Would I like this game?

[Water]

I bought BG2 back in the day and found the game to be way too dialogue heavy. Not saying it's a bad thing, just not my thing. I refunded Disco Elysium for the same reason. I love to read, just not video games. If someone drones on too long in Sekiro or MGS I'll use the fast talk button because I like to get to the point.

Is BG3 more quick paced and to the point, or does it drown the player in dialogue choices? I've read the reviews and they're fantastic, so definitely considering this.

[Banelord]

you will hate it.

[DYSEQTA]

Less reading more watching in BG3. Dialog is delivered via interactive cinematic scenes.

[Willow Rivers]

There is a ton of dialogue and cutscenes plus a lot of books and notes to read for lore and background information for quests and such.

If you don't like heavy dialogue this is not for you. You can easily be going thru 30+ minutes of dialogue cutscenes at a time at some points.

[Ironwu]

It IS a very heavy dialog game, but it is pretty much ALL voiced, so not a ton of reading. That and the actual conversation parts are fairly compact. It is FAR more advanced than BG2 and even better (much better IMO) than D:OS2.

This is a fantastic, complex, and involving game. It really is a masterpiece.

[Snaef]

Watch someone play it for 5-10 minutes, including some dialogues, and you will likely know better then we could

[Clovis Sangrail]

For those of you who can read and who do not move your lips when you do so, you can work your way through dialogue way faster than the narrator or the characters can just by hitting the space bar to advance each screen once you have read it.

[Valtaya]

Originally posted by Water:

I bought BG2 back in the day and found the game to be way too dialogue heavy. Not saying it's a bad thing, just not my thing. I refunded Disco Elysium for the same reason. I love to read, just not video games. If someone drones on too long in Sekiro or MGS I'll use the fast talk button because I like to get to the point.

Is BG3 more quick paced and to the point, or does it drown the player in dialogue choices? I've read the reviews and they're fantastic, so definitely considering this.

this is not a D&D game that you can switch to easiest mode and win by simply autoattacking, even on explorer you have to do stuff. usualy its dos/larian typical actions. or you can exploit the hell out of the game by what people already said, like barbarian than paladin than respec... god I wish there would be no respec in this game, maybe than people would see the problem

[Nilserrich]

So the talking is accompanied with cutscene-like images. But it's definitely a core element. I'd say fights etc. and talking are at least 50/50.

Also, I think if you skip the story elements or something, the game tends to not be fun.

[Nekrodevik]

To be honest I've hated BG1/2, to the point of not playing it despite owning both, enjoying BG3 so far, you'll have 2h for refund if you buy it, in that time you should pretty much see how the game goes.

[Arcticspyder]

Originally posted by Water:

I bought BG2 back in the day and found the game to be way too dialogue heavy. Not saying it's a bad thing, just not my thing. I refunded Disco Elysium for the same reason. I love to read, just not video games. If someone drones on too long in Sekiro or MGS I'll use the fast talk button because I like to get to the point.

Is BG3 more quick paced and to the point, or does it drown the player in dialogue choices? I've read the reviews and they're fantastic, so definitely considering this.

According to what you said about your recent game testing, I would say no.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Water:

Would I like this game?
I bought BG2 back in the day and found the game to be way too dialogue heavy. Not saying it's a bad thing, just not my thing. I refunded Disco Elysium for the same reason. I love to read, just not video games. If someone drones on too long in Sekiro or MGS I'll use the fast talk button because I like to get to the point.

Is BG3 more quick paced and to the point, or does it drown the player in dialogue choices? I've read the reviews and they're fantastic, so definitely considering this.

Do not buy it.

It is awesome, but if you complain about reading, you are complaining necessities for the core mechanics and core gameplay joy.

[Hawke]

It is a dialogue-heavy RPG with turn-based combat and immersive sim elements. I doubt that this is what you are looking for.