Rotluchs 83 Posted August 12, 2023 (edited) zomg ! is it overrated/overhyped by it's fans, or really THAT good ? best PC game of 2023 if not of all times if you go by accumulated ratings on metacritics, eg... ) 97/100 (critics) 9.2/10 (users) .. 814,666 all time player peak on steam ... do you have to be a D&D pro, a lover of turn based combat systems ,classic rpg genre, or fan of the BG franchise in particular in order to understand & enjoy it? what do you think? is this new ARPG 'monster' also for people who never played any of these kind of games, or at least have very little experience / playtime in these ? I'm okay with turn based combat personally, for example I enjoyed the original Fallout 1+2, and I played half thru Desperados 3 (wait! was that even turn based? I dont remember) really enjoyed it. (then I got distracted by some other games, never went back to finish it, although I sometimes thought about doing so) Also played Commandos 1+2 a bit eons ago, always only the first few missions before it got too hard/complex for me... (that one at least wasnt turn based Im pretty sure, tho you could pause it, I think) But, I never played BG1,2 or the Divinity Series ^^ - although I own most games of these, by now... Heck, I think I'll buy it anyway now, right away on steam. Now I'm curious enough to check it out and see for myself, what the fuss is all about PS: (Sorry, Blizzard, you still won't see me buying&playing D4 anytime soon.. regardless of what my experience with BG3 is gonna be) PPS: done! kept my promise before I change my mind, bought it & installing BG3 right now (man, that's a hughe DL.. more than 100 GB) PPPS: meanwhile, I already decided what character I want to roll on my first attempt : one of these small Gnomes, and going all in on this nature / ranger / animal stuff... PPPPS: also, I will try to resists and not use any re-loads on entire play thru, no matter what.. trying to resist that save scum urge, as long as possible Edited August 12, 2023 by Rotluchs 1
lujate 578 Posted August 14, 2023 Baldur's Gate? Wow, that's a blast from the past. I played BG2 on Xbox probably 15 years ago. It had a teaser after the credits (ala Marvel Studios) showing an Egyptian-themed cut-scene. I looked for the sequel for a long time before giving up. Turn-based? Is BG3 turn-based? BG2 was an A-RPG, like Sacred 2, D3 and D4. 1
gogoblender 3,413 Posted August 14, 2023 Baldur's Gate...just the words set an echo of epicness and nostalgia ... I saw some news clippings of its new "awesomenes"...is there something really different about this iteration? gogo
