5d ago

Anon plays old games

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Baldur's Gate 3 just called, it says that anon is a moron.
- Warframe also called. They have all of the cool stuff Destiny fans have been begging for since forever.
  And, somehow: Mario kart mode? Better-gameplay-loop-than-star-citizen space ship to ship combat? Boy band villains.
  Also they recently re-optimized their game and added a bunch of modern compression algorithms so a DX12 game runs decently on the switch.
  
  I sincerely hope warframe never dies. I love it to pieces.
  
  Even EA has managed to make a better starship combat game than Star Citizen. Obviously it's EA so naturally they abandoned it but still. For about 10 minutes there EA made a good game, full VR support too.
- I don't know what it is, but... I have always been a Baldur's Gate fan of the first hour. BG1, when I played it back in 1998, blew my mind so completely that I STILL consider it the best CRPG ever made, hands down. After that came NWN and NWN2 and I enjoyed those also. It was also what introduced me to D&D and I read a ton of D&D novels after that.
  So you'd think that when BG3 came along, especially with me being Belgian, I'd be completely stoked. I immediately bought the game and... found to my greatest surprise that I just couldn't enjoy it. At all.
  See, I bought and tried Divinity: Original Sin 1 & 2 and had the EXACT same problem. I just couldn't/can't get over the turn-based combat. It sucks so much ass. Realtime with "hidden" dnd rules was the way to go.
  So now whenever I see people gushing about BG3 I somehow feel like I "failed" myself for being disappointed in what seems to be the objectively best game ever made according to, well, everyone.
  Maybe it's just a sign that there's something wrong with me and that I've lost the ability to enjoy good games. Ah well.
  
  It sucks so much ass. Realtime with "hidden" dnd rules was the way to go.
  As somebody who played turn-based RPGs first, I find that real-time with pause RPGs are slow, overly punishing and have no viable way to strategize. I dislike them very much.
  
  It's not a problem with turn-based, per se. I love Xcom. I finished Expeditions: Rome which is 100% turn-based combat on a grid exactly like BG3 & D:OS I&II. I love D&D rulesets as well. It's just something about the exact combination of these things in BG3 that really REALLY irks me and prevents me from enjoying the game at all.
  
  Different strokes for different folks I guess
  
  Nothing wrong with you. It is just that this mechanics is not something that can be a source of fun for you. This happens, and it is normal. Blaming you for this is same as blaming someone for not liking salty food or pink colour: makes no sense. And when you look at all those folks enjoying BG3, remember there is me who still did not have a chance to play BG1, and won't have one for some years to come. In a way you are more lucky than me :)
  
  Thanks :) Can I ask why you can't play BG1? The Enhanced Edition on Steam isn't very expensive and compatible with almost all possible modern OS'es. I can very much recommend it ;)
  
  Don't and won't have enough time. On the second thought, given I managed to complete one run of BG3, things do not look that bad. And it is on Steam even, thank you for pointing! :)

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