Originally Posted by Grudgebearer
Originally Posted by spacehamster95
BG3 is going to be a far superior rpg.

You really believe so?

So far, I've seen little-to-nothing in EA, that lends me to believe that Larian's version of BG3 is going to be much more than a faux-choices-matter experience trying to hide a pedestrian story on rails that takes no real consideration as to how the protagonist actually 'roleplays' their character.

Wizards and Larian had a chance her to move the genre forward, and do more with a story than has previously been done, and we just have more set-piece combats interspersed with some tedious dialogue that is supposed to serve as character exposition, but has no significant effect on story events.

Their hellbent focus on multiplayer has ultimately gimped any real roleplay or sense of player agency through choice affecting the story.

I do think so. I don't really see the hell bent focus on multiplayer that you mentioned. It was def there with DOS and DOS 2, but I think this is a more single player rpg experience. For me, honestly the game gives such a powerful Dragon Age Origins vibes that I find it hard not to love it. I love the story so far, and I found myself caring about the npcs (loving or hating them). And EA already has a huge fanbase so I am hoping for a commercial success as well for Larian.

About the story choices, I think it is really hard to make that kind of judgement based on the strippet of the first story arc.

What I am a bit bothered by and hope Larian will remedy, is the issue of custom made heroes and origin heroes. I think Larian did make progress on that front, but I think they need to work on it a bit more. Like, maybe a background related quest line available only to custom heroes, to better place them in the world.

But I am curious to hear your issue as well, what was that story moment that was in your opinion so lackluster? Did you play Solasta? Because there I was deeply disappointed by the strength of the writing...

Last edited by spacehamster95; 01/08/21 07:23 PM.