Originally Posted by QuietCountryCafe


Honestly, yeah. I enjoyed DOS:2 a ton, super fun combat experience, boring story. If they just took that combat 1:1 it'd be more enjoyable than it is currently.

If they went full 5e, it'd be more enjoyable than it is currently. (<- this is my preferred option)

Mixing it just doesn't work imo


+1. They need to make up their mind between a DOS based system or a D&D one. But merging those 2 has been very clunky and not working at all IMO.

As for the story side of things... I've played like 30 hours of Early Access, here's what I did :
saving myself from a crash with some luck
exploring caves, forests, for the sake of exploring
trying to save a girl captured by a hag only to leave her walking away with her husband now turned golem just because the outcomes planned by the game didn't even allow my PC to try some persuasion check to do something else without being a major douche
trying to decide which would be better between helping a former paladin worshipping a devil and helping a devil escaped from hell, because, you know, everyone's evil and morally gray and you shouldn't feel good about anything too yada yada
killing goblins and gnolls
trying to help a druid grove from going nuts
all ot this without the world around me really caring for it at all


Now let's compare to what I would have done in the same 30+ hours in, let's say BG2:
escaping from jail
rescuing people from an illusionary world and being praised for it
rescuing a castle fallen to trolls and becoming lord of it
rescuing a druid grove from shadow druids and becoming hero of the town
exploring an old temple of Pelor fallen to shadows and restoring it to its full glory
getting caught in the middle of a war between guilds which want me to side with them
wiping out slavers and dismantling their business to save enslaved kids and beasts, becoming a hero around the neighbourhood
getting in the sewers and dismantling a cult worshipping a beholder, restoring peace in the temple district


For now, I just don't have the same feeling of accomplishment at all playing BG3, both in terms of gameplay and story.