I just purchased Solasta after the latest Spring update, and I completely agree with the original post. The UI in Solasta is very clean and easy to use. I’ve always hated the constant managing of hotbar icons in BG3, and the lack of a good spellbook interface.
Solasta also shows how well D&D 5e combat works in a video game without many changes. Moving a fighter next to an enemy actually means something. Reaction pop-ups are great and only take a second to decide where to use that reaction. Some characters don’t have bonus actions and that’s fine (I really don’t miss dipping weapons or free shoves).
And athletics/jumping is so easy, just click at a destination and everyone in the party will climb and jump there if they are able. No need to unchain, select character, click jump, click destination (at least you don’t have to repeat that anymore for every character in BG3).
All this doesn’t mean I don’t like BG3, in fact I like it a lot. It’s just unfortunate that Larian decided not to try more pure 5e rules first and change what needs changing later in the EA.
Very much agree!
