In Hindsight, How Does BG3 Compare With Other CRPGs?

[Actalo]

After finishing the game I'd say it would be in my Top 5. I have some issues with the ending but overall, definitely Top 5 CRPGs on par with DA:O, WOTR, PoE, and DOS2. At least, those are my favorites.

[Woldy]

It's pretty good. needs improvements when it comes to endings. Being a bad guy and relationship growth with companions (It's WAY too fast).

[Naijiro]

Better than all of them tbh.

[[HdF] Almut Grete]

barely. it is more of an action based RPG with dice.

[Chaosolous]

It’s one of my favorite RPG games period, definitely best Crpg I have personally played.

I hate RTwP though so I’m a bit biased against them. The best score that a game with RTwP can be is B tier. Never anything above.

Anyway. Love the game. All complaints people have had either I haven’t encountered or were minor compared to how megalithic the complaints made them sound.

[Verde]

It's a solid 7/10, still needs a lot of polish.

[jack_of_tears]

Better than most. I can't think of any in the genre that surpass it.

[🫐ĿᐄṾᐄṆↁ3☈🫐]

Wotr is probably the better Crpg.
BG3 is going for the cinematic DragonAge thing. Which is fine.
Wrath just has alot more more going on mechanically, plus 3.5 was my fave edition, so I could be a little biased here.

[Razorblade]

Of the games discussed, BG3 is the most fun to play, imo. Bit under-cooked, and lacking in narrative ambition, though.

However, gameplay reigns supreme in my book, so BG3's my top CRPG still.

[Woldy]

Originally posted by 🍇ĿᐄṾᐄṆↁ3☈🍇:

Wotr is probably the better Crpg.
BG3 is going for the cinematic DragonAge thing. Which is fine.
Wrath just has alot more more going on mechanically, plus 3.5 was my fave edition, so I could be a little biased here.

I love Wotr too, but i can easily see why some might not like it, its VERY complex. you dont really have room to experiment with builds as you sadly have to be very minmaxi on the regular difficulty which is a bit sad. But the amount of roleplayability is pretty sick.

[Recjawjind]

Originally posted by 🍇ĿᐄṾᐄṆↁ3☈🍇:

Wotr is probably the better Crpg.
BG3 is going for the cinematic DragonAge thing. Which is fine.
Wrath just has alot more more going on mechanically, plus 3.5 was my fave edition, so I could be a little biased here.

To me, pf1e (which is based on 3.5), just feels bloated with endless noob-traps
Also the owlcat rpgs, its just a few minutes of pre-buffing, then zerging the enemy down instantly.

Every battle basically a flat plane, no encounters that are even remotely as complex in terms of their setup as this.

I'm good on that.

[Woldy]

Originally posted by Recjawjind:

Originally posted by 🍇ĿᐄṾᐄṆↁ3☈🍇:

Wotr is probably the better Crpg.
BG3 is going for the cinematic DragonAge thing. Which is fine.
Wrath just has alot more more going on mechanically, plus 3.5 was my fave edition, so I could be a little biased here.

To me, pf1e (which is based on 3.5), just feels bloated with endless noob-traps
Also the owlcat rpgs, its just a few minutes of pre-buffing, then zerging the enemy down instantly.

Every battle basically a flat plane, no encounters that are even remotely as complex in terms of their setup as this.

I'm good on that.

This actually sums up the owlcat games.

I think it's good they are moving to a turnbased combat now with the 40K roguetrader.

[Recjawjind]

Originally posted by Woldy:

This actually sums up the owlcat games.

I think it's good they are moving to a turnbased combat now with the 40K roguetrader.

I hope their encounter design changes with the switch to TB. It just offers infinitely more possible complexity.

[Actalo]

Originally posted by Woldy:

Originally posted by 🍇ĿᐄṾᐄṆↁ3☈🍇:

Wotr is probably the better Crpg.
BG3 is going for the cinematic DragonAge thing. Which is fine.
Wrath just has alot more more going on mechanically, plus 3.5 was my fave edition, so I could be a little biased here.

I love Wotr too, but i can easily see why some might not like it, its VERY complex. you dont really have room to experiment with builds as you sadly have to be very minmaxi on the regular difficulty which is a bit sad. But the amount of roleplayability is pretty sick.

WOTR is definitely my favorite CRPG of all time. Even the Crusade mechanic I like since I loved Heroes of Might & Magic 2 & 3 as a child. New World Computing, Win '98 lol.

[Quillithe]

I really like the idea of WotR, but in terms of the actual experience I'd put this above it overall.

Definitely up there with PoE2, PS:T, Wizardry 8, Arcanum, Ultima 7, MM7, Underrail etc.

I'd say it's a very well-balanced experience. A lot of crpgs either have basically no plot or have terrible combat, or no character creation.

A lot of games beat this in one category, but fail in other categories.

[EricHVela]

It brought me back to the nostalgia of the Ultima days... something no other game has managed.

So... there's that.

(Nostalgia versus reality. The old Ultima games most definitely didn't age well. So, this is a nostalgia comparison.)