Is there an option to play complitly in third-person?

[Der Geselle]

Just a question.

[MeatGolem]

Yes, the game is third person.

[The Dapper Dragon]

It is a bit complex to access. First, you hit play...

Congratulations, you're in third person.

[Recjawjind]

Not really, no.

You can zoom in to basically look over your characters shoulder, however that is not a perspective that at all lends itself to playing large parts of the game in.

[LJ-the-brave]

Mindflayer is correct. Check out also YouTube vids. You can move camera away from your character and check your surroundings.

[Der Geselle]

Originally posted by The Dapper Dragon:

It is a bit complex to access. First, you hit play...

Congratulations, you're in third person.

Gameplay what I've seen of the game so far hasn't been third person but more top down like Age of Empires.

[dulany67]

The default is 3/4 down. You can maneuver to just about 3rd party over the shoulder, but you cannot lock it there.

[Der Geselle]

Originally posted by Recjawjind:

Not really, no.

You can zoom in to basically look over your characters shoulder, however that is not a perspective that at all lends itself to playing large parts of the game in.

It's a shame, but I kind of thought so. I find it really stupid. It's like, your character is standing around somewhere and you're looking at the map, really disconnected from the character. True to the motto: "You stay there, I'll look at the map in the meantime." Too bad actually. If this were like The Witcher III: Wild Hunt, I'd celebrate it. But clicking and commanding characters like that, then I can also play Company of Heroes... well, thanks for the answer.

[Recjawjind]

Originally posted by Der Geselle:

It's a shame, but I kind of thought so. I find it really stupid. It's like, your character is standing around somewhere and you're looking at the map, really disconnected from the character. True to the motto: "You stay there, I'll look at the map in the meantime." Too bad actually. If this were like The Witcher III: Wild Hunt, I'd celebrate it. But clicking and commanding characters like that, then I can also play Company of Heroes... well, thanks for the answer.

This clearly ain't the game for you then.

In actual dnd, battle maps are also from a top-down perspective, because it's the only way to actually display it, and people never had a problem with that

[Der Geselle]

I know, i belive in my next life i would like this game :P

[Recjawjind]

Originally posted by Der Geselle:

I know, i belive in my next life i would like this game :P

Can't tell which games you already own, so hard to make recommendations that might suit you better, but if you haven't already, take a look at the souls genre :>

[KingOfFriedChicken]

I mean I wouldn't say disconnected at all I rarely feel thay it's not as high up as an RTS but ro each their own I suppose

[everybe2]

Originally posted by Der Geselle:

I know, i belive in my next life i would like this game :P

No you will like it, buy 2 copies.

[cool skill]

Originally posted by Der Geselle:

But clicking and commanding characters like that, then I can also play Company of Heroes... well, thanks for the answer.

It's not even that. This game is fully turn based. The only time you move is generally when you're out of combat. So once you get into combat everybody moves one at a time. Such as chess. So congrats on Larian for alienating a major portion of potential user base who simply don't play turn based games. I for one enjoy turn based games so it doesn't affect me much. But it was definitely not the best decision for this series. DOS2 yes makes sense. But very out of place for BG which was always a real time game based on D&D rules.

[Friends with Benedicts]

Its like asking age of empires to have fps view

[KingOfFriedChicken]

Originally posted by cool skill:

Originally posted by Der Geselle:

But clicking and commanding characters like that, then I can also play Company of Heroes... well, thanks for the answer.

It's not even that. This game is fully turn based. The only time you move is generally when you're out of combat. So once you get into combat everybody moves one at a time. Such as chess. So congrats on Larian for alienating a major portion of potential user base who simply don't play turn based games. I for one enjoy turn based games so it doesn't affect me much. But it was definitely not the best decision for this series. DOS2 yes makes sense. But very out of place for BG which was always a real time game based on D&D rules.

The odds are if the stipulation was rtwp we would bot have gotten bg3 at all, and it certainly wouldn't be on this level. However to best represent DnD mechanics turn based is the best choice not rtwp like the previous titles. That said rywp still wouldn't be 3rd person as you control a whole party usually so still wouldn't appeal to this guy who wanted 3rd person.