The thing I've always said about the graphics and cinematic of this game is that they're playing outside their weight class. They're beneath the level of games like god of war or last of us yet are trying to achieve the same level, yet don't come close. The cinematic to me aren't even that impressive or noteworthy compared to other stuff, which to me makes them even more pointless. Right now I'm playing a game called Star Ocean: The second story R. Its a remake of an old ps2 game and I find the remade graphics gorgeous. But they're not going doe visual fidelity. They're mixing lush background art with pixel art sprites and it is another game that impresses me far more than BG3 in terms of art style and graphics. I can probably count on o e hand the number of times I was really wowed by BG3, but in games like star Ocean, wotr, PoE, I was constantly amazed by their graphics. And I think the worst thing that could happen to crpgs, genuinely, is them trying to chase the cinematic approach bg3 did. It would ruin the stuff that makes the genre actually great.
In fact I'd go a step further and say that the industry obsession with graphical fidelity is a net negative to gaming as a whole.
Last edited by Gray Ghost; 07/11/23 07:05 AM.
