Originally Posted by Ieldra2
Originally Posted by Warlocke
Originally Posted by Wormerine
I also like BG3 better than Dragon Ages - but outside presentation and some interface similarities (chain system, hotbar) I don't think games have much in common.

I can’t agree with this more. Dragon Age and BG3 have some superficial similarities, but the way you engage with the games are completely different.

Playing Dragon Age means selecting a path (a quest, a destination, what have you) and then playing through a very linear set of challenges, mostly revolving around several near identical combat encounters. Then you often make some sort of choice in dialogue at the end.

BG3 and DOS2 are far less linear. You are encourage to be creative in how you use abilities and systems to complete challenges. I wouldn’t say DA games are strictly on rails, but they are far more on rails than Larian’s games.
Uh...DOS2 is....less linear? By what metric? Even where you have nominal choices the path is almost prescribed by the enemy levels. And it has an almost even difficulty curve after act I, almost all fights feel almost the same. You never feel any more powerful than in the previous chapter, it's like scaling enemies, only implicitly rather than explicitly. And actually, I have seens signs of the same in BG3. Thankfully, the progression system is less crazy in BG3, but I certainly get this "every fight is at your level" vibe. Unless I run into the Githyanki patrol early and get killed of course.

Also, which Dragon Age? The three games almost couldn't be more different. Even in their handling of - to get back on topic - time and distance.
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DOS2 is aggressively linear by its macro areas, like the Dwarf place cave thing vs the Blackpits vs Bloodmoon Island vs Paradise Downs, but somewhat less linear within each of those areas, as you have a few different orders to resolve the conflicts intra area. But the levelling and progression makes macro areas a straight line.

Actually, in this way, DOS1+2 are exactly like DAO.

Last edited by Zerubbabel; 30/07/23 08:03 PM.
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