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Yes I know its IGN but I thought it was a pretty decent vid in regards to some industry reactions to Baldurs Gate 3.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Did they do this with DOS2? Because the quality level is very similar.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I havent played DOS2 but from what I heard its a very good crpg. There is one big difference between it and Baldurs Gate 3 though- Production values. Baldurs Gate 3 simply by being a more cinematic experience will cater to a larger audience despite being a nerdy crpg. Plus DnD does have kind of a renaissance and the name Baldurs Gate still carries some weight.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The big difference with BG3 are the cutscenes, feels more like a Bioware game at times and appeals to people who enjoy that

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

feels more like a Bioware game at times and appeals to people who enjoy that

It's definitely more weighted towards the Xbox 360 era of Bioware than the original Baldur's Gate era, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If it was more like the original Baldur’s Gate and less like Mass Effect 2 I probably wouldn’t be playing it lol

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

But the original Baldur's Gate is soooo good!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Facts. I don’t play video games anymore and I haven’t for at least a decade, but I bought Baldur’s Gate 3 purely for nostalgia purposes. Baldur’s Gate was the shit back in the day.

In general though I do think that the 5e system is much better suited to making an engaging video game. I really like that they’ve made it actually turn based vs having to pause every 2 seconds in combat to micromanage. Although I do constantly find myself instinctively pressing space to try to pause the game…

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Although I do constantly find myself instinctively pressing space to try to pause the game…

Glad I'm not the only one. I feel like I need to remap space because it's the skip turn button.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I dinked around with BG 1 and it was clearly really good but damn the age shows and it can be tediously confusing. I didn't really know what to do and I didn't like how you start off with like 4 hp against enemies that do like 1-5 damage or whatever it is. I get that I'm supposed to wait before doing anything really valiant or whatever but it just never clicked. It was impressively deep though

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The voice files were insufferable in BG1.

"SO I KICKED HIM IN THE HEAD UNTIL HE WAS DEAD! NYEHEHEHEHEHEH" sus-torment

"SO I KICKED HIM IN THE HEAD UNTIL HE WAS DEAD! NYEHEHEHEHEHEH" sus-torment

"SO I KICKED HIM IN THE HEAD UNTIL HE WAS DEAD! NYEHEHEHEHEHEH" sus-torment

"SO I KICKED HIM IN THE HEAD UNTIL HE WAS DEAD! NYEHEHEHEHEHEH" sus-torment

"SO I KICKED HIM IN THE HEAD UNTIL HE WAS DEAD! NYEHEHEHEHEHEH" sus-torment

"SO I KICKED HIM IN THE HEAD UNTIL HE WAS DEAD! NYEHEHEHEHEHEH" sus-torment

"SO I KICKED HIM IN THE HEAD UNTIL HE WAS DEAD! NYEHEHEHEHEHEH" sus-torment

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

BG2 though was classic.

"Oh, Very well, hai ya!"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Always kill the necromancer. That dude screeches incessantly.