Name 1 RPG better than Baldur's Gate 3 👀

[Dr.God]

Baldur's Gate 3 may be one of the highest-reviewed PC games of all time on Metacritic, but it's not without its flaws.

Name any RPG you think is better than Baldur's Gate 3, and explain how.

Just a friendly reminder to submit your review on Steam if you haven't already, we're so close to the 95% 'Overwhelmingly Positive' reviews this masterpiece deserves!

[Balzack]

Classic console JRPG's are always the best for me. Chrono Trigger. Dragon Quest 3,4,5,6,7,8. Final Fantasy 4,6,9.

[MASTERCHIEF]

Originally posted by Phoenix:

After all the criticism of Act 2 and 3 I'm reluctant to finish act 1 :(

Personally, I liked the Icewind Dale series. But you would be hard pressed to beat the original BG1 and 2. Those games were a lot more traditional fantasy than BG3. Although 2nd Ed D&D is really looking its age nowadays.

act 3 deserves its criticism. but let it not deter you. I hate Act 3 but I can assure you, you will still have fun.. don't expect Act 1 polish and good endings.

[Xiwang]

Originally posted by Dr.God:

Baldur's Gate 3 may be one of the highest-reviewed PC of all time on Metacritic, but it's not without its flaws.

Name any RPG you think is better than Baldur's Gate 3, and explain how.

Just a friendly reminder to submit your review on Steam if you haven't already, we're so close to the 95% 'Overwhelmingly Positive' reviews this masterpiece deserves!

:praisesun:

about metatritic idk, but i still consider fallout new vegas as a better game than bg3.

fallout 1 and 2 are also better than bg3. but im a fallout fanboy so im biased.

fallout 1 faces urgency, a thing i dont enjoy while playing but it was great more possibilities than bg3 and the game have the same urgency thing, fallout 2 had not that sensation great wolrd building an story.

now fallout new vegas. has the BEST combination of all times. a decent story, but the urgency is on your own, you dont have a timed bomb in your head forcing you to fail and do meaningless quest, because that is what happens, you expend the entire game looking for a cure for your tadpole, and that is the last objetive...

but you have that as a priority why even explore the world, why play the game why do anything else that get the tadpole out of your head. new vegas give you a free new start to do whatever you want and you will eventually get to the main quest no matter what you decide, but not because you have an urgency but because while playing your search for power, influence or just money got you there.

[Aradhel]

Originally posted by Dr.God:

Baldur's Gate 3 may be one of the highest-reviewed PC of all time on Metacritic, but it's not without its flaws.

Name any RPG you think is better than Baldur's Gate 3, and explain how.

Just a friendly reminder to submit your review on Steam if you haven't already, we're so close to the 95% 'Overwhelmingly Positive' reviews this masterpiece deserves!

:praisesun:

Literally anything made by Black Isle Studios: the OG Baldur's Gate 1 and 2, Planetscape Torment, Icewind Dale. BG3 has nothing on these (and other CRPGs) and isn't deserving of the name it has been given.

It would have been more honest if it was named Divinity Original Sin 3.

[Slip]

Underrail, people that look for non mainstream crpg, should really check the game out.

[WastingSanity]

Originally posted by Dr.God:

Elden Ring, because it has the best PvP. Obviously.

:praisesun:

Elden Ring is far more entertaining than BG3, and not because of the PVP... although it didn't hurt anything.

[HumanNinjaToo]

For now, Skyrim is favorite rpg of all time, but I also have like 10 years of memories with the game. There will always be a special place in my heart for FF6 and FF7 as well. Chrono Trigger is another of my all time favorites.

That being said, BG3 is still new. As awesome as this game is, it's not my all time favorite. Maybe one day it will be, who knows? I do know that I am really enjoying it now.

edit: After re-reading the OP...

I would make the case for Skyrim being a better RPG for a lot of people because it was pretty groundbreaking and defining for when it came out. I think it is easy to look at it now and point out a thousand flaws because most fans have been over every inch of that game several times I'm sure.

Speaking for myself, it's one of the few games I have replayed dozens of times and had unique and fun experiences each time. I'll admit that mods made a lot of those experiences more unique. The last time I played through it, I was using mods that made it play like Sekuro, which gave me an altogether unique experience.

It's pretty difficult to compare RPGs that are so totally different from each other. BG3, is probably the best CRPG that I've ever played. I've not played them all. But I have played a lot of them. Granted, I've played a lot of them many years after they came out, so I didn't experience them in the same way that other people have. For instance, I just played BG1 and BG2 on the the new xbox or ps5 a few months ago while waiting for the BG3 release. I honestly didn't care for them much at all. I think I enjoyed the Path of Exile games much more. I feel like the pathfinder games are really good in terms of customizing character builds, probably better than BG3. But BG3 has a much better story, IMO and from what I've seen so far at least, than the pathfinder games.

I'd say that I'm liking the BG3 story much better than the Skyrim story. But the freedom of who you could be in Skyrim is pretty awesome. Overall, I'd say it's pretty tough to come up with a best RPG, much easier to come up with a top 5 in no particular order.

[Kelemdros]

Originally posted by Dr.God:

Baldur's Gate 3 may be one of the highest-reviewed PC of all time on Metacritic, but it's not without its flaws.

Name any RPG you think is better than Baldur's Gate 3, and explain how.

Just a friendly reminder to submit your review on Steam if you haven't already, we're so close to the 95% 'Overwhelmingly Positive' reviews this masterpiece deserves!

:praisesun:

Give people time to ends it, act 3... and the ending... meh, rest 9/10

[Crom]

Originally posted by Dr.God:

I never played Baldur's Gate 1 & 2... Should I?

Well, it depends...
Its and old game from different times...
How to explain this...

Imagine that 'BG3' is something like "Game of Thrones" right...

then

'Baldurs Gate 2' is something like old legends about King Arthur

PS: You dont need to play Baldurs Gate 1, real mania actualy started when Baldurs Gate 2 was released.

[ChalkStorm]

Originally posted by Valtronix:

Albion
Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
Baldur's Gate II
Disco Elysium
Dragon Age: Origins
Fallout 2
Fallout New Vegas
Icewind Dale
Neverwinter Nights
Pathfinder: Kingmaker
Pillars of Eternity
Planescape Torment
Shadowrun: Dragonfall
The Temple of Elemental Evil
Tyranny
Vagrus - The Riven Realms
Vampire: The Masquerade
Wasteland 3

no

[trans diaochan truther]

it's hard to deny the sheer level of hype and mass appeal larian managed to pull off by having the brand name and WOTC's support along with a generally solid, polished looking game and a no-BS monetization model.

that said, I do recommend the Owlcat Pathfinder games, Kingmaker and Wrath of the Righteous to anyone who enjoyed BG3. it's more min-maxy and more mechanically dense and not as cinematically pretty but the polished up definitive versions of those games are excellent romps that make up for looks and ease with depth

[RocketMan]

Originally posted by Dr.God:

Baldur's Gate 3 may be one of the highest-reviewed PC of all time on Metacritic, but it's not without its flaws.

Name any RPG you think is better than Baldur's Gate 3, and explain how.

Just a friendly reminder to submit your review on Steam if you haven't already, we're so close to the 95% 'Overwhelmingly Positive' reviews this masterpiece deserves!

Personal taste, but geneforge.

Felt like there was a better flow to the mechanics and prefer lots of written dialogue over more sparse voiced dialogue.

[Soul]

Baldurs Gate II

[Aradhel]

Originally posted by Crom:

Originally posted by Dr.God:

I never played Baldur's Gate 1 & 2... Should I?

Well, it depends...
Its and old game from different times...
How to explain this...

Imagine that 'BG3' is something like "Game of Thrones" right...

then

'Baldurs Gate 2' is something like old legends about King Arthur

PS: You dont need to play Baldurs Gate 1, real mania actualy started when Baldurs Gate 2 was released.

BG2 can be enjoyed without playing BG1, but it will make much more sense from the story point of view if you play the prequel first... at least in my humble opinion.

Also, if possible, stay away from the Enhanced Editions and go get the classic ones and then apply mods.

[ChalkStorm]

Originally posted by frottenheimer:

it's hard to deny the sheer level of hype and mass appeal larian managed to pull off by having the brand name and WOTC's support along with a generally solid, polished looking game and a no-BS monetization model.

that said, I do recommend the Owlcat Pathfinder games, Kingmaker and Wrath of the Righteous to anyone who enjoyed BG3. it's more min-maxy and more mechanically dense and not as cinematically pretty but the polished up definitive versions of those games are excellent romps that make up for looks and ease with depth

every time I load up Wrath of the Righteous, I see that there are 9,000,000 classes to choose from, and I lose interest and alt f4