• Shalaska@programming.dev
    2·
    1 year ago

    Good to hear. I always new the lie the AAA publishers push that no one wants single player rpgs anymore, but numbers like this prove it out. No AAA we aren’t skipping your games because we don’t want the stories m, we are just tired of spending $70 only to discover it is full of micro transactions, always online issues, and all the other AAA predatory tactics!

    • PenguinTD@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      AND, didn’t actually wrapping up the story, for sequel sake.

      BG3 is so huge even if it’s only the beginning arc(Larian tends to taper off at the end, lol), I had to “replay” some decision making and see how outcome and the exp net gain and to decide how I proceed.(yep I save scum, don’t hate me I have limited time and want to explore content and choices to my desire outcome. Then my other play through I can be more free form, and I bet there are something I haven’t seen yet from this good guy talk things out approach.)

    • Dalek Thal@aussie.zone
      2·
      1 year ago

      Honestly mate? Buy it. This isn’t a AAA game; this is a AA game made completely independently, without microtransactions or lootboxes or any of the many bullshit practices of modern gaming. The studio deserves your support.

      It does have a multiplayer component, but it’s co-op. The game can be played in its entirety either way, and indeed, the single player experience is fantastic. So’s the multiplayer experience. The former is similar to Dragon Age Origins, and the latter is literally Dungeons and Dragons. Both are fantastic, and both are worth playing.

      Don’t skip it. This is a deeply special game, and if you’re sick of the AAA bullshit, a great way to show the greater industry is by supporting it. Vote with your wallet.

      • conciselyverbose@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        It doesn’t have the gross monetization games are trending to, but it’s most definitely a AAA game.

        You can’t match the scope and production quality at a AA budget.

        • Dalek Thal@aussie.zone
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          1 year ago

          FWIW, AAA is not typically defined by budget, but instead by the presence of a publisher and methods of release. If you go by standard definitions, as a completely independent developer who crowdfunded the game at the start, Larian’s actually indie.

          • ampersandrew@kbin.social
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            1 year ago

            There is no consistent definition for AA or AAA. It’s just an implied level of production value. This game’s got the equivalent modern day production value of a AAA game from 15 years ago, but the production value of AAA games like Call of Duty and Red Dead Redemption these days has soared to levels unattainable to most.

            • conciselyverbose@kbin.social
              0·
              1 year ago

              Only shot for shot.

              Those studios with those budgets couldn’t do meaningfully better with hundreds of hours of scenes to shoot.

              • ampersandrew@kbin.social
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                1 year ago

                Sure you could. The Witcher 3 has better production value by a meaningful amount with tons of scenes to shoot and permutations of those scenes. People said you couldn’t meaningfully do better than the likes of the Kickstarter CRPGs ten years ago because of how much work would go into voice acting and animating all of those scenes, but BG3 is the better production value version of that.

                • conciselyverbose@kbin.social
                  1·
                  1 year ago

                  Frankly I think that’s laughable. The Witcher 3 is fine production quality wise, but it’s not even sort of competitive with BG3. The main quest line vs BG3 side quests, maybe, but there’s a huge step down to the animation quality of anything else.

  • Yurt_Owl [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    21·
    1 year ago

    surprised how successful this was since it barely got a mention all the time it was in early access so thought it would have a relatively mild release but no the g*mers heard bear sex and everyone flooded in to buy it.

      • FuckYourselfEndless [ze/hir]@hexbear.netEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I think it’s more so that “bear sex” was just joke-worthy enough that people talked about the game that otherwise wouldn’t talk about it and news of the game spread beyond its usual corners of the internet. So more people heard of the game and I guess the openness that “bear sex” entails is pretty appealing for a CRPG.

    • Commiejones [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Could it be that the hard core Baldur’s Gate fans are OG/serious Gamers and have learned to not pre-order? BG 1 & 2 were released way before gaming was mainstream. Most of the casual gamers probably only care about BG3 due to hype from other gamers who would also be “Never Pre-order” folk.