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What is up with Baldur's Gate 3? (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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[-] canis_majoris@lemmy.ca 80 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's a perfect digitization of D&D 5th edition - it's like having an automatic dungeon master using the rules and regulations we've been playing with on paper for ages.

It has a massive plot that can vary wildly on playthroughs depending on how rolls go, just like the real version.

It's four-player co-op with PVE in an age where cooperation is increasingly rare outside of competitive team games.

It's a well designed, properly built, finished product that can be expanded on with DLC, rather than using them to address core gameplay issues. (looking at you Paradox)

[-] Vittelius@feddit.de 16 points 1 year ago

Sure, but people were really mad earlier this year because Wizards of the Coast, the company that owns D&D tried to pull some licencing related shenanigans that would have massively fucked over the community. People were boycotting the movie a couple of months ago over that. It's interesting, that Baldurs Gate seems to not be affected by this at all.

[-] canis_majoris@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 year ago

Yeah because Twitter is not a real place. The actual D&D community spoke with their wallets and they said "we like a good, finished product without stupid terms of use" and all bought BG3. People who don't even play D&D bought BS3 to play with folks who do play D&D.

[-] Draft@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Ss

[-] oo1@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

First you draw an "S" . . .
then you draw a more different "s" . . .

[-] imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Consummate vees

[-] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

Trogdor ended up being the big bad of my brother-in-law's homebrew campaign that he ran for our family D&D group

[-] imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Image of a big snake and a small snake

[-] ivanafterall@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

It's not small, it's just further away.

[-] imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Hey momma, I'm not small I'm just really really far away, hoo-ha!

[-] Draft@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I honestly have no idea how that posted, so when I got your reply I was very confused.

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