Ive been playing Icewindale again, and it has reminded me how stupid enemies would be in the old games. They target the first character they see and chase them around the screen. So all I have to do is arm my party with bows and hit from a distance while 1 character aggros the enemy and plays ring around he rosey.
So, BG3 has a far better combat system going with more intelligent and challenging enemies...when it works right that's is.
So do I think it can improve? Absolutely. I just think that sometimes we forget how NOT good the old games could be too at times. They had their gimmicks too.
You ever fight a cave bear low level and realize that you can just run in circles around your party members while they thrash him to death? For whatever reason they would not break off the first party member they saw. I love BG 1/2, but I recognize that the games are 20 years old. What I don’t think BG 3 has quite captured is the need to use my actual characters abilities. The battle for advantage is king, but I am confident this is more an issue of tuning.
