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[–] Riccosuave@lemmy.world 154 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I've never played a Baldur's Gate game before, but I feel compelled to buy this one just to send a message to other developers that it pays to treat your fans with respect.

[–] JeffCraig@citizensgaming.com 52 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Man, BG games are really some of the best! Give it a play!

[–] Riccosuave@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

I kinda missed the isometric, point and click era of RPG's because I grew up in an Apple household. So I played a lot of Warcraft 2 during that time period. Is Baldur's Gate 3 going to be that same style of game kinda in the vein of Divinty Original Sin?

[–] fqdnDOTcom@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

Yep, it feels very much like a dndified version of divinity original sin 2

[–] cholesterol@lemmy.wtf 5 points 1 year ago

It's basically Divinity: DnD Edition.

[–] JeffCraig@citizensgaming.com 3 points 1 year ago

Yes! It's the same developer as Divinity.

The games don't play exactly the same, but they are the same style.

[–] Lizardking27@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah I've never been a fan of the point-and-click isometric mechanics, but I've been playing some BG3 and it's pretty well done, I'm enjoying it. Definitely feels exactly like Divinity OS 2 but with DnD lore. Granted, I wasn't a big DOS2 fan but that was mostly because the story tried so hard to be miserable all the time and make the player feel like shit for any decision they made. I'm not super far into BG3 but I don't quite get that same vibe from it.

Pretty sure I played it on PC in like 1994

[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Indeed. Minsc and Boo stand ready!

[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

BG3 is really good, it’s probably the closest to a tabletop experience as you can get with a cRPG. All they need to do is add in 20 minute side-conversations and Monty Python references and it’s golden.

[–] CoderKat@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

It's a shame that most game companies can't manage to treat both their fans and staff well. It's rare to treat even one of those well, let alone both. I wonder what the developer of BG3 is like for employees? Crunch time is usually so ubiquitous in game dev that I assume everyone does it until proven otherwise.

[–] MellowSnow@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

This is the first BG game I've ever played, and I'm having a blast with it. So far, I can't recommend it enough for people who like tabletops and RPGs, in general.

[–] Nintendianajones64@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Lemmings once again pretending Nintendo doesn't exist lol