Henadic Theologian
Legend
Aasimar are one of my favourite races, so having Aasimar in BG3 makes me very happy
Having played Wrath of the Righteous and BG III EA, I could not disagree more. BG 3 in EA is much better to me than Wrath is in full so far.
While I enjoyed Wrath I have partially burnt out at act 5 and have yet to finish. BG III I have enjoyed going through multiple times and am anxious for the full game.
You know this is 5E, not 3.5E right?Aasimar can have big fluffy wings, with the right feat in 3.5e your Aasimar got big fluffy wings, and AL allows you to choose an Aasimar version of the the Winged Tiefling, trading your subrace features for big fluffy wings.
Or, more likely, that's not an Aasimar. I mean, most people seem to think it's not.Plus the Fallen Aasimar's black feathered skeletal wings aren't "spectral" either
It's literally the only way Aasimar can have wings that's actually in an official WotC sourcebook that I'm aware of, so it kinda is.Serious the spectral wings thing isn't as important as folks think it is.
Interesting.The male voice is a villian of somekind, although their has been a datamined male narrator as well as origin character narration.
Despite having a better system in theory, the combat gameplay in BG3 is flatly worse than Wrath of the Righteous. The encounter design is far worse - in every possible way - particularly. BG3 is:Having played Wrath of the Righteous and BG III EA, I could not disagree more. BG 3 in EA is much better to me than Wrath is in full so far.
While I enjoyed Wrath I have partially burnt out at act 5 and have yet to finish. BG III I have enjoyed going through multiple times and am anxious for the full game.
A lot of this comes from the problems with the 3rd edition/Pathfinder ruleset. They rely heavily on using spells to pre-buff before the fight. Which is boring, and only gets worse at high level. Add in controlling six party members in real time (with pause) and the gameplay becomes a matter of "did I remember to cast Death Ward on everyone?"Having played Wrath of the Righteous and BG III EA, I could not disagree more. BG 3 in EA is much better to me than Wrath is in full so far.
While I enjoyed Wrath I have partially burnt out at act 5 and have yet to finish. BG III I have enjoyed going through multiple times and am anxious for the full game.
Yeah this is another major issue with Wrath. Honestly I hope they consider moving on to PF2 or something after the 40K RPG they're doing, because I'm not sure I can take another PF1 game with all that buffing (maybe they can build an in-game manager for it like the mods though).They rely heavily on using spells to pre-buff before the fight. Which is boring, and only gets worse at high level. Add in controlling six party members in real time (with pause) and the gameplay becomes a matter of "did I remember to cast Death Ward on everyone?"
I think the idea is Creative Writing 101: give the character an arc (especially as they are potential PCs). Or in this case, two arcs, one for hero and one for villain. Which means they all have to start out as an uncommitted-to-anything hot mess.Still rather have Daeran in my party than literally any BG3 companion so far though! If you're going to give me "I can fix him!" badboys, at least let them be genuinely funny ones.
I don't. I never have. I've always been vexed by him. I suspect the Matt Mercer/Larian version may be less awful though.Of course, everyone loves Minsc, and he is as one-dimensional as it's possible to be.
Bloody Nenio. What is even supposed to be the point? Camellia I don't think is too bad, I mean she's just Shadowheart with a lot less random sass. But Nenio ugh. I will say this for Owlcat though, Nenio is a huge step up in writing from Jubilost. With Jubilost, he thought he was incredibly clever and was really rude to the PC, and you were literally weren't allowed to fire back. Didn't matter how high your INT, CHA, social skills etc. were, he automatically talked circles around you, and you were only allowed dunce responses. That's terrible writing. Sure he softens later on, but the damage was done. Nenio, is also rude (albeit more in a "extremely neurodiverse-but-also-a-dick" way than Jubilost's "YouTuber" vibe) and also thinks they're so much smarter than you, but this time, if you have the right skills/stats and make the right checks, you can be like "Uh-huh, Nenio, I get it". Of course they did bring in a new "highly slappable gnome" in the form of Regill, to help make up for that...But, whilst Daeran is an excellent character, Wrath has a share of bad characters too, such as Camellia and Nenio.
While I certainly think that having a character arc is important...I don't think having an arc requires the description you give here. Hence, the bad writing is still there, it's just been pushed back one step.I think the idea is Creative Writing 101: give the character an arc (especially as they are potential PCs). Or in this case, two arcs, one for hero and one for villain. Which means they all have to start out as an uncommitted-to-anything hot mess.
Of course, everyone loves Minsc, and he is as one-dimensional as it's possible to be.
But, whilst Daeran is an excellent character, Wrath has a share of bad characters too, such as Camellia and Nenio.