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  • @flucksy_bangoEnglish
    3•1 year ago

    I play a weekly dnd session. I’ve been playing for almost 7 years. I thought I’d check out baldurs gate. I got absolutely bodied in the first encounter.

    I learned 2 things; my DM is very kind and wants us all to have fun, baldurs gate is not kind and is coldly indifferent to my concept of fun.

    I’m exaggerating a bit, but it was tougher than I thought. Saving helps a lot. I’m sure I wouldn’t have gotten wrecked right away if I planned better.

    • @ChaillesEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      Do you mean the original Baldurs Gate or Baldurs Gate 3, the upcoming one?

      • JJROKCZEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        I’m sure it’s the upcoming, it’s been in EA for almost a year so plenty of people like myself have been playing it for some time

        • @ChaillesEnglish
          2•1 year ago

          Couldn’t be too sure, older games tend to be a bit more brutal and I think the original uses a bit of less forgiving ruleset.

          And I’ve played the Early Access as well, just last week. The combat didn’t seem to hard, though I may have just been better planned and more aware of how much more combat-focused CRPGs tend to be over TTRPG.

          • @flucksy_bangoEnglish
            2•1 year ago

            I think the biggest difference is that my brother is our DM and he’ll pull his punches if he can tell we’re getting really bad luck or frustrated.

            Baldurs Gate doesn’t do that, and really shouldn’t. It’s supposed to be challenging. Ngl, having to control your entire party in combat is kinda difficult for me. I guess I’m too used to only having control of just my PC that it’s intimidating playing the other classes, especially the ones I don’t have much experience with. I also don’t have other player’s turns to plan my next turn.

            Growing pains, I’m looking forward to the full release.

    • JJROKCZEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      Yea some of the encounters are quite difficult in the early stages. Once you get a full party and some levels/items it gets smoother