BG1&2 were incredibly different games. Personally, I’m not enjoying BG3.
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CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I never played the first game. But I loved BG3 so much (having never played BG1 or BG2) and it was suggested I’d probably like this game too. I worry because I keep seeing it compared to Dark Souls, which isn’t a game I liked.
FenrirIII@lemmy.world 6 months ago
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Depending on what you liked about BG3, I might recommend Solasta: Crown of the Magister. It’s much more linear (if my DM ran it I would accuse them of railroading), but it’s also based on 5e’s SRD. It offers much less freedom in how you play, but makes up for it by how well characterized the player characters are, especially considering they’re all entirely customizable and fully voiced. It’s easy to forget that the party isn’t made up of premade characters when they’re all sitting around a campfire having a conversation with each other.
CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Oh, thanks for the suggestion! Never heard of that game before, I’ll have to check it out. How would you rate the story?
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
I must admit it’s much shorter and simpler than BG3’s story. Objectively, I would give it a 6.5/10 for being overly simplistic and linear, but still a fully functional story without plot holes or many contrivances. It’s very easy to see where the story is going, there are very few surprises, your choices don’t much matter, and you literally meet in a tavern. Subjectively, I give it a 9/10, because although the story is simplistic and linear, it’s also easy to follow and fun to play, and it’s very reminiscent of every actual campaign I’ve ever played.
I especially like the second main campaign—it takes place shortly after your party resolves the story in the first campaign, when there are still problems going on in the north. I really like that people recognize the players as the heroic adventurers that they are, whole still acknowledging that the new threat is more dangerous than the old one. I’d say put off getting any DLC until after you beat the main campaign, unless you really want to play a barbarian or a warlock or something.
Duenan@aussie.zone 6 months ago
I wouldn’t buy buy DD2 if you want more BG3.
You’re better off playing BG1 or 2 if you want more though they might be quite dated for you.
DD is more open world action rpg, I’m not sure about the story of this one but it’s nowhere near BG3 apart from being fantasy.
ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
I don’t think DD1 and BG3 have very much in common, honestly. DD1 was not a game where you engaged in immersive dialogue or developed interesting relationships (well, there was a relationship mechanic, but if you didn’t know how it worked, it didn’t feel like you had a lot of input.
It was more a game about walking around surprisingly atmospheric environments and then fighting for your life against surprisingly difficult encounters. (It also had the reverse-difficulty-curve problem, where the beginning of the game was very hard and the enemies felt very tanky because of how damage was calculated, and then once you had some reasonable gear and stats the game got much easier.)
I would definitely watch someone else play an hour or two of DD2 when it comes out before you decide to buy it, especially if the action combat was what you didn’t like about Dark Souls.
Zahille7@lemmy.world 6 months ago
The first Dragon’s Dogma is $5 on steam right now