Some people say not to compare the two games...but how can you not compare them? Set in same universe, play the same way, and look the same in a lot of places...but DD was the game that brought me to this forum and kept me here for months because
a)I loved the game and played it to the finish (which is a rare thing for me to do)
b)The people here on the forum are sound!
If I had never played or heard of DD, and started out with BD, I think I would have enjoyed BD more. I am enjoying it, but just not on the level I did with DD. I try not to compare, and people would say you shouldn't...but it's there in the back of my mind all the time!
It's not because it's more of the same, it's because it's NOT more of the same...the huge open map of rivellon that was a joy to explore is the feature I miss the most from BD.
Because of the split acts in BD it feels like I'm playing 4 smaller games of DD that just don't have the involvement DD had...you got to know the different areas, and villages and NPCs but in BD you blink, and they're gone, you're on the next act.
I got to act 3 in less that 15 hours because without fully realising it, I was doing the main quests to advance the story before I did the side quests. Especially difficult to be aware of this in act 2 where the 'main' quest doesn't have any hint in it that it's leading you to act 3!
I'm enjoying the game for what it is, and it is fun.
I wholeheartly recommend that for anyone who hadn't played either game, and got DD with BD, play BD first, then DD. DD is so good it should have been the sequel!
Regards
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