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[JokerMM]

I've been a gaming since the goddamn NES, BG3 is easily the best experience I've ever had with an RPG. its so fucking crazy how this wasnt even on my radar as i deslike CRPGs with burning passion, but somehow this clicked like no other game ever clicked with me before. you know the game is ultra special when its fucking with your sleep schedule and its all you think about all day.
this studio gained a fan for life

 

[Investor9872]

I'll bite. Tell what you liked about the game. What clicked with you to turn you into a crpg fan now?

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

as i deslike CRPGs with burning passion, but somehow this clicked like no other game ever clicked with me before

In other words, you dislike CRPGs and had fun with a game made for people that dislike CRPGs

Go play Morrowind, Gothic 2, Deus Ex, Arx Fatalis, Darklands or some other actual good CRPG.

 

[BbMajor7th]

I'm playing it at the moment. It's really good, but I'm not yet seeing the huge step over DOS2.

 

[delfrickintree]

 

[ReBurn]

It looks good and I intend to play it, but I'm not really a fan of D&D dice roll stuff or turn-based combat. So I'm in no rush to jump in. Hopefully by the time it's on sale for $40 or so they will have fixed the console performance issues so I can give it a try.

 

[Mister Wolf]

It's my favorite game of all time. I have over 188 hours including EA and I'm nearing the end of the game. A point I would like to stress about the game is its easily an 100+ hrs campaign and there is no filler content. No stupid bases to capture, no Easter Egg hunts, no towers to climb to unlock the map, etc.

 

[JokerMM]

I'll bite. Tell what you liked about the game. What clicked with you to turn you into a crpg fan now?

the story, the characters, the world iself, the many choices that actualy matters, the lore and the the way the story is told, the graphics, and the way gameplay has nice twist to it

 

[ByWatterson]

I'm burning to get into it, but my priorities list keeps getting longer and longer.

After Sea of Stars, FFVI (again). Might be able to squeeze it in before Spider-Man 2.

Ack!

 

[Guilty_AI]

In other words, you dislike CRPGs and had fun with a game made for people that dislike CRPGs

Go play Morrowind, Gothic 2, Deus Ex, Arx Fatalis, Darklands or some other actual good CRPG.

Deus Ex is anything but a crpg

 

[squidilix]

Less one meter of the target

95% chance hit

Miss

Get mad

Spoiler

Very good game through, lvl 5 after 30 hours and still fun

 

[JokerMM]

In other words, you dislike CRPGs and had fun with a game made for people that dislike CRPGs

Go play Morrowind, Gothic 2, Deus Ex, Arx Fatalis, Darklands or some other actual good CRPG.

played them all except for Arx

 

[noise36]

Did you play Divinity: Original Sin 1 & 2 ? BG3 is basically Divinity: Original Sin 3

I want a new fallout game in the same style!

 

[Guilty_AI]

the story, the characters, the world iself, the many choices that actualy matters, the lore and the the way the story is told, the graphics, and the way gameplay has nice twist to it

Honestly a lot of those are fairly typical for crpgs. One thing Larian games do excel at though is the interesting approach to combat, that let you use enviroment or come up with some creative stuff.

 

[Draugoth]

It made me feel lke i was playing Dragon Age/Mass Effect all over again.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

It's rich and probably has several games worth of content. I vouch for it.

 

[bender]

Better than Shadows of Amn?

 

[Northeastmonk]

I thought seriously about this. My issue is that combat in a JRPG is faster than BG3. I can see where the world/character/narrator building is a strong argument. On another hand I feel like I could fight two FromSoftware bosses in the same time it takes to get through some situations. It’s been years since I finished DA1-3 on PC. I honestly can’t remember how my party reacted. I finished those and the expansion to DA:O.

I think it’s great for fans, but something about it isn’t for everyone. I plan to continue my journey in it.

 

[L*][*N*K]

But don’t let BG3 become a gold standard for RPGs, it is an anomaly lol.

 

[Larxia]

I'm playing it at the moment. It's really good, but I'm not yet seeing the huge step over DOS2.

I think a lot of it comes down to the presensation.

I can't really talk about the depth of the game because I haven't played DOS2 so I can't compare, but BG3 on top of being insane with its depth, also offers a lot of things that make it more attractive for people like me who usually aren't into these CRPG games.

For example, I really dislike top down / isometric camera. When a game uses a camera like this, I'm instantly a lot less interested, because the immersion is really not the same and I don't see myself enjoying exploration when it's presented like that. Baldur's Gate 3 lets you zoom in the camera and play it with a more traditional third person camera, making the game feel a lot more like games like Dragon Age Origins for example, which I liked too. I still do use the zoomed out camera a lot, I change the distance all the time depending on what I do and what I'm looking at, but having the option to see it from a more immersive perspective is a huge bonus for me.

From what I've seen in Divinity, the dialogues are much better here too. I don't mean the content of the dialogue, but one again, the presensation. The pacing seems better, everything has cutscene, fully voiced, with facial animations, enough content to be interested but not too much to get tedious, it's a better presensation for me that the lot of text you can get in other games of the genre.

This game just feels like a much larger Dragon Age Origins, with elements of the "Immersive Sim" genre added to it, and that's really great.

I also like that I'm able to control my character directly with wasd instead of only clicks, but that's thanks to a mod someone made, which works really great, and I don't understand why the devs didn't allow this by default on mouse & keyboard setup when it's available for controllers, really weird choice. Having both the ergonomics of mouse & keyboard + also access to the wasd controls make it the best way to play it for me.

 

[EDMIX]

Classic in the making, a staple for any RPG fan and top 5 worthy.

 

[ClanOfNone]

As an old D&D nerd I am definitely impressed, the license really shines here. Frankly, after playing a tiny bit of early access my hopes were not particularly high for this game, but Larian really knocked it outta the park.

NOW, gimme gimme gimme Dragonlance, Spelljammer, Dark Sun, Ravenloft, Planescape and keep em coming.

 

[KyoZz]

 

[Guilty_AI]

I think a lot of it comes down to the presensation.

I can't really talk about the depth of the game because I haven't played DOS2 so I can't compare, but BG3 on top of being insane with its depth, also offers a lot of things that make it more attractive for people like me who usually aren't into these CRPG games.

For example, I really dislike top down / isometric camera. When a game uses a camera like this, I'm instantly a lot less interested, because the immersion is really not the same and I don't see myself enjoying exploration when it's presented like that. Baldur's Gate 3 lets you zoom in the camera and play it with a more traditional third person camera, making the game feel a lot more like games like Dragon Age Origins for example, which I liked too. I still do use the zoomed out camera a lot, I change the distance all the time depending on what I do and what I'm looking at, but having the option to see it from a more immersive perspective is a huge bonus for me.

From what I've seen in Divinity, the dialogues are much better here too. I don't mean the content of the dialogue, but one again, the presensation. The pacing seems better, everything has cutscene, fully voiced, with facial animations, enough content to be interested but not too much to get tedious, it's a better presensation for me that the lot of text you can get in other games of the genre.

This game just feels like a much larger Dragon Age Origins, with elements of the "Immersive Sim" genre added to it, and that's really great.

I also like that I'm able to control my character directly with wasd instead of only clicks, but that's thanks to a mod someone made, which works really great, and I don't understand why the devs didn't allow this by default on mouse & keyboard setup when it's available for controllers, really weird choice. Having both the ergonomics of mouse & keyboard + also access to the wasd controls make it the best way to play it for me.

Yeah, in terms of depth it isn't all that different from DOS2, though it does have some cool stuff added like the ability to push and throw things around rather than just move them, or the mechanics feeling less exploitable.

The biggest improvements over DOS2 really does come down to presentation, the cinematic camera helps you get more invested in the characters, the story has better flow and pacing - it was rather easy for DOS2 to lose you at first with all the exposition talk and epic stories about god-chosen-ones or whatever, whereas in BG3 its structured in a way you can get into it right away even if you know nothing about D&D lore.

 

[Meicyn]

As an old D&D nerd I am definitely impressed, the license really shines here. Frankly, after playing a tiny bit of early access my hopes were not particularly high for this game, but Larian really knocked it outta the park.

NOW, gimme gimme gimme Dragonlance, Spelljammer, Dark Sun, Ravenloft, Planescape and keep em coming.

I appreciate you putting Dragonlance first, because I definitely want it to happen. I want to see both Ansalon and Taladas in a modern game.

 

[BbMajor7th]

I think a lot of it comes down to the presensation.

I can't really talk about the depth of the game because I haven't played DOS2 so I can't compare, but BG3 on top of being insane with its depth, also offers a lot of things that make it more attractive for people like me who usually aren't into these CRPG games.

For example, I really dislike top down / isometric camera. When a game uses a camera like this, I'm instantly a lot less interested, because the immersion is really not the same and I don't see myself enjoying exploration when it's presented like that. Baldur's Gate 3 lets you zoom in the camera and play it with a more traditional third person camera, making the game feel a lot more like games like Dragon Age Origins for example, which I liked too. I still do use the zoomed out camera a lot, I change the distance all the time depending on what I do and what I'm looking at, but having the option to see it from a more immersive perspective is a huge bonus for me.

From what I've seen in Divinity, the dialogues are much better here too. I don't mean the content of the dialogue, but one again, the presensation. The pacing seems better, everything has cutscene, fully voiced, with facial animations, enough content to be interested but not too much to get tedious, it's a better presensation for me that the lot of text you can get in other games of the genre.

This game just feels like a much larger Dragon Age Origins, with elements of the "Immersive Sim" genre added to it, and that's really great.

I also like that I'm able to control my character directly with wasd instead of only clicks, but that's thanks to a mod someone made, which works really great, and I don't understand why the devs didn't allow this by default on mouse & keyboard setup when it's available for controllers, really weird choice. Having both the ergonomics of mouse & keyboard + also access to the wasd controls make it the best way to play it for me.

Yeah, the camera is the same as DOS2; cutscene presentation is way better, but I honestly think DOS2 had the more interesting (and better balanced) mechanics. I remember doing so much crazy shit in DOS2 that I haven't come across in BG3.

 

[JayK47]

I'll be checking it out after Starfield, the real best game ever made.

 

[howitis3]

I couldn't get into it. Story is boring and the combat is legit dnd. I play dnd the combat is dice rolls its boring. Dnd is fun because you get to act a story with friends .I don't get why people like it

 

[Freelance Yakuza]

I discovered this game one month before launch and I'm loving it.
80h in the middle of act 2

 

[Sanepar]

IMO best rpg ever made too. Best story, dialogs, quests and npcs. The only rpg it come close is Witcher 3.

 

[Fbh]

Haven't played it but from the impression I've seen it might be.

Never get why some people loose their shit whenever someone implies a new game might be one of the best ever.
Some people really have some massive nostalgia goggles and refuse to admit that anything released after like the year 2000 can be a GOAT.

 

[Guilty_AI]

Dnd is fun because you get to act a story with friends .I don't get why people like it

Because you get to act a story with friends. Coop definitely helped propping this game up.

 

[StereoVsn]

It's a great game, but I overall I liked combat better in Pathfinder WotR. It just had so many more builds and higher level gameplay was amazing, especially spellcasting.

 

[twilo99]

Yes it is

 

[bitbydeath]

Anyone playing split screen? If so, how is it?
Tempted to buy for that.

 

[Corian33]

Did you play Divinity: Original Sin 1 & 2 ? BG3 is basically Divinity: Original Sin 3

I want a new fallout game in the same style!

Have you played Wasteland 2/3? Not quite as good as D:OS games but they are up there for sure.

 

[IAmRei]

There are lot of Rpg out there, if You search deep, You might find something better.

 

[Sakura]

I think it is a good game, but I find the main story to be kind of boring and there is a lack of character/relationship development in my opinion.

 

[EviLore]

It’s really good. Big time commitment though, don’t feel like I’m putting a dent into it unless I dedicate half the day. And not able to do that very often.

 

[cartman414]

Lol at Dragon Age comparisons as if BG1/2 never existed.

 

[Secret_Lover]

Random question. I am pretty much in love with BG3 but I played the first DOS a while back and didn´t enjoy it at all. I found the game´s emphasis on humor kind of grating and the overall presentation and story was pretty uninteresting. I´ve never tried DOS2 and am wondering if I would enjoy it.

 

[Touch fuzZy. get BizZay]

After act 1 and 2 it was game of the year.

After act 3...top 10. Still high praise in a stacked year like this.

 

[Wingnut]

Nah

 

[brian0057]

It's good.
But the title of "Greatest RPG of All Time" still belongs to The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall.

 

[EviLore]

Random question. I am pretty much in love with BG3 but I played the first DOS a while back and didn´t enjoy it at all. I found the game´s emphasis on humor kind of grating and the overall presentation and story was pretty uninteresting. I´ve never tried DOS2 and am wondering if I would enjoy it.

Big improvement to the writing between DOS and DOS2.

 

[Robbinhood]

Absolutely agree OP.

Every moment in that game is immersive and has you thinking critically for any random action. because shit can hit the fan real quick if you aren't paying attention. Just the mere thought of using a certain spell can cause you to sit there for minutes.

Don't get me started when your team levels up, theres 2 hours right there. And its not frustrating, its all earned and super interesting.

 

[vaibhavpisal]

Have you played Wasteland 2/3? Not quite as good as D:OS games but they are up there for sure.

Wasteland 3 is up there with Fallout 1/2 for me.

Played it with a friend, number of arguments we had over what decision to take was very high. Top tier RPG writing.

 

[Sensates]

I liked D:OS 1&2 but BG3 is really the best, there is so much heart in the game.

 

[NecrosaroIII]

It's certainly the best dnd game made. They really leaned into the dndness of it.

Before this, my favorite was Neverwinter Nights, so what do I know?

 

[Zathalus]

I think the definitive edition will be in my top 10 for sure.