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What is up with Baldur's Gate 3? (beehaw.org)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/gaming@beehaw.org
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This is not a criticism - I love how much attention this game has been getting. I'm just not understanding why BG3 has been blowing up so much. It seems like BG3 is getting more attention than all of Larian's previous games combined (and maybe all of Obsidian's recent crpgs as well). Traditionally crpgs have not lit the world on fire in this way. Is it just timing of the release? Is it a combo of Divinity fans and new D&D fans and Baldur's Gate oldheads all being stoked about this release for their own reasons? Or something else?

Note:I have not played it yet myself, just curious what folks think?

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[–] 74 points 3 years ago (9 children)

It's just a quality Western RPG, the like of which we haven't seen since Bioware was bought.

Good products create buzz; I really think is is simply that.

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  • [–] 40 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    That and it's a tire-screeching exit from the abusive road we thought gaming was going down. Microtransactions, lootboxes etc. Baldur's Gate 3 is refreshing from that perspective and, like me, I think many are amazed that it's actually working.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (3 children)

    I see nothing revolutionary about a game not having things like microtransactions and loot boxes. Those are mostly restricted to multiplayer games, and the industry never stopped making good single-player games without that bullshit.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago

    Even a lot of the AAA single player games have day 1 DLCs with skins or 15 different deluxe packages for preorder or something similar though

    Doesn't need to be the in-game microtransactions but it's very rare today that everyone starts out with the same stuff in AAA games today

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (3 children)

    DOS 1 and 2 were almost on par with BG3 imo.

    Pillars of Eternity was also really good.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    How about those Pathfinder games? How do they stack up?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Only played the first one which was pretty good. It's super big on character customization as it has a million race/class combinations. A bit more extreme than the rest

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