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"Elminster's not around... so might as well."
2 years ago
"I am James Ungentine KTLA, and I predict your future. These are the events that will change and illuminate your daily lives, except you aren't there yet! Future date 2025, KTLA predicts..."
In recent gaming news, apart from the games I play for the gameplay channel I've mostly been playing Baldur's Gate 3 (also Whisker Squadron: Survivor, which is very very good but not what I'd like to talk about right now). I had initially hesitated to pick it up, because my experience with the first game was of spending a long time building my character only to get killed by the first tmonster outside Candlekeep. Not a great first impression, I hope you'll agree.
Anyway, I like BG3 a lot more and have managed to play it quite a bit longer. The thing about it is that in order to actually get myself to actually open the program and play the game, I find that I have to work up the motivation to do so. Most games I can happily pick up whenever the mood strikes me, but not so much for BG3. I don't know if it's the difficulties I have keeping my laptop's cooling tray going, the game's combat and skill check being more demanding than I prefer from a game, or how long it taks for saves to load (yes, I've savescumming. Deal with it.), or just that it's so goddamn hot right now, but I find myself all too readily finding excuses not to play it. I'm reaching the point mentally where I'm strongly considering abandoning the playthrough and starting again when I'm more in the mood.
Another factor in this is the recent release of Starfield. I've thoroughly enjoyed previous Bethesda-made open-world RPGs, like Skyrim and Fallout 4, and I do like me a space-faring sci-fi game, so a spacefaring open-world RPG is an easy sell for me. And I am all too tempted to buy.
Anyway, I like BG3 a lot more and have managed to play it quite a bit longer. The thing about it is that in order to actually get myself to actually open the program and play the game, I find that I have to work up the motivation to do so. Most games I can happily pick up whenever the mood strikes me, but not so much for BG3. I don't know if it's the difficulties I have keeping my laptop's cooling tray going, the game's combat and skill check being more demanding than I prefer from a game, or how long it taks for saves to load (yes, I've savescumming. Deal with it.), or just that it's so goddamn hot right now, but I find myself all too readily finding excuses not to play it. I'm reaching the point mentally where I'm strongly considering abandoning the playthrough and starting again when I'm more in the mood.
Another factor in this is the recent release of Starfield. I've thoroughly enjoyed previous Bethesda-made open-world RPGs, like Skyrim and Fallout 4, and I do like me a space-faring sci-fi game, so a spacefaring open-world RPG is an easy sell for me. And I am all too tempted to buy.
That or go with the Oppenheimer strategy of having your tank carry explosive barrels and have your rogue or Astarion sneak the barrels and booze you have around the enemies before blowing them tf up.
But yeah, its ok to take the Minsc approach too. "Good does not wait for evil to button up its britches! When evil shows its buttocks for the smacking, Minsc and Boo are there to greet cheek with hand!"
I appreciate that the D&D mechanics are quite faithful to the rules, but I found Solasta to be a better balance between D&D mechanics and story fun. The way the party members take the piss out of each other in Solasta keeps me going back for more.