DnD works perfectly well in video games. You don't have to play Solasta to understand it, just read the rules.
This very small game has STRONG foundations in its mechanics whatever we're talking about combats, resting, (fast)travelling, crafting, leveling, rewarding players, inventory management, user interface, control scheme, movement, tutorials, character creation, verticality...
Close to everything is good about it's mechanic.
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Let's wait and see what game Larian really wants to make.
If I remember well you said you only played Solasta 2 hours (refund) ?
So I get what you are talking about. The-game-that-will-not-be-named has baseline 5E mechanics like requiring food, spell components, and the action economy is correct. Where BG3 has some blaring holes like barrelmancy, broken throw mechanics, extra actions, free disengage, and leftover DOS2 mechanics. So the foundation is better for building the 5E combat.
I played two hours, and then my save game broke and I requested and received a refund. I also watched some videos on Fextralife and WolfheartFPS.
But here is the thing, this game is not really selling - they are niche af. Only 200k sold and they are already discounting it. It doesn't have broad appeal. It appeals mainly to high-functioning people who are obsessed with D&D rules. In doing so it fails to get the overall point of D&D, which is "a story we tell together". Its like trying to argue that Art is the sum of its parts and insisting something is a masterpiece because you have good paint.
Given that - Multiplayer would not make sense in this game anyway because there is no way to be creative, nothing you do really matters and you are heavily constrained in needing a perfectly balanced team.
And this highlights two separate niche demographics of players: Players who think D&D is the rules and players who think D&D is about the story you tell (focus on companions, romances etc.). Probably the healthy demographic here are the ones who put equal value in both and tbh that makes the most sense to me personally.
