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.

[Syynx]

Can't believe people actually look at the fantastic scores this awesome game is getting and go "well actually that's a bad thing and here's why"

[Mathias Giovanni]

Publicado originalmente por gh0stwizard:

Publicado originalmente por FissionChips:

User score is sitting at 9.3 based on 2.4K user ratings. So the truth is not too far off with your criteria of 3K+ user ratings.

Nope. After the years, the score goes down. At the beginning Fo3 had also good user's score.

Irrelevant. An RPG with tons of gay sex based on the trolls exaggerations has passed Counter Strike Go in users online. The right wing whine has lost. This is the nerdiest, dirtiest game and it's like Barbie. Another woke success like Hogwarts. A big finger to the crowd that whines constantly about being the victim of their own actions, like flirting with dudes and seeing sex scenes they opted in on.

[Jonah Falcon]

Publicado originalmente por Data_Vizard:

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.

Who cares? It'll be replaced by the next Super Smash Bros game on Switch.

Believe it or not, I don't care about Metacritic. Some of my favorite games of all time were given mediocre reviews, like Alpha Protocol, BioShock 2, Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines, etc. Some of the highest rated games I absolutely despise, like The Last of Us 1/2.

I find myself preferring to play Strange Horticulture, Hardspace Shipbreaker and Hi-Fi Rush over BG3 right now.

[Mathias Giovanni]

Publicado originalmente por Jonah Falcon:

Publicado originalmente por Data_Vizard:

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.

Who cares? It'll be replaced by the next Super Smash Bros game on Switch.

Believe it or not, I don't care about Metacritic. Some of my favorite games of all time were given mediocre reviews, like Alpha Protocol, BioShock 2, Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines, etc.

I find myself preferring to play Strange Horticulture, Hardspace Shipbreaker and Hi-Fi Rush over BG3 right now.

Why aren't you on those forums then? Odd. I like those games as well but why be here?

[FissionChips]

Publicado originalmente por gh0stwizard:

Publicado originalmente por FissionChips:

User score is sitting at 9.3 based on 2.4K user ratings. So the truth is not too far off with your criteria of 3K+ user ratings.

Nope. After the years, the score goes down. At the beginning Fo3 had also good user's score.

To be honest, all of this really depends on what your criteria for a 9-10 score is. IGN may beg to differ, but I can't think of any 9/10 games other than Planescape, The Witness, and Orc Massage.


I really wish Metacritic would provide a line graph that showed average scores as well as the date & time.

[Jack]

Publicado originalmente por b4rystoteles:

Is it really that important?

yes it is, because the last decade have been a bland soup of "A broad audience as possible" games.

A niche genere like this having this much sucsess, gives hope not just for the CRPG genere but it proves "unprofitable" generes can be modernised and highly sucsessfull while still targetting and growing a spesific audience.

I meen today 9 out of 10 big budget games is a bloody Open World FPS shooter with a lot of quest markers...... If a minimum of two of those three are not true, theres no chance to find publisher support or the budget to really resurect the genere.

[A Wispy Willy]

Publicado originalmente por WolfEisberg:

Publicado originalmente por 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.

Can anyone explain what this person's issue really is? What specifically is wrong with 5E?

While I think it's still decent, personally I'm not a fan of some of the stuff in Tasha's Cauldron that made it into here, like the racial customization. What you play has a lot more impact when you have to forego your main stat in favor of other features, or just RP value.

[murometz]

Publicado originalmente por b4rystoteles:

Is it really that important?

The numbers, you mean? Not for everyone, but the accountants who in some companies choose what games get made and their budgets will take note. BG3 will get the crap analyzed out of it. And an RPG developer who has a program or two in design that they've never gotten financed before might find things just a bit easier for a while.