Dear Ubisoft.
This is what a AAAA game looks like.
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clucose@lemmy.ml 9 months ago
Bought BG3 at a discount! 💪
Blackmist@feddit.uk 9 months ago
Wahots@pawb.social 9 months ago
It’s honestly the only modern game worth $70 imo. One campaign run is like 126+ hours. Additional playthroughs are possible from other characters, which tells the story from different perspectives. Can go to areas you missed in the first playthrough, too :)
localhost443@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months ago
126 hours it’s probably the total time the writing team gets budget for per title in most ‘AAA’ studios now.
After that its down to chat gpt to fill in the gaps…
Pra@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Is it $70 somewhere? I got it for $60 on gog and steam says $60 too. Unless you’re Canadian or something
Wahots@pawb.social 9 months ago
No, it is $60, I just feel like other studios don’t work half as hard as Larian does per title and still charge more money.
The sheer amount of script and voice acting in the game is insane. All the balanced fights, scripted scenes, level designs, characters, mo-cap, and rigging…I don’t even want to think how many hours that all mist have taken. Not to mention developing and writing a script, each with multiple choices and logic branches.
…meanwhile COD and 2K Sport game are reskinning their games every year and charging $70 and putting Nicki Minaj as an operator, haha. More power to them. It just feels like one studio is putting in the effort to justify a higher price and still charging the normal price.
cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 9 months ago
BG3 is the only game I choose to bought at full price. It’s well deserved.
ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Enjoy. One of the best games ever made.
arefx@lemmy.ml 9 months ago
Not to be a contrarian, the game is good, but I seriously don’t understand how it’s one of the best games ever made. Just my opinion no one asked for, but I know I can’t be alone. Only other game I can think that’s more overhyped is breath of the wild.
Xanis@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Sounds like those just weren’t your type of game. Chances are I could toss a rock at work and hit someone who thinks COD is the best franchise on the planet. Not saying you’re wrong, your opinion is valid, just that to people who lean even a little more towards that kind of experience, to them these games are gold.
arefx@lemmy.ml 9 months ago
You’re not wrong, and man too many people lobe cod even tho it’s what I’d consider objectively not good.
sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 9 months ago
Facts sister/brother, spit your shit indeed!
Everyone knows the best games ever made belong to the King’s Quest series by Sierra.
/j…mostly…
Gaspar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
Ah, Sierra. The game company almost singlehandedly responsible for creating a generation of masochists.
You’re still right.
arefx@lemmy.ml 9 months ago
Lmao 🤣
FenrirIII@lemmy.world 9 months ago
BG3 is annoying as fuck. There’s far too much sequential quest nesting that blocks you out of content for no reason. Not to mention the bugs. Save scumming shouldn’t be part of normal gameplay.
skulblaka@startrek.website 9 months ago
The reason is for replayability and having a fresh experience each time. You get blocked out of content because there are about 60 unique paths you can take through the game with different content for each.
The few I experienced personally were fixed within a couple months of release. I haven’t seen a bug of any sort, actually, since January.
Then… Don’t do that. Save scumming also isn’t a part of tabletop gameplay. You fail a roll or fuck up your plan, you deal with the outcome. Saves are only for emergencies if some bug does come up.
You’re allowed to not enjoy the game, and that’s fine, it’s not for everyone. But your reasons why are poor reasons.
nac82@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Example? Most of the sequential questing is mecessary for the complex narrative of a tabletop campaign.
charles@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
I completely agree, I really enjoyed D:OS II but I just haven’t been able to get into BG3 so far. I can’t say anything was bad or poorly accomplished but it’s just not clicking for me yet why everyone claims it’s the greatest game of all time.
NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
Agreed. Also a good time to buy it. Act 3 was so buggy on release but they’ve been shooting out patches non stop for the last year almost
june@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I’m 100 hours in and just about to wrap up the story (I think). And I’m gonna go back and replay because I skipped a TON in acts 1 and 2. It’s such a good game
Infinite_Indecision@midwest.social 9 months ago
I didn’t skip the stuff in previous acts, and getting close to the end of my first play through on tactician. I’m currently thinking I’m going to land around 250hrs
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 9 months ago
It’s “Escape From Robotropolis”?