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zachary3752,

I very much loved the first one. You probably don’t hear too much about it because the game came out 13 years ago as a standalone title.

It hasn’t been in the spotlight for quite some time. The game ended on a huge cliffhanger so I’ve been waiting for over a decade to get this one.

zachary3752,

It’s on Gamepass. Just get that for $10 and beat it. Might be able to find a free trial somewhere too.

zachary3752,

Lies of P was extremely good. Not quite on the same tier as Elden Ring, but super enjoyable and polished.

zachary3752,

Recently beat Lies of P.

I am a huge souls fan, and Elden Ring is probably my favorite game of all time.

I was expecting Lies of P to be a competent souls knockoff, but it’s so much more than that.

It has some issues, sure. But I really think the game is superb. I am beyond excited to see what they do next in the genre. They got so many things right.

zachary3752,

The nice thing with Path of Exile is that you can always play next league and try out other content and systems.

I’d suggest picking one or two systems and just really learning those each league instead of attempting everything all at once.

zachary3752,

Yeah RF is an amazing mapper but not a great bosser. Sometimes I’ll make two builds. One to blast through mapping and one to nuke down bosses.

Or you can use Explosive Arrow which currently does everything well lol

zachary3752,

I played a bit of Craftopia awhile back from the same developers. It was weird, disjointed, buggy and strange.

I expect this will be more of the same. But I hope I’m wrong. It would be wild for this game to be decent to good.

Baldur's Gate 3 Dev Feared Low Review Scores Due to Bugs (wccftech.com)

Speaking to the Dungeons & Dragons YouTube channel, Larian Studios CEO Swen Vincke admitted that the developers feared some low scores for Baldur's Gate 3 due to potential bugs encountered by reviewers. This explains why review codes were only sent a handful of days before the PC launch....

zachary3752,

Well they also launched a full month earlier than they anticipated, because they didn’t want their launch to compete against Starfield. Sounds like they had some tough tradeoffs. The ending definitely does fall apart a little bit, but they are quickly releasing patches. It’ll get there eventually.

zachary3752,

I played through the campaign, then got bored pretty much immediately after. Switched back to Path of Exile and made 2 characters this league. Having a blast.

zachary3752,

Steam Deck is excellent for work travel. Easy to set up and play in bed at a hotel.

zachary3752,

Definitely agree with this. Locked 30fps mode with motion blur set to 2/5 was the ideal way to play this game. Performance mode was far too unstable and blurry especially on a larger TV. Digital Foundry also suggested just locking it to 30 and not switching back and forth. Your eyes do eventually adjust.

I wish the performance mode was better, but it seems pretty clear that 30fps was the performance target.

zachary3752,

If you want a turn based RPG, OctoPath Traveler 2 is a really excellent option.

zachary3752,

I know what this post is referencing, but I don’t think that was really the message that they were trying to convey.

Baldurs Gate 3 is an incredibly good game, but it will be difficult for most average studios to emulate their success.

They had a very long developmental cycle of 6+ years, very successful early access, and a team of 400+ experienced developers who know this genre better than anyone.

I would absolutely love to see another studio attempt something this ambitious, but it’s going to be really hard to top this game for the foreseeable future.

What is up with Baldur's Gate 3?

This is not a criticism - I love how much attention this game has been getting. I’m just not understanding why BG3 has been blowing up so much. It seems like BG3 is getting more attention than all of Larian’s previous games combined (and maybe all of Obsidian’s recent crpgs as well). Traditionally crpgs have not lit the...

zachary3752,

The short version:

  • Game is good, came out at the right time, had a lot of hype and lived up to the hype

Longer details:

  • The game is just really well made. It’s extremely fun, very polished (except for a few weird bugs), and complete
  • It has a massive IP tied to it. This game had impossible levels of hype and it met those expectations somehow
  • The recent D&D movie was a large success, and D&D in general has been the most popular it has ever been lately
  • Divinity OS 2 Definitive Edition was very well received, people trust Larian to deliver a good product
  • People are sharing this game with their friends. They had a strong marketing push as well as really strong word of mouth
  • Final Fantasy 16 left a lot of us wanting a more traditional RPG after FF16 was anything but traditional
  • We currently live in an era of games like Diablo 4 which ask for a $70 price tag, and then also have a paid battle pass and paid cosmetics. This game came out at $60 content complete with no additional microtransactions. Ultimately that makes this game much easier to reccomend to people.
zachary3752,

Pretty much a perfect summary, well said.

zachary3752,

I really like Divinity Original Sin 2, but this game is far better in almost every way. It definitely feels like an evolution.

zachary3752,

Yes! This happens to me constantly. My only major gripe so far.

zachary3752,

The game does have an easy mode if you want it to be more brain dead. But it definitely does still require some thought for sure.

zachary3752,

I completely agree with this take.

I have my gaming desktop, gaming laptop, and Steam deck.

My gaming desktop is my strong preference. It’s powerful, I built it myself, and it can handle basically everything I can throw at it.

My gaming laptop is really nice for travel, where I can’t bring my desktop. I was working at a job that was like 30% travel, lots of flying. It was nice to have in the hotel to get some gaming in.

On shorter/busier work trips though, I’d usually opt for just taking my iPad and Steam Deck. It’s a bit more limited in terms of what’s available, but the Steam Deck is a super capable machine. The Steam Deck also didn’t exist when I started traveling originally.

zachary3752,

I tried out the demo, surprised to see it’s being ported to Unity.

Demo feels very early and has some problems (like not being able to quit properly) but it’s a promising start otherwise.

zachary3752,

If there are changes to larger files, often times you are just required to redownload the entire file to replace the existing one.

Ultimately depends on the architecture of the game.

zachary3752,

On Windows 11 with an Intel CPU and Nvidia GPU I’ve had better luck with DX11 at the moment.

Vulkan has been slightly less stable for me overall, and has had more visual glitches.

Meanwhile DX11 has been largely flawless on my system.

I think if you’re using an AMD system Vulkan may be slightly better. But it definitely feels like DX11 is the current “default” option for a reason.

zachary3752,

Glad to see somebody else mention this. Hotline Miami 1 and 2 have some seriously great music. I listen to it for background music all the time.

zachary3752,

I think the writing is overall better than it was in Divinity Original Sin 2. The world is darker and more sinister. There is also a deeper emphasis on what your character is thinking, with a narrator describing things more regularly to you.

That being said this is unmistakably a Larian game. I’d suggest watching some gameplay online to see if it’s for you.

zachary3752,

It’s very much balanced around having a party of 4 characters. But the game itself is incredibly open ended. You could probably make fewer characters work but the game would be harder.

zachary3752,

As far as I’m aware, there is not.

zachary3752,

Hey, so 1 year ago they actually released a solution to this exact issue.

In Siege of the Atlas they added an Atlas passive tree which allows you to block content in the endgame, to make it a more focused experience with the systems you want to work with.

For every system you block, it increases the chance of the other systems showing up instead. Additionally, some of the legacy content in the game has been reworked to feel more consistent with modern quality standards.

We’re not at Path of Exile 2 levels of refinement, but Path of Exile 1 is in a great state at the moment.

zachary3752,

I enjoyed the campaign of Diablo 4, but as you mentioned the game has a serious lack of depth.

It became especially obvious to me once I hit the endgame and realized there just wasn’t that much to do.

In Path of Exile especially there is so much depth and content around the endgame that it feels like there’s almost too much to do.

I don’t think Diablo 4 is bad, but I do think it’s far too casual. The combat is satisfying and the graphics are great. But the skill tree and RPG systems are massively lacking.

zachary3752,

I feel the same way. I’m currently working through heavensword and it just feels like there’s so much filler.

Half the time I feel like missions were just put into the expansion to pad out the game time because most of the epic stuff doesn’t happen until later.

I find myself skipping a lot of the dialog and just watching a recap on YouTube later.

zachary3752,

I really love how Last Epoch approaches skills. Feels like the near perfect balance between casual and complex.

I wish the game felt a little bit more polished and refined overall, but they have a very strong foundation to work from.

zachary3752,

This is not really a AAA game. This is more mid-budget or AA, sold at a cheaper price.

zachary3752,

It takes awhile for Path of Exile to truly click. I think it’s the best ARPG ever made, but the initial learning curve is pretty steep. Things really open up in the endgame. And we have Path of Exile 2 right around the corner which is awesome.

zachary3752,

So once you complete the campaign you will begin maps. There are 3 tiers of maps, you have white, then yellow, then red. I consider mapping to be the endgame.

If this is your first build, the endgame will be rather punishing and you might not make it very far. It took me until my third character roughly before I was able to successfully push into red maps and beyond. There are special bosses to hunt down, and all the side content like Heist and Delve are very rewarding and fun.

Additionally you get another passive tree that allows you to customize your mapping experience however you want. Zizaran has a really nice video going over the endgame. It’s quite long, but very helpful. youtu.be/uf4wnvkS-mI

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