My biggest gripe with BG3 and Larian is that feels, at least to me, that they are pissing on the old fans. Lets just grab the IP and make it in a way that it doesn't resemble the original title in any way.
When lotro was made, the developers decided that it would focus on the books rather on the movies. It was rather a bold move. Instead to cater to movie fans they decided to cater to hardcore audience. When blizzard made wow they decided that the game should look similar to warcraft 3.
So yeah, if someone makes a game and name it like a game from 20 years ago, i expect to have at least some resemblance to the original product.
I didn't mind it if they made a game in forgotten realms named different, i take offense that they named it baldurs gate 3.
I wouldn't if it would name it differently. Naming products this way suggests that it is a continuation of original series.
Holy, ROFL this is a blast from the past. Yeah, this is what I was talking about, a lot of people used to call the game Divinity Original Sin 3.
It has been a while, it's just what I remember the forums being, pretty toxic and a lot of hate towards the direction at that time. Well that and the dead silence from devs, if I remember correctly they did the first patch after Christmas or new years and EA launched roughly around Sept-oct...something like that.
That's fair and yeah, hitting a sale is always nice. Same, bought the game and been on the forums off and on for a while. Never played bg series though it was DOS and NwNs series for me : /
Personally I've never posted a, should I buy this game? question on any forums before. I've always stuck to my own opinion based on gameplay trailers and such if I wanted to pick the game up or not. I've had some hits and misses, but there mine to make. Threads like this are nice for convos but truthfully like i said on the second line. He's the only one that can answer that question, we already did a long time ago.
The problem is that this game feels, at least from youtube, like dragon age origins in 2024.
I love some aspects of it and hate other aspects.
I wouldn't be so angry about it, if it was named differently.
I do not know, call it differently trap of the mindflyers or some other name.
For example, icewind dale I and icewind dale II share the same name despite one game has nothing to do with the second game.
I do not mind because gameplay and focus of the both games are the same aka hack and slash in dnd setting.
Same goes with nwn 1 and nwn 2. Games are totally different; Yet the core reminds the same. Focus on module building and character progression.
The problem i have with bg3 that it has nothing in common with the original title.
I can see the comparison for DAO, in some aspects at least. Teen/young adult me would probably make fun of you for even saying that ( I was a hard core DAO fan, owned the game on xbox, ps, and now pc). NwN1 was based on d&d 3rd edition and made by Bioware. NwN2 was based on 3.5 and was made by Obsidian (which is the edition I grew up on). Yeah its going to share some aspects (it is based on the city of Neverwinter in forgotten realms) but, not the same company nor same edition.
I'm guessing its called Baldur's gate 3, because, in some way the stories are linked. Someone else that beat the game and played the previous games would have to answer this one.
Anyway, I actually just came back because the kit came out finally and plan on playing a Dark Urge run, hopefully reach act 3 this time : /
take it easy
Wtf I'm as hardcore a BG1+2 fan as could be ? I own the original CDs and I own the GoG version so I can easily play it on computers without CD drive (which is now most of my computers), too, as well.
And I love BG3.
Its in many ways even better than BG1+2, too. Like they may finally have a satisfying way to play evil. Something you could technically do in BG1+2, sure, but it was a PITA to keep your reputation in the tolerable range and it really wasnt that enjoyable compared to going all out goody two shoes.
And yes its not perfect, for example romances kind of suck, but well they havent been that great in BG2 either, so whatever.
Proposing a general rule that if you like BG1+2 you wont like BG3 is definitely completely absurd.
I some how missed this reply, my comment was about the early days, late 2020, not all bg fans.
