story is changed. The fans have expressed surprise at how dark Baldur's Gate 3 is and how the party members can be hard to. It will be interesting to see if the story of Baldur's Gate 3 is made lighter as a result of this feedback.
Source: Steam