Comparison

[Exileblue]

Anyone played/completed Elden Ring? How does BG3 compare to it regarding difficulty and storyline? (PLayed BG years ago and loved it)

[PoopPeek Lil_Poop]

Played Elden Ring, got bored @ around 65-70% of the game. Everything was great, but the amount of things to check & explore got me overwhelmed.

As for the BG3, I'm 100+ hours in, will probably finish the story today and thinking about another playthrough.

Tactician difficulty is fun & makes you think. Some fights can take up to a few hours. Story - loving it so far.

[Exileblue]

Ta PP - I'm getting to that stage myself. Love the game however I woulda liked a "quest" log to help sometimes when I complete a side q I forget where to pick up where I left off :)

[Settings]

Elden Ring was more polished and actually held most of the content it was meant to. Bg3 does not.

But comparing an action rpg souls game to a crpg with turn based combat is kind of silly.

[Adam__86]

They're two completely different games... I like both but Elden Ring plot is paper thin and pretty easy in comparison to BG3

[★REM★]

They don't compare, totally different games.

[Blair Fujin]

you're comparing apples to potatoes, both are foods but... you go for different things to each of them

[PocketYoda]

BG3 is slightly better because it actually has other npcs.

[Hawke]

Originally posted by Exileblue:

Anyone played/completed Elden Ring? How does BG3 compare to it regarding difficulty and storyline? (PLayed BG years ago and loved it)

The difficulty is more even, except the last Act where my party was under-levelled and I did not want to look for more XP and loot, and there are numerous ways to approach encounters. It should be noted, that the combat is turn-based, unlike Elden Ring, and out-of-combat stat checks use RNG (a random number from 1 to 20) to determine success.

The pacing of the story can be off if the player reaches an important location unexpectedly (e.g. it is possible to get into Act 2 within an hour by accident), and companion story arcs depend on Long Rests, while the player is discouraged from doing so (timed quests). Generally, going from a main quest NPC to another main quest NPC should provide the optimal experience. The tone of the story is more uplifting and less tragic, not counting the gore and corpse piles. It is possible to achieve good outcomes, instead of collecting new equipment after completing a quest line.

Can't comment on the bugs - at the moment, it gets worse the further you progress, while I did not play Elden Ring on release.