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What is up with Baldur's Gate 3? (beehaw.org)
submitted 10 months ago by theangriestbird@beehaw.org 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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[-] Glide@lemmy.ca 74 points 10 months ago

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.

[-] Ricaz@lemmy.ml 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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

Pillars of Eternity was also really good.

[-] Thintalle@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago

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

[-] Ricaz@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months 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

[-] kembik@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Here is a video about both if interested. https://youtu.be/bQZAg4RwuZU

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