Pretty surprised by Baldur’s Gate getting so many players. I knew it’d be successful but considering how comparatively few people played Divinity Original Sin, it’s a huge jump
D&D as a brand and how it’s blown up in recent years is contributing a lot to it. Especially people, like me, who get to play once a month with their group. I need an itch scratched and this game is a good way to do it!
I played divinity. The fact that it wasnt voice acted made it feel more like a chore to play. So. Much. Reading. It was a decebt game though, the few hours i played… just nothing that made me feel like i needed to return to it
Maybe i should give it a go, at some point. I do have it on steam anyway
I feel the opposite. I am not a fan of fully voice acted games in most situations because I can read infinitely faster than the voice actors talk, and half my time is spent either sitting there waiting for them to finish talking or mashing a reading a single sentence at a time. I was very disappointed when Disco Elysium didn’t include a way to disable voice acting with their definitive edition update, instantly made for a worse game to me.
I’m fine with voice acting as long as you can skip to the next line.
Yeah, that’sa decent middle ground between people like me who prefer text in most cases and people who prefer voices, but then I just end up hearing the first word of each sentence as I read and it ends up like, “The… A… My… Who…. What… how…. When… over….” Which is less than ideal. I’m more accepting of listening to voice lines in “movie games” though, like Horizon or Detroit.
but then I just end up hearing the first word of each sentence as I read and it ends up like, “The… A… My… Who…. What… how…. When… over….”
for games like that, check if they have a different language that’s voice acted, many RPGs will have Japanese voice acting, and that helps avoid this problem
Same, I prefer just text based dialogue. If there is bad voice acting, or even an accent out of place, it can really break the immersion. It also helps with any planned DLC since they devs can just write extra stuff in.
There’s a voice acting slider for Disco Elysium, what are you on about? You can also set the VA to “classic” and have the same experience as before the developers added VA to the game.
As you can see in this thread:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/632470/discussions/0/3080999687774982702/
Classic voice acting was not an option on the release of Final Cut. I’m glad to hear they added it though, I’ll probably have to give it another replay. It’s definitely one of my favorite games of all time.
Edit: sounds like I’m wrong actually, it was just hidden away where I couldn’t find it, nor could most of the people in that thread.
Divinity Original Sin 2 was fully voice acted.
Yeah. I heard. And it was nice to see. But i didnt wanna play the sequel if i had not played the first one.
FWIW, DOS2 stands on its own, you don’t have to have played the first to get the story.
I think they added full voiceover to divinity original sin in an update.
I’m doing my part by leaving the game running for hours as I try to balance playing it and taking care of my baby
I got a 3 month old. I know how you feel.
It gets even better if you consider that a significant share of people play it through GOG.
Wow! Let me just launch the game while I’m out just to add to the numbers. Wonderful game, deserves to be GOTY.
Never played Baldur’s gate or even heard of the game outside of D&D. Should I play 1 and 2 before getting 3?
Nah no need, though they are good games if you can get past their age. You just won’t get any references to the old games but they’re inconsequential to the plot. If you want there’s some pretty good little story breakdowns of 1 and 2 on YouTube that’ll give you the gist if you want the full picture.
I just smoked a bunch of weed and watched the recent Chris Pine movie
That’s a real solid movie
Yes, but what’s the latest on Chancelor Jarnathan? Is he close by? Based on what I know about him I think he would be especially receptive to the movie
Ight bet
If I have never played D&D, should I get the game?
Yes, it’s an excellent introduction.
If you like role play heavy RPGs and like or don’t mind turn based combat, it’s great. You don’t need to be a DND lover to understand the setting or story, they do rather a good job so far giving you enough lore info to understand what’s happening.
If you like turn based RPGs or heavily narrative driven stories, sure. DND is just the setting, if you’ve played final fantasy or something you’ll be fine.
Dammit, I’m away right now with spotty internet so I’ve been playing offline. I’m not doing my part! Looking forward to contributing many hours of playtime in the coming weeks/months though. Having a blast so far and I’ve barely scratched the surface.
remasters of 1 and 2 are also worth playing by the way
I’m confused, what armor do I use as a Monk? Should I just unequip my weapon?
Monk uses no armour. instead, they get a bonus to their AC (defense) based on their wisdom. As for weapons, you can use any weapons that a monk is proficient in, and still have the ability to use your flurry of blows and bonus action unarmed attack. Or, you can go full Bruce Lee and just use your fists, either is fine ;)
Yeah I’ve been using the basic armor and using a quarterstaff. It still gives me a free flurry hit every turn. I think it does more damage then just my fists. Fists don’t make much sense to me though, since you don’t really equip better fists and you probably shouldn’t have regular fists outclass a legendary weapon.
I’m trying to find more drip for my dude tho. I got to the hollow and no real equipment for me yet. Also damn, if you don’t have animal speak skill you definitely should get it asap. I don’t and I’m missing tons of content.
There are time you are simply lost in that vast amount sea of information cause all the current wiki(from EA) about some stuff aren’t really accurate. In my short EA and new play through, there is quite a bit difference
And I just found out yesterday you can quick save mid conversation.(either for rerolls or trying to get more approval from your party members.)
