Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Suggestions & Feedback This doesn't feel like a Baldur's Gate game (or D&D)

Kind of off to a bad start. These are just broad topic buzz words.

In other words, what about the world building...?

In other words, there isn't a complete lack of verisimilitude. Notice the way you're using hyperbolic language? Clearly, there are elements where there's a sense of realism.

Let me put it this way, someone reading a story will ask three questions:

1. So what? --does the person following the story care about what's happening?
2. Huh? --does the person following the story understand what's happening?
3. Oh yeah? --does the person following the story believe the events are plausible?

You apparently have an issue with number three. There's something happening that you feel isn't plausible. To that, I reply:

1. It's not everything. So it's not a *complete* lack of verisimilitude. As such, what is it that you don't find plausible?

and

2. What does that have to do with it being DOS and not BG? Are you arguing that DOS has a complete lack of verisimilitude but BG is all about the verisimilitude?

See what I mean? I feel like these are all buzz words. No examples, no steak, just accusations that it's bad, and bad apparently equals DOS?


So it's not BG because the sun doesn't go down? Does that sound reasonable to you? It's a "crime" that the sun doesn't go down?


What's special about everything?


I assume by "everyone" you mean the origin characters. Sure, people like to play unique characters. There's a lot of "chosen one" literature in fantasy. It's pretty common. I recall someone being awful special in the original BG, don't you?


I'm trying to follow you. I really am.

Basically, every game in Forgotten Realms, BG or not, has had a story that impacted the surrounding region. There's nothing new there. So what are you talking about, I wonder?

Every quest... is a major region altering event... as in saving or not saving the fishmongers? As in letting the owlbear cub live or die? As in picking up the letters from Scratch's old master/friend? As in trying to get healed by a hag and maybe saving a pregnant Mayrina from giving up her child? As in building up a connection with the Zhentarim?

Sure, there are some big things happening in the main plot. That's what the whole of the story is about, so it's not strange that it might be big enough to alter the region. The Duke has been kidnapped. Maybe the Absolute is a new god (who knows?), and if so, that would be a big event.

I don't know. Lots of big events in Forgotten Realms, the Bhaalspawn not being the least, I'd say. Heck, even the iron being contaminated was region altering.


Yep. Some people might even call that a unique superhero snowflake trait, but to each their own.


You're putting all the characters together in an attempt to exaggerate. Regardless, they're all potential player character, pre-generated. That's what the origin characters are, so yes, they each have something special about them, to make them more enticing as player characters.


This game is too action packed and exciting!



So progressing toward literal godhood = good, but BG3 = too big and epic.

Are you sure all of what you're saying makes sense in your head?

It's like, what's actually too big about BG3? Anything other than the background of the origin characters, which are designed to be player characters? And which even you have to admit aren't as big and crazy as being literal Bhaalspawn.


Is this concern trolling about whether or not Acts 2 and 3 can live up to the pacing of Act 1?

While I appreciate the crystal ball, I'd rather wait and see how the next two acts play out. For what it's worth, I suspect you're wrong, and that Larian has even more in store for us, despite the first act being so action packed. In other words, I don't think they're out of ideas, and I don't think the story tension can't continue to rise toward a climax, despite your assertions otherwise about it all falling flat.


Yes.


Plenty of games have been turn based. One of the best DnD games ever, in fact, at least in my opinion. Temple of Elemental Evil. It was very faithful to the system, and it worked on a turn based system. Luckily so, because DnD lends itself to a turn based approach, being that DnD is, of course, turn based.


This is what I think it comes down to. How you move your characters around. The user interface mechanic feels like DOS. Well. For what it's worth, I think that's something that's easy to overcome. Just my opinion.


More buzz words. What does any of this really mean? In simple terms.


Yeah. Me too.