How is the writing compared to D2, WotR, POE (pirate one)

[Arganth]

Loving BG and was wondering (looking through my pile of shame :D )
wondering what to play in the future.

But did not find much info on how good the story/immersion is compared to bg3?

[Soft Lockpick]

Find your average young adult novel. It's basically that for any character interactions. If you like that you get that. If you hate that you still get that.

The plot is better but it's not great.

The game is succeeding on gameplay and production values. Not writing quality.

[Midnight Meows]

Is suggest going with Pillars of Eternity.

[lazarusblack]

It's less flowery with it's prose. So not like POE. But I found PoE a snooze fest. Sure it sounded nice but it wasted a lot of words to not say much of worth.

It's better than D2 for certain. I'd probably put it on par in many ways with WotR. Many will disagree with me there. But they tend to be people who hate Pathfinder etc.

It's certainly more cinematic which makes up for the brevity and simplistic nature in the writing.

Characterisation is solid. Story beats are interesting and side quests feel organic and natural without feeling "gamey" and this is largely down to the writing make them seem realistic to the setting.

[Morgian]

D2: what game is that?
WotR: way better writing than BG 3
PoE 2: you can fit the main plot on half a piece of paper and it is awful; great sidequests and nice landscape, though

[Giubbo]

on par with wrath of the righteous and kingmaker EDIT:actually they are both way better,they have a proper conclusion , POE 1 had a better main story but not many good side content,POE2 my drunk DM made a better plot in half a hour.

BG1 and 2 still easily ♥♥♥♥ all over this game in every possible concivable way as far as writing goes.

[Belegar]

All the games you mention has way better writing and story. BG 3 has high production value and the ingenious freedom in gameplay that larian games have become known for, but apart from that it's fairly mediocre.

[Caldrin]

Once you are finished with this well worth checking out the path of exile series they are bloody good and also the pathfinder games.

And of course if you never played the older games like BG 1 , 2 and the neverwinter night games it's also worth checking those out.. think there is a humble bundle for them all at the moment.

[Morgian]

The first DLC of NWN 2 was great, even if the main game was standard fare.

Edit: the larvae thing in BG 3 reminds me strongly of the spirit eater mechanics in that DLC.

[Verde]

Both of the Pathfinder games beat BG3 handily in terms of the narrative and overall writing quality. The first Pillars game is also great if you include the DLCs, the second Pillars game though, not so much. Divinity OS2 is just narrative garbage.

I'd put BG3 roughly in the middle of the pack of the titles that you've listed.

[Coldhands]

Better than DOS2, worse than Deadfire. I haven't played WotR to compare, but I'd put it about on par with Kingmaker.
BG3's writing is good at the buildup and bad at the payoff.

[lazarusblack]

Originally posted by Morgian:

The first DLC of NWN 2 was great, even if the main game was standard fare.

Edit: the larvae thing in BG 3 reminds me strongly of the spirit eater mechanics in that DLC.

But less fiddly to manage. I loved going full spirit eater but damn was that bar a pain to manage lol

[zpc]

For me, it is like this:

• story PoE2 > WotR > BG3 > D:OS2
  
• characters PoE2 > BG3 > WotR > D:OS2

[Coldhands]

Originally posted by Morgian:

The first DLC of NWN 2 was great, even if the main game was standard fare.

Edit: the larvae thing in BG 3 reminds me strongly of the spirit eater mechanics in that DLC.

Mask of the Betrayer? Man, I haven't thought about that expansion in ages. Still some of Obsidian's best work.

[lazarusblack]

Originally posted by Coldhands:

Originally posted by Morgian:

The first DLC of NWN 2 was great, even if the main game was standard fare.

Edit: the larvae thing in BG 3 reminds me strongly of the spirit eater mechanics in that DLC.

Mask of the Betrayer? Man, I haven't thought about that expansion in ages. Still some of Obsidian's best work.

Hands down.

Wish that Obsidian still existed

[Coldhands]

^I still like their stuff just fine. Looking forward to Avowed and Outer Worlds 2.
Would really like a Pillars 3.