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Baldur's Gate 3 has already consumed 500 hours of my life, and I'm just getting started
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I'm not into fantasy/RPG but once I started Skyrim I spent hundreds of hours on it.
Was excited when I heard the hype for BG3 but I just.... can't get into it. It's just too clunky and old fashioned
What am I missing?
Skyrim is a first person action adventure game with RPG elements. Baldurs gate is a much more traditional fantasy RPG which I a focused on tactics and D&D core rules and character stories where action stakes a back seat. So it sounds more like you enjoy the action and immersion of Skyrim than the “RPG” side of it.
BG3 is really a love letter to the people that liked the original games and wanted more depth to the systems to try to capture the tabletop experience a little more. Since you described it as “clunky” I’m guessing that the slower tactical aspect is what you’re bouncing off of.