Stop comparing BG3 to Starfield

[Paddy]

Listening to a few people try and compare BG3 to Starfield is downright embarrassing. BG3 is a 3D board game in a SEMI open world environment with no dynamic world and not even a day/night cycle. Starfield will allow you to travel to and explore entire dynamic worlds. Also Starfield has combat that is actually fun. BG3 is for a niche market. The few who actually prefer turn based combat with dice rolls.

[_APA [~sudo]]

oh goshhhh...... popcorns

I will watch this post lol

[dannyj147]

Not so sure Dungeons & Dragons is niche but I do agree it's not the greatest comparison.

[Poetic]

BG3 will be the game i play while waiting for starfield ive owned it on early access for 3 yrs already though. so im curious what they change for full release.

[Paddy]

Originally posted by dannyj147:

Not so sure Dungeons & Dragons is niche but I do agree it's not the greatest comparison.

BG3 is niche in the gaming market. The board game isn't niche. It's hugely popular as a board game. This popularity doesn't translate well when it's copied and pasted into a video game. Instead RPG games which largely originated from D&D evolved to what we have today with the likes of Starfield. BG3 turn based combat didn't move in this direction. Instead they are trying to incorporate both the video game and table top board elements but are the champion of neither

[-OrLoK- Слава Україн]

playing it now. ratger like it in a console style way.

I can't see any real comparison other than that they are both story driven games. You could say they're both rugs etc but that's all.

ymmv but to me it's apples and bricks

[ChuTheMan]

wait.. are we not supposed to compare apples to bricks?

[Paddy]

Originally posted by ChuTheMan:

wait.. are we not supposed to compare apples to bricks?

Unfortunately the BG3 fans are

[Tin Can Kat]

Joke's on you, I'm gonna love 'em both.

[Paddy]

Originally posted by Tin Can Kat:

Joke's on you, I'm gonna love 'em both.

Good for you and I hope you do but thats not relevant to this discussion

[A. Silvermane]

bear

[Quilnux]

Originally posted by ChuTheMan:

wait.. are we not supposed to compare apples to bricks?

Bricks crushes apples, but apples destroys paper. Paper cover rock, rock breaks scissors, scissors cuts paper, and bears (from @Ayato Silvermane) crumbles bricks...

Who wants to play?

[Mr Jt (Gog is king)]

Baldurs gate is just better has no shady drm and is made by a company which is pro consumer. So yeah stop comparing them

[Tenoshii]

Originally posted by Paddy:

Listening to a few people try and compare BG3 to Starfield is downright embarrassing.

It's right on point actually. They both allow players to immerse themselves in a fictional world on a quest for discovery as well as a variety of other similarities:

Both allow detailed character creation.
Both are games where the player can deal damage and gain experience.
Both are games where the player can level up.
Both are games that allow the player the option to romance NPCs.
Both games allow the player to loot objects and collect items.
Both games allow the player to acquire followers and companions to aid them in their quest.
Both games allow players to steal.
Both games showcase heroes and villains.
Both games have cutscenes.

Lastly, both games are going to be evaluated on whether or not they qualify for GOTY.

[dannyj147]

Originally posted by Tenoshii:

Originally posted by Paddy:

Listening to a few people try and compare BG3 to Starfield is downright embarrassing.

It's right on point actually. They both allow players to immerse themselves in a fictional world on a quest for discovery as well as a variety of other similarities:

Both allow detailed character creation.
Both are games where the player can deal damage and gain experience.
Both are games where the player can level up.
Both are games that allow the player the option to romance NPCs.
Both games allow the player to loot objects and collect items.
Both games allow the player to acquire followers and companions to aid them in their quest.
Both games allow players to steal.
Both games showcase heroes and villains.
Both games have cutscenes.

Lastly, both games are going to be evaluated on whether or not they qualify for GOTY.

The core gameplay of each game is vastly different though. D&D is turn based.

[Tread]

Originally posted by Tenoshii:

Originally posted by Paddy:

Listening to a few people try and compare BG3 to Starfield is downright embarrassing.

It's right on point actually. They both allow players to immerse themselves in a fictional world on a quest for discovery as well as a variety of other similarities:

Both allow detailed character creation.

This remains to been seen for BG3. Outside of cosmetics the facial features in BG3 can not (at least atm) be changed and there's a rather limited number of faces for each race (hopefully more at launch).