taxes

isolated, interesting story

cool, self contained, future relevant, expands the world

creates a plot and story

there's very little of that

compare to act 2 divinity where you have at first like 5 later/total like 8 different sourcerers and conflicts going on, everything herding you in directions (bloodmoon island, rykers graveyard, blackpits, mordus' lair)

they add to the story yet have self contained mysteries and plots

it feels more grand and like an adventure, and like you're doing something

half the fights here feel like filler

idk

after the third SUPRISE ROOT MONSTER FIGHT

with no relevance

a good example is the placement of enemies as well

im convined the top part of act 1 must of been done later in development because of that

The gnolls have somewhat of an explanation for their appearance there, you can investigate it and it makes sense sorta. The goblins at blighted village, okay they're there, but why? If you actually ask around in the blighted village they don't say why. You see the goblin fight in the way to the druid grove but there's no explanation other than goblins!!! for a long time. You finally get to their camp and ONLY if you talk to Minthara do they finally explain that the goblins are in the blighted village because; they're searching for the grove. Why does the absolute want the grove? No answer or reason. This is further clarified to be related to the mcguffin, but the mcguffin was on the ship- not the grove. It's entirely unrealted and the story doesn't even try to connect them. So you don't know why your enemies are there, what they're doing or anything about yhem until the final boss of the area

The mystery of the absolute is useless if everyone talks in vague ass terms

In the underdark you are told upfront, or given heavy hints of what every character wants and is doing

and I knjow its a quality/time issue because the obvious later done sections of act 1 don't have these issues

and the must rushed section of dos2- arx, also shares ALL of these same issues

the combat system has been unchanged since 2021 as well

fyi

I'm not really sure how this happens

I won't lie and say divinity was polished by any mean, but I've replayed it on launch and post relase many many times and I can really only think of 2 things that "break" quests, one of them is an extremely valid and common complaint that breaks nameless isle. if you find a secret tunnel and go inside, it skips the "finding the door" part of the quest and automatically moves alexander and sallow man. people complain a lot about this and it causes so much to move and it's an extremely valid complaint because you're punished for exploring

BG3 somehow has MULTIPLE of these in the first two acts, its fucking insane

I was looking at forum posts of old bugs and quest issues from early access and there was thousands of these. I just think whatever scripting they use for quests just isn't comprehensive or something

im very curious what they were actually doing the past 4 years

the only substanstial changes I can see are the additons of classes overtime, and changing sneak from a bonus action to a full action

i by no means think the game is bad but its like, more buggy than a launch skyrim playhtrough

ontop of the story very obviously being the result of; as spooky said; them refusing to change the story/being locked into it since 2017

it makes me think that maybe they couldnt change the plot too much because of WotC or some other reason, because it's actually so bad/contrived in parts it doesn't make sense how they'd leave it

yeah

if i saw you playing i would of told you not to

i got it on my first playthrough too

it's a very commonly known thing

it's not a "bug" it's just

a flag

but you'd think they'd learn

to not do that shit

its ok gareth doesnt show up anyways after that rlly

except at the end of the game where he and every other main npc you had shows up and prays to you for the final battle giving you unlimited source just for the final battle

i think its easier to like and get into the combat in this for a few reasons

one is that action economy is a lot easier/harder to maximize because no ap system two is that buffs are extremely limited so they don't expect you to prebuff, three is it doesnt have divinites fucking awful armor/CC system so and i think four, the most important one- is that in D&D you are given your new abilities via level up, so you can't pull a rusp and just ignore every skillbook vendor

you are FORCED to get new spells and abilities

if you know how to play it it works, but it essnetially forces you to play

full physical

or full caster

the only reason i don't hate it that much is that archer can be magic and there's a physical damage caster

(necro)

and it just so happens necro is the strongest in the game so it feels balanced and fine