MonsterEnvy
Legend
Yes some changes, but it seems pretty accurate. (Some changes are stuff like throwing things and drinking potions are bonus actions.)
WotC World Reveal of Baldur’s Gate 3 Gameplay at PAX!
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Not really. It uses the names of D&D and the general idea behind its combat system. But in the end its just "D&D inspired".
Prakriti
Hi, I'm a Mindflayer, but don't let that worry you
For the most part, it seemed pretty faithful. Looked like all the skills were there, with Deception, Perception, and Persuasion checks happening during the demo. The combat was a little wonky, though... Characters getting two attacks per round (at level 1?), Side Initiative without discreet turns (character A takes first attack, then character B moves, then character A moves, then character B attacks, etc.), Mage Hands attacking (well, throwing...) enemies, and Bonus Actions operating in some strange way that seems to work completely differently from tabletop. Combat has me a little worried, but I never expected to get a 100% faithful adaptation anyway. What we saw was much better than what I was expecting, though.
MonsterEnvy
Legend
Why are you saying this when it was fairly clearly using 5e Rules.
Gradine
The Elephant in the Room (she/her)
If anything, the ability to kind of freeform wing crap in combat is way closer to D&D than most traditional turn-based takes on D&D (even the otherwise very faithful ToEE). "Can I kick this box in front of me down towards the enemy archer?" "Sure!"
Other than side initiative (which isn't an unheard of house rule), the Mage Hand shoves, and turning what appears to be a pretty liberal use of "Use an Object" into a bonus action, it appeared pretty faithful. The verticality is especially appreciated.
Gotta say I'm more excited about this than I was before.
Other than side initiative (which isn't an unheard of house rule), the Mage Hand shoves, and turning what appears to be a pretty liberal use of "Use an Object" into a bonus action, it appeared pretty faithful. The verticality is especially appreciated.
Gotta say I'm more excited about this than I was before.
Because it doesn't. See for example the action economy Prakriti already mentioned.
This is a variant of the Divinity combat system with D&D names, no matter how much some people here want to sugar coat it. Even the devs themselves said they did not want to copy the D&D rules.
MonsterEnvy
Legend
That was cause he drank a haste potion.
MonsterEnvy
Legend
Other then the initiative, and the expanded use for bonus actions, it was pretty faithful. Don't know what you are talking about.
slobster
Hero
That stream was pretty awesome, the flavor and feel is really adventurous and epic from moment 1 in a way that could only be done in D&D lore. The gameplay looks promising, reminding me of the better "overhead" RPGs in recent years like Dragon Age: Origins and Divinity, and of course the old isometrics.
As someone who played the original BG and BG2 as some of my first computer RPGs way back before high school, the little we saw continues to keep me optimistic.
I was pretty hyped before, and the gameplay preview increased my hype. Now I'll just have to try to make peace with the bizarre past tense narration...
As someone who played the original BG and BG2 as some of my first computer RPGs way back before high school, the little we saw continues to keep me optimistic.
I was pretty hyped before, and the gameplay preview increased my hype. Now I'll just have to try to make peace with the bizarre past tense narration...
Any isometric game, to me, has a more D&D feel since that’s what games I played used it the most....ie Baldurs gates, planescape torment, nwn, etc. as far as the UI not looking like BG and more divinity inspired, not a big deal to me, didn’t play enough divinity to think the game play shown on twitch did. As far as turn based, can hit pause to select stuff to do on your turn, goes through everyone’s turn, monsters and back to the PCs....what’s the issue..seems similar to me to 20 year old games it’s loosely based on. Visuals - this game rocks! I’m more hyped after seeing it that the finished game will be something I enjoy.
