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Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of August 13th (beehaw.org)
submitted 3 years ago by [M] to c/gaming@beehaw.org
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Forgot to post this yesterday oops :)

Anyway what are you all playing!

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[–] 3 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

Even BG2 had more interjections from your party members than BG3 I think, and I get that it was mostly text but still, that was 23 years ago. In BG3 someone sometimes adds a comment at the beginning or end of a conversation, but it seems like they rarely if ever butt in in the middle.

The whole "X Approves/Y Disapproves" definitely feels a little telling, not showing and I wish they would comment on what's going on instead, even if it was only recycling a handful of general comments from a pool.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Playing through BG2 now, the interjections are rare and don't really budge the flow of the conversation in any direction. It's a very small amount of color to inform you of their personalities.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    Oh it was definitely rare that an interjection would actually change the outcome of the dialogues, but that color and flavor you mentioned does a lot to make characters feel more alive. Same goes for the way party members just randomly start conversations when walking around in BG2.

    Worth noting I always play with the Gibberlings Fixpack installed. IIRC the vanilla game is really sensitive about party members having to be physically close to the talking NPC to interject into dialogues.

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