Originally Posted by Niara
Originally Posted by Dext. Paladin
I am sorry because I'm gonna say exactly that. BG1/2 is objectively worse than BG3 on everything else except for story which are highly subjective.

I'm not sure why you're determined to say things that you and every sensible person knows are incorrect, but here are a few things raised already by the posts in this thread:

(examples)
Metric: Number of Available Companions
Objectively lesser: BG3

Metric: Number of Active Party Members Available At One Time:
Objectively lesser: BG3

Metric: Visual Depictions of Passage of Time:
Objectively inferior: BG3

Metric: Number of Core Class Options:
Objectively fewer: BG3

Metric: Number of Subclass options (kits):
Objectively fewer: BG3

Metric: Levelling capacity:
Objectively lesser: BG3

Metric: Selection of Spells, total:
Objectively fewer: BG3

The list could be continued to a very extensive degree, depending on what aspects and elements you wish to compare, and how fine a field you wish to narrow your comparison metric to. You could do the same back at me for metrics by which BG3 exceeds BG1 or 2, but that would be irrelevant to the point which is that, no, BG3 is not objectively better than its predecessors in every way besides subjective elements. That's simple not true. It does not matter how many ways you care to define or point out that BG3 is better than its predecessors, it is unarguably not better in every way beside subjective matters. You know this, I know this - everyone knows this, as a simple matter of course, and it's easy enough to acknowledge it, and still present your own opinion, if you are an honest participant in the conversation.

Metric number of Polygons:
Objectively Lesser: BG2.

Metric number of grass:
Objectively lesser: BG2.

Metric number lootable Vase:
Objectively lesser: BG2.

Because these three things, are definitely the thing that make BG3 better.

I am sorry, but you are the second person here to not properly giving a reasonable comparison.

I would like to honestly discuss about aspect that are reasonably can be compared between old game and new game.

How is the roleplaying opportunity via dialogue between the two games?
How does combat encounter design between them?
Indepth discussion about each game quest design which offers choices and let's talk why BG2/3 is more binary than 3.

...not counting grass number and vanity features or worse... ended up "I like BG2 writing more", well BG2 doesn't have the inch what PST had to offer.

Last edited by Dext. Paladin; 26/10/23 07:04 AM. Reason: So that it less mean.
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