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Baldur's Gate 3, while a great game, doesn't deserve as much praise as it does because of its awful UX and bugs.
It's a great game imo, but I really hope they don't do another one with WotC. 5e is so, so crunchy. Stuff like Armor is such a strange thing compared to any modern RPG. Weapons are largely unchanging and can't be improved like Skyrim, DOS2, or other midern titles. There's very little AoE magic, which makes combat a chore. Spellslots (where you need a long rest to recharge) are annoying AF and were fine in the 1980s pen and paper era, but translate poorly today. Zombies needing to be killed with crits or radiant damage means you have to drag a cleric around despite them being a big step down from Lohse in DOS2. Reminds me of the HM mule days of PokΓ©mon in the mid 00s.
I'm very happy to see more dialog instead of pure combat. It's nice to be able to talk your way out of situations. Also very happy to see full blown nudity, too many games these days are trying to be kid/American puritan friendly. I hope they take the positives into their next game, but I really think their own ideas on what a modern RPG should be like were better. Oh, and give me more werewolves and the ability to turn into one.
Agreed. The user interface is the worst. Everything does not need to be animated.
It definitely deserves the praise because of how pro-consumer it is, even if it has some flaws on the ui/u
I had a pretty big typo, I'm not saying it doesn't deserve any praise, I'm just saying it deserves less. I think a better way of saying it is that I wish folks were still critical of it while saying they enjoy it. Most people seem to think things are either good or bad and there's no room for nuance. Saying "I've found bugs and the UX is really bad" just seems to draw out a bunch of rabid fans even when you pair that statement with "I've been really enjoying this game, I've put many hours in and I recommend it".
Yeah, idk I'm a bit of a hipster on larian, played and loved dos 1 and 2, talked to everyone about it but very few people gave it a chance. Now bg3 has a lot of those same friends playing and talking about how great it is lol so I have the normal hipster response lol. Happysad
Same with DOS2, couldn't get through the terrible combat.