Owlcat Games knows not to expect Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader to be as successful as Baldur’s Gate 3

  • CALIGVLA@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    It’s just another round of excuses for the lackluster state of modern RPGs, and I don’t even think BG3 is that good, it’s just that the bar is so fucking low that something decent like BG3 gets touted as the best RPG in years, because in truth it sadly is.

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      1 year ago

      To call it “decent” is so disrespectful to the complexity of BG3. Hardly anything else even comes close to the scale of BG3, let alone any game fully voiced, in terms of decisions, outcomes, dialogs, and campaign paths of BG3. I’m 70 hours into my first playthrough and still likely have another 10-20 hours left of act 3. And all of those hours have felt impactful and engaging; none of that filler garbage you see in other games this size like AC or starfield.

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        1 year ago

        Eh.

        Nowhere near as good as the old Bioware and Black Isle CRPGs, and if it’s going to call itself Baldur’s Gate then I’m going to hold it to those standards like it or not. It’s a fine game, but it’s ridiculously and disproportionately overrated by both the media and players alike, especially when it looks, plays and feels nothing like the original games that it claims to be a sequel to.

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          1 year ago

          There’s almost no way you have played BG3 or you’re just being contrarian. I love the old bioware and black isle and crpgs, BG3 absolutely stacks up to 1/2.

          • CALIGVLA@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            1 year ago

            No, I’ve played it alright, just didn’t finish it. If anything it’s you who probably never played Baldur’s Gate 1 and 2 or, in fact, none of the CRPGs of old, because if you did you’d likely agree with me instead of calling me a contrarian.