I like the idea of playing these RPG games but can’t stand the combat. This is why Disco Elysium is my favourite game of all time. It had RPG elements, great story, narration, dialogue and voice acting and wasn’t bogged down by a combat system I didn’t like.

I have tried Divinity I and II, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, Pillars of Eternity. I left them at some point because I did not enjoy the combat one bit. With Pathfinder I even tried story mode to trivialise the combat but since the combat is such a big part of the game, I didn’t enjoy it even then.

If anyone here has played Baldur’s Gate 3 please let me know of your experience. Even if I end up not liking it I would really like to hear what you all think of it.

  • @givesomefucksEnglish
    2•1 year ago

    I pre-ordered for Act 1 what feels like years ago, but it’s been a minute since I’ve loaded it up and a lot has changed.

    There’s some unavoidable combat, but a lot of stuff can be prevented through dialog choices.

    So I don’t think there’s a pure pacifist path, but you can minimize combat at least.

      • @AlterechoEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        IMO it felt like pretty much like pathfinder: WOTR meets Divinity OS2.

        Environmental effects exist but they’re far more sparce than in Divinity, where they’re a core feature. The EA only covers up to level 5-ish, so this may change at higher level, but it also felt less like Pathfinder in that you weren’t REQUIRED to do a ton of pre-combat buffing and min-maxing of specific abilities to be successful/powerful in combat.

        Overall I liked it, I think Larian did a good job trying to balance some of the D&D mechanics in an engine that’s not quite like any other in the D&D RPG space. The extent of those changes remain to be seen, but yeah, I think I’m a fan.