VGChartz's Miles Gregory: "2023 was a fantastic year for video games in general, but it was particularly notable for those who love RPGs, especially those of a Western style. We saw the release of the highly anticipated Starfield from Bethesda, the same studio that arguably helped evolve the Western RPG genre into what it is today. Baldur’s Gate III took the world by storm, providing an experience that modernizes the old Western RPG formula while simultaneously paying close respect to the Dungeons & Dragons source material from which it's based off of. The release of Final Fantasy XVI pushed the series into a new direction, with combat that feels fast, fluid, satisfying, and distinctly Western in style contrary to what the series, and even the developer, is renowned for.
But if you're looking for something that feels a bit more like the Square Enix of old, look no further than Sea of Stars, which once again proved that you don’t have to be a large studio to make a memorable and critically acclaimed RPG. With so many fantastic games to choose from, who will the winner be?"
With a game like Baldur's Gate 3, a number of factors make it successful—but perhaps none are as powerful as its side quest design.
Article makes a great point and I agree with it but is spoiler heavy. It should be marked. If you haven’t played through the game be warned as it even spoils parts of act 3.
Thanks for this dude, I am very interested in playing when I have time and am trying to avoid spoilers.
This game rocks, everything is quality, and I love the cutscenes, which remind me of Dragon Age Origin.
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While we were so hoping to not have to update owners of the console physical Deluxe Edition with any further news of delay, we’ve now run into more production issues which means that players who pre-ordered their PS5 North America copy that was expected to ship later this month, will now have to wait until July before they can get their hands on them.
Got that email like 2 weeks ago. Tbh I'm not tripping. I understand sht happens. I'm just glad they changed their minds on the physical release
I with you. I got the email is well. Happy to eventually own a physical copy and glad it’s not digital only.
Baldur's Gate 3 is so good it might actually be a bad place to start with RPGs.
Baldurs Gate 3 was great, but I dont think it is as crazy as people make it out to be. I actually think Starfield is closer to being a crazy insane once in a lifetime game, but Im ready for the flak Im about to get.
If you think that then you either A never played Bg3 or B never watched anyone else play it, or C you don't know anything about the game, or D you played it and have no idea of the marvel it is in every single aspect of game design. It doesn't matter what game you compare it to, it doesn't hold a candle. Let alone starfield.
A. Ive played it thrice
B. Played with others, so there are moments of watching
C. Know more than I would care to about the game
D.
Thats quite bold, seeing as there are an inumerable amount of games for it to contend with. I also know plenty of people with their own gripes with the game.
As someone that creates things, and has actively sought to gather intel and understanding, I would say Baldurs Gates very nature makes it so it would have a hard time sitting upon the lofty throne you have given it. Similar to a Bethesda game, it is a game with a very large number of permutations and variables to consider, despite being smaller in scale by direct comparison.
Exemplary mastery of design philosophy is more certain to appear in a game that is for confined. One of the reasons I see Starfield the way I do is simply Bethesedas approach of breaking the rules. Anyone should hopefully know that you just dont try to fit a Bethesda game into a space game, but they found a way to pull it off. Do to the nature of large scale open world games, whether it is efficient or not depends on the angle one is looking at.
Many people would tell me immediately that loading screens and empty planets prove that they failed to pull it off. If you play Starfield like a conventional game yes
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Many people would tell me immediately that loading screens and empty planets prove that they failed to pull it off. If you play Starfield like a conventional game yes, it will seem disjointed and lazy; however, to those who realize what Bethesda were going for, you will see that the game is severely underestimated. The idea of God is hated and loved by many, and there is much controversy. Starfield is closer to that idea than people even notice.
Hogwarts Legacy is a better RPG than Starfield.
When the writer puts Starfield in the same room with BG3, everyone knows that the writer is not capable of doing their job.
Starfield even being mentioned automatically makes the article redundant.
Should have replaced Starfield with something else, there's heaps of games that are much better than it.
My pick is FFXVI which I just finished. Can't wait to play the upcoming dlc "The Rising Tide"