Eight of the 14 reviews in for Baldur’s Gate 3 are 10/10s. Nothing is below a 9.
It’s wild that I’ve experienced two of what seem to be the best games ever in a span of a few months. I don’t have any D&D experience, but I’m really using BG3 to learn more about it and I’m really enjoying it. I’ve been a fan of the Zelda franchise since the original launched, and TotK is just incredible. Both of these games are amazing, even if they have different goals.
I haven’t played this Baldur’s Gate game yet, I will. Someone else will have to tell you if it’s using 5th or 6th edition rules. Bear in mind that BG has always been a really good [battle section] simulator for D&D. The storylines are always interesting, but there’s really no role-play, at least not like when playing with paper and dice. It should be a good primer for you though.
5th edition. Been in development too long to use 6th!
Oh well that’s good! The even numbered editions always seem to be the least popular rule sets
Second ed was great :)
There is not a 6th edition of d&d yet
Making a game that’s feature-complete with no MTX sets a completely unrealistic expectation for the AAA industry! /s
I wish this was sarcasm, but I bet if you ask EA or Ubisoft it’s exactly what they think. That’s the issue if there’s a business dude running a game company, not a game developer.
80 hours in, still not out of the starter area. 10/10.
Haven’t played it myself but that sounds insane, what takes so long?
Well first you need to pick a race, and build your character 7 times. Then you need to pick a class which leads to rebuilding your character more times. Of course then you realize that your main character stats and background would really be better a different way with a different class, which means you need to readjust your look.
And Ect for 80hrs
There is a respec option in the first area. You don’t need to do this. :)
BUT MY GOLD hisssss
I didnt play early access, which point exactly switches from act1 to 2?
When you enter the cursed lands around Moonrise Tower.
I realize on an intellectual level I live in a world where Zelda games are revered for some reason. Don’t play them, can’t stand console/j- rpg’s and don’t know anyone that plays them but especially online they seem to be the Alpha and Omega. THAT’s why this is such a big thing, you can’t compare games but to surpass the ultimate internet fanboy dream game by just making a great RPG is ballsy and just what gaming needed right now.
The reason they are revered is that over the last 27 years, the Legend of Zelda franchise has consistently put out one good game after the next with few, if any real blemishes on their record. After almost 3 decades of consistently putting out games that are fun, innovative, and kinda familiar all at once, the fanboys may have a minor point with their obsession of the games.
This is such a hot take I didn’t know I shared.
Zelda games aren’t bad by any stretch, in fact they seem great. But they’re treated as sacred to an extent I’ll never understand.
imagine Larian keeps putting out banger after banger for decades… that’s why Zelda is revered.
Exactly. How many games are even in the Zelda franchise at this point? Like 20?
Probably because they fill a niche that very few other games do.
The game still needs a lot of UX improvements to be considered perfect, but TotK did too. For everything TotK fixed from BotW it had new problems.
Is there a CRPG that is worshipped for the best UI in the genre? It seems like a UX nightmare to create a game that is so multifaceted.
I dunno about worshipped but to me pathfinder wotr has so many good quality of life improvements and better ui overall. Pathfinder also feels more like a proper successor to baldur’s gate mechanically and the old infinity engine. I am still enjoying bg3 though.
I know I’m late to this thread, but I’m curious about the Pathfinder games. When you say they’re closer to the original BG’s, is it mainly mechanically or in writing? I’m loving BG3, but I miss the tone and writing style of BG2, especially the characters.
I also heard the Pathfinder games are prohibitively difficult. That’s actually the main reason I’ve steered clear of them thus far. What’s your experience been like?
It has been a while since i have played bjt it is closer in mechanics to start. It uses a real time time with pause system and parties of 6, so a lot of thr combat dynamics and tactics are similar as are the controls. As for the difficulty, it can be difficult but there are 6 difficulty settings so dont feel obligated to play in a hardcore difficulty. The character building can get pretty complex but that is a perk for me, and it does a very good job giving you all the information, altho it can be overwhelming at times, it is actually there so you can plan accordingly ( one of my big issues with bg3 is the lack of info in tooltips etc). Also, there is an ingame respec option so you arent locked in.
Thank you for the run through. I’ll keep it in mind and maybe give them a shot at some point.
I also agree about the tooltips in BG3. Some are even plain wrong. I have a ring that says the wearer gets Blessed when healing another, but it’s actually the target that is healed that also gets Blessed, which is way better. There is lots of little stuff like that
Yeah i just noticed that one too. Meanwhile i am still getting downvoted anytime i critique the game even though i still enjoy it and make it clesr that i like the game.
If you thought TOTK let you do whatever you wanted to destroy monsters, wait till you see what BG3 offers. 😃
I grab every explosive barrel I find out of combat to help when I get into combat. Little powder keg, a little fireball, poof. No more bad guys.
I fell in (more) love when I realized I could grab a goblin and attack another with it…but there was just the one goblin. So I attacked the ground. Gobbo took bludgeoning and fire damage because the ground was on fire.
I’ve seen water can douse fire, and electricity synergizes with it; however with all the dark and undead, I was wondering if I might bless water and make it holy. The bless spell is only targetable on creatures, so that ain’t it 🤷🏻♂️
Also, it can be hard to see with the camera being so finicky but chandeliers and other hanging objects can be attacked to make them fall, causing massive damage or even opening holes in the ground.
If I wasn’t so deep in my playthrough, I would start over as a monk and just Jackie Chan my way through combat.
I’m really saddened that they don’t let me play a complete idiot. And it’s a bit buggy, but not impossible. That’s my criticism.
This game isn’t all… death and darkness everywhere like Divinity OS2 was, is it? In that game, it felt like I was fighting the undead and horrible meat monsters everywhere.
Well… it is a Baldur’s Gate game (as much as I’ve seen claimed otherwise), so the story is centered around the usurper gods of death, their legacy and their attempts to gain power and influence in the world.
The first act is reasonably light (with exception of mindflayers and some light occular body horror :P), just normal dnd stuff, goblins, druids, etc.
The second… well, to avoid spoiling too much, let’s just say it goes dark. :P Haven’t seen the third yet, personally.
I lost both my eyes in the game lmao
A fantastic game.
Nintendo managed to make an open world action-adventure more tedious than a turn based cRPG
Get your downvote ready everyone, I haven’t played the new Zelda but I did play and beat botw and it was just okay for me. I found it to be very over rated. It’s not even close to my top 10.
I definitely had to push to finish the game
Have no desire to touch Total if I’m being honest.
TotK makes BotW feel like an unfinished Beta. This is coming from someone who didnt complete BotW but beat TotK with all shrines and such. The fact that you can make a custom airbike and even use it in some dungeons makes all the difference, IMO.
Meh, fuck Nintendo.
