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What is up with Baldur's Gate 3? (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year 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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[-] Kikkertje@aussie.zone 13 points 1 year ago

I was in my early 20s when BG1, BG2, NWN, and Icewind Dale came out. The hype was real, and it was a spectacular time in gaming.

[-] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 5 points 1 year ago

I feel like there might be room for an old school PC gaming community here on Lemmy. There is usually a console/arcade game focus on the retro gaming communities, but it would be great to have a place to discuss releases from that 1990-2009 or so era.

[-] dingus@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Everyone else is playing the System Shock remake while I'm just sitting here hoping for a System Shock 2 remake, because it was a spiritual predecessor to BioShock that included class-based co-operative play. The netcode in the original was/is dogshit, so my friend and I never actually completed the game before our saves were totally corrupted.

Frankly, also wouldn't mind a remake of the original Deus Ex either. Warren Spector was heavily involved in the development of System Shock and Deus Ex, while Ken Levine was instrumental in System Shock 2 and BioShock.

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

Plenty of communities in that vein overe here on lemmy.sdf.org

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

Same. And I grew up on Champions of Krynn and Eye of the Beholder and Pools of Radiance, so Baldur's Gate was mind blowing when it came out. BG2 was even better!

I haven't played a CRPG in a while. Never got into DoS series, etc. But there's no way I was missing BG3 after the rave reviews it was getting, considering my history with the series.

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

yeah, nostalgia for me.
the other larian games didn't register with me.

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

Icewind Dale was awesome! I still have my copy stored somewhere in my basement lol.

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