Originally Posted by alice_ashpool
the veils of nostalgia: the combat in BG1 was enjoyable and ultra faithful to D&D rules

the combat in BG1: kiting around a bear while missing with a shortbow for 20 minutes

Your recollection needs a swift kick in the pants. That "bear" happened to be legendary ranger Drizzt Do'Urden. A character you really, really, really wasn't supposed to kill. Cave bears, who you also weren't supposed to kill at level one, basically took the same tactics but a fraction of the time you mention (low AC, high HP).

Funny that you should mention it. The closest creature in BG3 you really aren't supposed to kill is the adult red dragon. Guess what? You can kill it and the githyanki creche in a second using barrelmancy. Who needs 9th level Meteor Swarms when they have Larian meme-combat (coupled again with as broken AI as in the original series)? This is novelty fun, but I predict it will cool pretty quickly and feel like a cheap gimmick that detracts from the many other great aspects of the game.

Last edited by Seraphael; 08/11/20 04:13 PM.