Basically the title. Why are so many gaming content creators bashing other modern games and praising this particular title? Is it because it is a proper offline RPG? Or is it because there’s no “greedy” subscription or play-to-win?
- No shitty P2W mechanic bullshit.
- Full game on release.
- no always online requirement.
- not completely unplayable at launch tripple A title.
- content amount is worth its purchase value.
- accessable or soon to be accessable on majority of gaming platforms.
- community mod support, which drives improvements and long term playability.
And last but highly important:
- Development transparency on what the game is and where its headed.
*Trippple A
Excuse me, that’s a triple “p” >.>
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It’s a whole game. With no bullshit.
And, it’s quite fun, well written, and a fairly faithful adaptation of DnD 5e
And it works upon release. It isn’t a buggy mess with shitty excuses as to why it can’t function without a 30-60GB update day 1
It actually has ton and ton of bugs, but they are patching them very fast and with patches that are < 400MB in size
Don’t have any cash to afford, or even a proper system to play BG3, but I was always fascinated by the original Baldur’s Gate poster as a GenZ kid cuz DnD wasn’t a culture in our country, and I always wanted to try this once. Maybe I’ll start with a low-fantasy like FFVI first when I have the time and finish the entire game, then start with BG1 (if it even exists).
BG Enhanced Edition is on steam! It actually seemed pretty cool, but the online play was so jank that my friends and I just went for Divinity instead. If you’re planning on playing it solo though you should be fine.
Baldur’s Gate 1 & 2 are on sale now on GOG, at least in my region. They’re hella affordable:
https://www.gog.com/game/baldurs_gate_enhanced_edition
https://www.gog.com/en/game/baldurs_gate_2_enhanced_editionApparently the GOG versions also contain the original games, unlike the Steam versions. And they’re much cheaper, even without the discount. They also run on really low specs.
I don’t really like DnD…could I possibly still enjoy this game?
Really depends on what you don’t like about DnD.
Not a fan of the prep work? Everything you need to know is written in game, no research necessary.
Not a fan of the mechanics? They’re still here, but feels pretty streamlined/approachable. The most DnD thing here I’d say is…rolling? I don’t see a lot of games where you roll dice for a chance at success. If you don’t like that mechanic there’s some stuff in game to make it easier to succeed at the things you care about and if that’s not enough you can always quicksave/quickload and retry.
Not a fan of the tabletop nature of DnD? Well this is a video game that feels like…a video game.
Not a fan of the role-playing aspect? I’m not sure you’d like it then. It’s definitely a story driven game not a hack n slash.
Not a fan of the setting/races/lore? Yeah don’t play.
So you could potentially still like the game, but it really depends.
Others already pointed out the quality and pricing, I’d add that it’s a rare title in the traditional RPG genre.
Many modern RPGs are really Action-RPGs, at least those in the Western market.
They let you do some role-playing, but you can usually play only one fleshed-out role (e.g. the Witcher, the Dovahkiin etc.) and they’re much more focused on their combat systems.We’ve also seen renewed interest in traditional role-playing in the form of table-top RPGs.
So, a big budget, high-quality title dropping after these years of drought just hits a nerve and has people hoping other studios get the message, too.
I think the Dragonborn is a bad example since he/she can be anyone and you can have plenty of fun with the game while ignoring the main quest.
I did think about that before posting and thing is, the Dovahkiin to me, is not the guy who completes the main quest.
The Dovahkiin is the personification of “I’ll do literally anything, if it’s a quest”. Players will go from whacking people in a fighters guild quest, to whacking people in a mages guild quest. From helping out in the murder guild, over to saving the world.
Skyrim doesn’t require you to choose a role beyond that. You can leave out content, e.g. not whack people in mages guild quests, but the game really doesn’t encourage that play style. You’re just playing unoptimally at that point.
I guess, maybe it is rather the case that the Dovahkiin is not a fleshed-out role and the role-playing in Skyrim is just not very prominent.
Got you. Yes, in that respect it’s not good roleplaying. But then I can’t think of many RPGs where you are not the chosen one that has to solve every problem (hello, Cmd. Shepard!)
I’ll be brief. It’s a game made with love. The game is truly an art rather than a formulaic way to induce engagement and thus monetize users. No just online bullshit.
Triple-A games are releasing a lot of Marvel movies these days. Baldur’s Gate is Oppenheimer.
yup I agree with this. You know when you get a little bit emotional when you see some art that the creators clearly took great pride in and poured their heart and soul into? Yeah this game is that.
It’s a large rpg game with everything an rpg game has to have to be attractive and immersive but without forced bullshit. Note how Larian’s previous games were also praised even without the context of “modern games”. The studio is good at what they do so the game is good… and it doesn’t break the previously successful formula, down to keeping local multiplayer - yes, it’s an AAA game which lets two people play with a single copy. Would someone think of the shareholders?! Hopefully not and an essential aspect of rpg - actually playing with other people in a shared fiction - is there.
Besides contrasting it with greedy monetisation BG3 needs to be compared with its precedessors (Divinity games and Baldur’s Gate 1 and 2) and it passes the tests with flying colors from what I read. Then we can compare to other big single-player rpgs like Pathfinder and again BG3 doesn’t disappoint.
That Larian did not over-monetise the game is really just cherry on top and I didn’t even play the thing yet.
It’s a genuinely good triple a game with no micro transactions and no dlc afaik
They will probably do an old school expansion ala Bg2 Throne of Bhaal
It’ll be interesting to see if they do. Larian themselves have said they have no plans at the moment, in no small part due to how in 5e at lvl 12+ powers get hard to balance/model in a computer game. But given the success at launch, they’re probably going to feel a lot of pressure to make one. I’m curious how they’ll get around it. My guess is they’ll either have to more strongly deviate from 5e or it’s a side plot with new characters.
On top of everything that has been mentioned here, id like to add that the game is hella well polished and runs super smooth. I run the game on a 4th gen i5, gtx 1060, 16GB of ram and hard drives… On ultra graphics at a steady 40-50fps ( and +30 on busy places like at the start of the game )
Yes, it loads some textures slowly on initial load because its run from a hard drive, not an ssd, but that is about it!!
Really? I was holding of on buying it because of my specs but they’re practically the same as yours.
Yup. Again, loading can take a while because of the hard drive and ram being older, but it runs perfectly fine!
At the start of the game there is a lot going on on screen, and it dips to 30fps, probably my cpu being poopy haha
But in the end, doesnt go lower than that… On ultra :p
that’s odd - I’ve got pretty high specs but my performance is about the same as yours in game on ultra… Wonder if i need to reinstall my driver’s or something
But what resolution? That might the big factor here. I have the same performance, but in 4k. They might be playing in 1080p
Ah, good point - it is 4k,so I guess that might explain it
Maybe, i am running latest nvidia drivers atm
Well, I can’t actually play it, so this is coming from someone salty a krait.
But, yeah, the game is fucking amazeballs. Incredible graphics, deep character building, fully playable solo and offline, no costs other than the up front ones, a reportedly well crafted storyline, available and playable on multiple platforms. It’s a truly top end game that is very rare now.
When you play (or sit there jealous while seeing gameplay) a game like this, then you go over to some shitty microtransaction infested cash grab bullshit that’s bug infested and features constant frustration as core mechanic, you get pissed at the garbage that’s been foisted on the gaming world.
This is taken not only from me being furious that games like this aren’t the standard, and that it’ll be a year or more before I can arrange to play it, but from talking to other gamers about the game and the state of gaming in general.
Seriously, if you can find someone to let you try it out, take the opportunity. It will show what gaming could and should be.
That makes the both of us, I guess. I could not afford Final Fantasy 16, neither do I have a console in the first place, so I had to watch all the gameplay videos instead.
A year is a long time, what’s the story behind that if you don’t mind me asking?
Fixed income via disability.
Assuming nothing goes wrong, I can scrape maybe enough to upgrade my PC’s ram in that time, and I have a cousin that has a spare video card he’s willing to do some trade on for services. But it’ll take a year at least for the RAM with the eight amount I can realistically hold to the side each month.
It’s the least expensive path to having something that can run the game lol. I haven’t upgraded my PC in ages because none of the games I’ve played have needed anything else. So it’s about ten years behind, and that’s that
Like, I could sacrifice other things to do it. But what I’d have to sacrifice isn’t worth it.
Ahh, got it!
What type of RAM does your PC have now? It’s not DDR4-3200 is it? If not, is your CPU compatible with that?
if it helps i play it on an I7-920 from 2009 with 16gb of ram DDR3 and it works great i avg 60fps. you would need a good card though i have a 6800XT but I know my cpu is holding that card back, so maybe not that high plus I play on ultra but still looks great on medium
Why are some gamers happy about a new game in a popular series?
It’s Skyrim on steroids and probably the first turn based combat game I actually enjoy. Playing with friends elevates this game to my all time favourite in terms of gameplay where everyone can influence the world (I watched one of my friends kick a squirrel like a football and the other getting scammed by a trader).
Oh and don’t get me started on the absurd amount of stuff to do.
And the fact that it runs like butter with no glitches in our session so far I’d say this game is well polished
Isn’t the whole game (including the combat system) just a glorified e-dice throwing ?
(I never played baldur’s gate nor D&D)
