Originally Posted by Zentu
Originally Posted by tsurugi
So yeah, I completely understand the fears from dedicated fans of CRPGs or DND who want games to be more combat focused (at least that's the vibe I'm getting here?),

As an OLD school DnD and computer RPG fan I can tell you a deeper combat focus is not what makes a good RPG. A great story and fun NPC interaction can go a long way. Larian has done a solid job with BG3 and I feel have put the CRPG on solid footing.
But this is quite subjective, though, isn't it? I too am very much old school, and am literally old(er), and what I value most of all in a cRPG is story and character development and world building. And it is in *precisely* these areas that I consider BG3 to be extremely weak/bad, even a disaster. For me, BG3 is a game heavy on pretty graphics and cinematics, gimmicky and/or cheesy gameplay, one-dimensional hipster companion characters leaning to the dark side, too much boring combat, and, yes, pointless excessive sex (which is not even in the slightest the same thing as romance). Now, I could hold my nose and tolerate all these things if I were also getting awesome story-telling, characters, and characters development, but since that's not in the cards in this game, the game is a 6/10 to me.