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

Post by scruple » Wed, Jul 19, 2023, 2:53 PM UTC

Hikikomori wrote: post #60

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…

Pillars of Eternity is a spiritual successor to Baldurs Gate, can't recommend it enough.

Post by jsnell » Wed, Jul 19, 2023, 3:39 PM UTC

philipov wrote: post #58

tpxl wrote: post #55

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Triple-A is a designation given to games published by big studios.

Triple-A is a designation given to games developed by big studios. Just because it's published by EA or Microsoft doesn't make a game AAA.

Post by philipov » Wed, Jul 19, 2023, 3:58 PM UTC

jsnell wrote: post #73

philipov wrote: post #58

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Triple-A is a designation given to games developed by big studios. Just because it's published by EA or Microsoft doesn't make a game AAA.

Not even that. What matters is the budget and the team size, not the size of the studio. Rockstar Table-Tennis was not a AAA game despite coming from the AAA developer.

Post by bitcharmer » Wed, Jul 19, 2023, 4:28 PM UTC

galleywest200 wrote: post #43

>Diablo IV senior designer Chris Balser also agreed with Nelson Jr., saying that it is important to remember that not all studios operate under the same conditions. He compared Baldur’s Gate 3 to Ultima VII, the favorite RPG of Larian founder Swen Vincke — “that’s a game that had 12 years of prior games feeding into it.” So does Diablo IV. I understand this sentiment for smaller studios, but from Activision Blizzard?…

Post by soupfordummies » Wed, Jul 19, 2023, 4:56 PM UTC

tapoxi wrote: post #35

philipov wrote: post #15

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At this point, I consider a AAA rating to be a signifier of mediocrity. If something is being touted as AAA, I can be pretty sure it will be a disappointment. There are two factors that cause this: The amount of hype creates expectations that can not be met, and the cost of production is so high a studio can't afford to deliver everything they have to. The value proposition is just not there. I find that indie and mi…

Sony's been knocking it out of the park with their AAA releases though. The last few they've released (Spider-Man: Miles Morales, God of War: Ragnarok, Returnal, Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart, Horizon: Forbidden West) have all been extremely fun, polished, and devoid of microtransactions.