While Baldur's Gate 3 is being widely celebrated by fans and developers alike, some are panicking that this could set new expectations from fans. Good. In th...

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

    • Comp4 [she/her]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      8·
      1 year 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.

    • Parzivus [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

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

      • LaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        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.

            • Redscare867@lemmy.mlEnglish
              4·
              1 year ago

              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…

              • LaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
                2·
                1 year 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.

            • SerLava [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
              3·
              1 year ago

              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