Thank you, guys! I appreciate you all taking the time to read the entire wall of text.
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I agree with some and disagree with some but I just wanted to praise you for the well written and reasoned post, very good work!
(Also your night owl ranger sounds badass I'd have them in my party any daynight)
I'd bring grumpy Mattis, the hermit druid any day (or night) too.
(yup, I am stalking those parts of the forums as well) He seems like an amazing fellow to bring for an adventure - and your short description of him made me think of Durance (from PoE1 - and I adored his character, he was a fresh breeze to the team
I was sad not to see him during PoE2.)
Thankyou for your thoughts. I'm glad you have been able to experience and enjoy a variety of Videogame RPGs without feeling the need to hate them for not being "perfect".
Every game I play has aspects that I would prefer were implemented differently, but generally I simply observe what the game is offering, and work out how I will play it in for my own enjoyment. If the game is highly configurable and/or open to mods, this is obviously much easier.
BG3 seems to be much better in terms of plot/story/experience construction than earlier Larian games, and this is the most imporant aspect for me. There are some issues like time of day, weather, environmental activity ( flocks of birds, animals and "people" moving about etc. ) that would improve the experience, but I won't worry too much if that doesn't change.
Other issues like mechanics, you just do the best with what you have, since you will never please everyone. Personally, if I think something is silly, and I don't have to use it, I will ignore it in favour of my idea of role-playing the character. I may suggest modifications or alternative if I think it worthwhile, but there is no real chance that Larian can make the 100s of different versions of the mechanics that might satisfy everyone, so I never have an expectation of changes.
I agree! There were a list of things I think could have been better for each of the titles that I played, but all in all - the entire bunch of them
were are great games. I look forward to seeing the entire genre develop and flourish as different developers borrow each others ideas and make use of the best combinations. I believe the future of CRPGs will be bright! Maybe not this year, maybe not next year - but I am quite sure it will grow on into something enjoyable for all (or at least most) of us!
I'll be honest, I didn't read most of that, but I will say, do we have any indication that Larian is reading anything on these general forums? It'd be a little sad if people like OP are putting in so much effort when Larian isn't even listening.
I can't say I am 100% sure, but I'd imagine they are lurking around and about. :] Either way, even if they would never read this - it is not much of a big deal, for me personally. I wrote this both to Larian and the community because I wanted to, not because I felt obliged to. And, compared to many of the other early open letters (I still remember reading the open letters from many other talented authors early in the EA release), mine hardly give Larian much feedback and/or concrete information as of how they can improve their game. :] So if they can't spare the time, I'd shove them towards those letters any day of the week. Mine is mostly encouragement, and probably better aimed at the community (which has replied to an extent that exceeds my expectations already
I did not think many would ramble through my wall of text).
There are some heated discussions around here that sometimes can make you forget what an amazing community you guys actually have, even if you do not always agree with each other. :] I wrote it in an attempt bring some of this positive energy back because while I believe almost everybody who took the time to make a Larian forum account did so out of care for the future of the game, some discussions take unnecessary hostile turns.
