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Baldur's Gate 3: New Standard for the RPG Genre?

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Re: Baldur's Gate 3: New Standard for the RPG Genre?

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Post by jasonlotito »

qwerty456127 wrote: post #6

> However, some devs are urging players not to rate all other games in the genre by such a high standard, appealing to Larian Studios’ unique combination of vast experience and resources. AAA game labels spend billions on producing mediocre quality bullshit sequels just to maximize revenue predictability rather than quality, originality or artistic value. That's their choice.

Not all games in the genre are AAA "billion"-dollar games. In fact, most games in this genre are AA at best. And the majority of honest commentary around this centers around that. That's the worry.

Some people have said "Oh, we don't judge like that" but no, I've seen the commentary around non-AAA games being judged. They do make those comparisons.

Re: Baldur's Gate 3: New Standard for the RPG Genre?

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Post by mathgeek »

nottorp wrote: post #10

I'm still not convinced it's worthy of the Baldur's Gate name. I'll wait for the actual reviews. Also, there is such a thing as too big a game. I've played some great games lately that could have used being 30-50% shorter.

This is a very solid attitude. Couldn’t say how many CRPG titles I have dropped due to endless quests and dialog that are immediately forgotten in the larger story arc. It’s one thing to build a world with side quests, another to have the savior of said world be required to do fetch quests for 50% of their journey.

Re: Baldur's Gate 3: New Standard for the RPG Genre?

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Post by notyourav »

nottorp wrote: post #12
Waterluvian wrote: post #2

This is one of those games that I would have chewed on all summer back when I didn’t have responsibilities to tend to. To those who might consider themselves “well-rounded” with careers and families and sports etc. Does that magic and sense of free time to dig deep into something ever come back?

> Does that magic and sense of free time to dig deep into something ever come back? Cut down on tv series and your gaming time suddenly shows up :)

Yes-but watching tv is a social~ish event, i.e with your SO. It’s really not my personal time.

Re: Baldur's Gate 3: New Standard for the RPG Genre?

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Post by qwerty456127 »

izacus wrote: post #16
qwerty456127 wrote: post #6

> However, some devs are urging players not to rate all other games in the genre by such a high standard, appealing to Larian Studios’ unique combination of vast experience and resources. AAA game labels spend billions on producing mediocre quality bullshit sequels just to maximize revenue predictability rather than quality, originality or artistic value. That's their choice.

Larian isn't even close to AAA studio and their previous games have been great with wide critical and user acclaim. What are you on about?

I mean there are companies which can be described as having much more resources yet performing much worse.

Re: Baldur's Gate 3: New Standard for the RPG Genre?

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Post by rmilejczz »

dmix wrote: post #18

> Two previous games, Divinity: Original Sin and Original Sin II, “worth of tech and institutional knowledge to draw from”; Divinity: Original Sin was one of the best games I've ever played. I don't game much these days but that one sucked me in hard. I tried playing other CRPGs (Divinity was my introduction to them) to fill the void but they didn't have the fun combat that Divinity did (Path of Exile) or were very s…

Highly recommend Wasteland 3 for a similar experience, also if you never played through Original Sin II it is the original but better.

Re: Baldur's Gate 3: New Standard for the RPG Genre?

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Post by skipkey »

izacus wrote: post #16
qwerty456127 wrote: post #6

> However, some devs are urging players not to rate all other games in the genre by such a high standard, appealing to Larian Studios’ unique combination of vast experience and resources. AAA game labels spend billions on producing mediocre quality bullshit sequels just to maximize revenue predictability rather than quality, originality or artistic value. That's their choice.

Larian isn't even close to AAA studio and their previous games have been great with wide critical and user acclaim. What are you on about?

So how do you describe a 400 person team? Mid-level?

Re: Baldur's Gate 3: New Standard for the RPG Genre?

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Post by voodooEntity »

nottorp wrote: post #10

I'm still not convinced it's worthy of the Baldur's Gate name. I'll wait for the actual reviews. Also, there is such a thing as too big a game. I've played some great games lately that could have used being 30-50% shorter.

Im a big baldures gate fan from the beginning. I cant even count the time i spend in BG2. I bought BG3 on EA start and by now have about 130h playtime already. Even tho some things are different compared to the old BG parts, i for myself can say its an unbelievable good game already in EA. If the full game is just as good as the EA part its definatly a new Standard for CRPG same as BG2 set back than.

Re: Baldur's Gate 3: New Standard for the RPG Genre?

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Post by Waterluvian »

nottorp wrote: post #12
Waterluvian wrote: post #2

This is one of those games that I would have chewed on all summer back when I didn’t have responsibilities to tend to. To those who might consider themselves “well-rounded” with careers and families and sports etc. Does that magic and sense of free time to dig deep into something ever come back?

> Does that magic and sense of free time to dig deep into something ever come back? Cut down on tv series and your gaming time suddenly shows up :)

:'( Looks at schedule What TV?
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