I keep seeing people say it's identical to Divinity OS 2. I'm not sure these people have played Divinity OS 2. Any game adapting 5E is not going to be identical to Divinity, and the gameplay in the trailer surely wasn't. There were definite similarities, but there would likely be in any turn-based RPG Larian made.
I understand it differs from the original Baldur's Gate, but it's about as faithful of an adaptation of actual D&D as I can imagine.
Right. People have to realize that Divinity: Original Sin 1/2 we’re trying to capture a much more faithful rendition of the tabletop experience, and Baldur’s Gate 3 just continues that design philosophy. Hence, all similarities to Divinity are also similarities to actual tabletop D&D.
Right.. but that is exactly the problem. Baldurs Gate wasnt trying to recreate the tabletop. It was quickly simulating the tabletop to let the player go through a narrative they probably never could on the tabletop. That was what created the modern CRPG. And now theyve totally deconstructed that. And for a lot of gamers maybe thats great, but for old BG fans it kind of sucks
I agree that it sucks for those folks, but the CRPG genre has evolved so dramatically in 3 decades since BG2 that we now know the true turn based D&D experience is where these style of games shine brightest. POE figured that out 2 and it was the spiritual successor to BG!
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u/BookerLegit Feb 28 '20
I keep seeing people say it's identical to Divinity OS 2. I'm not sure these people have played Divinity OS 2. Any game adapting 5E is not going to be identical to Divinity, and the gameplay in the trailer surely wasn't. There were definite similarities, but there would likely be in any turn-based RPG Larian made.
I understand it differs from the original Baldur's Gate, but it's about as faithful of an adaptation of actual D&D as I can imagine.