Let me preface that I really like bg3 (best DnD crpg game in my opinion) and played act 1 a few times over, even did a drow solo run, back when you could abuse some game mechanics (stay hidden and always attack with advantage).


I must say I really like it as is, and the time when it got announced (2019) cRPG were still a niche. The tonality with characters developing story arch's of Bg3 reminds me also a bit of DA:O, which was a great game as well. And although I played (and liked) PoE 1 and 2 and Pathfinder and Solasta, it was BG3 in the end which fueled my DnD needs and made me read more lore books, listening to more YouTube lore videos and made me Replay BG1,2 and NWN 2 just recently.
No other cRPG would do that. And btw. while replaying BG2 I must say I found some dialogue pretty cringe sometimes, and story pacing felt off as well. NWN 2 was great but towards the end had me do too many errand like things and I felt much too powerful.

Edit: the combat feeling in BG3 is so perfect btw. Can really feel the impact, while in older cRPGs combat always felt hollow and a little weird.

When I started my first BG3 playthrough it felt perfect. Because I did mistakes and the game felt pretty tough it is tailored for starters that don't know everything, and that come from normal video games. Now doing my 6th or so playthrough, of course I feel mighty because I know every encounter, every magic item and every room.

But try to remember the first time you launched, when you did not minmax everything.

Now in my 6th playthrough I try again to mimic a first start, try to do mistakes, and it again feels nearly as good as the 1st time. Encounters are just right in my eyes!

And every DM makes homebrew rules. I get that some people want a slower Start, a more more grounded start, and I wouldn't turn that away either. So.
Maybe BG3 could offer a tutorial before the tutorial, where when we build our character, and chose our origin we get a mini 1-2 hour mini tutorial (living the life on a farm, or in a mage school), in which we can learn more about the world, recent events, or BG1/2 events? All that through talking to people, overhear chatter, reading lore books or getting hints in other forms. Then we get captured by the mindflayer ship, and the game starts. ( This mini story / background / lore tutorial could also be in form of separate dreams.. )


Edit2: I really really hope bg3 will be a huge financial success and more players are lured into the forgotten realms. I want add-ons, dlcs and everything and occasionally a bg4 in that engine, with that story telling please . In my eyes it's super awesome and fits BG lore perfectly.
For example the first time gale died . Really I was so flashed . This is what I love, or the swamp hag, cmon, it's brilliant.

And I don't mind a little Humor. It's not forced at all and is nothing like jarjar Bink's...

Last edited by Tav3245234325325; 17/11/21 08:58 AM.