It’s anecdotal, but a lot of my friends got bg3 simply because everyone said it was such an amazing, well made game. Most of them never finished a run and said it’s good, but not for them. I actually think it’s not impossible that the genre really isn’t that popular and the game performed so well because most AAA games aren’t made with that level of passion and creativity anymore.
I tried to play it with someone I was dating. She spent like an hour in the character creation menu. Had a lot of fun making her ranger look interesting. But as soon as we got to the actual gameplay, she checked out. I think we got to the druids and she was done.
Turn based I think is kind of double edged. There’s a lot of waiting, that’s bad. But you also don’t get overwhelmed when you’re trying to figure out how to move the camera or whatever.
DND 5e is a shallow system that you have to go out of your way to make a weak character. That helps. But it also makes it kind of boring for people looking for more depth.
Yeah. Not because they were dying for a new crpg, but because they heard it was the highest quality game to come out in years. I don’t think most of them would buy a hypothetical BG4 and a few have already said they wouldn’t.
Honestly that’s fine. Not every game is for everyone.
I bought Hollow Knight because everyone said it was amazing and it seemed exactly like the kind of game I would like. I bought it, played for several hours, but ultimately stopped because I wasn’t having fun.
As a result I didn’t buy Silksong. But… Silksong seems to be doing just fine.
For me Baldur’s Gate I & II were the best games I played growing up. Divinity Original Sin I & II were the best games I’d played in recent years. I had high expectations for Baldur’s Gate III and the game exceeded them.
Of course even I would be wary of a Baldur’s Gate IV. I don’t trust Hasbro to be able to make a quality game.
I tried it and I’m not sure if I like it. It seems like the devs expect you to go nova and then rest after every second fight. I’ve put it down for now, and I’ll try again when I have lots of spare time and nothing better to play
The designers originally wanted people to do like 5 fights per rest, but players rightfully said that kind of sucks, and they want to use their cool powers. DND designers keep trying to make this work. It’s especially bad in video games where players hate timed quests.
If they had done something like dark souls “get from here to there on one rest” it might have worked better, but that’s a much harder game.
Yeah as the other user said, it’s the D&D backbone… I feel like that is the main thing that has prevented me from truly loving the game (and getting past Act 1). I kind of wish they wouldn’t have stuck so strictly to the D&D ruleset.
Maybe try Divinity: Original Sin 2? I’m pretty sure the combat in that one is not D&D based.
It’s anecdotal, but a lot of my friends got bg3 simply because everyone said it was such an amazing, well made game. Most of them never finished a run and said it’s good, but not for them. I actually think it’s not impossible that the genre really isn’t that popular and the game performed so well because most AAA games aren’t made with that level of passion and creativity anymore.
Played through it with my partner, 10/10 great couples activity.
It’s a great story rich game solo, but the multiplayer is where it really shines when you want that sweet dopamine.
I tried to play it with someone I was dating. She spent like an hour in the character creation menu. Had a lot of fun making her ranger look interesting. But as soon as we got to the actual gameplay, she checked out. I think we got to the druids and she was done.
Turn based I think is kind of double edged. There’s a lot of waiting, that’s bad. But you also don’t get overwhelmed when you’re trying to figure out how to move the camera or whatever.
DND 5e is a shallow system that you have to go out of your way to make a weak character. That helps. But it also makes it kind of boring for people looking for more depth.
They bought it though, didn’t they?
Yeah. Not because they were dying for a new crpg, but because they heard it was the highest quality game to come out in years. I don’t think most of them would buy a hypothetical BG4 and a few have already said they wouldn’t.
Honestly that’s fine. Not every game is for everyone.
I bought Hollow Knight because everyone said it was amazing and it seemed exactly like the kind of game I would like. I bought it, played for several hours, but ultimately stopped because I wasn’t having fun.
As a result I didn’t buy Silksong. But… Silksong seems to be doing just fine.
For me Baldur’s Gate I & II were the best games I played growing up. Divinity Original Sin I & II were the best games I’d played in recent years. I had high expectations for Baldur’s Gate III and the game exceeded them.
Of course even I would be wary of a Baldur’s Gate IV. I don’t trust Hasbro to be able to make a quality game.
I tried it and I’m not sure if I like it. It seems like the devs expect you to go nova and then rest after every second fight. I’ve put it down for now, and I’ll try again when I have lots of spare time and nothing better to play
That’s DND 5e for you.
The designers originally wanted people to do like 5 fights per rest, but players rightfully said that kind of sucks, and they want to use their cool powers. DND designers keep trying to make this work. It’s especially bad in video games where players hate timed quests.
If they had done something like dark souls “get from here to there on one rest” it might have worked better, but that’s a much harder game.
Yeah as the other user said, it’s the D&D backbone… I feel like that is the main thing that has prevented me from truly loving the game (and getting past Act 1). I kind of wish they wouldn’t have stuck so strictly to the D&D ruleset.
Maybe try Divinity: Original Sin 2? I’m pretty sure the combat in that one is not D&D based.
D:OS2 was really fun, I liked it a lot more. But it did take a couple tries for me to get into it, so maybe BG will be the same
I felt the same way about bg3. It’s an awesome game and my wife loves it, but it’s not for me.