• Sturgist@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    Yes, Hasbro wants to make another Baldur’s Gate game that continues to “raise the bar” without Larian

    Pfffffff… Hasbro has a great reputation for being greedy as fuck, and completely deaf blind and dumb to what fans love and enjoy about established IPs. So I’m sure whatever travesty they release will be just great 👍

    • heavy@sh.itjust.works
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      3 days ago

      “raise the bar” is big Amazon language. Maybe a bunch of ex Amazon folks in Hasbro now.

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      3 days ago

      I’ve tried to play baldur’s gate 3 a few times already and every time I felt like it was a fantastical game but I always ended up not playing it for long. After the last time I started wondering why that happened and reached the conclusion that it was the D&D universe that put me off. Not necessarily because it was bad but because I knew nothing about it and the game didn’t try to introduce me to it either.

      So I read your comment on Hasbro as “want to make another great game but using only the bad parts of the last one”

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        3 days ago

        Even though Larian did a great job modernizing pieces, D&D 5E is just really crunchy and outdated, imo. Larian’s own Divinity Original Sin 2 had a largely better combat, magic, and armor system, even if it is a slightly older title now.

        Physical and magic armor, spell cooldowns (prevents spell spam and constant short and long rests), advanced elemental and cursed surfaces, and diversified healing and combat magic make characters more flexible.

        5e’s rest system is good for taking care of (what was) useless food in inventory, moves the story along, and provides good places for more natural relationships. D&Ds lack of flexible healing and spell slots means a lot of annoying enemy encounters, however.

        I’m on my second playthrough of both titles right now. BG3’s story is awesome. :)