The more I read about BG3 the more I wonder if I fucked up somewhere that lead me to not liking the game…
It’s literally not as enjoyable as drawing a map, thinking about myths or just reading stories
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LucidNightmare@lemm.ee 2 days ago
Baldur’s Gate 3 gave me one of the most appealing experiences I’ve ever had playing a video game. It literally felt like a breath of fresh air coming from the rest of the industry. I tried to get into Divinity, but hated the combat so much I stopped playing as much, and then dropped it. I still didn’t love the combat in BG3, but damn, the rest of it literally blew me out of the water. The cinematics of interactions with NPCs, the freedom to do what the developers didn’t intend for you to do, but still allowed it anyway, and so much more. An actual amazing game that seemed to push what SHOULD be the norm for games going forward (RPG wise), but that requires actual writers, actual planners, and actual people who care about video games. That’s not something the big “AAA” studios like to have on their teams, because that costs money.
OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 1 day ago
LucidNightmare@lemm.ee 1 day ago
I understand, but it could just not be the game for you. I almost exclusively play RPG games, and this is THE game newer RPGs will have to compete with for me to give them anything over a 5/10.
I should mention that I played it from release to completion before they even released patch 3-4, and still enjoyed the hell out of it. Now they’ve included a few more classes, fixed a ton of bugs (that I never ran into surprisingly!), and have official mod support now. I can’t wait for me and my SO to play together to make our own story, as mine was nothing but good guy vibes the whole time, while SO is a little more chaotic than I am, and I am wanting them to be the main character so I don’t just do the same stuff all over again like I would if I played it singleplayer.
If you don’t mind me asking, what game has made you feel the way I feel about BG3? I’d be interested in looking into it!
KinglyWeevil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Not the person you were responding to but I think I just picked the wrong class. I need to start over but haven’t gotten around to it
leftytighty@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
DoS is an adjustment after BG3, but I’ve come to prefer the combat and character build mechanics. I bounced off it soon after BG3 and got really into it after trying again later. If you thought you might enjoy it, worth another try.
I hope their next game is DoS 3 (or a Shadowrun game if I dare to dream).
For more D&D combat and mechanics I also highly recommend Solasta, and Solasta 2 will be coming out this year.
bitjunkie@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I think Shadowrun would struggle to find an audience after Cyberpunk. But I’ve heard all the attempts at Shadowrun vidya since the SNES one in the 90s were a bag of wet ass, so I kind of hope it does get its due eventually.
MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
The recent ones were good. But they’re basically a visual novel with some combat, so they’re small scale.