Originally Posted by Abits
Originally Posted by Argonaut

I'm glad you brought this up because I think people are obsessing too much over one or the other when it is RPG. The mechanics should complement the story and aesthetic just as how the music is matched to the pace of the gameplay. These features should work with one another to create something greater than the sum of their parts. The way forward is to focus on the simulation rather than stay attached to archaic ideas that technology is fast out pacing.




All true. But also not exactly what this topic is about. Perhaps I wasn't as clear about it as I should be. I didn't claim Larian shouldn't care about gameplay, I said they should care about the story as much as they care about the gameplay.

And perhaps there are those who completely don't care about the story, but I doubt they are the majority or even 40% of fans. But that's not my problem either.

My problem is that right now Larian treats the story like it's some silly chore they have to do in order to get into the fun combat. It doesn't even matter whether they have good writers if they keep sabotaging their work

I don't disagree with you but my point is more that the standard Larian are being held to is nowhere near high enough and what they have given us so far is nowhere near good enough. Why is the community fighting over story first or mechanics first? We should all be fighting for both. One or the other is just not going to cut it this time around because it is their third major release, they are no longer a dinky little studio, they can afford to hire professionals outside of their immediate employees to fill in for their area of demonstrable expertise(read: professional and proven authors in the same manner as they hire professional and proven composers for their music) and they chose to create something under the Baldur's gate franchise name. They have chosen not to go this way despite full price early EA. This is the renaissance of the genre and the technology, software, hardware and expertise has made leaps and bounds and yet we are stuck with the same problems arguing among one another while we wait for breadcrumbs by the developer.

Last edited by Argonaut; 19/10/20 05:56 PM.
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