BG3 is the highest rated game of 2023 on metacritic.

[White Knuckle]

It currently sits at 97 on metracritic.

Additionally, it's in the top 10 peak steam player count of all time, and has greatly outdone expectations financially.

Like it or hate it, it's been a massive success and is even the most pre-ordered game on PSN.

[xposethedarkside]

I'm happy for it. I was a part of the EA since day 1, and even for me the game is surpassing my wildest expectations.

[Mr Fred]

The casuals masses cant get enough of a super promoted extremely streamlined title with barely any depth to it, call the press... its exactly the 80% game I thought it would be and its all because they were forced to use the ♥♥♥♥♥♥ 5e instead of a REAL ruleset.

Such a shame it would have been a 99.99% GOTYAY if made with the same budget and pathfinder.

[zero]

looking at metacritic its actually a 9.3 on the score that matters: user score (and also by thousands, vs the 14 for metascore)

but also we're on steam and we can just use their system which shows 93%(it matches, woo) over 100k reviews.

[ULTRA]

Good thing: A mainstream RPG has co-op, and it was done by a mid-sized studio, so AAA developers can't ♥♥♥♥♥ out and act like co-op is impossible in their huge narrative-driven open-world games

Bad thing: There are many obvious ways that co-op could have been implemented better, so AAA developers (and forum cope artists) can point to these to inanely excuse a lack of co-op

[b4ry]

Is it really that important?

[dannyj147]

Originally posted by Mr Fred:

The casuals masses cant get enough of a super promoted extremely streamlined title with barely any depth to it, call the press... its exactly the 80% game I thought it would be and its all because they were forced to use the ♥♥♥♥♥♥ 5e instead of a REAL ruleset.

Such a shame it would have been a 99.99% GOTYAY if made with the same budget and pathfinder.

Why didn't their Devs take it up before Larian then?

[Jaggid Edje]

Originally posted by Data_Vizard:

Like it or hate it, it's been a massive success and is even the most pre-ordered game on PSN.

That's actually the most surprising metric out of all the ones you mentioned, to me. I didn't think "western" rpg's had that kind of broad appeal to the Playstation crowd.

[Mr Fred]

Originally posted by dannyj147:

Originally posted by Mr Fred:

The casuals masses cant get enough of a super promoted extremely streamlined title with barely any depth to it, call the press... its exactly the 80% game I thought it would be and its all because they were forced to use the ♥♥♥♥♥♥ 5e instead of a REAL ruleset.

Such a shame it would have been a 99.99% GOTYAY if made with the same budget and pathfinder.

Why didn't their Devs take it up before Larian then?

More money to make going after the 5e casuals that will play the game halfway once and never touch it again. Dont get me wrong had I share in the company i would have pushed for 5e too.

[Lord Adorable]

Originally posted by Mr Fred:

The casuals masses cant get enough of a super promoted extremely streamlined title with barely any depth to it, call the press... its exactly the 80% game I thought it would be and its all because they were forced to use the ♥♥♥♥♥♥ 5e instead of a REAL ruleset.

Such a shame it would have been a 99.99% GOTYAY if made with the same budget and pathfinder.

Pathfinder sucks tho. xD

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

After all this success, there's no reason for Larian to not fix all the issues with this game.

[RamzaBehoulve]

Originally posted by b4rystoteles:

Is it really that important?

For studios, it often is.

[IRON FIST SOUND DOLPHIN]

Pretty underwhelmed here but it was mostly fun.

[Orion Invictus]

Originally posted by Mr Fred:

The casuals masses cant get enough of a super promoted extremely streamlined title with barely any depth to it, call the press... its exactly the 80% game I thought it would be and its all because they were forced to use the ♥♥♥♥♥♥ 5e instead of a REAL ruleset.

Such a shame it would have been a 99.99% GOTYAY if made with the same budget and pathfinder.

Imagine complaining because a thing you don't like is popular.

Welcome to capitalism. Popular stuff makes more money.

[⇧⇨⇩⇩⇩]

Originally posted by Mr Fred:

The casuals masses cant get enough of a super promoted extremely streamlined title with barely any depth to it, call the press... its exactly the 80% game I thought it would be and its all because they were forced to use the ♥♥♥♥♥♥ 5e instead of a REAL ruleset.

Such a shame it would have been a 99.99% GOTYAY if made with the same budget and pathfinder.

Mmm yeeesss give me your delicious salty tears. yum um! XD

[Drimon]

Originally posted by Mr Fred:

The casuals masses cant get enough of a super promoted extremely streamlined title with barely any depth to it, call the press... its exactly the 80% game I thought it would be and its all because they were forced to use the ♥♥♥♥♥♥ 5e instead of a REAL ruleset.

Such a shame it would have been a 99.99% GOTYAY if made with the same budget and pathfinder.

99% of the Players dont even Play Pen&Paper and dont know what 5e even is.
This is a Videogame and Nobody Cares about a Ruleset If the Game is good.

Why even playing this Game?
You can do everything in a real Pen&Paper round and it Always has better graphics because its your Mind