I read that article. Nothing much; I don't think there's anything in it that hasn't been mentioned elsewhere.
- Quick summary of how WotC finally agreed to let them do this
- Summary of what's going on in the trailer
- BG3 will similarly let players have a lot of tools and let them have at it. SV: "We'll give players lots of systems, and lots of agency to use these systems and try to accomplish what you need to [...]"
- The article also says "This interpretation should still be more true to the tabletop RPG than its predecessor [...]". Don't know how they came to that conclusion, but we can certainly hope so.
- The article mentions that Swen is interested in "taking another crack at OS2's origin system", which gives players premade characters with unique backgrounds, talents, quests. Swen also said that their ambitions for this system in OS2 were actually higher than what they managed to do, which implies that we can expect a more polished or advanced version of this system in BG3.
That's about it.
Who the hell knows what he means with this. At this point, all I really care about is:
1. Can I play the game the same way I could the previous BG games (NOT multiplayer only, and NOT TB or any other non-action oriented crap in which there's no real time danger and my party members have to sit there and
jiggle while waiting for god knows what once combat begins),
2. And can I create multiple characters for my party based on the updated D&D ruleset.
If they are 2 for 2 in this respect... (and I don't care how many other alternative playstyle options they provide or general gametype choices they give us in order to
"accomplish what we need") ... then they have my $59.99.
Otherwise, I'll be just as happy to find something else to spend my time and money on.
