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<blockquote data-quote="ZeshinX" data-source="post: 7782128" data-attributes="member: 6793656"><p>It's a pre-rendered trailer...in no way remotely capable of determining if this is better or worse than any game as of yet. Now if you meant the trailer itself is better than the grand sum of Sword Coast Legends....well then yes, definitely. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> That said...I am...hesitant about this. Some of Mr. Vincke's comments in regards to using D&D rules in a video game....the whole "missing is no fun"....well, it's part of the game....and the original games, adapted as they were, were pretty damn fun. Hence the rather large fanbase and "classic of the genre" moniker it has. Sword Coast Legends and all its talk of "interpretation of D&D 5e rules" has left me entirely and wholly skeptical of any game with the D&D branding on it, since SCL's rules were D&D in name only. It bore utterly no resemblance, mechanically, to D&D. This is a new game and a new (to making D&D games) studio and a new opportunity, for sure, but...the use of the phrasing "interpretation of" rather than say, "adaptation of"...well, skeptical, as I said. Also, with that stylized, roman numeral '3' slapped on the title, it attaches itself mightily to the legacy of the games before it. Honestly, they'd be far better off dropping that '3' and just calling it "Baldur's Gate: Subtitle" and loosening the hold that legacy imposes. I'll be watching it closely and hope I like what I see in the future honestly...but so far they've sounded an AWFUL lot like nSpace did when Sword Coast Legends was announced. So much so it only adds to my skepticism by implying they and WotC learned absolutely nothing from the train wreck SCL rapidly became.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ZeshinX, post: 7782128, member: 6793656"] It's a pre-rendered trailer...in no way remotely capable of determining if this is better or worse than any game as of yet. Now if you meant the trailer itself is better than the grand sum of Sword Coast Legends....well then yes, definitely. ;) That said...I am...hesitant about this. Some of Mr. Vincke's comments in regards to using D&D rules in a video game....the whole "missing is no fun"....well, it's part of the game....and the original games, adapted as they were, were pretty damn fun. Hence the rather large fanbase and "classic of the genre" moniker it has. Sword Coast Legends and all its talk of "interpretation of D&D 5e rules" has left me entirely and wholly skeptical of any game with the D&D branding on it, since SCL's rules were D&D in name only. It bore utterly no resemblance, mechanically, to D&D. This is a new game and a new (to making D&D games) studio and a new opportunity, for sure, but...the use of the phrasing "interpretation of" rather than say, "adaptation of"...well, skeptical, as I said. Also, with that stylized, roman numeral '3' slapped on the title, it attaches itself mightily to the legacy of the games before it. Honestly, they'd be far better off dropping that '3' and just calling it "Baldur's Gate: Subtitle" and loosening the hold that legacy imposes. I'll be watching it closely and hope I like what I see in the future honestly...but so far they've sounded an AWFUL lot like nSpace did when Sword Coast Legends was announced. So much so it only adds to my skepticism by implying they and WotC learned absolutely nothing from the train wreck SCL rapidly became. [/QUOTE]
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