Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Suggestions & Feedback Jumping and Climbing: too much Naruto-ish to my taste

Title says it all,

When my STR 8 sorceress climbs a ladder, I am astonished by her athletic skills...

Same when that same sorceress jumps over 1.5m higher platform...

I get it, those animations are "boring" and making it "realistic" would take too much time in already slow game pace. HOWEVER, for authenticity wise, I wish there is an option for:
- fast & ninja move animations for athletic characters
- normal move animations for non-athletic characters

Also on side note, I really don't like that I have to "jump" to higher grounds, whereas "climbing" is more suitable...

+1 to more realistic climbing and less cartoony jumping. Jump height is far too generous in BG3.

I'm ok with fast climbing because there are a lot of ladders. Long ladders.

I wish Athletics and Acrobatics would have a role in climbing and movement in general, at least in combat. That would be a way to make the environment and high ground more significant defensively without handing out big attack bonuses and penalties. Heavy armor could perhaps come with a penalty to those skill checks so that medium armor could have a perk in being a more mobile choice. Strength based Fighters don't really benefit from a high dex in any significant way and making medium armor more viable for mobility could be something at least.

Mostly agree, but to be honnest I think it's useless to talk about this because Larian wants their mechanics to look gamey more than realistic or immersive.

Coherence between visual, mechanics, story, world design (and so on) will probably never be a part of Larian's games.

I hoped Larian would be able to change their mind when they announced BG3 but they obviously think that making "silly" (they probably call it "fun") games is better than make them coherent.

Agree with it all, except first line. I'm like a strength 4 in real life(based on my test results for compulsory military service where I had a 2 out of 9) and I'm still able to climb a ladder, but no one has ever been impressed by my athletic skills :P